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The gear a fan can give you
A fan who wants to help does not know what to give you. A wishlist answers the question, and the money reaches you without anyone asking for your address.
A fan who wants to help does not know what to give you. A wishlist answers the question before they ask it.
A specific item, not a category
"A microphone" cannot be funded. "Shure SM7B, €399" can. On your page, you paste the link to a product page from a retailer, Thomann or Woodbrass for example, and VYU reads the name, the price and the photo. You fill in by hand if the page cannot be read.
A fan understands in a second what they are giving and what it costs. That is the whole difference with "support me".
The price is the goal
The price of the item is the goal, nothing more. A fan can give the whole thing at once, or put in a share, from €5. An expensive item is funded by several fans, like a fundraiser, with a gauge that rises with every share. Shipping stays on you, because you are the one who orders. Everything about it, from the fees to the order, is on the Wishlist page.
Nobody asks for your address
The money goes straight to your Stripe account. You order it yourself, with the product link, whenever you want. VYU buys nothing, sells nothing, ships nothing, and does not know your address.
What shows on your page
The item becomes "Gifted by Camille" when it is funded. You can then mark it "received". Every gift and every share lands on your wall, with the fan's first name and their note, and becomes a post. Camille and Malo Ferrand are fictional examples.
A few tips
- Two or three items, not ten. A long list looks like an invoice.
- An affordable item next to an expensive one. Strings next to an amp: everyone finds their gesture.
- Say what it is for, in your bio or in your posts. "The mic is for recording the vocals on the next EP" beats the model number alone.
- Mark items as received. The badge reassures the people who hesitate to give.