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Bailey Dunn's avatar

Hey everyone! Bailey from Substack here — quick clarification. Please upgrade on mobile web or desktop with the same email address you used on Patreon (i.e. don't go into the Substack app). Confirming you should NOT get charged your Patreon subscription ends, so if you have an active Patreon subscription and get charged, OR If you use a different email on Substack, contact the Pantsuit team at hello@pantsuitpoliticsshow.com. We'll sort you out!

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Becca Horner's avatar

Hey Bailey! I’m on the website and it says I have a “complimentary” subscription and I have to sign up for a yearly subscription, which is what I had on Patreon. If I sign up for the yearly, will I get charged, or is that exactly what I’m supposed to do? Thanks! Excited to have all the content in one space!

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Bailey Dunn's avatar

Hi Becca! Go ahead and sign up for the yearly - you shouldn't get charged till your "complimentary" annual subscription from Patreon runs out. Thanks so much for making the move over, I know the Pantsuit team appreciates it!

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Becca Horner's avatar

Wow thanks for responding so late, I didn’t expect an answer til tomorrow! I signed up for the yearly and I’ll let you know if anything weird happens. Thanks for helping PP with this transition - I know it will be a positive move for them, and their voices are so important in the world today!

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Stephanie Bibeau Petrenko's avatar

So I did enter my credit card in the app before seeing this post. I can see I have a pending charge for a year’s subscription on my credit card. What would be best at this point to fix what I’ve done?

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Bailey Dunn's avatar

No worries, Stephanie! I'll have our support team reach out and get you sorted.

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Stephanie Bibeau Petrenko's avatar

Hi! I may have figured out why I got charged for joint on Substack! I was looking at my Patreon settings and I realized I may have (it was a long time ago so I’m just guessing) used the “hide my email” feature on Apple when I signed up originally. This would make it impossible to link my Patreon with my Substack account! Can this be looked into?

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Stephanie Bibeau Petrenko's avatar

Here is the random email assigned to Patreon: k7trz856dx@privaterelay.appleid.com

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ElizabethHC's avatar

Hi! I added the premium content RSS to overcast yesterday and successfully listened to good morning today. But then I deleted the old premium feed (from Patreon) from my podcast list and now this one is gone too and going on the website to add to podcast player isn’t working. Has anyone else had this? Am I even making sense?

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ElizabethHC's avatar

Ok it’s all better now. So maybe just be patient

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Lindsay Peters's avatar

Disregard my comment I figured it out 🎉

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

Proud and impressed that you figure it out!!!

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Jill's avatar

Can someone share the best place to access the premium content on Substack? Under the media tab? Or under the section that says paid? I haven’t seen any content from today and I’m just curious. It’s not showing up in Substack or in my podcast player.

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

We'll start posting our new episodes of Good Morning and More to Say here tomorrow (moving day was a big lift for our friends at Substack and having everything packed up for one day made it just a little easier to get everything moved). If you go to either of those tabs, you will see the new episodes from us. Also on our substack homepage pantsuitpolitics.substack.com - we have tabs for each thing we make. Good Morning, More to Say, the newsletter, and our podcast. Feel free to check back in tomorrow if our Good News Brief doesn't pop up for you!

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Jill's avatar

Thank you! I’m glad I didn’t miss anything!

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Lindsay Peters's avatar

Hi! Whenever I click “Manage Subscription” a message pops up saying I cannot manage subscriptions in the app. I tried going through the web browser but it redirects me to the app 🤦🏻‍♀️. I need help lol

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Bailey Dunn's avatar

Hey Lindsay! Shoot the Pantsuit team a note and they'll make sure it gets to Substack support, if you don't mind? We'll get you sorted!

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Becky C's avatar

Yikes, cannot find your email to send subscription (Apple) details to - can you direct me?

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

yes! Hello@pantsuitpoliticsshow.com

(good job on finding us!!!)

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SD's avatar

I am probably jumping the gun here. I joined substack easily and got the Premium content in my podcast app (Pocket Casts). I see all the premium content and the newsletter, but where are the comments on the public podcast episodes? The "podcasts" tab just goes to Spotify. It looks like they might be under "Chat," but it is messy over there.

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Anne's avatar

Yes, i’m wondering that too …

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

Okay, so today that conversation lived in our Chats (but there were lots of questions about moving day, so you have to scroll up quite a bit to find the conversation). We're still figuring out where everything goes in our new home, we may end up with a discussion post for that, but we'll see what it's like in our chat when it isn't moving day!

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Rachael's avatar

So, apologies if this is a silly question. Now that I have joined here, do I cancel membership in Patreon now? Or do I just let it play out and it will automatically finish. I don't want to cancel membership in Patreon only to find that means Substack doesn't comp the first month because they can't see I was previously subscribed.

Also, I was paying NZ $9 a month and now the cheapest option is NZ$25 a month- which is quite the leap. Will there be any cheaper options going forward?

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

Welcome!

First the good news: You will now be getting all the episodes of More to Say and everything we offer in our upgraded tier.

Also, as a THANK YOU for coming with us, we are offering a 25% discount for a year-long subscription.

Last in our good news, we have paused all billing in Patreon and will cancel everyone's membership once everyone's had a chance to find their way over here. No need to take any action on that front.

The medium news: Substack only alllows us to offer one tier. We have wanted to simplify our offering and bring everyone into one community for a long time, but we know that is a big ask for everyone who was in our Spreader of Nuance tier on Patreon. We are really hoping that you will love what you find here and see the value in the upgraded experiences!

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Mary Rogovin's avatar

I just had to drop in and say WOW, this was so easy! I have various subscriptions in Patreon and Substack and this is the first one that's moved 100% from Patreon to Substack - it was easy to subscribe - and I LOVE that I get my bonus episodes in Spotify now!! Also - love that now I have ONE place to find y'all - one less thing to think about in a season when there are SO MANY things to think about!

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Kayla Crum's avatar

Agree! It was SO smooth!

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

THANK YOU! So glad to hear this!

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Charity Diesselhorst's avatar

If we were on the $5/mo that doesn’t exist anymore that still had several months left that means we’ll be charged next month if we switch to the new annual, right? I paid annually on Patreon. My Patreon was good until 2/1, but Substack shows I’ll be charged on 11/14.

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

I see Bailey answered your question, but just wanted to add a quick THANK YOU! for joining us here!

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Bailey Dunn's avatar

Hey Charity! Stripe's been slow to update current comp dates, but confirming you won't get charged until your Patreon plan expires. You should see accurate comp dates reflected by early next week. We just didn't want to slow down moving day!

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Sylvia Mack's avatar

So glad we can still listen to the extra content in the podcast apps! That was my biggest worry. Happy to be here with yall! 💕

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Erin Kelly-Park's avatar

I was a patreon subscriber who paid monthly, so my next payment was due Nov 1st. But you guys are saying we get a month free (thank you!). So if I pay the annual amount now, will my next payment be December 1st 2025? And will the discounted annual payment be around awhile?

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

The annual rate includes 3 months free (25% off) but it is charged when you sign up. But your monthly would be after the free month (and those billing dates will be adjusted as the engineers at substack migrate the payment dates all at once...maybe as we speak). -m

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Erin Kelly-Park's avatar

Sorry, I'm still confused. If I subscribe now with the annual, one-time rate, when does that year officially start/end?

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

Running this by Bailey because I have officially confused myself. -Maggie

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Hannah's avatar

Same as well! Button doesn’t do anything for me just says subscribed

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Bailey Dunn's avatar

Hi Hannah! Mind trying from the mobile web or desktop with the same email you used over on Patreon? It won't work from the app. Let me know if that solves it!

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Jessica Furrow's avatar

Because I’m in the middle of a Patreon annual subscription here it says I’m already subscribed and I can’t get any options. Same as Melissa the button doesn’t work for me!

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Bailey Dunn's avatar

Hi Jessica! Mind trying from the mobile web or desktop with the same email you used over on Patreon? It won't work from the app. Let me know if that solves it or if you still have issues and we'll get you sorted.

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Melissa's avatar

I was given no options. It just says I’m already subscribed. I can’t click on the button. It does nothing but says ✅ subscribed.

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Sylvia Mack's avatar

I had that problem on the app, but was able to select my preferred level on the mobile web version.

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

Tech genius!

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Kristina's avatar

Same on the button not working but I was able to see my details from the manage subscription page

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Melissa's avatar

From Patreon.

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

Let us know if trying on desktop or mobile web helps. To save everyone from the apple tax, Substack doesn't do in app payments.

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Kristina's avatar

The button shows subscribed already for me, I think it's the free 30 days because the end date is next month. It appears that I would also be charged immediately if I tried to subscribe now but I haven't finished the process to confirm

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Allison Walters's avatar

Kristina, I was able to select an annual subscription and enter my credit card number. It didn't charge me but I can see under "Manage Subscription" where it has everything correct now. On that page, there is a section called "Subscription" where it says the Plan (mine is now set to annual since I selected it today) and Status. Then farther down I see where it has my Credit Card saved under "Payment Information" so it will charge that once my Patreon subscription ends (at the end of the month since my Patreon used to charge me on the 1st of each month). I'm thinking if you don't see those things, it doesn't have your credit card and selected plan yet.

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Kristina's avatar

It definitely doesn't have my credit card yet, but my subscription is still listed as the complementary one so I am waiting a bit to see if the correct info flows over from patreon. I'm annual there and shouldn't be up for renewal until July

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Bailey Dunn's avatar

Hi Kristina! Confirming we'll have correct comp dates imported from Patreon no later than early next week. Stripe takes time to update, but we didn't want to slow down moving day. You're good to go ahead and enter your payment info on mobile web or desktop, and if anything looks funky in the next few days, let me know :)

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Chris Clark's avatar

Same, but mine doesn't show an end date, and clicking the button does nothing.

So I'm subscribed, but to what tier and for how long, I can't figure out.

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Allison Walters's avatar

I'm not an expert, but I was able to set things up today. If you go to your "Manage Subscription" in the main menu under your profile, there is a section called "Subscription" where it says the Plan (mine is now set to annual since I selected it today) and Status. Then farther down I see where it has my Credit Card saved under "Payment Information" so it will charge that once my Patreon subscription ends (at the end of the month since my Patreon used to charge me on the 1st of each month). I'm thinking if you don't see those things, it doesn't have your credit card and selected plan yet.

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Chris Clark's avatar

That helped, I was able to find it. Thank you! I think i hate this platform so far lol

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Pantsuit Politics's avatar

You sound like an expert to me. -m

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