How is it possible for Ko-Fi to have a better revshare than itch? I thought itch lets you set the revshare to anything you want including 0%. Is it the difference in transaction fees or something?
Apologies for focussing on the money portion of the post. It just interests me as a game dev myself. I really love the game too😅
You're correct that you can set the revshare to anything (defaults to 10%). But beyond that it gives literally 0 information, so I can only assume it's transation fees. With the revshare at 10%, I was only receiving ~60%. I tried searching for info on this, but the best I could find was that the payment providers may take a flat amount and/or a %age, and that there may be a flat fee which Itch takes from your first few payments. But I couldn't find anything that would add up to that big a difference.
Meanwhile, on Ko-Fi, without changing anything I get 90%. I'd honestly not be too bothered by getting less on Itch if I just knew where it was all going...
Anyway, glad you're enjoying the game :)
Just FYI - I just did my first transfer of funds from Itch to Paypal (they hold the funds for a minimum of 7 days, then you can transfer it to Paypal if you have at least $5 waiting). It turns out that when you do this, they actually give you way more information... and that information doesn't line up with the limited information they give you until that point.
Before I did the transfer, it said I was getting ~60% of what had been paid. On the transfer details screen, that went up to ~80%. I have no idea why these two values are so different, or if/how you can see the accurate value before doing a transfer. But it gets there in the end...
