Changes: Pls Read!

Hello my lovelies,
There's some changes round these parts!
My Patreon charge system just switched to Pay-Up-Front, I've done a bunch of research on this so hopefully I can do a half decent job of explaining it and fielding questions. Also to keep Tier prices the same for international patrons I'm going to be bundling two months together.

Basically Pay-Up-Front is just changing to charging new pledges immediately for access to my Patreon instead of waiting till the following payment processing day (the next 1st).

I am so psyched about this change, because even though it's going to be a massive shit show headache on the back end for a bit, I don't have to worry about bad seeds stumbling in here and stealing stuff without paying anything! I've been cautious with what I posted to a degree so I'm super hyped I can just share content all willy nilly now!

This really doesn't change much for everyone that's pledged unless they switch a tier (going up a tier would charge the difference immediately)
Here's the blurb I added to my profile that'll explain it a little more in depth:

 You will be charged the amount of the tier you sign up at immediately to have access to the digital rewards, and then physical rewards will be sent out near the end of the month/start of the next. After your initial charge, you'll be charged on the 1st of each month you are pledged, for that months rewards! For instance if you sign up in the middle of July, you would be charged immediately for access to July content, and then on August 1st for August content :)

• You can change Tiers at any time, if you move up a tier you will immediately be charged the difference, but if you go down a tier there will be no refunds (and then the next charge the following month will be at that lower tier). 
• For example, a patron was charged $10 on March 1st. They edit their pledge to $15 on March 7th. On March 7th, they are charged $5 to bring the total paid by this patron in March up to $15. If that same patron instead edited their pledge on March 7th to $1 there wouldn't be a refund but then on April 1st they'd be charged $1, the new tier value
• Due to high shipping costs physical rewards, people outside of North America at Tier 5 will have their rewards bundled and shipped every two months. This is to keep the overall Tier price the same amount regardless of location! 
  

Now unfortunately this creates a split with some Patrons being charged August 1st for August content and some for July content, so as a way to fix that, and say a big ol' thank you to my OG Patreon fam, everyone that pledged before the switch is going to get a bonus free month of content in August!
I know it's been a rocky start (but full of smiles nonetheless), and I simply cannot convey how much it means to me that you guys have been here for it, so hopefully this is a half decent start haha

tl;dr
New patrons will be charged immediately and then monthly on the 1st, my OG Patreon fam will be charged exactly the same (except for charging the difference if they switch a Tier), and GET A BONUS FREE MONTH OF CONTENT IN AUGUST BCS THANK YOUUUUU