thats a pretty large fee, is the fee on all tier's this large?
its this way on everything, you have credit card transaction fees and then patreons fees. Credit card fees is where most of it goes on the $1 because credit card companies have a minimum fee amount. But the ratio gets better on the higher levels, which is why patreon recommends $3 minimum because is meets these minimums on a % level. So you get 2.37 on a $3 patreon. Same goes for subscribestar too. Some brick and morter buisness wont allow you to use credit card for transactions under $5 because of this same thing.