# Why should you pay for beeminder premium?

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-should-you-pay-for-beeminder-premium/984>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [July 21, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-should-you-pay-for-beeminder-premium/984 "2015-07-21T21:26:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![drtall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/drtall/32/1341_2.png) [@drtall](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/drtall)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/why-should-you-pay-for-beeminder-premium/984/4 "2015-07-21T23:11:34Z")

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I’ve shared my feelings at length on the lackluster premium features several times in other places, so I’ll just comment on this from the “ensure Beeminder continues existing” angle.

As a rule I am usually happy to contribute nominally to services I like. I use [Patreon.com](http://Patreon.com), I used to pay HabitRPG $5 a month, etc. But Beeminder is a different beast with the pledge system.

I would be willing to pay $5 a month if that money accrued into an account which offset future derails. That account could provide up to, say, 50% of the derail funds so if I owe a $30 derail I could draw $15 from my monthly fee account. In this way, I pay a bit less for derails but 1) they can never be free and 2) the next-level pledge will still be a scary deterrent.

Using such a system, I know that if I never derail I’ll pay the $5 per month but if I derail enough my total spending will approximately equal the total derails since the monthly fee is entirely consumed in the limit.

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