What is Tidepool?
A shared support pool for creators. Your audience backs you with a Ripple, and one monthly amount from each supporter is shared across the creators they pay attention to — opening a layer of income that sits between a like and a membership.
What’s a Ripple?
A Ripple is how a supporter backs you — an act of support with money behind it that directs where their monthly contribution flows. One simple tap, wherever you post.
How is the money split?
Supporters choose one monthly amount. At the end of each month it’s shared across the creators they backed, with more of it flowing toward the creators who received more of their attention.
Does it replace my Patreon, memberships, or courses?
No. It sits alongside everything you already use, and it’s a bridge toward your deeper offers — never a replacement. Nothing changes about how you create today.
What is Light Premium?
Your Pool is a Light Premium space: premium content — early releases, bonus extras, personal updates, glimpses behind the work — open to everyone who supports you with a Ripple. A simple way to say thank you and bring supporters closer.
Do I need a big audience?
No. Tidepool works at any size — you need attention, not a subscriber base. A creator with a few hundred fans and one with hundreds of thousands tap the same layer.
What does it cost?
Free to join, and nothing changes about how you create. Tidepool takes a small fee on contributions to run the platform and cover payment processing; the rest goes to creators.
What is a founding member?
One of the first creators in the pool. You lock in your handle, take an early position in a growing support pool, and grow with the network from the beginning.
How do I start?
Claim your handle on the
homepage and fill out the short founding-member form — that’s it. We’ll welcome you in and hold your handle.