Hey, everyone! Hope you’re making money and doing your thing! I wanted to ask if anyone else deals with this situation:
A subscriber joins my page, messages a lot, asks for custom content but when I send it, they say they can’t spend money (I’m guessing maybe because of a wife). He’s super friendly, but it’s frustrating!
Has this happened to you? How do you respond without being rude, but still set boundaries? Sometimes I just want to say, “Do you even understand how this works?”
Let me know how you handle this!
He’s probably hoping to get all your content for free just by subscribing.
If his wife really checks the card, she would’ve already seen the subscription, so buying extra content shouldn’t be a problem. Sounds more like an excuse.
Yes! That’s exactly what I think too. He bought one of my more expensive bundles at first, but then stopped spending completely. He started asking for specific types of content, but didn’t want to pay for any of it.
He even told me he might “disappear” and just wanted to give me a heads-up which made me think even more that his wife might be involved.
But here’s the weird part: he actually has his own page with content for subscribers. So I’m like… wait, if you’re scared of your wife finding out, why would you create your own page in the first place? It makes no sense!
If he’s being super chatty, try saying something like:
“I’d love to keep chatting, but I’ve got a few tips coming in that I need to prioritize. I’ll get back to you if I have time.”
Then don’t respond again unless he sends a tip.
If he keeps messaging without tipping and it starts to bother you, you can either reply behind a paywall or restrict him as a last resort.
At the end of the day, the reason he says he can’t spend doesn’t really matter – what does matter is that you have a clear system for how you handle people like that.
For context: most of my subscribers don’t chat or even reply to my messages. That’s why I focus my time and energy on the ones who tip and actually support my content. I’m here to make money – not to have unpaid conversations.