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Patron Pass

Launch a supporter pass where holders earn real access, not price promises.

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$99one time, base tier
Built on order. Reserve it today for a $25 refundable deposit, pay the balance when it is delivered. Delivery: same day after the base build exists.
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PortsBase · Solana
KindLaunch
OwnerYou, on your wallet and git
Picture this

Who it is for

A podcaster sells 300 passes that unlock episode votes and backstage calls. No token speculation, just provable patronage.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$99
$25 deposit to reserve

Pass contract, resale cap, gated perks page.

  • You choose: chain
  • You choose: name and logo
  • You choose: accent color
Customfrom $600
Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

  • Everything in Base
  • Custom features and design
  • Priority build
Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

Why own your own

Supporter passes with voting exist; capped resale on a membership pass is the only uncommon tweak.

Closest things out there

Membership passes with holder voting are live, including HOFA DAO Members Pass and Venice Music Collective's Genesis Pass, and Unlock Protocol offers token-gated memberships. Capped resale appears mainly in NFT ticketing.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Turns relationships into sustainable support.
The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

buildathon · Base · upcoming
Onchain Summer
seasonal (summer); 2027 dates unknown
Official page ↗

Eligibility unknown.

Their rule on existing code: unknown
What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Patron Pass app: a creator sells a numbered supporter pass that unlocks guest votes, backstage calls and credits, with capped resale, a USDC paywall and a helper agent built in.

Base price · $99

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome
Shown once: a pass not a coin, one person one vote, pick your reminder channels.
Next action and season statsHome
Passes left, vote turnout, your Monday streak and the one thing to do next.
Numbered pass mint with USDC checkoutPass
One pass per wallet, USDC on Base, other chains or card, with an onchain receipt.
Fair resale shelf with cap checkPass
Listings above the cap are blocked at transfer; a share of each resale goes back to the show.
Pass it on and waitlistPass
Holders hand passes to the waitlist at a capped price; sold out seasons fill a waitlist.
Monday guest voteVote
One signed vote per holder, no gas, tally root on Base, share card after voting.
Backstage call slotsBackstage
Rotating time slots so holders in other countries can join; links sent privately.
Uncut episode and call recordingsBackstage
Gated behind Patron Plus with an Unlock with Patron Plus button.
Name in the creditsBackstage
Holders choose how their name is read once per season, or stay anonymous.
Wallet, plan and receiptsWallet
Pass card, plan status and every receipt marked onchain or offchain.
Profile, reminders, permissionsMe
Channel toggles, what the helper may and may never do, and the vision.
Open the full app demo
Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue, payouts and paywall editorRevenue
Pass sales, Plus MRR, resale shares, incoming USDC, payment methods and live tier editing.
Season runnerSeason
Add guests, close and open votes, see call seats and draft the credits read.
Rules that change the appRules
Supply, cap, resale share, one per wallet, one vote per holder, rotating slots, waitlist first.
Helper agent logAgent
Runs a week, flags bulk buys, blocks over-cap listings and shows how it adapted.
Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

On air growth loop and referralsHolders
Result cards shared after the on air announcement grow the waitlist; holder invites tracked.
The money path, built in

How it earns for you

Listeners pay the creator directly in USDC: a one time numbered pass, an optional monthly Plus plan, and a small share of every capped resale. Episodes stay free.

Patron Pass$15 onceGuest vote, monthly backstage call, name in the credits
Patron Plus$4 a monthEverything in the pass, plus the uncut episode a day early and call recordings

The owner sets a 0 to 10% share of each resale. Base gas is sponsored and costs well under a cent per transaction.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

  • On air loop: vote results are announced on the show and holders share the result card
  • Holder invite links that put friends on the waitlist
  • Share card after every signed vote
  • Waitlist first resales and next season runs that reward people who waited
Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included
The supporter pass app
  • Numbered pass with one per wallet and a resale cap
  • Monday guest vote, one per holder, tally root on Base
  • Backstage calls in rotating slots, credits read
  • Patron Plus paywall with USDC checkout
  • Owner console, helper agent and payouts
Included
v2
Seasons and renewals
  • Holders renew for season 2 perks in one tap
  • Next numbered run opens to the waitlist first
  • Solana version with Metaplex Core passes
Add-on from $400
v3
Creator network
  • Several shows under one roof with shared checkout
  • Cross-show perks for holders of more than one pass
  • Musicians, newsletters and community radio on the same rails
Add-on from $900
For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

A supporter pass where fans get real access, not price promises, and resale stays capped so listeners keep it.

Problem: Independent creators lose sponsors overnight, while loyal fans have no simple way to give steady support and get something real back. Most crypto memberships drift into speculation.

Solution: A fixed supply pass on Base with one mint per wallet, a resale cap enforced at transfer, one vote per holder, and a helper that runs votes, calls and credits.

Why now: Email wallets, USDC checkout with card on-ramps and near zero gas on Base make a membership pass usable by fans who have never touched crypto.

Market: Podcasters, musicians, local newsletters and community radio who want direct support from listeners without ads deciding what gets made.

The ask: Pilot creators on podcast networks and a place in consumer onchain app programs such as Base Onchain Summer.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

  1. Home: meet Mariana in Guadalajara and Lucia's show Sobremesa, recording in Roma Norte at 22:40.
  2. Pass: get pass 213 through the USDC checkout, and see the 45 dollar bulk buyer listing blocked by the 110% cap.
  3. Vote: sign one vote for next week's guest and see the tally root receipt and share card.
  4. Backstage: pick a call slot in another time zone, then hit the Patron Plus lock on the uncut episode.
  5. Owner Revenue: change the Patron Plus price in the paywall editor and preview it in the user app.
  6. Owner Rules: switch off one vote per holder and watch the collector's 12 votes appear on the board.
  7. Owner Agent: run a week and read how the helper flagged a bulk buy and kept calls in three slots.
  8. Owner Roadmap: request the seasons and renewals add-on.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work from $600: your own perks and pass art, a Solana build, integrations with your newsletter or podcast host, multiple shows, or extra languages. Scoped on a call.

Custom from $600
BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Independent creators like podcasters lose sponsors overnight, while their most loyal listeners have no simple way to give steady support and get something real back. Most crypto memberships drift into price speculation, which scares off ordinary fans.

What exists and what is new

This idea already exists in several forms. Membership passes with holder voting are live, including HOFA DAO Members Pass and Venice Music Collective's Genesis Pass, and Unlock Protocol offers token-gated memberships. Capped resale appears mainly in NFT ticketing. Research verdict: exists, low novelty. What this app adds is a packaged, creator-ready version: a resale cap enforced at transfer, one vote per holder rather than per pass, and a perks page and helper that run the votes and calls.

The data it runs on

Pass number and holder wallet, mint and resale prices, cap and royalty settings, signed weekly votes (tallied privately, with only a tally root published), perk usage counts, and opt-in contact details for backstage calls kept offchain.

1.The mission

Let fans support the creators they love with real access, and keep passes in the hands of listeners, not flippers.

2.Why people can't resist it

Monday vote Holders pick next week's guest. One vote per person, results announced on air.

Backstage calls A monthly call in rotating time slots so holders in other countries can join.

Your name in the credits Each holder is read in the credits once per season, a small human reward people share.

3.How it works for real

Wallets and checkout: Privy embedded wallets on Base so fans sign in with email. USDC checkout, with an optional card onramp for people with no crypto.

Pass contract: An ERC-721 with a fixed supply, one mint per wallet, and a transfer hook that rejects resales above the cap through the app's own marketplace; ERC-2981 royalty info for the show's share. Optional Solana version with Metaplex Core.

Perks page: Next.js page that checks pass ownership by signed message and unlocks votes, call links and the early episode feed.

Voting: Off-chain signed votes (one per holder, de-duplicated by wallet and pass), with a weekly tally Merkle root posted on Base.

Backstage helper: A small agent on a low-cost model tier (for example Claude Haiku via OpenRouter) that schedules calls in rotating time zones, drafts the credits list and flags suspicious bulk buys for the creator.

Notifications: Email and Telegram reminders for votes and calls, sent from the creator's own list.

4.Cost per use and pricing

Base mint and transfer gas is usually well under one cent per transaction. A helper run on a small model tier costs fractions of a cent per task. Example month for 300 holders: about 1,200 votes and 4 calls scheduled, roughly $2 to $6 in model and gas costs plus hosting.

Single season $99 setup
One numbered run of passes, cap and royalty set, perks page and weekly vote.
Show plus $19 a month
Backstage helper, rotating calls, credits list and season renewals.
Network Custom
Several shows under one roof with shared checkout and per-show passes.

5.Growth loop

Every holder share card links back to the pass page, and guest votes announced on air pull in new listeners. Creators recommend it to peers on the same podcast networks.

6.Risks and guardrails

Securities and promotion: The pass must stay a membership, not an investment. No price talk, no yield, clear terms that perks can change and value is not promised.

Cap bypass: A cap enforced in one marketplace can be dodged by off-platform deals. The app is honest that the cap covers its own transfers and royalty-respecting venues.

Vote capture: Bulk buyers can try to swing votes. One mint per wallet and one vote per holder reduce it, but sybil wallets are still possible.

Privacy: Contact details and votes stay offchain. Only pass ownership and tally roots are public.

Creator burnout: Perks need effort. If the creator stops, holders feel let down, so perks are seasonal and renewals are explicit.

7.Build order

  1. Fixed-supply pass contract on Base with one mint per wallet
  2. Resale cap and royalty enforced in the app marketplace
  3. Email sign-in with embedded wallet and USDC checkout
  4. Perks page gated by pass ownership
  5. Weekly signed vote with a published tally root
  6. Backstage call scheduler with rotating time slots

8.Where this is going

  1. Now
    One podcaster, 300 passes, a weekly guest vote and a monthly call.
  2. Next
    Seasons: holders renew for new perks, and the next numbered run opens to the waitlist first.
  3. Later
    Musicians, local newsletters and community radio run passes on the same rails, with shared checkout.
  4. World-changing
    Small creators earn steady support straight from the people who care, without ads deciding what gets made.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

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Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Patron Pass

Patron Pass lets a creator sell supporter passes that unlock real access like votes and backstage calls, with no token speculation. Owning the platform means the creators who launch on it, the small fee on every pass and the supporter community are yours. You run the honest alternative to hype tokens, and that is a brand worth having.

What’s stopping you?

“I can't code.”

You don't need to. The app ships deployed to your wallet with a setup guide. Your job is finding the first creator and helping them design what the pass unlocks.

“Is this a security?”

Passes should unlock access only, with no promise of profit or resale value. Say that on every page. Rules vary by country, so get advice before adding anything that looks like a return.

“What if supporters feel short changed?”

Only sell passes for things the creator will actually deliver, like a monthly call. Under promise and record every delivery.

“Is it really mine?”

Yes. The contracts deploy from your wallet, and the brand, domain and customer list are yours. DEPLOYR takes no cut of what you charge after purchase.

“What if it breaks?”

Records live onchain on contracts deployed from your wallet, so a page outage does not erase anything. Setup issues are covered by the get-it-shipped promise.

The million-dollar ladder

You take a fee on each pass sold and charge creators a monthly plan for branded pages, supporter tools and payouts. Reaching $1M a year is a target to plan toward, not a promise. Revenue depends on creators delivering access their fans value.

$100
$3,000
$36,000
$85,000
First creator
10 passes
$10 fee share
Creator circle
100 creators
$30/mo
Creator platform
600 creators
$60/mo
Network
850 creators
$100/mo
  • Creators who announce votes publicly
  • Backstage call recordings shared as proof of delivery
  • Season renewals
  • Creator referral credits

Illustrative stages, not a forecast. Results depend on you and the market; nothing here is guaranteed.

Pick your destination

Grow it to a million-dollar app
Patron Pass earns when podcasters, writers, artists and small creators use it, so the fastest money comes from one real pass that people can see working.ARRIVE: 10 passes sold and your first paying customer within 30 days.5 moves · first one within the hour →
Raise for it
Patron Pass solves a real coordination problem on Base or Solana, which is exactly what ecosystem grant programs and accelerators say they want to fund.ARRIVE: Two funding applications submitted with real usage numbers attached, within six weeks.5 moves · first one within the hour →
Become a real builder on a chain
Running Patron Pass from your own wallet builds a real onchain history on Base that other builders and programs can see.ARRIVE: A verified contract, a public builder profile, and a weekly shipping log for 8 weeks.5 moves · first one within the hour →
Win with it at hackathons
Patron Pass is a working product, which gives you a strong base for hackathon tracks on Base or Solana if the event allows existing code.ARRIVE: One hackathon entry submitted with a new feature built during the event.5 moves · first one within the hour →
Run your own work on it
Most of the work around Patron Pass is repeat admin, so a simple weekly routine saves hours.ARRIVE: A weekly routine under one hour and a saved message library.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Get your people moving
Patron Pass has a human story at its heart, so sharing real moments pulls people in better than features.ARRIVE: Four story posts published and at least one new user who came from them.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Partner with founders and projects
Patron Pass grows faster through groups that already gather supporters than through one by one outreach.ARRIVE: One signed partnership with a group that brings at least 20 users.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Prove your skills with it
Owning and running Patron Pass is proof you can ship and grow a real onchain product, which matters for jobs, clients and grants.ARRIVE: A portfolio page with live links, numbers and one testimonial.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Sell it as a service
Many podcasters, writers, artists and small creators want what Patron Pass does but will not set it up themselves, so you can charge for done for you setup.ARRIVE: Three paid setup clients within 60 days.4 moves · first one within the hour →
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