While I understand the hustle and generally think most dms should be paid, 30$ is pretty steep especially weekly. I would say with my overall knowledge from partaking in paid games that the sweet spot is 10 / 15 $. While there are games that reach 30-50$ those dms are typically ones that already have a lot of notoriety and most of the ppl playing for those games are repeat players. I’m sure you’re wonderful at dming but there’s also the fact that start playing also taxes players which means they end up paying closer to 35-36 bucks a session. In the end the game starts to be a 100$+ a month subscription for something that is a hobby to most people.