Actually I think your wrong. But I would wait for an answer from someone EPIC. However, in the EULA or FAQ (I don’t remember at the moment) they mention it on a crowdfudig example:
Let’s say there are 3 donating optios:
5$ - Just a “thank you”
10$ - T-Shirt
25$ - T-Shirt + Game EarlyAccess
If someone doantes the 5$ they get no product made with ue4, so you **don’t **pay 5% of this.
If someone donates the 10$ they get no product made with ue4, so you **don’t **pay 5% of this.
If someone donates the 25$ they get two products, one made with ue4 and one not. The T-Shirt costs 10$, so epic get’s 5% * (25$-10$) = 5% * 15$
So, if the users get absolutely nothing for their donation, not even a server “donator” title, then I suppose you don’t have to pay the 5% of this.