110$ per 9505 ad impressions?

[randomdudeonthenet]

hai how does ad revenue work throughout the forums as far as i see its 1$ per 1.2k views or so but clearly tapastic mentions 9505 ad impressions =110$ what am i missing here and how are transaction fees charged? is the 30% already deducted when you see your total revenue?

link= https://tapastic.com/publishing#!ad-revenue-program

[AnnaLandin]

I'm pretty sure those example-numbers are picked at random, and do not represent what you actually earn per 9,505 views. It's not meant to imply that you'll earn 110$ for less than 10000 views - though I do think Tapastic might want to clear that up, to avoid confusion.

For reference, here's a screenshot of my ad-stats from right now:

[Kura]

'unlike most uploading and hosting site, we help you earn money with two monetization programs"

They need to fix that description.

That screen shot is more a visual depiction 'selling' image to give you an idea of the program than an actual representation.

It's also probably closer 200000 views to get 110$ in ad rev.

[AnnaLandin]

Yeah, the FAQ still mentions the Support Program too, I believe, so it really needs to be updated. :T

[randomdudeonthenet]

agreed ! it might be very misleading to new comers! thanks a bunch anyway
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[Kura]

wow ! how do you authors survive?

We can't, send help.

But yeah naw though I can't speak for all creators, I know me and others I know have to do a lot additional work alongside comic work, stuff like commissions, small art contracts, patreon, fanart for conventions, those kinds of things. Others have none art jobs alongside comics.

[maripazvillar2004]

Yeah, also we don't "beg" on Patreon.

its just sad the authors have to beg on pateron

[randomdudeonthenet]

what i mean is charity is not needed a fair price should be offered for their work

[randomdudeonthenet]

il remove it since it seems to offend u sorry

[gateofselidor]

It's not a matter of offence so much as a misunderstanding of how most webcomic creators use Patreon. You could use it as a tip jar, but most operate it as a subscription service offering early access, bonus art, tutorials, livestreams and all sorts of other things. That's not charity or begging.

[PotooGryphon]

Ad revenue on Tapastic is based on Ad impressions and a rate that fluctuates each day depending on bots, spammers, and other misbehaviors as that effects Tapastic's standing with the company they have their ad revenue setup through.

So 9505 ad impressions for $110 is definitely off. 9505 impression would actually equal $4.18 based off of today's current rate, which is about 22.7 impression earns .01 cents.

[Michelle]

Yeeaah it's very misleading. As much as I'd love to earn $100 per 9k views, that's very far from the reality. It's more like 9,505 ad impressions= I get to buy one coffee!

[isaacfriedman]

actually it's less than 3500 views. Each comic page has 3 ads at the bottom, and that would mean that a virtual nobody (such as myself) could earn hundreds of dollars a year for honestly pretty crappy comics.

[PotooGryphon]

actually it's less than 3500 views. Each comic page has 3 ads at the bottom

Weirdly enough for some reason the ratio between ad impressions and views are not consistent from month to month nor is it a ratio of 3's for each ad impression on the page.

Based off of the stats from my Dashboard on the site, I can't really find a collation between the views and ad impressions, they're all over the place.

So when it comes to ad revenue, I recommend people focus on the number of ad impressions rather than views, since impressions are what earns the revenue.

[isaacfriedman]

The reader also has to actually scroll all the way down, which most people don't do unless they're viewing multiple pages at once, and it doesn't count as an impression if nobody sees the ads themselves

[AnnaLandin]

actually it's less than 3500 views. Each comic page has 3 ads at the bottom, and that would mean that a virtual nobody (such as myself) could earn hundreds of dollars a year for honestly pretty crappy comics.

1. The screencap I posted wasn't of monthly views, but of ad impressions - they're different things. I have only 18k-ish ad impressions so far this month, but I've got 30k views.

2. Getting those ad-impressions relies on people scrolling all the way down to the ads, which they don't always do.

3. Some people browse the site/read comics with ad block on, which keeps them from seeing the ads, and therefore they don't add to my ad-impressions.

[maripazvillar2004]

Don't worry, I understood what you mean, but it's just as Gateoselidor says :

It's not a matter of offence so much as a misunderstanding of how most webcomic creators use Patreon.

[haleymewsome]

Hey I know this post was up a while ago, I joined the Ad program the day it stopped working. (August 17th) I was just wondering if this ratio is normal or is this off? Did they really make the impressions count for less than half of what they did in June?

[comicrevo]

It looks like more than 50% lower than before...abnormal...

[onichan]

lol a few months ago i got like $22 for 200K pageviews last year i got like $30 for 50K

and thats partly because only about 20-4% of all views were registered as ad impressions ;A; but its still really low.. befor i think it was almost $1 for 1K and now its more like $0.10..
but now thay have added ads to the app also so we should be seeing an increase in revenue i hope haha