Expanding to webtoons (for those who use it)

[Rodimus13]

OK, so another voice is heard (I'm not the different than some here though) here is was I say.

Tapas has a lot more creator friendly features. That said, the audience seems to be smaller here than there.

Webtoons likes regular updates and will effecting reward you. At least once a week (with 24 hour leeway I've noticed) is good to maintain and grow your comic.

you can save a draft of the comic and then publish them in the order you saved them. I do it a lot and can easily pop on the web and have it uploaded. Auto upload seems to be reserved for the featured comics (contracted) only.

The size restrictions are not that different than Tapas, but you can upload more files (100 I believe to tapas's 40)

overall I am happy with both though it is frustrating they are only just now starting the e-mail the creator bit for comments.

[Coati]

Same thing people said before.

Tapas is way better for creators. But I like webtoons for the far more active readers. Like people really comment in the episodes and there's a lot more of subs. 1.1k on tapas vs 3.7k on webtoons

I really really wish that all my readers came from Tapas, is my absolute favorite. But as a indie comic artist who never saw a penny from their work, the number of readers matter a lot since is my only feedback for all my work.

[GabiWolf]

Thank you for your reply, it hits all my points of concern.

[HomeBrewComics]

To work with the smaller file sizes that Webtoon needs, I just run my images through TinyJPG, which compresses them to like 75% of their original size.
Not only does this mean you can have more pages on your episodes, but it makes storing them easier since you don't have to use as much space. Just keep one large, uncompressed file (300 dpi, just in case you need a really good quality image) and the Clip Studio Paint/SAI/other program file on hand and you should be fine.

Compressing doesn't have any noticeable affect on quality, especially since the page file will be smaller to fit to the website's required ratio.

[beta1042]

if you don't want to worry about resizing your files you can use croppy which auto resizes, slices, and converts your files to jpg making them ready to upload to webtoon : https://knicknic.github.io/croppy/

I also recommend trying the croppy extension (instructions linked off the croppy site)

I also agree, post on webtoons. You have a chance to reach a higher audience. I don't even have that large of a comic on webtoon, but I've made over $100 on ad rev in half the time I made my single $1 on tapas.

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[SuperRazz]

I know most recommend webtoons because they seem to get more readers there than here on tapas. But idk, I have a lot more subs here on tapas than on webtoon. So it's not really guaranteed but it's still worth a try

But maybe i could I be doing something wrong?
Or maybe it's too soon to conclude since I've only been on both platforms for a little over a month

[HomeBrewComics]

I find that people on TAPAS like short, frequently released episodes. Webtoons seem to like the opposite, siting for more longer episodes that might be released less often.
That's from my experience/what I see being on both platforms,so take from that what you will.

[GabiWolf]

So with there program do you have to have a Patreon still to get the revenue payment? Because that’s another thing I have not made up my mind about yet.

[beta1042]

yes

character limit shalalalalalalaa

[TenguHarley]

I post on both webtoons and tapas, though sadly yes their file sizes are a bit smaller compared to tapas and they don't do the schedules either.

Can't say much for ad revenue since I don't make use of that.

I work through a surface pro tablet and sadly.. it really sounds like you're having the same problem as my friend with his ipad pro -x-);; For some reason he cannot upload at all on webtoons but he can on tapas. So as yourself, he has to use his computer to do all that.

[jensrichard77]

having the same problem as my friend with his ipad pro -x-);

I believe this is BC iPad makes jpeg and not jpg.
I had that problem too from my iPhone.

And WT only takes jpg

[Beatrush]

Aside from the minor inconveniences mentioned above, 100% expand to webtoons.

I post my comic on 3 different platforms (Tapas, Smack Jeeves and Webtoons) so we can get the comic out to as many readers as possible.

[LyliClovis]

I think it's good to expand to both, but I definitely have my bias for Tapas!
It lets me schedule things so I have ease of mind that everything will be posted on time, I get ink support, the community isn't as "demanding" and feels more homely compared to Webtoons.

On Webtoons, I've had comments from people that are like "wasn't there supposed to be an update? where's the update?" etc, and while I appreciate their eagerness of wanting to read my comic, I can't help but feel like "just another creator who's sole purpose is to pump out new chapters". If I was paid to make comics (the dream), that'd be different, but I have bills to pay and I can only make so many pages a week.

[GabiWolf]

Yup I got an iPad, so that explains it.

[azzy-m]

I think some people have answered it, but I'll give my own answers anyway:

1. No you can't, but it would make my life so much easier if it could.
2. You can link your Patreon account to your Webtoons account so you get a "Become a patron" button at the bottom of the episode. I've never used the ad revenue, my comic is too unpopular and i'm not old enough to use it.
3. No. For every episode, every file has to be 800x1280, has to be 20 mb in total (upside is, you can put as many strips as you want!), and is .JPG only. A lot of work just to post if you want to publish in both Webtoons and Tapas, but I use this website to splice the pages and convert it to the appropriate image file.

[graveweaver]

Though it isn't entirely related to the topic at hand, the warning about the commenters is pretty useful before going into WT. I've gotten... One? Rude comment on Tapas, and I get like 5-6 every episode on Webtoons. I even had people who were angry at me when I told them I had to go on hiatus to rework the comic because WT was going to start paying me, and I got plenty of angry people who wanted me to continue doing the comic for free and berated me for not rejecting the offer to be paid for my work and instead continue to upload week by week for free.

Webtoons audience is mostly children/teenagers that don't understand the amount of time that goes into comics as well as that people have to go on hiatuses to catch up with real jobs/school/work, so expect a decent amount of rude kids in your comments section.

[Buurd]

It seems your big questions were answered above-

IMO I'd reccomend giving it a trail period! See if you like it or think it's worth it, but if it's too time consuming with not enough payoff - just let whatever readers you gain on WB know you're headed back to tapas for workflow reasons.
Personally I really love webtoons. They have some draw backs as mentioned above, but within the 2 years I've been around I feel they've made some nice improvements for the discovered (non hired) creators. They originally had a rotation highlight, then added a "fresh picks" section, now some genre specific promos, and recently starting having front page banners for discover creators alongside featured webtoons.

I have 92k readers on webtoons vs 122 readers on tapas. While numbers aren't everything, as a creator I enjoy sharing my stories with others - and webtoons has good traffic.

[laurendeland]

I started uploading my comic to both platforms at the same time (and also instagram but on a delay).
I noticed WebToon's discover section gets a decent amount of traffic. If you update multiple times a week you can easily build up an audience of 1k in a week (depends on genre a bit). After about 10 weeks I noticed my numbers stagnate (subscribes and views).
Webtoons is a chore to use unfortunately but its worth it. The audience there can be very dedicated and Im glad I post there too because otherwise would not have had the pleasure of chatting with those folks

I think Tapas has much better community features though (forums, user pages, events, supporter program). I was featured recently but even before then I managed to steadily acquire a small amount subscribers/views with each update. You can actively reach out to the staff here too. I don't even know where to do that on webtoons? maybe the help pages?

Of course instagram is not a comics platform but it does offer good exposure when done properly. I get dms for comic site suggestion often and I always suggest Tapas because its so much easier to track whats going on here ^^; Also from a management perspective its the best experience Ive had, outside of hosting my own comic's website.

[JRHoch]

1k subs in a week or 1k views?