Experience with WebComics App?

[Merle]

I took a while to submit the episodes (reworking some stuff), but they started uploading my content today, after 5 weeks Takes some time apparently. Good luck!

[ghostmaya]

I see. thank you so much for the response. ^_^

[Rodimus13]

My turn now... comic starts April 1st, but the are in Hong Kong. Anyone know what time the comics update on their app for any of thebus tome zones?

[Kelheor]

Hello there people!
I want to contribute Hexameron there too, does anyone know what are their requirements for the image resolution? Will webtoons 800px wide will do or is it better to post something bigger? Cannot find this info anywhere.

@Rodimus13 congrats to your publication there! =)

[Rodimus13]

They want 1080 wide. They will slice for you as they post it.

[Kelheor]

Ah, I'll need to do new pages for them... okay, here I go. Thanks!

[BobbyjoeX]

=.= wish they tell me my comics no good soon (i know i'm not getting on)

[BobbyjoeX]

double post
after looking at ppl's comics from here... i ultimately regret signing into it cause the readers there are kinda cruel. /^\ i scurred

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@Rodimus13 gradz on being published !!!

@BobbyjoeXforgotensb the (non-exclusive) contract doesn’t bind you for publication, you can just pull out if you don’t want to?

[BobbyjoeX]

yeah... tbh im still figuring out what im going to do before they finally get back to me

[JRHoch]

If you want a true Darwinian spectacle, try r/comics. Scurry!

[Rodimus13]

Really? Most of mine have been pretty friendly. Only had one that didn't believe I was the author so smack talked me a bit (cause they thought I was a lier), and then basically apologized when the little symbol finally popped. Rude? Yeah, but understandable. Think it helps if you take time to read and respond to them. Knowing I may pop in has helped.

Oh I guess there was one that was like "that bit was distracting!" and we just responded "Great! It was suppose to be, thanks for letting us know it worked!" cause it kinda was.

[Rodimus13]

BTW if they offer, do it. They know what their audience likes. I'm at over 8000 subs in 3 days! Towards the end of the month, we are going to put a endeared on the comics encouraging people to do Ko-fi or Partreon. We might get enough funding from this to publish our book (Major issue happened with the computer so the bonus money I got had to be used for the computer instead like a proper adult)

[Darkstrong]

Just a piece of fair warning. I looked at your situation, and I suspect that these numbers are not true. on you first two days you had 100k views, and 7600 subs. On the following two days you only got 2k views and 600 subs. You are still at the top on the first page, so there must've been something else that happened, most likely data manipulation to make the platform look more desirable. WebComics is very young, and might try things like this to attract creators. The numbers seem especially strange on WebComics if you compare it to webtoons. Webtoons is the biggest webcomics platform right now, but if you look at their top comics, they have around 500k subs (top discover comics, featured might have more). Top comics on WebComics have 1kk + subs, more then twice that of Webtoons. These numbers make me think that they are changing the numbers in the app to make it more desirable for new creators.
Not trying to make you feel bad. Just voicing my concerns.

[BobbyjoeX]

i heard webtoons does the bot thing too actually

[Darkstrong]

Very possible, I have my own suspicions, but at least it is not as obvious. We got to the first page a couple of days ago, and been gaining subs almost like clockwork. But at least the numbers are not as strange and more than feasible. Comments are many, and different. There were a lot of comments on rodimus13's comic too, but most of them were written by the same 4 users, which seem strange to me too. I am not defending Webtoons, I really hope that what we are getting there now is real. But the numbers on WebComics, are just wrong...

[Spaceburger]

I know that artists are obliged not to reveal the amount of money they receive from non exclusive/exclusive contract, but do they worth it?

[Merle]

I kinda had that thought before, too. I don´t quite believe the exact numbers of Webcomics, but I think they have a very large readership nontheless.
Once my comic started gaining subs over there, a few hundred went over and subbed on Webtoon as well (knowing how lazy readers are that´s not too bad a number for a few thousand subs haha) (for example: I get 300 - 400 views per update on tapas, but only around 30 to 40 likes; same on Webtoon, or even a worse ratio)
I am also in a Webtoon reader Discord of very active readers, and they all know about Webcomics/ know others who read over there, too.

Interaction usually doesn´t match your Readership at all. I´ve come to this sorta rule of thumb: 5-10% fo your readers will interact as far as commenting and liking regulary, At most 1% will actually buy things support you
(never unerestimate how lazy readers are haha)
No matter the actual numbers, Webcomics works as another exposure to gain more readers on my main platforms, and maybe some dedicated fans in the future. It´s serving its purpose ;D

[Darkstrong]

Yeah, as another portal for exposure - anything is fine. It's just that rodimus13 was already placing such high hopes, that I felt a need to check it out, and post the results of my research.

[seru]

The non-exclusive contract is a good income supplement for your comic. I personally wouldn't go to the exclusive route as the bonus and additional funding aren't that much.