How beneficial is the '100 subs milestone ' have?

[Vikar]

Thanks to lovely Tapas Community, my novel reached the 25 subs milestone. Next is 100 subs which give some benefits.
I want to know how much you are benefited from ad revenue.

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[DarkSena]

Hi Vikar, I haven't reached hundred myself yet but so far it's known to me from 100 sub you are unlocked to earn revenue from ads which are ran on Tapas to support the creators here. I also think you get the ability to get the support button right next to your name at the comic, where people can donate you ink, which as you might know, is the currency of Tapas.

Here quote directly from Tapas.

For any series, the Ad Revenue and Support programs provide creators ways to earn money from page views and fan contributions.

Every creator gets their own Dashboard, where they can track earnings from Ad Revenue and Support contributions. When your account balance reaches at least $25, you can cash out via PayPal.

[darthmongoose]

You won't really benefit from having ad revenue enabled until you have thousands of subs, so it's not a massive deal (they really shouldn't put the progress bar urging people to try to reach for it, it's a lot of stress for an anticlimactic outcome).

To give a sense of what to expect... I have just shy of 2500 subs on my comic, and fairly good engagement... and I make about maybe 5-10 cents a month in ad revenue. Most of the money I make on Tapas (which still doesn't amount to more than "some money on the side") comes through ink donations and the like.

Try to focus more on building an engaged audience rather than desperately chasing subs to hit the milestones on your dashboard. The subs will come in time, and the milestones aren't useful without engagement to generate views or fans to donate.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

The ad revenue is not that beneficial unless you are consistently raking in more than 1k views daily.

If you want Tapas money, better wait for Inksgiving for ink donation unlock or gain it off Tapas (Patreon, KoFi). No guarantee it will succeed, though.

[Vikar]

I think promoting our work on social media platforms with patreon link is more feasible. Thanks though, I hope you soon get 100 subs and achieve what you are aiming for.

[Vikar]

As expected from a Senior. Salute!!

Actually, My novel is also on other site as well, like Wattpad, RoyalRoad and Webnovel but here I got the most engagements. (Actually it's the only place which is appreciating my work )

Aside from tapas community, where is your mostly audience coming from ??

[Vikar]

It's just been 2 months since I started writing (in my whole life), So I don't think I should expect earning at this early stage.

How does that work ??? Like, novel / comic which is 1+ year will earn well or if you're content is good then you'll start earning at early stages ??

[darthmongoose]

Aside from tapas community, where is your mostly audience coming from ??

You're about to get a complicated answer to a simple question, lol....

Early on, my audience was largely built from a mix of Tapas community people and existing fans of my work. I've been making comics for over a decade, and have a small, but loyal fanbase for my art, as well as some people who like my D&D content or know me as a VA from Let's Read Homestuck and so checked out the comic when I launched on Twitter, and benefitted from some signal boosts from old friends off the UK comics scene. From these sources and regularly promoting on social media, I was able to get over 250 subs in the first 9 months or so of updates...

And then I started getting featured by Tapas. So after that point, the bulk of my numbers come from Tapas itself, but the core readers who leave the most comments come from the methods mentioned earlier; social media promo and the Tapas community. Readers off the app more often just read quietly and only sometimes turn out to be people who leave likes and comments. I still also do things like banner swaps with other creators, which also brings in people already on the Tapas app or site, and if there's a good match in vibe, the results can be quite good!

[Vikar]

Woah , 10 years of experience (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Respect (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ Senior

So in contrast, I need to patiently wait for genuine appreciators while being actively promoting on social media. Well, I just started my journey, so my expectations are low . My biggest motivation is the thought of completing my first novel in diligence.

The world that I created in my mind, I want to see the end in proper words. <(￣︶￣)>

[DarkSena]

@darthmongoose Yeah, that's the thing with having an existing audience in here I published my first thing in book 2009 and ever since then it was only published in books (covers, one shots and such) but coming to a new platform and basically starting over is a thing. I decided to create my own independent comic after years and years when I thought of not having a desire to have my own, because I already knew how much of time and dedication you need to put into creating this, your world starts basically turning around it as I does right now lol Wrong are always the expectations that people who follow you on different platforms do jump with you on every new platform you make, that's how you get burned, haha. But everyone's starting somehow

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