Hello Tapastic! We've got another exiting update to announce today! We've updated our Support Program!
Since we launched the beta version of the Tapastic Support Program back in May, we’ve received a lot of valuable feedback which has helped us improve it significantly. Today we’re excited to introduce the second iteration of the Tapastic Support Program Beta.
Highlights
Creators define their own tiers of rewards for the Support Program
Creators now have more control over how they can reward their supporters in the form of “Milestone Rewards”. These rewards are defined and set by a creator and are meant to encourage his or her supporters to keep contributing for a long time. For example, a creator can define four support milestones– say, $5, $15, $30, and $50 — and set a designated reward for each of those milestones. Supporters who reach each milestone will be rewarded with something unique and fun made by the creator.
To elaborate further, supporters are rewarded based on their total support amount, not monthly support amount. In other words, support for each creator is cumulative. This makes things simple for our creators because they only have to provide a one time reward to any supporter who hits a new support milestone. After all, we know it’s challenging enough just to make comics.
Supporters can designate their Support amount
Our Support Program now gives supporters the freedom to choose their monthly support amount. Supporters can manage this amount by simply clicking on +/- button (or entering any custom amount up to $999). A higher monthly support amount will help supporters reach the next milestone faster, but even $1/month support will get them to the next milestone eventually.
All the existing benefits of the Support Program Beta remain
All the benefits of the initial Support Program Beta still remain: you can directly support your favorite creators to help them continue making their comic series that you’re passionate about, you can get full access to all content, including optional “Supporters only” content, and you’re added to the supporter list on the creator’s profile page and comic series page.
Your Feedback Matters
We plan to roll this feature out in waves, starting with a handful of creators. We’ll gradually open up the Support Program to more creators, and eventually to all Tapastic creators so they can setup their own Support Program right in the dashboard.
If you’re a creator and are interested in participating in our Support Program Beta, send an email to peter@tapasmedia.co with a link to your Tapastic profile. We’ll also keep you posted on our progress. Meanwhile, feel free to check out these new support features and give us feedback in this forum thread. Here are the current creators in the program. We encourage everyone to share the love and start supporting:
feyuca
Mika Weiseth
Nerepi
Kelly
There are more creators soon to come!
Thanks for using Tapastic!