Is premium free?

[ametueraspirant]

so I've been looking through the new premium stuff and it's all apparently free on discount
now I don't know if this is to promote the program as it's just starting out or what, but since they'd apparently have a price tag normally I would feel thrifty but guilty for getting them free (though I did snag moonlight hair because I just can't wait to purchase that one to finish it)
I dunno what exactly this means, but I figured I'd post a time wasting discussion on the forums before eventually caving in and getting all the premium comics I could for free anyway.
also I will just eat a rubix cube if I have another witty topic title I make up that gets axed because of the character and 'invalid title' restrictions.

[PotooGryphon]

For the last few days, I've had the same thoughts. Everything still appears to be free and I haven't noticed any new additional comic series to premium. I thought the promotion rates would be over by Jan so I've already snatched up all the series available. I'm still slowly reading through them. I'd love to hear of any future plans Tapastic has for premium.

Also, don't eat a Rubik Cube. Give it to me and I'll solve it for you. Then I guess you can eat it if you still want to. Haha

[michaelson]

For the last few days, I've had the same thoughts. Everything still appears to be free and I haven't noticed any new additional comic series to premium. I thought the promotion rates would be over by Jan so I've already snatched up all the series available. I'm still slowly reading through them. I'd love to hear of any future plans Tapastic has for premium.

We will be introducing a lot of series to Premium throughout the year. Editorially we wanted to make sure we had a hands on approach with every series so we'll be gradually releasing more content soon.

I dunno what exactly this means, but I figured I'd post a time wasting discussion on the forums before eventually caving in and getting all the premium comics I could for free anyway.

We wanted our early access readers to explore Premium without anything holding them back.

We built a review system to allow for fans of a series to help creators sell their work. Nothing convinces me to buy something more so than a great, thoughtful review. So even though everything is currently free, I guess you could pay it forward by writing something nice

[jjfresh]

Of course premium comics are not free. That would be missing the whole point of Premium. I believe I received an email about this in which they have several premium comics out for free until a specified date.

I'm actually curious how people become Premium. I assume they are invited based on Subscribers, schedule, story, etc.

[ametueraspirant]

I guess you could pay it forward by writing something nice

well I guess I'd better start actually reading the stuff, now shouldn't I?

[michaelson]

I'm actually curious how people become Premium. I assume they are invited based on Subscribers, schedule, story, etc.

It's primarily based on popularity and being completed. We'll be rolling out an application pro

well I guess I'd better start actually reading the stuff, now shouldn't I?

No better time than the present.

[jjfresh]

Oooh. Makes sense. An application pro?

[michaelson]

Oooh. Makes sense. An application pro?

Hmm, sorry, I was sleepy, I have no idea what that typo was supposed to say.. I think I meant to say "we'll be rolling out an application soon"

[jjfresh]

Hahah, ooooh. Interesting.

[nikacomics]

On the topic of premium... How can we browse premium content by genre? Or ratings? etc. ^^ I only see a sideways scroll bar...

[michaelson]

We'll be introducing sorting options once there's a bigger necessity for it. We're gradually adding more content to the Premium section and currently, it's not difficult to navigate without those sorting options. But we do have it lined up.