Kofi vs Tippng \ Ink

[AdrenalineShots]

Which is more successful for you and why do you think that is? I would have thought tipping is better because readers are staying on the same webpage (Tapas) rather than having to go to another site

[joannekwan]

I've gotten way more hits with ink than ko-fi.
Since ko-fi requires people to have paypal and real money.

[NanettesClouds]

I imagine a big part of it has to do with who your audience is cuz like

Patreon: good for supporters who have a consistent disposable income (adults)

Ko-fi: good for supporters who have occasional disposable income (teens, and probably other artists cough)

INK: good for supporters who have disposable time (teens, and suprisingly other artists because they farm ink while working on their pages)

Tailoring your rewards on each platform to each demographic is probably worth it too, for example giving bonus content/early access to INK tippers and "thank you credits" to Ko-Fi & Patreon supporters.

Something I've been considering is using itch.io or gumroad as sorta an alternative to ko-fi, because you can set up a project page where you wall off certain content behind different price points. So, for example, I could put up a PDF of one of my comics for free but for people who spend $3 could get some other bonus content, and peoe who spend $5 could get the project files.

A lot of this is theory on my part tho because I haven't really sat down to try any of this out yet.

[Yulek]

I didn't even know those existed ... Really gotta look into them as well!

[NanettesClouds]

Definitely! They're more content distribution platforms/shops than they are support programs, but yeah I think they're worth looking into. Itch.io is mostly an indie game dev community but there's now a comics section too. I know that @benji distributes their comics on gumroad, so maybe they can shed some more info on that, a lot of artists will also sell reasources, brushes, and tutorials there.

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