Share your mature content resources!

punkarsenic 2018-07-13 12:50:20 UTC #1

The recent thread about the new webtoons policy sadly got derailed and therefor unlisted, but i think a lot of great intel and resources were shared about how to monetise mature content. i think we should keep that conversation going, so that artists here can support eachother with knowledge.

some intel from the thread:

(a note on patreon, shared by @Merle )

(re: ad hosts for mature sites)

if anyone has any more resources or intel to share about ad censorship, monetisation, and mature content - share it here!

NOTE: i dont want to see any debates about the morality or semantics of any mature content clause derailing the thread - this is for resource sharing more than opinion sharing. lets keep this productive and listed.

LordVincent 2018-07-13 12:58:22 UTC #2

Okay so, since this discussion is now open again...

I was asleep when the thread got way outta whack and then locked so I wasn't able to add, but: Gumroad is not a viable option.

https://help.gumroad.com/why-doesnt-gumroad-allow-adult-content

Sorry about that one but I've already considered it and noticed it won't work for creators like us.

However, Shopify (haven't looked much into it other than noticing it's a potential option) allows adult content. The tricky part here is finding a good payment gateway, but this thread/whatever here brings up a few good options as well as confirmation that Shopify works for adult content:

https://ecommerce.shopify.com/c/shopify-discussion/t/adult-content-subscription-service-277946

Bear in mind if you use Paypal for your business that it could be tricky to tie paypal to Shopify. Paypal is basically the reason we're seeing such a crackdown on adult content on Patreon. It's all about the fees (which are high because banks have noted that adult entertainment and the trade of such content has a higher tendency to be subject to fraud and chargebacks)

punkarsenic 2018-07-13 13:14:05 UTC #3

how about itch.io? im looking through its terms rn and it doesnt seem to specify any prohibition against mature content

@niah146 youre our resident itch stan, do you know?

LordVincent 2018-07-13 13:18:13 UTC #4

Itch.io appears to be targeted mostly at games but should definitely be considered a good option (in case it allows adult content that is) for, say, visual novels. Something many writers and comic artists do wish to create.

punkarsenic 2018-07-13 13:33:18 UTC #5

it has a comics option, dude! its a lil hidden, but its right there, and used by some big names from the looks of it

EDIT:

i think this means they allow adult content lol

LordVincent 2018-07-13 13:37:18 UTC #6

"Very very hot look" said it all pffff

NanettesClouds 2018-07-13 14:48:26 UTC #7

Heya! Itch.io allows adult and queer content. When it comes to comics it's mostly used to distribute PDFs, but if you know some html or can find a template (I haven't looked) you could set up a custom webcomic page through the site.

My favorite thing about the site is you can set your own prices, or use variable pricing schemes similar to a Kickstarter pledge (and you get to decide how much revenue you share with itch.io, if any). For example, let's say I had a minicomic I could put that up as a free download (however itch.io always encourages people to pay for free content which is nice), but in addition to the minicomic PDF I could also put say, a .zip of my Photoshop files behind a Paywall. Or I could set up a "pay with a tweet" scheme, where people have to make a Twitter post about my content before they can download it. There are a lot of options and its pretty rad

Definitely give it a look - the site is well established in the indie games world, but the comic side of it is still pretty new so you have less competition than you would on a site like webtoons. That said a lot of your typical webcomic marketing logic also doesn't apply because their algorithms don't really account for regularly updating webcomics (from what I know)

LordVincent 2018-07-13 14:59:14 UTC #8

^this sounds like it could be a very good alternative to Patreon in case of suspension, then. That's a big one that's on many people's minds right now so it's very helpful.

NanettesClouds 2018-07-13 15:06:22 UTC #9

Indeed! One thing to keep in mind though is that I'm pretty sure itch.io processes payments through PayPal? Might be worth double checking. That said there's very high profile adult content on the site from what I know and it's been like that for awhile.

seru 2018-07-13 15:14:41 UTC #10

Storenvy is a free store platform. You can put up digital things even merch on that site.

For digital distribution, it has to be done manually. Shopify has this integration but you have to pay $29.99 per month and that's a lot for people starting out.