Tapas vs Webtoon(And the sub gap between them)

[Fafnir]

I dunno. People keep mentioning these forums are a good resource. But, (and I could be wrong, I'm pretty new, ) it seems to me these forums are full of creators trying to get others creators to read their comics. My guess is most creators are just looking at others comics on here out of professional curiosity, not as a potential reader/subscriber. So I'm not sold on the usefulness of these forums in finding new readers. I would be happy to be proven wrong.

[Kelheor]

the forum is 99.9% creators. Readers have no need to be there =)
The forum is nice when you're a beginner and have no idea how to even start gaining an audience. But most of us here are the same small creators.

[lidiash]

Since @rm_manga mentioned, I will add too: since 1 of August 2020. 8 months of updates, which means on average I published 15 episodes per month.

I have no hope for myself, but if it gets better for others - great, I will be only happy for them. <3 Miracles happen, just not to me, even if in 1 month I overwork myself to make 21 episodes for one comic and 5 for others. And to whoever reads this: I add these numbers to encourage them not to think that if their webtoon don't fly it 100% means they don't work enough or there is something wrong with their content. Platforms can be just like that.

The best course is if one decided to continue is to appreciate whatever there is (like my longest comic has 1-2 people commenting, but hell, I remember them, and it's honestly fun to reply to them) and find the good of it... Occasionally ranting about the state of things on the forum of other platform, lol.

[lidiash]

У меня 1.6к сабов, но за 6 эпизодов 9,750 просмотров из США. К слову последнее меня особо расстраивает, будто просмотры из других стран какие-то не те, хотя рекламу мне при выборе любой точки мира с ВПН показывают одну и ту же.

Оцени, есть ли ради кого там оставаться, впрочем. Выкладывать на Вэбтун не так муторно, если автоматизировать процесс (например у меня скрип в ФШ уменьшает страницы под их параметры).

[Kelheor]

@lidiash @rm_manga я просто хочу сказать, что меня поместили на первую страницу через год и оно поперло.
Так что может есть смысл ждать чуть дольше.
Also it's strange to write in Russian here lol.

[lidiash]

Это круто, но сложно предсказывать будущее на платформе, где так много зависит (в случае отсутствия готовой фанбазы) от удачи, да и Вэбтун нигде не делает обещаний, что, грубо говоря, момент славы гарантирован каждому через год, да и гарантирован в принципе.

Я опираюсь на тот опыт с платформами, что у меня уже есть, и стараюсь ценить то, что уже достигнуто. Зная свой характер, мечты "вот однажды как выстрелит" превратятся в разочаровывающее каждым днем ожидание того, что никто и не обещал, что случится. Но тут, очевидно, это индивидуальное отношение.

Oh yes it is. Feels like being an undercover spy who fails to blend in.

[Pommie]

640 on WT vs 134 on Tapas.

I'm lucky to have over 100 on Tapas tbh lol since superhero is buried under a shitton of action comics lol.

[Kelheor]

Yeah, your points are definitely fair I don't personally see the point of leaving Webtoons for Tapas exclusively, because there's no way to gain the same revenue on Tapas at all, when there are at least some chances for it on Webtoons. But if it doesn't work, it doesn't, no point of making yourself to do the work in vain.

[lidiash]

I don't advocate for leaving Webtoon, through. Just venting the frustration with how the platform works.

Posting to both is not that much of the hustle to begin with.

And revenue is not my prime goal or measure, hence why I am still posting on Webtoon.