Web Toons or Tap for Skeeters?

[joevallen3]

Good info and the aunt 20 bucks example has helped clear up a lot! Thanks!

[69Michi]

Just want to quickly add my two cents on Webtoon's support program since people have already talked about most things you need to know.

It might sound like Webtoon's pledging program is easy money, but unfortunately it depends on the series and how good they do on the website too. And most of all, the program doesn't last for forever. In fact the Webtoon x Patreon program that Webtoon is offering right now for artists on Discover section (Not featured) will end in August this year. So you have approximately 7 months left to take advantage of this program. (Not counting the time you need in order to build up the requirement subscriber and views) So I would say for long term run, Tapastic and Patreon are your best bet. Unless you are lucky enough that Webtoon would pick you as one of their featured artist, which is a very slim chance but worth the try.

[joevallen3]

ooooh good info. and no, I'm never, "lucky" and I don't think anything is ever easy money. I'm a total work horse in anything I do so hard work doesn't scare me. But lucky, yeah, no, so I wouldn't count on that. Good info and thank you

[SpavVy]

Well, to be fair they are probably loaded with emails and not just from those requesting the tipping feature, plus they have a website to run >_> it took them at least a week to activate mine and I think a little bit longer for my friend.
I know you want to make money off of your project but the tipping feature isn't really going to help you make a whole lot. You can just upload on both Tapastic and Webtoons for more exposer, and as for the Webtoons 'trolls' to be honest I haven't seen a whole lot of them around, the worst I usually see is ungrateful readers that want creators to upload faster. I was once hesitant to start uploading on webtoons because of 'trolls' but when I did I gained a crap ton of new readers in less than a week including my first patron.

[scythe]

You should also know that there are tens of thousands of webcomics out there, if not more, and only a minuscule percentage of them will ever make the creators anything more than a couple of bucks, let alone a profit. Putting a comic on sites like Tapastic or Webtoons should not be understood as a money making venture, especially if you're just starting out.

[joevallen3]

I'm on both now and I got an email from Michael activating me. Thanks!

[joevallen3]

There are???? lol Not my first project. I already make money from my writing and various other projects but thank you for your input. Got my tap activated and just launched webtoons for Skeeters.

[bakasama25]

Let put my thoughts on Naver/LINE Webtoons. Naver is the most largest webtoon portal in South Korea. That's all well in good for getting work in the public eye but the competition for getting into the paid tier is fierce. It's quite possible to have a webcomic that has fairly substantial following but not get into paid tier. The time to get that tier might be longer than the time your comic reaches it's end. That doesn't seem to have happened to LINE Webtoon, yet. I do think that it will get to that point eventually.
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[joevallen3]

I was reading where it said if you are posting at least twice per month and you get 5k monthly US views then they would start pledging to your patreon. Seemed reasonable as far as requirements to get involved in the program. We literally just posted our first episode there a couple hours ago but I see what you meen, There;s definitely more traffic there. Either way more exposure can't hurt, right?
Thanks for your post!