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sometimes i see calls for artists to draw someone's webtoon with the promise they'll be paid in a portion of future ad revenue. here's why that sucks:
first of all, in order to qualify to be paid adrev on webtoon at all, you need to fulfill a few minimum requirements:
- 1,000 subscribers
- 40,000+ monthly pageviews
- series MUST comply with webtoon's content guidelines (that can be vague, at best)
- 1,000 subscribers
- 40,000+ monthly pageviews
- series MUST comply with webtoon's content guidelines (that can be vague, at best)
how long will it take for your comic to reach 1,000 subscribers? a day? a week? a year? ever? say you reach 1,000 subs AND 40,000 monthly views within a relatively short amount of time, like, a month.
congrats! that's extremely fast.
now you need to apply for ad sharing.
congrats! that's extremely fast.
now you need to apply for ad sharing.
once accepted, you'll start to accrue ad revenue. webtoon pays out ad revenue to your connected patreon account (there is no other way) in $100 increments, meaning you must first make $100 in ad revenue before you see a dime.
how long is that going to take?
how long is that going to take?
for me, when lies within was updating on webtoon, it took 3-5 months between payouts. my average monthly pageviews were ~100k.
now, consider the artist, making months and months of episode updates in order to get the views to get the ad revenue. art takes time.
now, consider the artist, making months and months of episode updates in order to get the views to get the ad revenue. art takes time.
ask yourself artist, are you willing to work for free on someone else's story for six months, if you're lucky, before seeing a cut of $100 in ad revenue (and not even $100 after patreon and paypal take their cut)?
ask yourself writer, do you think this is fair?
ask yourself writer, do you think this is fair?
sure, you'll get them paid eventually, if your story meets the necessary requirements to qualify in the first place, and continues to update often enough to make ad revenue, but will they stick around that long?
i'm starting to lose my train of thought but this is all to say if you can, hire the artist at a fair rate. show them your webtoon idea is worth the ad revenue by investing in them up front.
pay your artists! pay 'em! set up a little contract & treat them like a professional.
pay your artists! pay 'em! set up a little contract & treat them like a professional.
and if your project is a collaboration between friends and you're both fine working on your passion project none of these tweets apply to you
