paywall or freemium (webnovel.com survey)

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  1. cequ

    cequ Member

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    If it comes down to these 2 choices, which do you prefer? My personal pick is freemium.

    The survey is here:
    https://www.strawpoll.me/14527896

    Hypothetical paywall: $0.04 per chapter paywall (first 100 chapters are free)
    Hypothetical freemium: All novels free with ads; $5.99 a month to skip ads, read several chapters ahead of free users, extra power stones for voting





    Ranking from best to worst (looking at a hypothetical free leecher who don't like ads and won't ever pay)

    1) All Novels Free with no ads

    2) All Novels Free with ads

    3) All Novels Free with ads + paid monthly premium to skip ads, read ahead

    4) Paywall ($0.04 per chapter) after first 100 free chapters

    5) Subscription paywall only / No Free reading (similar to J-Novel Club $4.95 a month for Club Member and $10.95 for Premium Membership)
     
  2. Kung Pao

    Kung Pao chickens don't get headaches, they eat my grains

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    Fresh account polling about Qidian, not suspicious at all..
     
  3. Zero300

    Zero300 『Mask Maker』『Kamen Rider Khaos』『Demon Immortal』

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    i prefer if they only had adwall and never consider paywall
     
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  4. AHKoT

    AHKoT [FA sect] [2nibyou] [ReverseEpi] [Htrap]

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    This is qidian isn't it?
     
  5. RandomEnchanter

    RandomEnchanter Well-Known Member

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    the OP's use of power stones gives it away
     
  6. Morvian

    Morvian 『Weakened King』『Abandoned Man』『Man Of Culture』

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    hmm i like the current system~
    but seeing so many petty person that dont want to see ads but want to pay money, i think my life next time will be miserable~
     
  7. Viola

    Viola Studio Ghibli Fanboy Mother of Learning Fanboy

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    Just check his accounts activity.
    He has exclusively commented on Threads about Qidian, Qidian and Volare and WW potential legal troubles.

    Pretty suspicious for a new account but hey, that's just me.


    As to the actual question of the thread.

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    Hazery Missing Member

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    Again?!!
     
  9. cequ

    cequ Member

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    At the extreme end would be something like J-Novel Club. Which is not going to happen.

    It will either be paywall or Freemium. Stay tune 2018!!!!

    https://j-novel.club/top

    https://j-novel.club/faq

    What benefits do Members get and how much does it cost?

    Becoming a J-Novel Club Member costs $4.95 a month, or $54 a year (=$4.50 a month).
    Members can read the latest pre-publication ('prepub') parts as they are finished being translated for all of our series!
    Also, there is a special Members only section of our forums where members can discuss these prepub releases.

    What benefits do Premium Members get and how much does it cost?

    Becoming a J-Novel Club Premium Member costs $10.95 a month, or $120 a year ($10 a month).
    Premium Members have all the benefits of normal members, plus they get a credit for a free Premium E-book once every month, which saves you 20% off buying normal e-books retail!
    Also, there is a special section of the forums for Premium Members only, where all our translators and editors will be actively participating in discussions, so you can really help to be a part of the team!
     
  10. Artesia

    Artesia Well-Known Member

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    Why not Mix them

    Let people view adverts to build up enough credit to read chapters

    If you start charging £0,04 per chapter I would rather read of pirated sites then pay that, the monthly membership isn't bad but you should set a limit on it
     
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  11. Robbini

    Robbini Logical? Illogical? Random? Or Just Unique?

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    I'll say my guess frankly. If it isn't free with the ads like it is now, which is almost borderline already, but it actually involves real money, then mtls for those novels would get a lot more readers.
     
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  12. Thousandswords

    Thousandswords SWORD OF PENETRATION

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    Current system is the best
     
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  13. Dravileo

    Dravileo Imofever never end

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    Just adds, no paywall.

    Polling
     
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  14. Nydestroyer

    Nydestroyer Special Name.

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    I would say fuck off, but the community here has slowly gone soft on the anti QI due to normal people reasons(aka complacency and lack of self awareness on the power they actually hold) so I'll just say go paywall so you can finally alienate the people who still buy your crap... shit I might of tipped them off.... I hope this guy gets his 10 cent paycheck for this....
     
  15. raltzero

    raltzero Last Year Until BS in IT | Lazy Overlord TL

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    Pretty sure it's USD and not Euros.
     
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    zentetsuken Well-Known Member

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    Just go paywall so everyone can go pirate or just forget about QI
     
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  17. AMissingLinguist

    AMissingLinguist [Not Here][Blank Sect][Nuffian #N]

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    Interesting, a survey about Qidian future income. Why not actually ask the readers on Qidian than NUF?
     
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  18. zamornews

    zamornews Well-Known Member

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    1, 2, 3 is what most people are willing to accept.

    also 3 is basically patreon for basically every(most) translator out there.
     
  19. not_here

    not_here Well-Known Member

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    Only here for free nuffiessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!! :blobpeek:
     
  20. iamgboy08

    iamgboy08 Well-Known Member

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    theres nothing shameless about this post.. he hid it pretty well.. he's not even advertising the site..

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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