phoenix_8888 yep, when you are talking about spending $80 or more on a book series, you would expect the books to be next level good. I love webnovels. They are a quick and easy read that is good for relaxing and stress relief, but they are not on the whole what I would call "next level good."

On top of that the SS business model is a blatant ripoff, meant to trick you into spending more money than you realise. You don't know when you are buying SS how much you are gonna need to unlock the whole book so you won't be spending your money efficiently. You also probably won't buy all at once because most people follow the webnovels as they are being published. So by the time you are done you don't even realise how much money you have sunk into all your novels.

Qidian set up this system in a shady way right from the start, but because the chapters unlocked on their own as new chapters came out most of us ignored it. Now they have moved things one step further and act like we won't notice.

A frog will let himself get boiled alive if the water is heated up gradually.

    Just shocked as well. Im an SS stone buyer. i spend at least 1 max pckage per month. I dont mind unlocking chapters as well. I just started VMMORPG:Rebirth of the Legendary Guardian and was shocked that the unlocked chapters are only 100+ only. What the hell is this qidian? You got to be better than this

      pr0fess0rx I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but i think you are already spending above what your average person would expect to pay on a monthly basis for webnovels. I feel that for that much you should be able to get your fill on webnovels without issue. The fact that even you are having trouble is worrying.

        Garlic_Sauce you're just new. Everything has a way. By next week you'll probably be complaining with the lack of chapters rather than the lack of SS.

          I could understand if there was a monthly premium membership that unlocked all chapters. I would pay $15 to $30 a month for that. I’m not shelling out $100+ per novel when I normally real 15 to 20 different novels at a time daily. I will just have to give up reading novels here. If I paid the prices they want for those novels. I would have to pay $1500 to $2000 to read them. That’s insane!!! I guess I need to find novels on other sites instead.

          I started checking the novels, it seems that those that are in the top 100 are going premium and that is a shame. Also can you imagine telling someone that you pay over US$100 for this, they will laugh at you. Qidan should check out other sites in terms of cost - I looked at netflix annual fees - from a basic US$100 to premium US$150. Plus they retain a lot of subscriptions due to their service and cost. I think that is doable for the power reader as a yearly fee but the HUMONGOUS RIP OFF, is not acceptable. I also notice that for those that require premium there is indication of reduced comments.

          Qidan get your act together. I really do not want to leave this site but I am not willing to pay those astronomical fees for incomplete books/webnovels. I do not even spend that amount on books for the year on a regular basis. Give us good justification for those costs. Granted the reader has a choice to come to this site, but the reader also has a choice to leave and discourage other people from coming here as well due to this very unfriendly feature. Who will be the bigger loser then?

            All_Night Corprate is pushing for more revenue from the international sister company. It’s not up to the authors whether the premium releases happen or not.

            It is, CKtalon made a topic about it. The authors went to the webnovel staff and pressured them because they thought the premium system worked like in China, first hundred chapters free and then all locked. Then the webnovel stuff stopped unlocking the chapters daily and CKtalon made a topic, then it got deleted I believe.

                if they follow the highway robbery like china's premium system i believe qidian will lost millions readers.No wonder they not unlocked premium chapter per day for free reader,they will vacuum your money,account bank perhaps mortgage own wife too for addicted in reading.

                easy said ,qidian's is insane.They think eastern economic(communism)
                will same as western economic(capitalism)?

                same for me i bought several packages of SS cause i wanted to read a little faster but once my current set of ss are out i will be gone. cause im not planning of paying large amounts of money for each story

                Garlic_Sauce I never check forums as I just want to read and mind my own business. But it got me thinking recently why all the free chapters that I know it’s free to read that I saved for months turned out either I watch the ad or pay SS. Big example is “Gourment Supplier” and now mostly all the novels. This is being ridiculous and such a money grabber. I just thought it was only me who noticed it good thing I checked the forums and saw your feedback. oh well once I’m done with “WOS, LOTF and GW” im leaving this shit hole. I rather Support wuxiaworld and be a patron.

                  Web Novel Novel Ask