I wonder if they are making money from this from whales or losing money from customers leaving

    healiha From the quoted text, it sounds like it could mean the money goes to those who worked hard for this (privilege chapters) to come about, meaning advocates of this idea (including WebNovel staff). Very vague in terms of who was involved and where the money is going to (honestly, if it was going 100% to translators/editors/authors, WebNovel would have made sure to note that somewhere in their announcement to ensure they are seen in a better light (PR piece)). So I find it hard to believe all of it goes to editors/translators/authors in a fair arrangement.

    Also consider that they banned translators/editors who did "Privilege Chapters" aka advanced chapters via Patreon way before WebNovel. If you want to justify saying this is exactly like Patreon-- At least Patreon gave you the chapters as soon as you pledged the amount, not asking you to pay again to unlock them. On top of that, they had milestones for communities to reach, so when certain tiers were reached, it'd help the entire community collectively (increased release rates, monthly mass release increased rates, etc). Furthermore, the content creators in charge of said Patreon actually communicated with their readers more actively and was more inclusive.

    What's WebNovel offering anything of benefit outside of it giving more money percentage to WebNovel instead of Patreon and their 'almighty' authors/translators/editors, and omitting many features Patreon offered. Oh right, a shiny new badge online that no one will see because your forums is only meant for people to either complain about your shady practices ("Premium Beta Program", remember your promises/claims then?), your buggy (web) apps, or Original authors circle jerking each other for reviews because they can't get any real 'support' they were promised from WebNovel on advertisement/promotions/etc.

    WebNovel's past conduct/shady practices should make anyone doubt rather than optimistically believe that any actions/stance they take is any way good. Remember Premium "Beta" Program? Seem to recall them claiming a lot of things regarding that too, but I don't really see much of that going as claimed and only see that it's become a common practice for all popular novels to become premium. Accepting their 'innovations' will only make them think it was a perfect feature and will likely make every popular novel get their own "Privilege Chapters." What's next, we got to pay extra to read chapters edited by the 'almighty editors' lol?

      Tenny2905

      Add on the following
      - Perfect wife is a little sweet
      - Prodigiously amazing weaponsmith

      Seems like most popular novels are affected
      This poor humble reader can’t afford it

          RekiChan Seriously, just don't waste your money on privilege. It's not worth it.

          Did you know that you will still need to pay to unlock and eventually read the advance chapters even after you pay the privilege fees?

              Cantiara Yea I know about that and I also know that it's not worth the SS spent, but I often find myself raging when the translator stopped the daily chapters right on a massive cliffhanger and if I read the novel in the morning I might think on that chapters and next chapters the whole day and possibly ruin my day. So in my opinion, if I can spend 200ss for 5chapters and possibly finish without cliffhangers it might be a good deal. But the 2nd payment required to unlock the unlocked chapters still sucks.

                  CKtalon I see, another question, If initially I paid 1000ss for 10 privileged chapters but then I want to upgrade it to 2500ss for 25 chapters and of the same novel do I still need to pay the full amount of 2500ss? Or will it deduct from the 1000ss I paid initially so I only need to pay 1500ss more?

                      WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL

                      "Even if you dont buy it, thr routine updates will not be affected at all. You can still get what you usually can read everyday."

                      Now this is the answer I am looking for. THank you. I thought that the privilege chapters are locked and only those who buy more SS can continue the access to the novel.

                          Love_Chaos

                          Piokilek people are panicking because first, the rules are not really clear and not mentioned from the get go. You have to click the help in order to see the rules and even then, it is still confusing for some non-native English readers. Second, in patreon you don't have to pay AGAIN in order to read the aforementioned chaps you are supposed to get. In THIS system however, aside from paying the privilege fee, you still have to spend another ss to unlock thosr chapters itself. Webnovel keeps giving analogies instead of properly addressing the issue. People wants to get what they paid for.

                              WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL but why is this now available and so pricy? 7SS to unlock a CHAPTER at regular updates, or 50SS to unlock a CHAPTER early? That is shocking. Doesn't feel like a privilege. I understand that it is just an option for people, but that just seems a little over the top. And while getting chapters early is great, at that price, it in no way feels like a privilege. Are those chapters permanently unlocked after? Is it only for that 1 story? So you would have do do the special unlock for each novel that has it? What is the month/time restriction for? The description that comes up with the ? Isn't very clear.

                                  Xenamurai They are proper nouns, not normal adjectives or nouns.
                                  Elite refers to the now removed monthly subscription system.
                                  Privilege refers to the recently introduced advanced chapter system.

                                      Xenamurai Because I was replying to someone about it. But here you are, barging into the conversation without knowing what we were talking about.

                                      You don't really know what proper nouns are...don't you?

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