KingBiBiK Well, 6500 points cost 10$ on the Chinese site (PayPal), while 600 stones (100 bonus included) cost 9.99$ on Webnovel (excluding PayPal's service charge). 1 point = 0.0016$ approximately, while 1 stone = 0.017$ approximately. The latest chapter of LoHP on Webnovel (chapter 635) costs 12 stones, while it costs 15 points on the Chinese site. It's 0.204$ on Webnovel as compared to 0.024$ on the Chinese site. We're being charged approximately 8 times more.

      Pizza So I was right.
      But your earlier post is confusing. Probably the wording is messed up or something

          KingBiBiK Those numbers aren't accurate at all.

          For instance, this is an official number:

          Average monthly active users ("MAUs") for the year ended December 31, 2017 increased by 12.7% year-over-year to 191.5 million - 179.4 million on mobile and 12.1 million on PCs.

          Yes, it means uniques.

              CKtalon I am confused now. 191 mill is webnovel.com MAU or Qidian.com?
              All of China Literature's chinese websites.

                  CKtalon Do you know if they will entirely open the site for new writers or they just published the competition winners only next month. If the rumors are true.

                      KingBiBiK They will open the entire site to new writers. The competition winners will just get better resources when it comes to advertising and (content) editor advice, etc.

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                        KingBiBiK For all who are trying to ask for a subscription, I believe it is better suited for Wuxiaworld.com than Qidian.
                        Netflix has a huge customer base and they are burning money at this moment. They buy materials.
                        Likewise, WW is rumored to buy translation rights from the publishing company and translates them. They then divide the income based on page views (or that's what I have heard). Their income is also heavily dependent on patreon. As they are a group of translators like a group of friends, a subscription model is very appropriate for them and we can expect a future Crunchyroll or Netflix style model from them. Also, they control the number of novels translating and prefer to choose quality ones.
                        (Netflix is huge, while novel community is not so now)

                        I also recently got a hint that they want to install in site Patreon like system instead of using an external site. So there is a high chance that we can see patreon model release and locked chapters in WW (similar to premium but with more tiers.) Also a currency that has no monetary value but promoting novels.
                        So as a result of webnovel.com the competitive spirit has been ignited. Just they are really slow at it.

                        Looks like Wuxiaworld has introduced VIP ad-free system. $5 for a month for ad-free usage. They also built in-house patreon chapters which you buy.
                        In essence, they have the same system as Premium in webnovel.com but it seems to be worded nicely. They have a rule in which the advance chapter count cannot exceed 2x the free chapters that week or month. So the locked chapters will not accumulate. If you subscribe to a novel by paying $5 or $10 you get to stay 2-3 chapters ahead of others in that month. The same as patreon system. Their translation rate is lower that webnovel.com but atleast they implemented this as a progressive improvement.

                        The competition is pressuring them to improve haha.

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