All_Night To be a bit more precise, about 30% first gets taken by Apple or Google if you buy through the app. That is a standard fee Apple and Google takes.
Of the remaining money, Qidian will be the custodian of the money until the money is split among translator, author and themselves through a particular ratio. For ease, you can think that each party gets 33.3%.
Free SS (check in, voting, etc) doesn't benefit any of the three parties, only readers
CKtalon - You should give more SS (at least 25% more overall) to people who buy directly through the website and pay through paypal and not through Apple or Google since you will be making 30% more given you don't have to pay Apple or Google their 30% cut. This would incent all of us to buy through the site. Its a long term win win as it will keep overall costs low
lately it's bothering me on how many spirit stone do i need to pay for the new chapter of superstar of tommorow they're getting higher.
CKtalon you could incent other behavior like cc etc. that wouldn't cost everyone 30%. This increases the app payers an incentive to get paypal or other cheaper alrenative. This 30% overhead is really killing the business for you and I - only person benefiting is apple or google. I have been buying ss through paypal but knowing there is no difference to me to keep doing that extra step to log in and pay through paypal and instead just pay through the app -which ultimately increases the cost on you with no benefit reduction to me (maybe i don't have to log in to paypal) and only apple being happier.
It is also very fair as people realize that there is a cost that apple charges for using that service which is substantial. Please do think about this.
inovade2 Google/Apple takes 30%
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622?hl=en
For apps and in-app products offered through Google Play, the transaction fee is equivalent to 30% of the price. You receive 70% of the payment. The remaining 30% goes to the distribution partner and operating fees.
https://developer.apple.com/programs/whats-included/
You get 70% of sales revenue.
PayPal takes a fee too, but it's much lower.
https://www.paypal.com/km/selfhelp/article/what-are-the-fees-for-paypal-accounts-faq690
However, if you receive money for goods or services (such as from selling an item on eBay), the fee for each transaction is 2.9% plus $0.30 USD of the amount you receive.
CKtalon How do we, as readers, know the difference though? I have bought spirit stones, and I naturally also get free ones, so when do I actually pay with the "free" ones, that do not benefit the translator/author, and when do i use the ones who benefit?
I kinda feel QI doesn't try and make enough money off of the free spirit stones.
I'd happily watch a 30s unskippable advert in exchange for the 20(ish) stones I get daily, that way QI could make some money off of free spirit stones and their model will hopefully be more sustainable.
I use to have more than 6000 ss, now Im broke as hell
Krazyguy75 I have 1 main novel that i buy whenever new chapter is released (Strongest System-hillarious novel with a good translator) and one novel that i'm mildly interested in (Avalon of Five Elements- started awesome but filler chapters got really out of hand). You can read 1.5. novels with a fast release speed, anything else is way too expensive. I mean let's be honest 70 percent of chapters in novels are either compleatly fillers or have only minimal impact on the story. And before reading you can't know it it is a filler or not. How can i pay my hard earned money for a chapter filled with "boooms" and loud shouts of disbeliev that i will skip anyway...
SS is expensive that's why you have to stop reading loop settings novel. I'm sure your reading list has at least one of loop novel, for example 'meet problem-MC get ridiculed-face slap-finish', reuse this setup with different new side characters. Might as well just read first 200-300ch to get the feel of the setting and then read straight to the ending. Spend your SS wisely on the better novel
Zogarth1337 If your account page ever has "Including XXX bonus", it means those SS will not be benefiting translators or authors.
Daoist_1283163933 You are earning about 10x more on average of what a video ad earns QI. If QI really wanted to make every cent count, you will need to watch 10 video ads to get one 'draw' at the random SS.
CKtalon If your account page ever has "Including XXX bonus", it means those SS will not be benefiting translators or authors.
That's a horribly designed system. Doesn't that mean that the most popular novels will get shortchanged in revenue?
There are about 30 SS that are bonus spirit stones every day. That means that the most popular novels will frequently lose out on revenue since the majority of readers use those daily spirit stones towards the more popular novels first.
What about the bonus spirit stones earned from buying SS. Does that mean that authors are screwed by those bonus spirit stones? Example, 100 bonus spirit stones for buying 500 SS. It's a completely stupid system.
checkm8
it is very easy to criticize anything, because nothing is perfect
if you have a better idea, why not run a site yourself, and prove it
(it literally take less than 1 week to create a similar site, with so many framework and template on the internet)
SoybeanTheBlackCat invite your friends. Most of my SS came from them.
