ImBloo
- Joined May 20, 2018
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Honestly I don't know how the subscription fee is split.Maybe WN takes 50% or more off the top, then split the remaining amount between authors of the novels that the user reads. They might track each subscribed user's activities to see how to split. But that's just my conjecture.
GegeSadewa
Yup. It's hard.Whatever inside calculations there are, the transaction fees for Google and Apple store are public, so you can probably search for it. Also the 50/50 split is also well-known.
Authors made less than 50% of the amount that readers pay.
[unknown]
Really? That means authors receive about 35% the value of the spent SS or less? Lol.- Edited
Mikaluna
Mookashea
Here's how it work.
1) Readers use PAID SS (free or bonus SS don't count) to unlock chapters and send gifts.
For example, you gift a novel 50 spirit stones bought with US$ 0.99 (let's round it up to $1).2) A portion of that money is paid to Google (if you use google play to buy SS) or Paypal, or whatever. I'm not sure of the exact amount.
Let's be conservative and say it's 5% of the transaction, or $0.053) Webnovel's operating costs are deducted (staff, server, electricity, parties, etc). Again, only Webnovel knows how these are calculated.
Again, let's pretend it's 5% of the transaction, or $0.054) The remaining amount is $0.9
5) This amount is split 50/50 between the author and Webnovel.
6) So, in this example, for every $1 you gift to the novel, $0.45 goes to the author's account. Bear in mind that the transaction fee and operating cost are hypothetical, but I believe in reality they are higher than 10%.
7) But wait, there's more!
The $0.45 is put in a sort-of temporary author's account, the access to which only Webnovel has. Authors don't know how much they had in this account.ONLY when the account has more than $200, does the author receive a check (for $200, of course, the rest is kept in the account until the accumulated amount exceeds $200)
Let's calculate how many spirit stone readers need to gift the novel before the author receives the magical $200 check.
You need $200 in the author's account. And we're still assuming the 10% overhead cost.
After some basic math, I have the answer: roughly $444 in SS needs to be gifted. ($44.4 is deducted as transaction fee and operating cost, leaving about $400 to be split evenly between WN and the author)
So, how many spirit stones is that?
For simplicity's sake, I'll round the SS cost to 50SS for 1$. Again, bonus SS don't count, so don't argue with me about this part. Whether you buy 50SS for $0.99 or 2,500 for $49.99, the cost is the same. 50SS for $1.
So the final answer is $444 x 50 = 22,200 Paid spirit stones.
In conclusion, assuming overhead cost is 10%, for every 22,200 paid spirit stones that readers collectively spend (to unlock chapters or send gifts), author receives a $200 check.
There you go. Comments and thoughts are appreciated.
Here's the link:
https://www.webnovel.com/book/12013761505760005
The genre is action, sci-fi. Most of the action takes part in a fantasy-themed game world, though.- Research what people like to read. The easiest source is: looking at the top 50-100 novels (both translation and original).
- Identify why people enjoy what they read (i.e. the elements that make those novels enjoyable to readers)
- Choose the elements you are most comfortable writing. For example, if you hate systems, don't force yourself to write about one. You'll soon be sick of it.
- Mix and match the chosen elements into something resembling a decent premise.
- Write.
The word Patreon is only NOT censored in the synopsis (for now). It is everywhere else
Book_Keeper
Great work on the page.I just have a small issue with it. The link to the webnovel page of Legend of the Gunslinger Mage actually pointed to Queen of Performing Arts :).
Keep up the good work!