Webtoon is more user-friendly, I feel, so I use it much more than Tapas.

Tapas content webtoons system

Webtoon.

why not both?

I like both, but since I cant spend moneu ofter on *coins* I choose webtoon, since they are free and in tapas you need to pay at some point, but if you can spend money both!!

Tapas also lets you add music from sound cloud and lets you upload a header, it has less readers but seems to have more options for creators. Webtoons seems to have readers prioritized over creators, which makes sense money wise, but webtoons wouldn’t be what it is without creators. At least give us notifications or something :/

I believe this makes it more reader friendly. More restrictions can lead to less breaking. Tbh yes we get more options as creators on tapas but their mobile app crashes all the time for me and is barely functional. The webtoon app runs much smoother. I’m no programmer so I can’t say for sure if the restrictions play to this but I would assume they do.

It's extremely annoying. I feels like it's outdated. Like its from a time when that's was all a phone could handle.

I think it might have to do with the loading time it takes for different devices under different Networks. Png's are typically a bit larger send some more detailed. So by keeping it basic to everyone it's more accessible through different Networks. I could be wrong though

i like tapas better, because there's mire mini comics, (Alice used tapas before webtoon) and they pay her more for hitting a certain amount of views

Two major benefits of Tapas over Webtoons:

1. Alice is part of the creator bonus program and all the revenue from that, from ads, and from ink (gifts) goes towards a monthly charity. To my knowledge Webtotns doesn’t offer a similar program, or if they do Alice isn’t a member of it.

2. Not all mini/bonus comics or Q&As are put onto Webtoons, so Tapas has more of that content.

If I'm not mistaken, Tapas supports the authors by giving them money according to the views their work gets.

Reading on tapas contributes indirectly to donations to charities that Alice supports, while on webtoon you can screngrab parts of the comics, which is not allowed on tapas. What i do is i read on tapas and if there's something i want to screengrab to send to a friend of mine to explain my reactions to what i'm reading i'll do it from webtoon

Webtoons was for some reason blocked on my uni accommodation wifi, so I started using Tapas😂

You can do both but they have different sizes for covers, thumbnails and so on so you'll have to make separate files for each. As to which pays better... If you're just starting out, you'll probably make more money off of Patreon. Use Webtoon and Tapas as platforms for publicity. The money you would make from them as a beginner is very little.

Can you do both? Does Tapas have rules posting? I don’t use them so not familiar.

You probably don't want to go into comics, particularly on these two platforms if you're broke and need money, tbh. You won't make much to start, and you will be paid as a contractor, not an employee.

Webtoon in particular boasts a 48k average payout per year on average for professional creators (originals) in their SEC filing. What also seems to be noted there is that this average includes creators paid through Wattpad, as well as creators in Korea.

If you've got a promising project, you might want to look at what it takes to pitch to an agent and get into traditional publishing. At least then you'll have an agent to negotiate a fairer contract, and you're less likely to get lose IP rights you might later want to keep.

If you are truly intent on webcomics: most successful creators have a ton of projects behind them over years. If this is your first project, unless you are extremely lucky, you very likely have a long road ahead of you.

Tapas and Webtoon both need you to be legal adult age in order to get paid anyway, so you can't make money right now through those sites if you're a teenager. However, you may be able to do freelance illustration through commissions, though it can be hard to find clients when you're starting out. But, if you're posting somewhere where you have a bunch of followers who like your work, you can test the waters and just ask if anyone would be interested in commission work.

Another option is to make comic assets (so comic creators use brushes, 3d models, fonts, and other clip studio assets to make their comics. If you are a comic maker then you have a good idea of the assets we'd need to make our lives easier.) and then make them available to sell on gumroad. I don't think there's an age restriction there? you'd have to check.

This post is really helpful. I am currently working on my webtoon as well, i hope you're on the same boat op. Man, it's literally taking me months now and i haven't even completed my first chapter.

Anyway from what i heard, it is important that you start planning all the scripts and characters design, draft a completed story and make your first comic short first. Do not expect any instant income instead placed on a lower expectations. Spend time promoting your works, build connections and social medias. Once you have the right audiences, you can move on to other process.

I think the key is take up your pen and starts drawing.

I echo the previous comments, feel free to post them to both, or more!

I initially started with Tapas and used WT As my secondary, but as traction gained on the latter, Tapas became my secondary: whatever you do, and however many platforms you post to, keep in mind that it’s that many more platforms you will need to keep updated and interact with fans on, which — depending on the traction you get for your webtoon — might eat up a bit of your time :)

Best of luck!

You can post to as many platforms as you wish! :D Actually, it's good to branch out and try different platforms, because you never know which one could work best for you. Some comics might do better on Tapas, others might do better on WT. Posting to multiple sites is quite a bit of work, but I'd say it's worth it.

The only exception where you can't post your comic on multiple platforms is if you sign an exclusive contract with either Tapas or Webtoon to become an Original. Otherwise, you're free to post wherever you want :)

I post on both platforms! I use the same files for both so it only takes a couple extra minutes to upload to both sites. I don’t get as many views or interactions on tapas, but I figure even if it’s smaller it’s still a different audience getting to see my work!

i upload on both but it’s dead af on tapas, idk if that’s on me or on the website tho, guess we’ll see if it picks up after a couple more episodes

From what I read, it's allowed and seen as good idea. It's the ''don't put all your eggs in the same basket'' mindset.

With the tipping system (where you directly donate ink to the creator) the creator gets almost all of it's ink (minus some processing fees I suppose). When you purchase episodes the creator gets a certain percentage similar to how webtoons fast passing system works.

So donating/tipping ink directly benefits the creator a lot more.

It still pays the creators, it just has to make back what they were paid in their contracted advance.

The biggest problems with creators publicizing their contracts is the misinformation that spreads from this.

You are still contributing to creators being paid. And just as importantly, even if a creator doesn't get past their advance "threshold", it can affect whether subsequent work by the creator is picked up by that same publisher.

I don't think webtoons original creators get money only when You unlock their title chapters with earned by money coins. In such scenario no one would try to publish anything there. Working on chapter with editor as aide takes practically one week for one episode minimum.

Earned Ink can be used to support artists too and as Nine199 said, creators get 100% of it minus third party fees. Thank you for supporting us creators in any way :') we really appreciate it!

It would at least be reasonable if they had some kind of monthly subscription to read all comics, Even $50 a month would be at least four times better for every viewer.

and almost none of that ink really goes toward the creators either and the company is incredibly shady. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/manhwa/comments/11glxr9/the_state_of_tapas_is_so_fucking_dire/

https://www.reddit.com/r/webtoons/comments/1c0wnrn/comment/kyzgmp9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button 

The capitalist shift is so crazy 😭 I remember a 12 y/o me reading my very first manhwas (Fisheye Placebo, Story of Su, Michelin Star, Golf Star) and a bunch of other original webcomics on Tapastic in 2013 for free, and by the time I was 17 they introduced ink as a way to tip creators and support the platform, which I was ecstatic to drop $5 here and there for. I eventually ended up switching exclusively to Webtoons in 2020 after a lot of my fave creators got picked up for WT Originals/Discover Ad-Rev, and every time I've come back to Tapas since, all of the smaller creator series have been buried beneath isekai/villainess/regression slop, and it's impossible digging through the new interface to find those same gems. Ink became a required currency for any interesting distributed series they publish, and 10/10 times I run right to the aggregator sites after looking at just how crazy the prices go to even get a few chaps in. 

Watching the medium that introduced me to/made accessible my modern day favorite form of media crumble into an expensive cash grab, piece-by-piece and year-by-year, is wild.

Yikes that's a lot. Ink on tapas has always seemed pricey, and unfortunately has only gotten worse over the last few years. At least they give away a lot of free ink. Not enough to read the number of series that you would like, but I get enough to unlock somewhere between 5-15 episodes a week, which is enough for me. Between that, earning ink through the offerwall, and WUF, I haven't spent a cent on Tapas and have read plenty of series. All of that requires using the Tapas app tho, which I realize not every does.

Regardless, ink is clearly overpriced. And yeah, I'm kind of surprised they haven't introduce some sort of subscription service, but I have feeling the current system is lucrative enough they feel no reason to change.

I ended up dropping Tapas a few years back for basically that exact reason, yeah. It’s neither a user- nor creator- nor consumer-friendly platform.

It’s still wild to me how there isn’t a single platform doing for manhwa what some companies are doing for manga, too. There’s clearly a market for it with how Webtoon and Tapas alone have large audiences, and how litigious publishers like Naver are about piracy.

For example, Viz has a Shounen Jump subscription at ~$3/month USD with 100 chapters/day access, or a general Viz subscription at ~$2/month. Shueisha’s got Manga Plus subs at ~$2-5/month for access to their catalogs, too. There’s a few more like ComiXology and Mangamo, even. Where’s that energy for manhwa, publishers?

I think it's a good idea, many creators do it. As long as it's on their self-publishing platforms then there's no rule against it. It also means you can pull readers from both platforms, rather than be limited to a single one.

As a Webtoon artist with few readers and no financial support (but who aspires to achieve them someday), I thank you for your kind words on behalf of all the artists who publish our works for free on these platforms, or on Patreoon, or on simple blogs. It's a hard life, and I wish there were more understanding people like you; we'd all benefit. Thank you so much, pal.

My webcomic, by the way, maybe you like it: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-legend-of-parvaterra/list?title_no=28648

https://preview.redd.it/t4cebxed1q7f1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9b4cdae792d3fbb198043671ca9793c345468853

Thank you for saying this. We all know capitalism is a drag, but it is the current system that many of us live in. Let's all be adults and understand that artists need money to live.

Totally agree. It’s really not a big deal, and I just wish more readers understood how much even small things like this can help creators 😭
Of course it’s okay to dislike ads, but if you want to see more from a creator you love, this kind of support really does make a difference.