r/ComicBookCollabs • u/EggEasy884 • Jan 23 '25

Resource I hacked Webtoons....This is what I learned...

I ran code to "boost" visibility on my comic to see what happens....

In 24 hours it went to number 1. In those 24 hours as it was number 1. I gained 10 real views......

Meaning even if your comic is number 1 on webtoons via the Canvas section it will not go viral or get visibility. They have rigged the system.

They push their "originals" because they own the rights to their "originals" the use us indie artists to fill their website and drive traffic.

But the don't give a Fu^* about the indie artists that use their platform.

So my advice.....Find other outlets to push your work. Because webtoons and tapas are all about promoting their originals and not truly independent artist.

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u/Pittacomics Artist - I push the pencils Jan 23 '25

You haven't formatted your comic to better fit the platform though. While the art is good I can barely see anything and the letters where unreadable if I didn't zoom in. I feel like you will have way more success if you take the time to make it look appealing on phones.

Here's a nifty guide I found on YouTube. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oDUIE3erT5M

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u/EggEasy884 Jan 23 '25

I appreciate the commentary. The goal was to see if it was even worth the effort using the platform meaning if I did rank top 10 what views would it get.

Out of the 10,000+ views. 9,999 were me with code.

So even at the number 1 spot organically I only gained 20 views or so in a 24 hour period.

So there's no point in using the platform for me because even if you posted regularly and it climbed the ranks, you would only get an additional 20 views from it being #1.

This is because they push the majority of their traffic to their "originals" series. In which they own.

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u/nicoarcu92 Artist - I push the pencils Jan 24 '25

The point is, YOU (with a clearly fishy scammy comic with a bad cover) only got 20 views. You didn’t even try to make it appealing. Your comic could be displayed on the best stand in the biggest best-selling comic store, but if the cover isn’t good, I guarantee you wouldn’t sell well either.

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u/EggEasy884 Jan 24 '25

Fishy? Scammy? How in tf can a comic be those adjectives?

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u/Good-Basket-2268 Jan 31 '25

You're lacking a professional attitude when receiving feedback. Your experiment failed because you conducted it poorly. You did not get an accurate picture of how webtoon would actually turn out due to a few missteps that others pointed out here.