Quick update:
I just look at how much they are paying for May 2017.
http://www.webtoons.com/en/notice/detail?noticeNo=430
WEBTOON's Pledge to Discover x Patreon Creators for May
Quote:
Dear Creators on Discover,
We are happy to announce Discover x Patreon Creators who were qualified for Webtoon's Direct Pledge in May.
The following 177 creators should have received direct pledge from Webtoon for their Discover uploads in May.
|
Many of the 177 "Discover" creators got $1000 for the month of May 2017.
Some of the best "Discover" webtoons are promoted monthly into "Featured" where they will receive a monthly salary.
webtoons.com is owned by Naver (Korean's biggest search engine) and LINE (the #1 messaging app in Japan) so they can afford it.
It looks like there are no ads yet on the webtoons site so they are running this at a huge financial loss for them. Probably trying to expand market share first. The Naver webtoon portal in South Korea relies on ads to make money (readers read free) so I'm surprised they haven't launch ads yet for the English version 2 years after its debut.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ewebtoon&hl=en
Installs
10,000,000 - 50,000,000
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/webtoons.com
Global Rank 1,761
Rank in United States 1,214