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K.M. Carroll's avatar

I'm so glad you finally found somebody! Networking really is king in these kinds of projects.

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INFAMOUS REVIEWER GIO's avatar

FundMyComic is a great concept only I hear a lot of comic book creators addressing the fact that their work doesn't get much exposure as it would on KS or IGG

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Henry Brown's avatar

This is true, as far as I can tell, but It offers a much better deal and I’m hoping it will get big over time. I plan to use it. If more decent people would spend their money more wisely, we wouldn’t be in such a mess today.

Luke has said most creators who crowdfund on FMC run simultaneous campaigns on the big Establishment crowdfunders. I probably will, too, because I don’t want huge sectors of the market to be walled off from me. And if my book gets banned on KS and IGG, I am very confident I’ll still have FMC.

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Niko Haapala's avatar

About promotion: I've seen people drop superchats about their projects in comics-related YouTube shows, like the Greybeards, for example. The good thing? The audience are definitely comics fans. But how effective can a short message be? I don't know.

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Henry Brown's avatar

Curious what a super-chat is. I know--I'm a dinosaur.

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Niko Haapala's avatar

I'm no YouTube guru either. But it's a message that gives money to the show, usually a few dollars. So consider it paid advertisement. I'd say probably better than Facebook Ads etc. as far as ROI goes.

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Henry Brown's avatar

Aahh, OK. I’ve seen that happen but didn’t know it was called “super-chat.”

So, a creator is watching a livestream. They donate some $$ to the streamer, and if they plug their own work in the adjoining text, they get a little exposure to that audience. Is that how it works?

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Niko Haapala's avatar

Exactly. Some streamers read those texts aloud, which is of course a good thing. Otherwise, it's just a highlighted message in the chat.

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