As you remember, we announced the Million Dollar Discover Fund in November. Our goal has always been to support the creative community publishing on Webtoon.

The Million Dollar Discover Fund did its job in expanding the amount of money available to creators. Our next step is to expand the number of creators that can benefit from the second year of this program.

We need to make some changes to the participation so that a wider pool of creators can begin earning sooner through Discover.

In its first year, the program was only open to a maximum of 300 creators; we are upping that by 67% by expanding the total number of slots to 500 in 2018.

Alongside greenlighting more titles than ever to Featured from Discover, we are working on multiple paths to monetization. We are making these changes now to expand the ways that all creators can monetize their comics with Webtoon.

What we can tell you for now is that there will be expanded promtotional strategies that Webtoon will put in place for Discover titles and Discover-forward product changes.

All of these will lead to discoverability and more chances for creators to find an audience. Stay tuned for those announcements.

Check the Terms & Conditions here to view the changes to eligibility. The changes will also be reflected in the Creator Dashboard.

So here’s some helpful hacks to take advantage of the Million Dollar Discover Fund:

1. Good Stories and Characters – Character development and properly timed narrative beats are the backbone of your storytelling. So take the time to layout your story arc and leave us with some cliffhangers. Make sure your character’s journey of discovery happens not only in their world but also through their internal development.  Characters who captivate are built on aspirational relatability.

2. Listen to your​ audience – You know who knows about Webtoons? Your readers. Cycle their feedback into your creative process to find themes and character development that can help grow your audience.​

3. Regularity and Frequency to your Publishing – Same day, same time. Once a week is good. Twice a week, even better.

4. ​Reasons for us to promote you – Stunning art at key moments of your story help us identify great promotional assets to bring new people into a great story.

5. ​Promote yourself – the best thing you can do is to build your audience from the ground up. There are no shortcuts. Don’t be afraid to engage your audience.

More information about new programs will be available to you as soon as they are ready. Right now, we have our hands full with some exciting projects that will be announced in the coming months.

Happy creating,

Webtoon

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