Hi!
Hope I am in the right forum thread
I actually would like to know your honest, yet positive opinion on this.
Well, you can say that I am quite a new writer; I’ve started publishing my stories 5 months ago, and I have 3 completed stories as of today. I had never added any sort of gem option in my stories at all.
But, the more stories I read, I do find out that quite many authors, be it a brand new author or a long-time community author do add the gem option. Some are for supporting, and some are with exchange for extra scene or outfit.
I am NOT against this at all. I am actually quite proud and happy for them, if there are people who choose to support them. I too had chose to support them a few times, though I have limited gem (Yup, I’m a little poor in gems )
But, it got me thinking on whether I should add gem options for my stories. Currently, my story reads are increasing steadily, so it may seem like an opportunity to me if I do add the gem option. Will it be awkward, or will I let my readers down if I suddenly add in gem option? I’m certain that many of the readers, including me, don’t really purchase gems; we only earn it by reading Episode featured stories or we get them from daily rewards.
And I may not be writing anymore new stories, as I am getting busier with my work and life, so adding a gem choice may seem redundant for me.
However, it is nice to see that if I could ever get a minor income from this, as adding gem option will need only 100k reads for 2 months, and having no gem option will need 500k reads for 2 months. I its a small difference, this wouldn’t bother me, but this is a large difference, especially for a small author like me. I started writing this story as a hobby and interest, but knowing that I can get paid is like a little bonus to this!
I do come across some amazing and successful community authors who doesn’t add any sort of gem option, which I really adore, but they have millions of reads. I’m certain either having a gem option or otherwise is quite unnecessary for them.
As of now, I think I shouldn’t be adding a gem option for my stories, but what do you guys think!
I love a honest and raw feedback, but please keep them positive.
Thank you