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7/22/2025, 10:53:00 PM
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There were rumors some time back, in certain circles, that internal RoyalRoad monetization was being tested somewhere out of the public eye. Don't take my word for it, take it with a grain of salt. Same thing happened with the mobile app, was a thing in development for years.
I have very flawed information, but I'll try to answer your questions.
1. I started Superflux last year but didn’t bother posting until January. I stuck with it for months. It took me two months to get my first patron; after that, things got easier. I peaked at $50 with around 17 patrons coming and going. I can't give you exact numbers, but I had roughly 250 followers at the time. (I lost patreons, because burn out, it was just too much to handle for a first time author.)
One of my plans for this year, which I've now moved to next year, was to create bait-and-switch novels purely to drive traffic to Superflux. A cost-free but heavily worked ad, so to speak. This got two of my stories into Genre Rising Stars, but I struggled to maintain momentum. A "big" author I won’t name ghosted my shoutout, and I gave up on pushing the second story to RS Main, so I stopped writing it. Still, the experiment paid off. It pushed Superflux a few steps up the RS ladder. I think I crossed the 300–500 page mark around then, and followers started flooding in.
2. I quit recently, but at the time I was getting anywhere from 100 to 300 views depending on the time zone and allotted hours.
My take on weird numbers. I don't think it's bots. It's a combination of lurkers, people who lock the tab in their browsers, and people who keep rereading. People won't always catchup or try to read what you wrote. Your core readers is different than your average readers and your followers.
Dunno if that helped you much. If you're after patreons, definitely try and replicate what goes on in the RS Main catalogue. No history authors dominating the playing field.
If I can ask, do you make use of external sites. I.e. Scribblehub?
There were rumors some time back, in certain circles, that internal RoyalRoad monetization was being tested somewhere out of the public eye. Don't take my word for it, take it with a grain of salt. Same thing happened with the mobile app, was a thing in development for years.
I have very flawed information, but I'll try to answer your questions.
1. I started Superflux last year but didn’t bother posting until January. I stuck with it for months. It took me two months to get my first patron; after that, things got easier. I peaked at $50 with around 17 patrons coming and going. I can't give you exact numbers, but I had roughly 250 followers at the time. (I lost patreons, because burn out, it was just too much to handle for a first time author.)
One of my plans for this year, which I've now moved to next year, was to create bait-and-switch novels purely to drive traffic to Superflux. A cost-free but heavily worked ad, so to speak. This got two of my stories into Genre Rising Stars, but I struggled to maintain momentum. A "big" author I won’t name ghosted my shoutout, and I gave up on pushing the second story to RS Main, so I stopped writing it. Still, the experiment paid off. It pushed Superflux a few steps up the RS ladder. I think I crossed the 300–500 page mark around then, and followers started flooding in.
2. I quit recently, but at the time I was getting anywhere from 100 to 300 views depending on the time zone and allotted hours.
My take on weird numbers. I don't think it's bots. It's a combination of lurkers, people who lock the tab in their browsers, and people who keep rereading. People won't always catchup or try to read what you wrote. Your core readers is different than your average readers and your followers.
Dunno if that helped you much. If you're after patreons, definitely try and replicate what goes on in the RS Main catalogue. No history authors dominating the playing field.
If I can ask, do you make use of external sites. I.e. Scribblehub?
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