New Tier or Replace Wallpapers with new Content?
- Switch the Bay Teir content from Wallpapers to CON-Content 0
- Create a new Teir for CON-Content 4
- Keep things they way they are, no extra content should be made 1
I just attended my local Comic-con (not as a guest, but as a normal attendee) and kind of inspired me to try con'ing again. The problem.... I have very little Non-Ruddverse products or things that can be made into products to make a con worth-wild and cost effective.
Now to explain the problem for the non-con-business-people. Some of you who may be thinking, "CD, if I saw you at a con, of course I would buy your Ruddverse products." Which is very kind of you and I wish I had more fans like you. BUT sadly I'm not well known enough to set up a booth of Ruddverse stuff and have enough interest from con-attendees to make renting a booth profitable (having to pay for the booth and production costs ends up costing quite a bit). The way most new and mildly popular webcomic artists get around this is to make products that people know and want to get. This is why you see a lot of artists drawing well known Superheros and Anime characters to sell at their booths. The well known characters get people to stop at there booth, maybe buy somethings and ends up making the booth cost and products worth it, and if someone is intrigued enough they may buy your webcomic stuff too.
I have consider making con-friendly products before, but it requires more work and time. Often this effort ends up falling off the radar as a priority and doesn't get done in lieu of making comics and Patreon content.
So I have two idea to correct this and force me to make Non-Ruddverse-Con-related material. Since I consider the Patreon content (pin-ups and what not) a 'must be done' as you (the patreon contributors) are expecting this content each month, I treat Patreon content as important as the flag-ship comics. Therefore I propose these two options.
1) Replace the $10 (Bay Lvl wallpaper) Tier with what I call CON-Content (which is Non-Ruddverse material). This means that I will cease making wallpapers and instead make Con-content. Which will be available digitally to everyone in the Bay Lvl Tier, Neko Level Tier and also be printed exclusively for conventions.
2) Create a new Tier at $14 dollars. This means I will continue to create Wallpapers of Ruddverse Characters AND will create CON-Content for this new Tier. Since this will required extra work it would be another tier for people to move up too for that exclusive content.
CON-content will be higher quality then the pin-ups. They will feature content that are not in the Ruddverse and though I'm going to make at LEAST one a month, I may (and will try) to make more.
Since this will effect the Bay Tier contributors the most I want your input on this. I will also be making a notice for the Neko tier as they also get the Wallpapers, but will be effected differently as if a new tier is created, they would also get content from that tier.
Also comment to discuss or add your input on this idea.Please pick which plan you prefer.