Popular hentai manga artist, Hyji, shared an interesting piece of information about a 10-yen sales of his works in a tweet on September 3, 2022.
今回の１０円セールでの結果です。
約２万６千DL 卸値６円なので １５万円ちょいになりました。
塵も積もればの極みですね。賽銭箱から１円玉があるれてるイメージです。
だから違法アップロードが嫌なんですよ。
一人１０円でも払ってくれたらどんだけ作家が助かるか。 pic.twitter.com/UwRk9z9wpO— 灰司＠近女誘惑 22年10/29新刊発売 (@hyjihyji) September 3, 2022
In this tweet, Hyji shared a screenshot of their electronic download sales page on FANZA (as implied in the subsequent tweets from the author) in relation to the 10-yen (approximately US$0.07) sale that happened recently.
The author explains that the amount they receive (after fees are deducted) is about 6 yen (approximately US$0.04) per copy during the 10-yen sale. Please note that the comic in the second row was a part of the sale and the comic in the first row is not.
During this past 10-yen sale period (from August 26 to September 2, 2022), the author sold 26,474 copies of the bargained comic. This comes to a total of 158,844 yen (approximately US$1105).
In the above tweet, the author writes:
“This is the result of the 10-yen sale this time around. About 26,000 downloads. The wholesale price is 6 yen, so it came to a little over 150,000 yen. This is the ultimate form of small things adding up to making a huge difference. It’s like how there are so many 1-yen coins in the shrine offertory box.
This is the reason why I hate illegal uploads. It cannot be understated how much it helps the artists even if one person paid 10 yen for their works.”
ちなみに10円セールの時、自分のはトップ10に入ってないですからねー。
それでこれですよ。トップ10の売り上げって、、、— 灰司＠近女誘惑 22年10/29新刊発売 (@hyjihyji) September 3, 2022
In the above tweet, Hyji additionally states, “I wasn’t even in the top 10 best-selling authors during the 10-yen sales but even so, I made this much money from it. I can’t imagine just how much the top 10 best-selling authors make…”
As you can tell from this example from Hyji, a little help from many fans go a long, long way for the artists.
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