Comments on: Remember Wowio? http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Wed, 22 May 2013 20:47:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Wowio Says “All Debts Paid” » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-109218 Wowio Says “All Debts Paid” » Comics Worth Reading Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:18:59 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-109218

[...] dated from June 2008, and that’s a long time for an artist to wait for funds. And given that a year ago Altounian had no plans to pay, I’m glad he changed his mind. [...]

]]> By: Nick http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-108166 Nick Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:58:51 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-108166 It seems like digital comic distribution might be the way to go for indie creators. Things like Panelfly and the like seem to be gearing up to allow individual creators to easily make a little money off their work. And with a growing distribution system to boot.
http://panelfly.com/

]]> By: Anthony Lopez http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-108125 Anthony Lopez Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:21:42 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-108125 There is no real fast way to make anything a SUCCESS!!! What there needs to be is a forum, online – as it is the most inexpensive form of getting anyone’s art to the masses – not unlike what the Image boys did back in the early 90s…What that is, who knows? I suspect that if the right creators, with the right intentions, get together and brainstorm it, something will materialize…Cheers!

]]> By: Wowio No Longer Owned by Platinum » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-105847 Wowio No Longer Owned by Platinum » Comics Worth Reading Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:00:47 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-105847

[...] is, since Altounian is still President and Chief Operating Officer of Platinum, and he was the one defending the company when people pointed out that they still owed creators money from June 2008. That debt has still [...]

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101840 Johanna Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:20:03 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101840 Thomas, no one else that I know of provides free comics while paying the providers. That may indicate that the business model isn’t sustainable.

]]> By: Bill Williams http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101837 Bill Williams Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:30:27 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101837 I have been getting tiny little checks from WOWIO. They clear, but they are tiny.

Bill
LSP

]]> By: Thomas Sansone http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101835 Thomas Sansone Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:26:52 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101835 Ok, so if Wowio is out. Where can we turn? What other site offers the same type of service and also provides traffic?

]]> By: Dwight L. MacPherson http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101741 Dwight L. MacPherson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:04:49 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101741 Sadly, I’ve been burned by Wowio, too. In the pre-Platinum days, I made a decent income from my books. Now? Not. One. Penny. Creators would do well to avoid Wowio at all costs.

-D

]]> By: Alan Coil http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101711 Alan Coil Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:43:00 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101711 Platinum–The Next CrossGen!

]]> By: Bill Williams http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101664 Bill Williams Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:26:35 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101664 WOWIO did have sponsored downloads for a while. But when they did not have an advertiser, they paid the publisher out of pocket and that was what made the difference. I saw the change in business model as something too radical, a solution in search of a problem.

Now, its a moot point.

Bill Williams
LSP

]]> By: Charles RB http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101660 Charles RB Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:42:33 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101660 Altounian says 2009 may be a big year for Platinum, and then says “and we’re a total bargain for investors!”. Looks to me like the company’s still banking on outside investment to magically arrive and that their whole strategy is based around this – how often has that ever worked in comics?!

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101659 Johanna Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:37:58 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101659 You’re right, I should have been clearer that it only seemed to be a success.

]]> By: Scott Bieser http://comicsworthreading.com/2009/02/01/remember-wowio/comment-page-1/#comment-101657 Scott Bieser Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:11:43 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=5294#comment-101657 I think the most significant revelation in that discussion was Altounian’s remark that during the first two years Wowio’s creators were getting paid out of the pockets of the company founders and investors, not from revenue streams. Which I rather suspsected all along.

So Wowio was never really a success, as a business model. The corporate sponsorship that the expected revenues depended upon simply never showed up. Platinum has bought the corpus (and attached debt) in an audacious gamble that they can reconfigure the model to make it work.

Well, who knows?

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