Fanfics and Monetization

tiaf · Mar 17, 2026

Heartbreak117 said:
Best of luck to you then. Both my fanfics got nuked so it will be bye-bye to SH until I have my Original up and running.

I understand that pain of having hundreds of chapters lolo

One of your fanfics was still up a day ago, but you literally wrote p_atreon in the middle your story synopsis knowing very well about FF and monetization situation. You could have prevented the deletion.

nimeskru · Mar 17, 2026

The wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.

Heartbreak117 · Mar 18, 2026

I don't deny that I was wrong. Never have, really. I know that I exploited the situation and I owe it. Now, I am trying to post my Original Story. Is there supposed to be a delay from when I first post it? You know, for review and stuff?

Zinless · Mar 18, 2026

Heartbreak117 said:
I don't deny that I was wrong. Never have, really. I know that I exploited the situation and I owe it. Now, I am trying to post my Original Story. Is there supposed to be a delay from when I first post it? You know, for review and stuff?

Yes, there's usually a delay for a day or two at most.

NotOriginal · Mar 24, 2026

I recently been dealing with someone who has taken my Fan Fic and just been posting it everywhere under a new name while promoting their shitty website to sell PDF's. Most of their accounts have been taken down or the work has been deleted. But still that is fucking annoying.

LastMinami · Mar 26, 2026

Tony said:
Sorry but for legal reasons, paypal/patreon/etc is banned in fanfics. Fanfictions are a legal gray zone and if we allowed financial gain of any kind, we would be legally compliant with copyright infringement.

There are detection in place to remove any paypal, patreon, etc... links if your story is a fanfiction.

Can we monetize what we create? 🫪

Juia_Darkcrest · Mar 26, 2026

LastMinami said:
Can we monetize what we create? 🫪

is it a fanfiction? No

Is what you're writing original and your own IP? Yes

Conqueror_Quack · Mar 26, 2026

LastMinami said:
Can we monetize what we create? 🫪

Fanfics

Originals

Translation of your own works

Translation of someone else's works

LastMinami · Mar 26, 2026

Juia_Darkcrest said:
is it a fanfiction? No

Is what you're writing original and your own IP? Yes

Thank you for the clarification, this helps me a lot and motivates me even more

Lysander_Works · Tuesday at 4:33 AM

I wanted to check in here to see if a fanfic (generated by creating a cross-over) would be allowed without any pay links, and in what context it wouldn't be allowed.

Dec · Tuesday at 9:48 AM

All fanfics are allowed as long as they are not monetized.
You can monetize them if you either own the IP used or have a permission from IP owner (written one).

Exception from this is when IP owner officially bans any sort of fan-made content, but that rarely happens as it would destroy their reputation fairly quickly.

That's global, not SH-only thing tho.

Lysander_Works · 2026-04-01T00:05:55+0100

Dec said:
All fanfics are allowed as long as they are not monetized.
You can monetize them if you either own the IP used or have a permission from IP owner (written one).

Exception from this is when IP owner officially bans any sort of fan-made content, but that rarely happens as it would destroy their reputation fairly quickly.

That's global, not SH-only thing tho.

I think this clarifies it. I wasnt sure if merely having a donation possibly through regular user profile would count the same (assuming such is not mentioned in the Fanfic)

Dec · 2026-04-01T00:12:55+0100

Lysander_Works said:
I wasnt sure if merely having a donation possibly through regular user profile would count the same

No, you can have it in your profile and in tipping settings (account settings -> author) the site provides, as those are automatically removed in the fanfiction genre (meaning, the "tip" button is removed).
You will only be in danger when you start trying to game the system by obscuring those links (p@treon, for example). And this is also the reason a lot of FF were taken down in past days.

Lysander_Works · 2026-04-01T00:57:29+0100

Dec said:
No, you can have it in your profile and in tipping settings (account settings -> author) the site provides, as those are automatically removed in the fanfiction genre (meaning, the "tip" button is removed).
You will only be in danger when you start trying to game the system by obscuring those links (p@treon, for example). And this is also the reason a lot of FF were taken down in past days.

cool. looks like i got nothing to worry about

JordanIda · 2026-04-01T12:59:32+0100

Funny (or not so funny) how full length fan fic web novels are taken down and magically replaced with full length original web novels in a matter of days.

Indicative of the abuse.

Monetization and sanitization are close cousins. What's needed is a big spring cleaning.

Fanfics and Monetization

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