Webcomics are hugely popular – I can name about five that I read regularly – and I’m sure there are a lot of other people that write comics and just post them to ImageShack and link to them on their crummy LiveJournal. The thing stopping them having a website is because that’s kind of scarey to a non-tech-savvy person. Most people don’t even know where they’d look for a good quality hoster. I guess that’s where I come in.

This idea is currently still in the alpha ideas stage, so some of this may change. It’s basically my hosted WordPress package but tailored for people who’ll want to be posting comics, instead of lots of text. Here’re the changes I’d make, I think.

• The current package gives 300MB of media space (that excludes databases storage and plugin files, etc – that’s unlimited). I’d drop that to 100MB of media space for video, audio, binaries, etc. However, They can have unlimited image file space; that makes sense because they’re going to be posting lots of images.
• Still unlimited bandwidth.
• Still full access to all the features (so, they can run the site as an image-heavy blog if they like).
• Still get help with anything they get confused about, including setting up and upgrading plugins, and options.
• A different default theme from the typical package, to give the best views for a web comic. All this stuff can be change if they like, this is just default.
  • Front page is static, as to not give any spoilers of the comic.
  • Show one “post” per page. Remember that each post is one strip
• Advertising options, where the user gets a majority cut from the revenues.
  • No advertisements at all.
  • Google AdSense: Autogenerated advertisements.
  • My own ad system: I find direct advertising clients; meaning higher turn prices, and more control.
• Cost around £5 a month (more than typical package due to increased hard drive space)

First three people that comment here about this service can use it free for three months (saving you £15), and you’ll most likely make money during that time. If you’re artistic, and have an idea for a webcomic, this service is perfect for you!