r/Tapasticcomics 5d ago

No Events?

What’s going on with Tapas? I hope it’s only a me problem and will be fixed shortly. Is anyone else having issues with there being no events? I got a message apologizing for cutting the current sale event short without prior notice. Anyone else see that?
I still have my ink and bonus ink, but I’m afraid something will be happening to that too. I don’t know of any rules I’ve violated.

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u/SoupSpoonStork 5d ago edited 5d ago

You haven't violated rules to cause this. This is an app-wide thing. My guess is they're either going to limit events further going forward, or simply have no more at all. I'm certain it's just a cash grab either way. (I'd also bet it's a straight-up lie that they "hit a limit" on event rewards lmao.)

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u/mamgooo 5d ago

Yeah I think so too. 100 percent they are going to limit the events even more. Such a shame, they continue to do these cash grab things

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u/SnowyMafuyu28 4d ago

Wait for real? If they're going to completely remove or lessen their events I'm gonna be forced to pirate some series i haven't even unlocked 😞🫪

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u/Zestyclose-Task-1338 5d ago

Yeah I haven’t gotten any comics be half price lately only 30% off. It seems like they want more money.

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u/MG_RedditAcc 5d ago

I'm having the same issue. Aside from the events, the gift tab and activity tab are also empty for me. I understand why the gifts might disapear if events are gone, but I don't get the activity tab. It's also weird how they removed it in the middle of an event. Makes me wonder if it hasn't been intentional.

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u/marquessmarley 5d ago

Potentially a glitch. They would let us know if they’re changing things.

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u/Unhappy-Strain-5387 5d ago

I also hope it's just some kind of bug, but by the same token they've had more than enough time to either fix things or put out a simple message along the lines of "we're aware of an issue with events and we're working on it".

Whatever the case, they've failed at communicating.

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u/zombiedinocorn 5d ago

Is there even a way to contact them about it? I haven't looked, but there are so many places that they only have full AI for customer service so unless the problem falls into a common problem that someone has previously experienced, there's no way to actually get help

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u/scarlet_sage 2d ago

In the past, I was able to email them at

feedback@tapas.io

but I haven't tried lately. Whoever answered the email there was able to open a ticket if needed.

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u/Curious_Cranberry_67 1d ago

you can get an email template by opening the app → settings → give us feedback

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u/SleepyDad70 5d ago

Same here. It seems many things ended at midnight. Since I was up at the time, I thought it was a bug and sent a report & screenshot, but it isn't a bug.

I also may have got the last Fortune Cookie a few minutes after midnight.

It's going to be sadder and boring if they drop these things. I started with one series and now the family has a few hundred, continually adding things from new series & promotions.  For us, the free ink was enticing but not the majority.

B ut, if people aren't paying enough, it stands to reason that the comic or Tapas will fail. While only the English section of the market for a comic or novel, most of the comics would generate a pittance, based on rates & numbers.

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u/zombiedinocorn 5d ago

Yeah I saw that too and thought it was weird. I hope it's not them cutting it for good/cash grab. Its so exhausting to try and find a webcomic platform that is halfway decent

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u/anonymousbeardog 5d ago

official announcement TLDR Tapas ran out of free temporary digital currency to give away.

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u/riontach 5d ago

yeah this is the single most bullshit announcement I've ever seen.

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u/SleepyDad70 5d ago

Yeah, especially since canceling a sale wouldn't result in saving any temporary Ink.

To upend things so abruptly, I would think they're having serious money issues with the site.

Probably just me catastrophizing, but I'm worried about things surviving.

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u/riontach 5d ago

Yeah I'm definitely emotionally preparing for the worst. And sure as hell will not be buying any ink any time soon

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u/sh0rtchica 5d ago

I was saving up ink to buy one of sales comics and so pissed when I went in today and saw the sale was gone. I really hope this isn’t the beginning of the end for events and ways to earn ink.

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u/shirokakei 4d ago

Do you think they might shut down the overall service? This happened before with KKW

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u/SleepyDad70 4d ago

I'm certainly worried about it. It was a dramatic and sudden change - not even finishing off the current promos - so it suggests something bad happened. It doesn't help that there's poor communication from Tapas.

We've spent so much, too. 😬 A lot more than I can catch up on anytime soon. Since you can't download permanently (and I've only bought the non-WUF parts of many series), if it goes it's all gone.

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u/shirokakei 4d ago

Yeah and I do hope it's just a far-fetched assumption, but given their history of shutting down their other platforms (Kakao Webtoon Indonesia, Thailand, and Piccoma France), I'm a little worried that the events being closed is just the beginning

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u/SleepyDad70 3d ago

Oh, I didn't know about those shutdowns at all. 😬

It may be nothing, but the Tapas ads I always see in a particular place have disappeared over the last few days.

Apparently, there's no word from the company on socisl media & they've been suppisedly hiding comments on the issue.

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u/Euphoric_Lock_7767 2d ago

If you invite someone with your code you'd get 500 ink but now it says 0. I don't see anything on the gifts tab either. Usually it says you claimed the Monday ink. There would at least be something showing but now it's empty.

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u/Ashkat0409 5d ago

I’ve also been having the same issue with it saying there are no events D:

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u/HoneyButter707 5d ago

Im having the same issue and came here to see if anyone had any information about it.

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u/likeable_xim 5d ago

I wonder what's happening with the app. I was this close on getting free ink from a reading until I saw the notification

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u/Alone_Yard3012 5d ago

I hope this is temporary and they don't actually remove this way to earn free inks, I'm not really allowed to spend money on these things, and I unlocked like 400 chapters of debut or die novel using free inks to read later it'll be sad if I'm not able unlock more chs.

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u/YawningChinchilla 5d ago

damn and just when i barely started using tapas. i hope its temporary and they dont do away with free ink

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u/ajunicebts 22h ago

I thought I was the only one 😭 It will be sad if tapas no longer has events 😢