Im having someone do the art stuff for a CW idea I have, and Im wondering where abouts Id post about it to see if theres any actual interest in it? And maybe a forum group too.

Plus, I have more than a few questions about how the 'approval process' (and other things about CWs) works. Ive asked a few times before, but I can never seem to remember what I was told :(

i'll have to do a little research on specific ping groups, but you can make a thread in the discussion subforum of the cw forums to do an interest check! but keep in mind that it's a semi-infrequently visited subforum so it may not be the best way to judge. you can always ping friends there though! as for questions about the approval process/other cw-related stuff, throw it at me! i can probably answer whatever's on your mind n_n

Never hurts to give it a try, does it? :D

As for the questions...cracks knuckles Its gonna be what seems to me to be a long list XD

1. Do CWs have to be put into the shop, or can I offer up the slots for them, and do...something that way?
2. Whats the average wait time from submission to approval/denial if you know it?
3. The 4000CSC price on the 'create a CW' page...Is that if i dont go through the shop, and the 1500 is if I put it into the shop?

Thereds usually more, but at the moment I cant think of them XD

okay, let's mess with the questions since i know the answers to those off the top of my head! these are gonna be some long answers too, don't worry x3

1. cws can be done either way! to submit a cw with slots, on the batches part of the form, simply do not check the 'direct to cash shop' box. after you submit that whole form, it then takes you to a page where it shows your overlay on four different bases (dark skin w/ background, dark w/o bg, light w/ bg, light w/o bg, so you can check it on all of them) and various info on it, and then below all of that, there's a place to fill in slots. you just type in the people's usernames in the blanks in the left column and the price of the slot on the right (so that prices can be made different if need be, like usually artists' copies are set at 0 or if you need to cover a little for the batch, your own slot can be put at 100 or 200, etc) when everyone's slots are paid, it's put into the approval queue. when it's approved, you get an event and if you have a copy in that batch, it just gets put into your inventory automatically. if you want to put out another batch or put it into your cw shop, you can do so via the link that will appear at the top of the create cw page that says 'click here to see and/or purchase more of your existing custom clothing items'! to submit it directly to the cash shop, you do check the 'direct to cash shop' box and then on the next page where it shoes the bases + overlay and all the info, it just gives you a button to pay the submission fee, which then puts it into the approval queue. when it's approved, you get an event, one copy is put into your inventory, and the cw is automatically in your shop. cws submitted with slots do not have to be put into your shop at all, but can be moved there. their overall batch cap doesn't change though, so if you submit something with 3 batches and have already put out 2 via slots, it'll be locked where you can only sell 10 copies in your shop. unlimited ones don't have locked quantities; they can be set to 0 (to make them essentially disappear to everyone else), -1 (unlimited), or any number between 1 and... well, as many zeroes as you care to type, basically x3 to make a cw with a batch cap disappear from your shop, the best you can do is set the price to 0 (since the quantity can't be changed). it makes it unpurchasable, but will still show up in shop search with a price of 0 (look up for an example)

2. this depends entirely upon the people going through the queue at the time! it really ranges anywhere from a few hours to about two weeks, but those are extremes; typically, it runs about 3-7 days.

3. the price depends entirely upon what you're submitting. assuming your item is in the 4k category, yes, that's essentially right. the 4000 is if you use slots - so all ten of the slot prices have to add up to 4000 (so 9 slots can be at 0 and 1 at 4000, or 10 at 400, or any combination of numbers that will add up to 4000). the 1500 is if you submit your cw directly to your shop - if you do this, it will automatically give you one copy (so if you're not the one doing the art, you'll still have to buy another copy for the artist in most cases) and the cw will not have a batch cap, it'll be unlimited. if you do choose to submit it with slots, it can be moved into your cw shop after the first batch is onsite, but with either method of submission, there's currently no way to remove a cw from a shop. (you can make it unpurchasable or disappear from shop search depending upon how it's submitted, but it will always show up on your shop management page)

D Wall of text! XD (not that its bad anyway). If I think of any more questions/comments because of what you replied, I'll put them here. Because...where else would I type them? XD

1. Really? I didn't know that. Does make sense though I suppose.
2. With the 'direct to cash shop' option, do I need that cost right now (if I was going to submit it right now), or does it get paid for when people by the CW? (I thinking the 'right now' way). And with the 1500 for slot-taking, is that up front, or taken out of the CSC id get paid for the slotted spots?
3. A week average wait time? No biggie there, I can handle waiting that long. Person making the CW for me (I hate that i keep forgetting their UN D: D: ) has a few they made for someone else, or collabed with, so Im going to think that theres not a big chance of a denial.
4. Based on the 'type of item' dropdown menu, it seems to fit the 'covers less than 50% of the area' choice, but could be wrong.
5. If I already have people 'slotted' for my other CW, can I do the sots thing with some of them empty? And if i can, will they only be sold when the list is full, or will it 'work'/I get paid/the get CW as soon as its approved?

With direct-to-CS you pay the 1500 CSC upfront yourself, and you get one copy of the item (meaning that if you owe your artist a copy, you'll have to pay another ~500 CSC to get one out of your shop for them). If you fill in the usernames for slots, their payment amount will come out of the 4000 you owe for the batch, and if you submit with empty names you'll have to cover what's left (so if you slot your item at 500 CSC, and have 3 people slotted, you'll still owe 2500 CSC for the batch). But you'll get the leftover copies of the items that way.

The "less than 50%" line is specifically for a partial background/foreground. So if you're having something other than a background drawn, it's irrelevant. But if you're not sure you can try submitting it anyway and see if it gets denied for being in the wrong category.

The background (or foreground) makes up little. bit of the whole 'thing (base not in that percentage..)And now my mind isnt letting me remember what else was and needs to go D:

Not sure if this went through ot something but I'll end it again, just in case.

If i submit the CW to the CW shop thing, do I need any CSC up front, or is it taken out of the selling price?

The 1.5k option is what you pay to send the item directly to the cash shop. If you take slots on the item, you have to pay the 4000 for a full batch of 10 items, split between you and whichever people you have slotted for the item.

I Think I understand most o what you 'said'- how is the 4k to pay for the item going directly in the CW shop, and the 4k being taken out of the proffit Id be making?

You don't pay 4k for the item to go into the cash shop, you pay 4k per batch of 10. If you put the item directly into the cash shop, you'd pay the 1.5k upfront. Then if your slot price is 500, every time a copy sells out of the cash shop you get 100 CSC for it. The other 400 is what pays for the item, because it's 1/10th of the batch cost.

If you have all 10 slots filled, including your copy + one artist copy, you would be making 500 (or whatever the slot cost is) x 8 people = 4000 CSC. So your first batch would be paid for but you wouldn't make any profit. THEN you could move the item into the cash shop for free, and still make 100 CSC per copy sold. If you want to put it directly into the cash shop to begin with, that's when you pay the 1500. You'll still get 100 CSC per copy sold, but you'll have to pay the 1500 yourself + essentially another 400 for your artist to have a copy.

Makes sense I think. Pretty sure it does. So CW going to shop=4k eatch batch with 400CC taken out per slot to pay for teh 4k? CW with slots 1500, paid for then.

No you have it backwards. If the CW goes into your shop, it costs you 1500 CSC, and you make (slot price minus 400) back for every sale.

A batch of 10 slots costs 4000 CSC, and whatever profit you make over the 4000 cost is yours to keep.

I think Im a it confused again.

1.5k is to put it into the shops, and Id need to have it before it goes in there, and then the 5000cc listed in the dropdown menu gets paid for bit by bit when the item sells?

You're partially right. The 1500 is paid right away to put the item in the shop. If you do that, you ignore the 4000 CSC in the dropdown menu. Each copy of your item that sells will give you whatever profit there is over 400 CSC (there will be a 500 CSC minimum price in the shop). So you can say that it helps pay towards the 4000 CSC if you want, but the 4000 doesn't actually need to be paid at any point. If you submit directly to the shop and your copy is the only one you want to put onsite, that's fine. If you sell 100 copies you're going to get the same amount of profit from each one that sells.

I THINK Im finally understanding something :D Jsut need to figure out how to get the 1.5k first without touching what I already have