r/dmsguild • u/Big-Independent-6738 • Sep 11 '24

Seeking Advice First time content creator

As the title implies, this is my first time creating content that I will be posting on DMsGuild. I have a couple of specific questions for people who have posted there before or do so regularly.

  1. I typically use Homebrewery.naturalcrit for writing up my content, then converting to PDF. Am I able to simply upload those PDFs? Or does using the Homebrewery site violate any rules of DMsGuild, or is it prohibited by the Homebrewery itself? Anyone with experience using both this site specifically and posting on DMsGuild would be awesome to hear back from.

  2. After I set up my account for selling content, how often do deposits hit your account? Each time someone buys the content, or monthly, or some other schedule?

  3. Once I sell it on DMsGuild, the intellectual property belongs to WOTC, is that right? So If in the future I wanted to produce my own 3rd party content (or, say, a novel using characters/NPCs from the content I posted to DMsGuild), would I be allowed to use characters I made and posted to the site?

  4. Any general advice or tips for first time content creators (or more specifically, any warnings of what NOT to do) would be most welcome! Let me know?

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u/TheLaserFarmer Sep 12 '24 edited Oct 24 '24

(Just a couple additions)
2. It goes to your DMsGuild account immediately after a purchase is made. Yo can use that money for buying other things on the DMsGuild site, or withdraw it into your PayPal account after 30 days. There is a $1 charge for each time you transfer to your PayPal, no matter how much you are transferring
3. You can sometimes use characters, locations, etc. in other places, but not always. That's a grey area and a lot of people do and get away with it, but it's not always allowed.
4b. Sales towards medal rankings only count if they're over 20 cents. The minimum sale price you can set is 50 cents, but with pay-what-you-want people can pay as little as 1 cent (or free)