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Growing your audience

Getting discovered

A published comic that nobody can find might as well not exist. FoundryInk gives readers several ways in: Browse, your feed, your public page, and codes you can put anywhere. Here is how to switch them all on.

Read time about 6 min

1Get listed so you can be found

The one switch that matters most: flip your studio from Unlisted to Listed in discovery (the toggle in your studio header). Listed studios get a public page at your own address and show up in Browse, the platform's discovery landing. Every time you publish or post, it flows into your studio feed, a scrollable, searchable stream readers follow.

The studio header with the Listed in discovery toggle switched on, beside Chat, Embed and Public page.
The studio header with the Listed in discovery toggle switched on, beside Chat, Embed and Public page.See the full screen
The listed studio's public page: Subscribe, Share, Tip and Pin to feed, with a pinned comic in Feed.
The listed studio's public page: Subscribe, Share, Tip and Pin to feed, with a pinned comic in Feed.See the full screen
Signed-in readers get a Picked for you row built from studios and creators they follow, so following begets discovery.
Pro note
Unlisted is perfect while you build. The day you are ready, flip to Listed, that is the moment readers can find you.

2Put your best foot forward

Shape what visitors see first. In Audience, then Public page, build a Featured strip of hand-picked issues and posts in the order you choose, and set a Pinned hero, one free published asset that headlines your page (interactive kinds even play inline). If your work fits a tall 9:16 free format, flip Show in Shorts on its Content tab to ride the Shorts rail.

Audience, Public page: Pinned to feed holds #1 Kitt Frost #1, and the Featured strip lists one issue.
Audience, Public page: Pinned to feed holds #1 Kitt Frost #1, and the Featured strip lists one issue.See the full screen
Pro note
Pin your strongest free issue as the hero. First impressions are made in about two seconds.

3Bring readers in from anywhere

Discovery is not only on FoundryInk. In the QR Codes tab, make a branded code that points at any of your pages, style its colours and shape, and drop it on a print cover, a table at a con, or a poster. Each code tracks its scans over time, so you can see which placements actually bring readers.

The QR Codes tab: the Convention table card code with its link, scan count, Edit and Stats.
The QR Codes tab: the Convention table card code with its link, scan count, Edit and Stats.See the full screen
A code's stats page: Total scans and Unique visitors, above the Scans over time chart.
A code's stats page: Total scans and Unique visitors, above the Scans over time chart.See the full screen
You can also put your store on your own website with the Embed snippets (a store grid or a buy button), and sales are attributed back to where they came from.
Pro note
A QR on your con banner turns a passing glance into a reader on your page. Print it big.

Switch on discovery

Work down the list and readers start finding you. Each links into the app. Saved on this device.

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Quick questions

Listed studios get a public page and appear in Browse and discovery. Unlisted studios are private and hidden from browsing, though direct links still work. You flip it in your studio header.

A free, published asset in a tall 9:16 aspect (video, art, or a short comic). Turn on Show in Shorts from the asset's Content tab.

At your studio's own address, /p/ your slug. The Public page button in your studio opens exactly what visitors see.

They turn offline moments (a con, a printed cover, a poster) into online readers, and each code counts its scans so you can see what is working.

Now they can find you

Listed, featured, and linkable from anywhere. The last piece is keeping the readers you win. Next, build a community around your work.

Managing your audience →