About CN Novel Starter

Chinese web novels are a $4.8B overseas market (2024) with ~200M foreign readers — but newcomers constantly stall on unexplained terms like cultivation, golden core, gong/shou, and mate-bonds.

We're the discovery + annotation layer: pick a genre, get a shortlist of real, foreigner-friendly starting novels, and read plain-English explanations of the terms that trip you up. Think "the Shepherd.com of Chinese web novels."

How it works

• Curated, not algorithmic — every pick is chosen for newcomers, not for raw popularity.
• Licensed only — we link to WebNovel, Wuxiaworld, Seven Seas, Dreame, GoodNovel and JJWXC. No pirated text is hosted.
• Zero server — static Jamstack site; content lives in a simple data file you can edit like a CMS.

Monetization (the honest version)

Ads (AdSense → Ezoic → Mediavine) for free readers, plus this Membership tier. Referral links to licensed platforms where allowed. Cross-device: your membership follows your account, not your device.

This is a demo build. Production wiring: Supabase Auth for login, Paddle or Lemon Squeezy (Merchant of Record) for payments & tax, Edge function gating on the webhook.