Whether online novels could make money or not depended on many factors such as the quality of the novel, readership, publication, and distribution. The threshold for creating web novels was relatively low. Anyone could become a web novel. However, in order to obtain enough income, a wide readership, and effective publishing and distribution channels, the author had to be able to publish online novels. Some of them were successful online novels, but some of them only earned a negligible amount of money. It would take a long time and hard work for a novice web novel to earn income. Writing online novels was an income-generating job, but success required a wide readership and effective publishing and distribution channels.