How to use JJWXC

[25/6/2021] Latest version of the guide (pdf):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QX7WuoYJ6TRJApPLF_J1XmKiJwsyAs-6


old guide:

[16 OCT] brief explanation on limited-time free VIP novels under #3 here. will add the feature to this guide properly next time!! do also view the comments below for info not yet added to the guide (gold cards, discount cards, etc). anything else, leave your comments and I will respond asap!

Will update this as and when I need to and have the time. Feel free to comment any question or stuff you want to know more about/ improvement to the messy layout. (if you want it to be more personal (thru email/discord/etc), let me know too and i will provide them. cough not using those ways now bc i’m a very lazy person who barely checks them cough)

✨ways to support without any cost
1 story favourite=1000 novel points
1 author favourite=500 novel points to all the stories by that author

* The higher the novel points, the higher the chances of a novel getting on charts like New JJ Author Chart, Monthly Chart, Season Chart, Half-A-Year Chart, etc. that are shown to all on the site=increase popularity especially for ongoing novels

Table of contents:
1. How to sign up/login✨
2. How to top up your jj points
3. How to buy the novel (+ download chapters in the app)
4. How to favourite a novel✨
 5. How to favourite an author ✨
6. How to comment/rate (after purchasing)
7. How to give away nutrients bottles (don’t waste them if you already purchased at least one novel!)
8. How to throw bombs (rewards that goes to author + help with ranking)
9. Miscellaneous details (types of users, etc)


How to sign up/login

desktop website / andriod app download (apk) / search 晋江小说阅读 in the AppStore
*use google chrome so you can google translate the whole webpage to understand better

1. sign up/login buttons:
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webpage
app

2. sign up page:

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*should be almost the same on the app (you can just use the website as you can only top up by Paypal on the website)

3. successful sign up:

4. email verification:

5. login:
webpage
app
6. setting your reader id:
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*note that some symbols don’t work on jj and they become a bunch of ???? or complicated characters
*not setting an id will mean your id will appear as your account number

7. reject this:
webpage
app

How to top up your jj points

What you need: Paypal

How the it works: 17 USD=10000 jj points / 34 USD=20000 jj points (these amounts are fixed for now)

1. topping up (you will be asked to set a few security questions→google translate the webpage):

you can only give rewards (which will help with the ranking of the novel and part of the money will go to the author) 180 days after your first top up

*the rest is understandable using google translate
*paypal top up cannot be done on the app(

2. checking your balance:
webpage
app

How to buy the novel

tip: use the app to buy the novels at a lower price as the app charges at SUPER VIP rate (save more, buy more)
*BASIC / VIP / SUPER VIP USER: 5 points / 4 points / 3 points
per thousand words respectively
*one completed novel usually cost 1100-1500 jj points on the app

webpage

for desktop website, you can simply google “(title of novel) jjwxc” and find it directly (will be easier and clearer)

app

2. buying the vip chapters:

*will be cheaper on app unless you have the SUPER VIP card to use/is already a SUPER VIP user

method 1: click the list → click any of the vip chapter

method 2: click the download button (able to read offline in the app)

*the bottom part in the third pic won’t appear if you uncheck the download box
*the red part is different for different novels depending on the author’s setting
*automatically purchase only works for ongoing novels→jj points will be deducted whenever a vip chapter is updated so you don’t need to buy them manually

making sure the chapters are downloaded:

in the case that some chapters just won’t be downloaded via mass download (select all), do not click “download in the background”. just wait till this appears:

How to favourite a novel

click here to jump to “searching for the novel”

webpage
app
uncategorised refers to the default folder

How to favourite an author

webpage

if you have already favourited the novel (on app), you can long press the cover to get to the novel info page:

app

How to comment/rate (please do not abuse this function, use it to send love to your favourite authors~)

do comment only under vip novels after you have at least purchased a vip chapter as people can check to see whether you purchased the novel(;・∀・)
and feel free to get me to help you translate/check your comment (just leave a comment below (and with a way to contact you if you prefer it to be more private!))

*you can only rate a novel on the app and given that you purchased the whole novel (you won’t be able to rate for novels with locked chapters as they don’t count that as a full purchase)

web page

app

(nutrients bottles can be given to novel when commenting too)

this rating function is just to make the novel look more appealing to potential readers (no further impact)

rating system
a comment will be auto-generated if you don’t leave one

How to give away nutrients bottles

What it’s for:
– Increase chances of (mostly) ongoing novels getting on the Most Supported by Readers Chart
– Makes the novel more attractive to potential readers
*expires on the 1st of the third month after you receive the bottles (so pick the novel you like to give away the bottles! can be your fav author’s ongoing novel even if you haven’t read it as that will be more useful!)

How to get the nutrients bottles:
1. Purchase vip chapters from a novel (without skipping any chapters (so novels with locked chapters are affected)). For every 300000 words purchased, you get 10 bottles.
2. If the novel purchased has less than 300000 words, you get 1 bottle per 30000 words.

1. Checking number of nutrients bottles received

web page

2. Giving away nutrients bottles

go to the novel info page

1. Checking number of nutrients bottles received

app
refreshes on the 1st of each month (don’t panic if the no. becomes 0. it will be fixed soon)

method 1: at the novel info page

app

method 2: when commenting (click to jump up)

last update: 1 march 2019

172 thoughts on “How to use JJWXC

  1. Hello Shoko,
    I hope you have been well! I have a question about the JJWXC site. I have been unable to favourite novels recently as it keeps signing me off and telling me to log in again. Would you know anything about this issue? I can favourite via the mobile site though. I also don’t use the app as I get security warnings for it 😔
    Thank you for your help! ☺️

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    1. hi sorry for the late reply, i haven’t experience this problem before! have you tried ticking the remember me for a month option before logging in? it could be a browser problem too. maybe you can try changing to another browser

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    2. another option would be to try the wap site instead of the main one? it would be good if you can use the app though as it will be much cheaper (ㆆ x ㆆ)

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  2. Hi, thanks for this guide! I downloaded the Android app and opened a purchased chapter. But after reading it, I couldn’t find how to get out of the ‘book page’, clicking right left top bottom only led to other pages.
    How to go back to the front of the app?
    (Silly problem, I know, but I only ever used Kindle app)

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    1. ahh so sorry for the late reply, hope you managed to find the way! if you haven’t, you just need to tap in the middle for the green controls to appear, then click the arrow on top left (or just hit your back button if the device you are using have that)

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  3. Hello! Am wondering if anyone knows which country does the taobao purchase via debit card work for top up of jjwxc points? Am from Singapore, and I’m able to purchase material things on taobao using debit card but somehow it doesn’t show the option to pay via debit card when I want to purchase jjwxc points instead, forcing me to make payment only via alipay or daifu option, which I have neither of.

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    1. have resolved it! needed to deselect alipay and daifu and it’ll lead to the next page for payment for those who are wondering about the fix.

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  4. Thank you SO MUCH for the amazing guide!! 😀 I just used it to purchase JWQS and hopefully many more in the future! Too bad it has a locked chapter, so i can’t give it a rating ;-;

    If it’s okay, can i ask:
    1. do your purchased credits have an expiration date? i couldn’t find the information on the recharge page
    2. can I ask for help in translating the following comment? I don’t trust google translate with a long text and any complicated words haha! Thank you so much in advance, and again for taking the time to write such a great guide <33

    "Hello! I'm a foreign reader, and I must say: what a beautiful and moving story! Such rich and thought-provoking plot, QiJing/齐静's (main CP's name haha) relationship development was truly amazing to witness, I loved the ending the author gave for them, it made me cry in all the good ways! (feel free to change for an idiom/slang if there is one!) I have to confess that Ding You/丁酉 is absolutely my favorite character, he's so giving and such a good friend~. Thank you so much for sharing your story!"

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    1. hihi so sorry for the late reply!! i’m not sure if you still need help with this but here you go ε≡٩(๑> ₃ <)۶

      1. are you referring to the unused credits in your account? they won't expire!
      2. 你好,我是个海外读者,想要说一句这篇文太棒和温馨了!剧情非常饱满且令人深思,齐静在感情方面的成长真的好好。很喜欢作者给他们的结局,感动哭了!我必须承认丁酉是我最喜欢的角色,他好体贴,也是个非常好的朋友~ 谢谢你和我们分享了这篇故事!

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      1. Ahhh thank you so much <33 I'm glad to know they won't expire.

        And tysm for translating my comment, you're so kind!! 😀

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  5. Thank you so much for the guide! Hoping you could help with my Q – I have been getting connection errors for JJWXC where I sometimes can’t login or access VIP chapters which I have purchased. Would you know if this is something that other users are experiencing?

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    1. yep they are, it’s up to you which novel you want to give your nutrients to! they contribute to the overall points of the novel. in the case of ongoing novels, giving nutrients to them increase their chances of entering one of the charts. if the novel happens to be participating in a competition, they act as votes too

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  6. Hi! There seems to be an update to the ios app and there’s something i’m curious about. The sunlight points as mentioned in the guide have more activities and rewards that you can choose. Would you mind checking what it’s about?

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    1. so sorry for the late reply!! just for your info, one of the was to exchange for jjwxc’s 60th anniversary coin purse. i forgot what the other one was already my bad. do note that for physical rewards, you can only exchange for them if you have a mainland china mailing address (a proxy, etc)

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  7. hi, i downloaded the jjwc app and i logged in and im on the pay page but i dont have a paypal option, just 4 options, but no paypal. any way around this?

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    1. never mind i just went around it by paying on website. but is there any way to translate on screen or anything like that using the app?

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      1. there is a roundabout though… like you can use a 2nd phone with google translate by camera on, and try to scan – translate as you wish 😅

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  8. ohh wow now u can use Taobao (international too? o.o) and PayPal to pay for jjwxc credit?! I need to dig out my old acct from the jungles (if it’s not autodeleted already). it used to be near impossible for international folks to buy credits many years ago. I should thank heaven and earth it’s not under WeChat

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      1. Oh no problem! it’s just I tried to make an account but the captcha just wouldn’t work, no matter what. I thought it might be for the VPN situation.

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      2. if the captcha is still unable to load for you, let me know if you need help creating your account! i can help you create first then leave it to you to change your password on afterwards

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      3. Thank you so much. I’ll try again and see what happens. If it didn’t work, I’ll have to bother you with it.

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      4. If you still have issues with the captcha, try turning off a browser translate for the time being. I was stuck on the captcha loading, but when I turned off translation it worked for me. Hope it works as well!

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      5. It opened once! Just once. I got so excited, I entered the wrong email and it won’t load again. I even turned off translation.

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    1. hihi this is the mobile webpage version to the links so they should work and you are right about them being more updated! the link in the guide is the one the desktop version directs you to and i had been sticking to that all along. didn’t realise it doesn’t update as fast Σ(°Д°; will get on my laptop tmr to change the link to this one instead! thanks for pointing it out «٩(*´ ꒳ `*)۶»

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  9. Hi,

    So I’ve followed your instructions to download it on the app. But when I click purchase it won’t let me purchase the chapters. It keeps popping up with bind to email/phone.

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    1. Oh nvm just realised it’s been less than 24 hours since I recharged so it hasn’t appeared yet.

      Thank you so much for the incredibly detailed guide! jjwxc is such a headache to manoeuvre especially if you don’t speak Chinese (like me). It takes forever to load. Spent at least an hour trying to set up every thing because it just wouldn’t load fast enough. -_-

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      1. I just checked and on the website it says I have 10,000 points but on the app it says I have nothing.

        Really sorry for the multiple comments!

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      2. Omg I’m such an idiot. I’m so sorry! I figured it out. I basically logged in as a guest by accident instead of logging into my actual account

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      3. haha glad you managed to create your account successfully and sorry for the late reply! feel free to ask if you encounter any more issues in the later stages ٩(๑•̀ ω •́ ๑)۶

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  10. Thank you for such a detailed guide! Not sure if this has been asked before, but are there any restrictions on the number of device one can sign in using the same account? And also, if I’m using multiple device, can I download the purchased chapters on all devices? Or is there a max limit? Thanks!!

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    1. i don’t think this is stated by jj but there is most likely no limit. as long as you logged in to your account, you should be able to view and download the purchased chapters on any of your devices |•ω•`)

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  11. hello! thank you for making this guide, this was super helpful!! i just wanted to ask what the purpose of moonstones is? i’ve just been giving them to the free novels i enjoyed and i have no idea if i’m helping or if it’s just dkghfdgdf

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    1. hi! moonstones are mentioned on page 47 of the new guide. i’m not sure what’s the purpose of it for the authors though. i have heard of some authors asking for moonstones but most never ask for them. (there was also a period of time when jj wanted to restrict the number of edits authors can make to each chapters, expecting them to use moonstones for subsequent edits and until a particular round, they have to pay jj points just to edit, claiming that there’s a lack of manpower or something. obviously jj got a good scolding from the authors and readers so that was not implemented afterwards.)

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    2. hihi regarding moonstones, someone added in the spreadsheet that it’s possible that some authors ask for it because they want jjwxc’s image hosting service (you spend 300 moonstones to receive image hosting for 1 image) ₍₍Ϡ(੭•̀ω•́)੭

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  12. Hi, thank you for this I was able to buy coins and purchase the latest chapters of my favorite novel. I just have a question, some of the chapters I purchased were repeated chapters because it said that I have yet to subscribed. I don’t know what to do since I am just using google translate. How do I subscribe to a novel?

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  13. This has been helpful for signing up. But I have a few questions.
    1. Does the app has English language setting? as I can not read Chinese at all. (been using google translate)
    2. I just signed up and purchased a VIP chapter. It is the latest update but the content is actually from another chapter. I have been refreshing and such but nothing works. I still can not read that latest chapter. Any advice how to fix that?

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    1. 1. nope, no option for english language at the moment!
      2. it is most likely the anti-theft function at work! do check page 33 of the new guide

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  14. Thanks very much for this translation! Makes things easier to navigate.
    On a somewhat related side note, the author I’m following has a QQ account, but there’s a verification qr that is needed to be verified before I could create an account on QQ. Since I’m not in China, I was wondering if you could help me?
    Not sure how wordpress works, and I didn’t see support links for you so I can give a little thank you for your wonderful work, if you don’t mind, please email me.

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    1. just supporting the authors directly will do, really appreciate the thoughts (ˊ˘ˋ*)♡ unfortunately i’m not able to help with the qq issue. i tried creating a new account recently and faced troubles with that too. i’m not sure if it’s just a bug or qq doesn’t allow foreign numbers anymore. sorry about that (;´д`)ゞ

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  15. thanks very much for your guide, super helpful! I will be using it to buy some favorite novels as I’m reading them in translation!
    I would like to leave supportive comments for the authors and I was wondering if you could translate some examples of a generic positive comment we can leave? Something like “I loved this chapter!” (google translate gave me “我喜欢这一章!” ?) or a way to say like… “omg, the romance <3" LOL. I'm worried that a comment run thru google translate will accidentally come off as rude or a weird tone that I didn't intend haha ^^

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  16. WOW You are sooooooo awesome!!! This is exactly what I’ve been looking forXD
    I bet you’ve put a lot of time and effort into this. Thank you so much for making and sharing this. I’m gonna post this helpful guide on my website if you don’t mind. Thnx again!

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  17. Thank you so much for this guide! It’s a great and essential guide to support the author and artist we love. I’m a French Canadian translator and I would be interested to translate your document and of course, giving you credit. Is it something you would be ok with?

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  18. Hello, thank you very much for the guide!! Excuse me, I was wondering if you would allow me to translate your guide into my language (Spanish). Please, I promise to give you credit

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  19. Thank you so much for this guide! It helped me a lot. Question though, is there any alternative or bypass method for the 180 days restriction? For instance, topping up again or reaching the Super VIP before the 180 days?

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    1. Just a heads up, Alipay works, but if you’re like me who started with Paypal, it will freeze that amount until the 180 days. I’ve used a recharge outlet, so I’m not sure with other methods. Taobao seems to be not working, for me that is.

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  20. Hello! Thank you for the guide, it really helped! Is there a specific amount of times you should sign in until it becomes possible to recharge with Paypal? I have tried over the last couple of days to recharge, and I keep getting an error after trying to enter information for the security questions. This is my first time using JJWXC and I am lost. Is there anyway you could help me? I took a few screenshots-https://imgur.com/a/BNimbXN
    Thanks!

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    1. hi, i don’t think there is such a rule. the error says that you haven’t set your security questions so i’m assuming you missed the spaces i boxed up. do let me know if that’s not the case for you and this error persists!

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      1. I’m a idiot。:゚(。ﹷ ‸ ﹷ ✿)
        I was in such a hurry, I didn’t pay any attention to the order of the questions. I have everything setup now, thanks for the help and guide!( ´ ▽ ` )b

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    1. yes you can! will add to the guide when i have the time to do so~

      desktop: http://www.jjwxc.net/topten.php

      app: https://shokotranslates.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/screenshot_20200626_154128.jpg

      briefly translating the charts in the app:
      月榜 Monthly Chart
      季榜 Seasonal Chart
      半年榜 Half-a-year Chart
      新晋作者榜 New author Chart
      长生殿 Long live Chart
      勤奋指数榜 Hardworking Chart
      完结金榜 Completed Chart
      总分榜 Total points Chart
      霸王票总榜 Ranking Chart (bombs thrown)
      读者栽培总榜 Nutrients bottle Chart
      作者积分榜 Author points Chart
      驻站作者榜 (not sure what this is about)

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  21. How do you guys get through the captcha? I’ve been trying one after the other and yet none of them passes! ToT Is it just me?

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    1. when you are logging in or commenting? there are 2 common captcha if i’m not wrong. one is inputing the chinese characters you see, the other is numbers where you are required to calculate. don’t get them wrong! let me know if you still have an issue with it~

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      1. Wait, so that captcha when I’m registering requires me to calculate it instead of copying the string of numbers? Damn, I thought with captchas we’re always supposed to copy the image word for word. Now I’m gonna go try again, hopefully this time’s the charm.

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  22. Thank you for the guide, it was really useful! I have a question for you cuz my Chinese is terrible lol So if I see these beside the chapter ([锁] [此章节已锁]), does it mean that chapter is completely locked and there is no way to buy it? I was reading some novel and it felt completely weird without some chapters 😦

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    1. yes, that will mean it is locked and you won’t be able to read or buy it unless the author returns to edit the chapter to unlock it(;´д`)ゞ

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  23. Hi, thanks so much for this guide! I never realized that it’s cheaper to buy from the app version compared to the desktop version until now! I’ve since downloaded the app, but… this might be a super silly question, but… is there any way to change simplified to traditional on the app? I’m really terrible at reading simplified, so I can’t tell if there is. 😡 Thanks in advance for the help!

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      1. Yeah, I found it, thanks anyway! Just checking though — the conversion applies only to the story itself right? There’s no way to change the entire app into traditional?

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      2. Ah, ok, that’s unfortunate. Thanks for the guide though! It was super helpful when I was first trying to navigate the app through all the simplified I didn’t recognize, haha.

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  24. I was trying to leave a comment after purchasing all the chapters. I should have around 7k points left… but when I tried to leave a comment I got this message?

    对不起,您的晋江币余额不足
    地雷 需要支付 100点 晋江币,请先充值。您当前冻结金额为10000点晋江币。
    详情查看

    I’m confused from the Google Translate message as well.

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    1. sorry for the late reply!! is this your first topup/180 days have yet to pass since your first top up? you probably selected the landmine by accident when attempting to comment. do share the screenshot (in the spreadsheet above, page 4 of the guide) if you’re still unable to fix this problem!

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  25. Hi! I would like to check if I should choose 自行联系卖家发货 as my delivery option (跨境配送方式), if I were to buy the jj points through Taobao. I noticed that if I chose 官方直送, my 实付款 would change to ¥62.50 (even though I’m buying the ¥30 for 3000 points package). The other option doesn’t cause my 实付款 to change though.

    If that was too confusing, basically what I’m trying to ask is, what should I choose for 跨境配送方式?

    P.S. My chinese is mediocre so I may have misinterpreted some things.

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    1. hihi, i don’t remember what the options looked like before and only have one account so i have the details keyed in already.

      are you able to find somewhere on the page where you’re supposed to fill in your address? i wrote a random china address (my forwarder’s address actually but it doesn’t matter) and for the delivery cost section, here’s what i have: 运送方式:普通配送 快递 免费 which is 0¥.

      if the delivery cost is still there, can you take a screenshot of your page to let me see the page? with a link here or just leave your screenshot in the spreadsheet (in the pdf above page 4)!

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      1. Ahhh. I used my own address (so not a china address), so maybe that’s why the delivery cost exists. I’ve also attached 2 screenshots onto the spreadsheet! One shows the 实付款 if I chose 官方直送,while the other is if I chose 官方集运-空运. As long as I choose anything aside from 官方直送, the 实付款 will be 30yuan. I’m just not really sure if I should go ahead and choose the other options.

        Thanks for helping!!^^

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      2. Choosing 自提取件 just reduces the amount from 62.50yuan to 60 yuan hahaha, but everything remains the same! Anyway thanks for your help! I’ll just choose the other options

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      3. ack i see… so does the other option work? sorry for not being much of a help gahh. was meddling with my account setting months before i tried the actual topping up via taobao. i honestly can’t recall what i did anymore so i thought it would work out quite normally for all ┌( ´_ゝ` )┐

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    1. hihi, so sorry for the late reply!! are you still facing the problem? may I know what you mean by not being able to read the chapter? it doesn’t load or another random/repeated chapter is showing up?
      if it’s the latter, it’s likely an issue with the ratio of VIP chapters you purchased as the author has set up a requirement for that. You won’t be able to view the actual chapter immediately and will need to wait for 1-72 hours if the ratio of VIP chapters you purchased is less than what the author set. really sorry for the late reply >w<

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      1. sorry for the late reply!! the ratio you have to purchase is really unknown if the author doesn’t state it clearly. you may have to purchase all available vip chapters to view them immediately or may a certain percentage of vip chapters available.

        however, if you’re using the app, it may be because the app is buggy at times. you can attempt to clear cache and see if the chapters refreshes. alternatively, try reading via other options (wap/desktop version).

        if the above do not work and you did not purchase all the available vip chapters, do wait for 1-72 hours before coming back to read the chapters!

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  26. Hello, thank you so much for this guide!
    I have trouble with the newly purchased chapter. I could not read it. Can you help me with it?

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  27. Hello, thank you so so much for this guide! I hope you don’t mind but I’ve linked to it on my homepage so that other people can see your wonderful tutorial as well. Also, this has helped me so much in showing support for my favourite authors! If you don’t mind, can you please clarify for me what throwing bombs/grenades do? Does it help the author at all, or is it just promoting the popularity of the novel? Thanks.

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    1. do go ahead with the sharing and glad that this guide is helpful!! sorry for the late reply!

      throwing bombs/grenades definitely helps! part of the earnings of every bombs/grenades thrown will go to the author (rumoured to be 50% of the amount of bombs thrown) and yes, popularity of the novel will rise=higher ranking among other novels=higher chances of getting on charts and being discovered by more readers. it’s also like an additional encouragement to the author and there is also a readers’ ranking where you can see the ids of readers who have thrown bombs/grenades before to the author/novel.
      (additional info: it works the same for authors who didn’t sign a contract with jjwxc but they will need to sign one if they choose to withdraw the earnings as cash. otherwise, the earnings from the bombs/grenades will be converted into jj points for contract-less authors. contract-less authors are unable to set their novels into VIP novels.)

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  28. Huhuhu, thanks A lot for the tutorial :”””

    But, i have a question. I’d like to translate novel that post in jjwxc, but i don’t know how to contact the author.

    Please help me with this huhu ╥﹏╥

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    1. hihi, usually authors will leave their weibo id in the author’s bulletin/summary of the novel/notes. if they don’t have one, then that may be one reason you can’t find it and it is hard to contact the author apart from through weibo. and! I do not recommend commenting under the novel to ask for the rights to translate bc tbvh this is all illegal, just like manga translation, the copyright belongs to the site/publisher (ˉ▽ˉ;)

      so technically, unless the author didn’t sign the contract with jjwxc or whatever official novel site they release their work on, they are not allowed to hand out translation rights to anyone for non-commercial purposes. it’s really good that you want to seek the author’s permission beforehand and the best way I would say is to find their weibo and send a private message (given that they do check their inbox)! sorry for the late reply! > <

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    1. hi, can you tell me the exact problem you faced? are you doing the top up using paypal? or are you using wechat/alipay?

      paypal top up can only be done on the webpage version and it should bring you to the paypal page (i assume the rest should proceed as per how paypal payment usually works! not very familiar with the paypal part so sorry > <). you're unable to top up wih paypal in the app

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      1. Thanks for the concern. I already solved the problem on the same day I asked you.

        My problem was that I wasn’t able to top up because I did not completed the security questions.

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  29. This is such a wonderful guide! Thank you very much!

    I only encountered one problem. I just can’t download the app (╥_╥) Neither do I find the app in the android app store nor would it allow me to download the app via link, and the QR code doesn’t work either for me.

    Is the app maybe region locked? Do you perhaps know how I can solve this stupid thing? (Q A Q) I really wanted to have the app not only because it’s cheaper there but because I usually read on my phone anyways.

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    1. hi hi, i’m so sorry for giving you such a late reply!! are you still encountering the problem? the android version can only be downloaded directly from the site as an apk file; it’s not in play store!

      as for region locking, i’m not aware of it but I don’t think they have such a setting in place. can you try this link? download should start immediately!

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  30. Hello!! i was thinking if there’s any guide i can show my non-CH speaking friends and then i found this!! Thank you!!
    Also, i think you need to mention how to upgrade the account from 普通用戶 to 初級VIP, because as far as i know, users have to manually click a button to immediately upgrade the account and get cheaper price for the chapters (or you need to spend >3000 points within 30 days to get automatic upgrade)
    初級VIP has cheaper prices, and 初級VIP has even lower prices on the JJWXC app!! since all international payments top-up at least 17USD and are eligible for the upgrade (+discounts) so why not just grab it!! saves money!!!

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    1. ayee yes I have plans for that under ‘miscellaneous details’ but I haven’t gotten there QAQ and you’re right about the app providing lower prices bc users are automatically given the 高级VIP discounted prices in there! I actually did stress on using the app for purchasing and the web page for top ups but if they are not eye-catching enough, I will do something about that when I have the time to! (hopefully by end of the end!!) o(><;)oo
      and glad you find it helpful~!

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  31. Hi,

    What are Gold cards and discount cards? I tried looking at the FAQ for it but I’m still not sure.

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    1. hi and so sorrrryy for the late reply!! they are supposed to be under ‘miscellaneous details’ but I haven’t found time to get that section typed out

      gold cards
      – only available to 初级VIP and 高级VIP
      – how to get:
      when your spending last month is more than or equals to 2000 jj points and your spending this month is 1000 jj points more than last month
      (e.g. spending in May: 5500 jj points | spending in June (this month): 6500 jj points)
      -valid for 90 days / expiry date can be extended once by 30 days using 2000 moonstones (you can get this by doing the daily sign in but I haven’t gotten to this part too)

      discount cards
      – exchange 3 gold cards for 1 discount card
      – valid for 180 days
      – once activated, enjoy 30 days of 20% off for novel purchases/bombs

      if you need me to explain the unexplained functions such as the types of users now, let me know and i’ll try to get back to you asap!!

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  32. Hi! I’ve been using your instructions to read and they have been super helpful. I went almost a month before I ran into trouble. I accidentally checked automatic purchase when I bought chapters on the app. Would you happen to know how to cancel that?

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    1. webpage: click “读书” at the top right corner > “VIP服务” in the drop down menu > search for the title and look for “取消续订” (words beside this should be a red “续订中”) > “您要取消续订这本书吗?” click ok
      picture guide

      app: click your profile (human icon on top right) > “账务” > “VIP服务” > search for the title and click the last column (which should be a green “是”) > click the second option “取消自动订阅” > they will tell you “取消订阅成功”
      picture guide

      will add this to the guide soon!

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      1. yes, they will be reflected in the app and the website! and by google version, you mean through the web browser on phone?

        for the webpage, just go to 账务(drop down menu) > 消费记录 then you should get this

        in the app, just go to your user profile page, find 账务 (should be the money bag if you have an updated app) then 消费记录, then you should get something similar (I just downgraded my version of the app recently bc of all the bugs from the update so the latest version might not look like this!)

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  33. Hello, my friend 😀

    Thank you very much for the guide 😉 my english isn’t very good bc i’m hispanic speaker hahaha

    My question is,can i will win points free?i haven’t paypal and my favorite books need $ because are VIP and i’m crying,the novel is veeeery good 😦

    I hope your answer 😀

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    1. hi there, the only way to earn points for free right now is to review comments/blog posts by approving/disapproving them according to the site’s criteria. This means it’s not possible if you can’t read chinese (´д`、)

      perhaps you can wait till the time when you can create a paypal account as paypal is currently the most accessible way to top up jj points at the moment for foreign readers. really appreciated your effort to buy the novel you like and so sorry for the lack of help i’m able to provide!

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  34. What does it mean when it says a chapter is locked? I want to buy a chapter but it says it is locked. I went looking around on some of the pirate sites and none of them have the chapter either. I don’t remember putting an age in during sign up. Could you please help?

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    1. usually, a chapter is locked when it contains inappropriate content or words (too much description below the neck, etc). the chapter won’t be unlocked unless the author reports it as a mistake to the site/correct the chapter. so, there’s just no way to buy a locked chapter.
      i’ve never encountered your problem though. are you sure it’s a locked chapter and not some mistake? if the chapter can’t be found anywhere, it probably didn’t exist before (・□・;)let me know the title if you want me to check it for you!

      about the age, why were you prompted to fill that in?

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      1. Yes yes yes! I had a same problem. The title is 协议搅基30天 , may you check out for me /\
        Sorry my english is baaadd
        And yesyesyes thank you for the thread. It help me a lot

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      2. hey there, went to have a look and one of the locked chapters was already locked in 2014. it seems that the author doesn’t intend to re-edit those chapters to unlock them so you can only view the locked chapters on aggregator sites ( ̄▽ ̄)”
        (but omg this author! haha i just read her 新时代,新冥界 a while back and it was hilarious. I enjoyed 和宿敌结婚当天一起重生了 too. so far, I only read these two books by her. check them out if you’re interested~ keke)

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  35. Woah.
    You’re the first Translator who gives such a detailed on how to support the author.
    Thank you very much.
    Now I don’t have any money yet in my bank account and I don’t understand how to make a PayPal account, but as soon I understand, I’ll try to give support as many as I can.
    Again, thank you very much.

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  36. Hey, thank you very much for this! I followed it carefully and I’ve already bought three novels… I feel like a kid in a candy store, though I hope the authors won’t mind the excited English comments I’ll be leaving soon. 😀

    My only question is whether or not there’s a way to earn points other than paying for them? When I looked at the member levels, it mentioned that most people reach the middle level in 15 days by ‘earning’ or some such. Is that just referring to people writing novels? (I mean, I could write an English chapter, but I feel like nobody would read it, and rightly so.)

    Thanks again! I’ve been hovering around that website for months, but I never felt confident enough to sign up. You’ve changed my life for the better. ^_^

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    1. really happy to know this tutorial is useful for you! (*ฅ́˘ฅ̀*) and ayee if you need help translating your comments to chinese, i can help you with that too! ٩(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)

      as for the member level (haven’t go into details on this yet), the difference between them are the reduction in price per thousand words as written at the top under the 3. How to buy the novel (+ download chapters in the app).
      when you create an account, you’re a normal user. to become a basic (spending) user, you need to 1) top up at least 3000 jj points OR 2) spend 1500 jj points in 15 days. the current difference between a normal and basic user is that for latest updates (aka ongoing novels ones), it’s 10 jj points/thousand words vs 5 jj points/thousand words respectively. for already completed novels, it’s 5 jj points/ thousand words for both users.
      so, becoming an author doesn’t give you any reader benefit actually o v o. BUT you can actually earn free jj points though this is really tough for readers who can’t read chinese. it’s under the “评审得晋江币” tab at the top of the web page when you sign in on browser and what you need to do is look through comments users left and approve/disapprove them according to the site’s criteria (i.e. no cursing, no political topics, etc). then you get 2 jj points for very 3000 words you checked. i wasn’t planning to get to this since it’s not that helpful if you can’t read chinese qwq

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      1. It’s been super helpful! I checked the folder where I’ve been storing stories from this site that I’d like to finish at some point and I have over 200, yikes. That’ll take me a while to buy, but it’s a good problem to have.

        I would definitely like to take up you up on your kind offer to translate some comments – really, I’m just worried google translate will create something offensive or English will come off weird since I’ve never seen an English comment yet.. But I really want to tell them how much I like their stories, too. Really, what would be great is just a phrase or two that says: I’m an English-speaker who loves your story! Thank you for sharing it, and my incomprehensible English praise follows. Here, have a mine. 😀

        Oh right, I’m a VIP of some description now since I bought 10,000… but really, you can’t get points for being an author? That seems unfair, but I guess you can get paid and translate it back into points. But lol, yeah, I don’t think I’ll be screening any comments. Google translate is good enough to let me read pretty much any novel, but I’m guessing it misses the subtleties. Don’t want to get banned!

        Thanks again for being so helpful! I mean, my wallet may not thank you, but the six hours or so I spent reading today definitely does. As a silly gesture to thank you, Blooming Romance was the second novel I bought. But it wound up being great, so I ended up reading it all instead. ^_^

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      2. ayee that’s great!! kekeke and here you go, i made some changes to make the comment more translatable |ू´꒳`) btw, emoji doesn’t work on jj and some symbols don’t appear/turn into weird stuff too. you will have to try your luck with this when it comes to using special symbols or emoticon qwq

        你好,我是一个海外读者!虽然看不懂中文,但是我真的很喜欢你的文!谢谢分享。我在这留下我的难以理解的赞美~
        what the comment above is saying:
        Hello, I’m a foreign reader! Even though I can’t read chinese, I really like your story! Thank you for sharing. I shall leave my incomprehensible praise here~

        do correct the punctuation and stuff according to your style and if you want to add something on/have any other comments to leave, feel free to hit me up any time~ will get back to you asap!
        and again, do do make use of the app to buy novels bc it’s straightaway at SUPER VIP price there regardless of account type=cheaper~

        will try to update more details about jj some time next week to talk about other functions soon!! and gahh that’s really sweet, thank you ´Д`*)♡ /pats your wallet/ haha

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      3. Success! I left my first comments, though apparently I can’t throw mines yet. I used your text, so thank you so much! That’s a good reminder about the app – do the things you buy there show up as bought on the site as well? I only read on the computer.

        Now I’ve finished my first two of my novels, so I get to pick which one to read next… ah, it’s so exciting! I’m going to pick one of my many, many end of the world novels. I feel like I should be thanking you forever. 😀

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      4. you can do that only 3 months after your account is created if i didn’t remember wrongly! and yep, they should show up in your favourites folder!

        have fun exploring the site and app~ if you need help, let me know any time *´ㅅ`)”

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      5. I’m back seven months later! I have spent so much money, and I don’t regret a cent of it. I think happy thoughts towards you every time I buy a new novel or leave a comment with your helpful text, so thank you very much! ^_^

        I just have one question – how on earth do you create collection categories? I go to the custom page (custom collection category) where it lets you put the classification name and the sort number, but clicking the button does nothing. I’ve tried putting chinese characters, english characters, numbers, etc, to no avail. Is there something obvious I’m missing here?

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      6. hiii that’s great to hear!! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

        as for the classification, i’m assuming you’re referring to the webpage version(? correct me if i’m wrong), so you went from 读书 (dropdown menu) > 我的书单 > 定制收藏类别?
        then you should see this. wait to be redirected back to the categories page after creating a new category. it should work!

        then just add to the different categories the next time you favourite a novel as seen in the guide (if there’s any missing steps or problem, let me know!)

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  37. Omg thank you so much for making this guide! Now readers will be able to support the authors more easily :3 I’m definitely linking to this on my site!!! ❤

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  38. Thank you so much for this tutorial! Thanks to you I just bought my first book! ٩(●ᴗ●)۶
    Could you please explain how to download the ebook on desktop, when you have time? I keep clicking on the link and I’m confused…
    Thank you!!!

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    1. ahh that’s good to hear!! you can only download for offline reading on your phone (inside the app).
      as for website, the site does allow txt download BUT only for the non-VIP chapters and you need the moonstones (which you can get through manual daily sign in) to use that function. i haven’t tried that before and didn’t explain the sign in function yet but if you need it, will get the page updated asap!

      (p.s. i personally find the download function in the app convenient enough though!! also, sorry for the late reply!!)

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      1. ah! that makes sense! i’ll just download the mobile app and won’t bother about the moonstones! i really appreciate you replying at all so thank you!!!
        (人´∀`).☆.。.:*・°

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      2. feel free to point out any doubts you may have while using jj! also, the app is also good in the sense that you can purchase the novels at a cheaper price so it saves some money ´・ᴗ・` (will slowly add the other functions the site have soon > <)

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  39. Thank you for this. I will give it a try in the next few days. This looks really clear, but I still need to build up my nerves! I always worry about doing something incorrectly, even in English, but I want to buy the books, so will give it a go.

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