FANBOX Follow vs Support: What’s the Difference?

On a FANBOX creator’s page you’ll see two buttons that look like they do the same thing: “＋フォロー” (follow) and “支援する” (support). They don’t. One keeps you in the loop; the other opens the door to supporter-only posts. Here’s exactly what each one gets you, and how to move between them.

Following: the free-and-easy way to keep track

To follow, open the creator’s top page and click “＋フォロー” to the right of their name. Everyone you follow is listed on your “フォロー中のクリエイター” (creators you follow) page. To unfollow, click the “フォロー中” (following) button in the same spot.

If you already follow artists on pixiv, FANBOX can help: the “クリエイターを探す” (find creators) page shows them at the bottom under “pixivでフォロー中”, as long as they use FANBOX and have set up a plan. You can also search by creator name or tag.

As a follower you can read any post the creator makes public, since public posts are open to all users, and comment on them. Creators can also send “おたより” (otayori, short announcements) to followers who haven’t started supporting yet.

Supporting: where the supporter-only posts are

Supporter-only posts open when you support a creator through one of their plans. You choose one plan per creator, and a higher-priced plan lets you see the posts of every cheaper plan too. For example, FANBOX describes a creator with ¥500, ¥1,000 and ¥5,000 plans: the ¥1,000 plan opens public posts plus plans A and B, while ¥5,000 opens all three.

Supporting also brings a few extras. Comments on supporter-only posts can be written and read only by the creator and supporters. Creators can make a virtual fan card for each plan, given only to supporters as proof you back them. And creators can send otayori to all supporters, or narrow it to a particular plan and to how many months you’ve supported.

Follow vs support at a glance

Moving from one to the other

Start supporting a creator you follow and FANBOX switches your status from following to supporting automatically. That’s why you won’t see a follow button on a creator you already support: FANBOX says everything following does is already included in supporting.

Stopping works the other way. After you stop supporting, you return to following and your fan card stops being shown, but you can still read that plan’s supporter-only posts until the end of the month. From next month they close, and otayori sent to supporters will no longer reach you, even if you supported right up until the day before.

One thing to note: FANBOX counts your “支援月数” (months supported) cumulatively, so a gap between support periods doesn’t reset it.

If a creator blocks you

Creators can block users through pixiv. FANBOX explains that a block removes your follow at once and stops new support, plan changes and comments. If you were supporting, you can still see supporter-only posts for the rest of that month; after that, support stops automatically and only public posts stay visible.

How this compares with MyFans

MyFans draws the line in a similar place. It calls anyone who is in a plan (including a free one), has bought a single post or has sent a tip a “fan” of that creator. Posts not tied to a plan or a single purchase are visible to every user, but posts in a free plan still need you to join that plan first.

For more on how plans work there, see MyFans plans explained, or start with what MyFans is. On JapanCreatorFind, every creator is a Japan-based MyFans creator with an English profile, prices in yen and a link to their own MyFans page. Browse all creators.

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