Editing Megatokyo (section)

=== Revenue ===
''Megatokyo'' has had several sources of funding during its production. In its early years, it was largely funded by Gallagher and Caston's full time jobs, with the additional support of banner advertisements. A store connected to [[ThinkGeek]] was launched during October 2000 in order to sell ''Megatokyo'' merchandise, and, in turn, help fund the comic.<ref name="firstmegatokyostore">{{cite web |last=Gallagher |first=Fred |date=October 21, 2000 |work=Megatokyo |title=we have t-shirts... |url=http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=31 |access-date=May 21, 2006 |archive-date=June 15, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615003359/http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=31 |url-status=live }} Fred Gallagher announces first ''Megatokyo'' store.</ref> On August 1, 2004,<ref name="MegaGear">{{cite web|last=Gallagher|first=Fred|date=August 1, 2004|work=Megatokyo|title=learning to fly|url=http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=589|access-date=August 5, 2005|archive-date=October 29, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029110341/http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=589|url-status=live}} Fred Gallagher comments about Megagear's launch status.</ref> this store was replaced by "Megagear", an independent online store created by Fred Gallagher and his wife, Sarah, to be used by ''Megatokyo'', although it later offered ''Applegeeks'' and ''Angerdog'' merchandise as well.

Gallagher emphasized in 2004 that ''Megatokyo'' will remain on the Internet free of charge, and that releasing it in book form is simply another way for the comic to reach readers,<ref name="megatokyopanel">{{cite web|date=April 26, 2004 |title=''Megatokyo'' goes to Tokyo – interview with Fred Gallagher |url=http://anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=701#book2 |access-date=June 4, 2006 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028191317/http://anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=701 |archive-date=October 28, 2004 }}</ref> as opposed to replacing its webcomic counterpart entirely.<ref name="fredinterview">{{cite web | last= Curzon|first= Joe|date= January 28, 2004 | title= Interview with Fred Gallagher | url=http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/talkingtopiro1.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040813123907/http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/talkingtopiro1.html | archive-date=2004-08-13 | access-date= June 4, 2006 }}</ref>