Does anyone have experience with putting ads on Maps?   Since my app is
almost completely map driven I would like to start doing the ad thing but
don't even know if it is possible.

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Justin Giles <[email protected]> wrote:

> I agree with Greg (below).  I too have a free ad supported full feature
> version as well as a no ad pay version.  When all the coins are counted, I'm
> making more money with the free version than I am the pay version.  Almost
> twice as much.
>
> In regards to the ad companies and performance, I switch between Greystripe
> and AdMob for every other ad in my game.  AdMob is outperforming Greystripe
> almost 5:1 for the month of January.  The month of December, it was only
> 2.5:1 in favor of AdMob.  There are constant fluctuations in the ad market
> in terms of fill rate, etc.  My fill rate average since I started showing
> ads (about 3 months) is around 80%.  Not bad, but you do get discouraged
> when you see those low fill rate days as well as those low revenue days.  My
> advice is to try one or two companies over a two month period and see which
> one does best for you on average.
>
> Justin
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Greg Donald <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Kevin Duffey <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > I am curious.. how do you work in ad support into an app? This is one of
>> the
>> > business models discussed in other threads, and it seems like providing
>> a
>> > lite version with ads, and a pay version is one way to go. Or, just do a
>> > full version with ads in it all the time.
>>
>> I keep my feature set the same in both my free and non-free versions,
>> my free version just has ads is all.
>>
>> > I would love to know how to get
>> > started on adding "ad" support. How do you set up the ability to get
>> paid
>> > from the ad providers?
>>
>> You attach them to your bank account or they mail you a check.
>>
>> > How/when do you display ads, and where do you get the
>> > ads from? How many ads must display to earn $1.
>>
>> A lot.  On a good day 20K, on a bad day 70K.
>>
>> > Etc. I'd love to know more
>> > about how all this works and how much you make or how you figure out how
>> > much you can potentially make this way.
>>
>> My experience has been more profitable with Greystripe, they have the
>> full screen ads and seem to perform better than the smaller banner ads
>> from AdMob.
>>
>>
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