Well, I am not sure if it is possible at all to earn money on the Android platform. I mean so much money that it could sustain the development of the next app. Anyways. To earn money with ads you need a huge installed base. I think not even on the iPhone this is a particular sustainable model. Let's just say that you get 2 cents per click. One out of thousand views yield a click. So that would be 50.000 views to get a $.
Regarding AdMobs. I used it for some time and it took me initially < 30 minutes to get it up and running. So there is not a big time investment upfront. Of course, you will get commenters complaining about the ads even if you use them very unobtrusively. But you would also get commenters complaining if you dare charging for your app. And you can only charge for your app when you are in the US and UK. If you're in it for the money, Android might not be the right platform. On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Incognito <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Same question here. > > On May 9, 2009, at 3:03 PM, Aaron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am thinking about placing ads in one of my apps and keeping it > free. Anyone has any data or personal experience of ads on android > apps? > > Just trying to see which method is better. paid application or ads on > free application > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
