Ad revenue, which ones you preffer and would recommend?

[amiman99]

Hi, I'm planning to convert and release some games that are Ad supported on Android.
My question is, which Ad revenue service you are using and which ones generate more revenue, also which Ad types generate (static, video, banner etc) more revenue for You?

On my simple app so far I'm using Chartboost and after 30 some installs the revenue is still a big "0".

Thank you for your input!

[Shabadage]

You're going to need more than just 30 installs to see any appreciable revenue from ads. I have a game that's sitting at around 6000 total installs and it's generated about $50 in 6 months. Granted, that's admob interstitials. It usually brings in about 10-25 cents a day.

[AlwaysUnarmed]

I'd stick with Chartboost simply because it's an easy set up and there are several guides for it in these forums. Also as Shabadage said, you'll need quite a few downloads for ads to generate much in the way of revenue. As for which type of ad, do some research there are several studies that have been done discussing which have generated the most revenue, and from what I've read that has been video ads, and on that note stay away from banner ads. Think about it, it's out of the way which is nice for the user, but nobody is clicking on it anytime soon.

Best of luck! If I find those studies I'll edit this and link them for you.

[J3sseM]

I've been using Chartboost, and at first, it worked pretty well. However, for the past few weeks, my eCPM is down, less than 0,50$.
I have a lot of customers from Russia and Brazil, so this surely drags the eCPM down. But still...! :/

Anyone here using IronSource? Care to share your experiences? Admob?

[Fernando]

use IronSource

[J3sseM]

use IronSource

That's not very helpful. Could you please provide some more info? Better eCPM, fillrates... Why should one pick IronSource over Chartboost?

[Fernando]

chartboost is really nice but is very regional dependent, ironsource allow you to do mediation in normal fusion you may use 3 different company and have better ecpm in emerging markets

they have mediation with

AdColony
AdMob
AppLovin
Chartboost
Facebook
HyprMX
InMobi
MediaBrix
Tapjoy
UnityAds
Vungle



check here related ecpm

http://www.ironsrc.com/ecpm-index/

related to revenues, others will explain this better

[J3sseM]

Thanks Fernando!

Yeah, I was quite happy with Chartboost but now I'm struggling to get my eCPM over 0,5$.
I'll consider this, meanwhile Clickers using IronSource, how is your experience? Everything works okay?

[amiman99]

check here related ecpm

http://www.ironsrc.com/ecpm-index/

related to revenues, others will explain this better

Thanks for the link.


Is there a campaign that rewards for viewing whole video ad?

Do reward videos pay per completed view or only per click?

[Fernando]

reward is always full video and you collect the rewards.

some ads are video and they don't return rewards but impression depends on companies, some until you press the x to close the final stage or after the time they show on ads