Hi,
I'm developing apps for a bit more than a year now, having a google dev account, admob account, etc..
This morning, I saw that my AdMob account had its payments on hold, without any mail or whatsoever (I'm having between 20 and 30€ of revenues per day).
However, my account is still valid and working, I'm still getting revenues from my different ads in my apps.
I emailed them, but meanwhile, does someone had that situation too ?
don't depend on Admob
I encountered the same incident too but 2 days after my account comes back to normal. The incident made me wonder: "should I always depend on Admob?".
So I decide to combine several Ad networks. It works. And I realize something about Admob:
Pros: It is reliable and has huge users database. Admob is backed by Google - a prestigious corporation who tracks every steps of anyone who use its service.
Cons:
- Its eCPM is low (I don't know exactly why but everytime I try another Ad network, they outperform Admob in terms of eCPM. I guess that Admob know it has advantages over competitors when it comes to reputation and users database, so It charge advertisers and publishers more)
- Its ban users more frequently & it's nearly impossible to get the explanation from them. (Some of my friends' accounts got banned because Google thinks they was cheating, while infact he didn't. It was very difficult for him to reach Google support to recover his accounts).
After combining Admob and with Airpush, Leadbolt, StartApp, ChartBoost, I end up with Adsota - a lesser known ad network. Adsota is an has much higher eCPM, 100% fill-rate, variousa ads format, and swift payment. You can find it by googling "ads.appota".
Best of luck, mate!
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Hello,
I just got an email that says "Switch to the new version of AdMob today"
With various links. This seems like the main one
https://support.google.com/admob/v2/answer/3077517?hl=it&utm_source=admobupgrade&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=admob+upgrade
Then there was also a notification in the old page admob
We launched a new version of AdMob.
With the button "Upgrade"
I clicked the button and I followed several steps to register. In practice, I believe that I signed up to this new site as if it were a separate service fortunately without affecting the old site Admob (There is a function that is used to import the old data that I have not clicked) I checked contains all the data earlier, even though I checked out the advertising in applications and is still served. In a few hours will check also if the revenues, impressions, etc. are updated.
Do you have news about this?
Is there a deadline for forced into to this new site?
It will be mandatory to switch to this new site?
Is there any of you that is in my same situation? What are your intentions? Open a bank account or switch to another company that makes payments with PayPal?
It might be useful to make a petition calling for Paypal as a payment method?
Thank you for your answers and advice
I got the same email about upgrading to the new admob.
It says you can still see info in the legacy admob, but im sure they will eventually require everyone to upgrade.
I didnt go through it yet, but it makes sense they are doing away with paypal, google is trying to use google wallet for everything, and probably has a long term plan to replace paypal.
Google sucks
I am really starting to hate google. The change everything everytime and they are going to the wrong direction. The new look of the developer console is horrible. The new google play is horrible. The older versions of them were more transparent. Their support is horrible. Oh, wait, Google has no support at all! And the list could go on... at least that's my opinion.
Keep Paypal
Please keep Paypal as payment method.
alexvanderlinden said:
Please keep Paypal as payment method.
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new admob does not have paypal
Did you read all of the information Google told you to read before you upgraded? All of your previous payments are handled by legacy Admob. All of your earnings since you upgraded will be handled by new Admob. All of your previous earnings aren't visible in the new Admob. They seem to act as 2 separate entities.
You can access all of your previous stats at legacy Admob by signing into admob.com. The new admob is accessed through apps.admob.com.
Another important thing: after the upgrade, if you have advertising funds remaining in your AdMob account, you have to request a refund.
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Another important thing: after the upgrade, if you have advertising funds remaining in your AdMob account, you have to request a refund.
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What about the earnings from legacy AdMob? I still have 15$ and don't know if/how/when I'll get paid.
Any clue?
In the documentation there is written that the payments will be performed using the normal method. After you have made the switch must follow the procedure as if I wanted to close the account (the old one) and you send the remaining earnings
In the old account now there is a note:
August 26, 2013: can not add funds to your advertising campaigns.
September 30, 2013: will stop the ads campaigns of the previous AdMob platform
October 15, 2013: last day when you can request a refund for the remaining balance. <----THIS ONE
The note appears headed to advertisers. Do you know if the terms also apply to the publisher or we have more time?
I don't know if publishers have more time, anyhow I think that is better to wait last payment of the first of October and switch to the new platform. :good:
Do you know how to upgrade to new admob? Is there any link to upgrade?
When I log in, I am redirected to old admob.
payment
Guys;
Really I don't understand admob payment method,
I got for one month 461$ but admob sending 394$ why so much different.... any clue?
Really am confused, why admob doing this.. why so much charging....?
how does it work with the checks? do they send them by mail and i can go to my local bank and cash-in?
Leave Admob
When the users have got so many options like inmobi, chartboost, revmob, appnext, why should one stick to admob. Also I think, admob will change its policy again as they are a leading ad network company and universally accepted one
I am trying to search for an ad network which pays per impression (CPM) rather than per click. I am learning to develop apps and will try to post apps on google play but I don't think I can make good money using CPC model, because really how many times do users click on an "Ad"??
Other problem I found with ad networks is their minimum payout threshold. some say it's 50$, some say theirs is 100$. How can an amateur app developer make 50$ out of a CPC based advertising model?? That's why I am searching for an ad network which pays per impression and has very low payout threshold.
Please guide me.
You can try Avocarrot
Hi there,
At Avocarrot we run CPM campaigns as well as CPC and CPI campaigns which perform equally well. Keep in mind that advertisers pay much more for CPI for example since they are getting real users.
You should give Avocarrot a go. Our minimum payout is $50.
I'm here to help so please let me know if you have any questions.
George
Thanks for the reply, but your website supports minimum payout threshold 50$ on paypal account which is sadly not available in my country (Pakistan) and other option has min threshold 250$ which is a huge amount and can take ages to reach.
usman farhat said:
Thanks for the reply, but your website supports minimum payout threshold 50$ on paypal account which is sadly not available in my country (Pakistan) and other option has min threshold 250$ which is a huge amount and can take ages to reach.
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How much money are you looking to make per month as a minimum and how many games/apps do you have.
That would make it easier to tell you what network to use.
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How much money are you looking to make per month as a minimum and how many games/apps do you have.
That would make it easier to tell you what network to use.
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I don't know exactly.. I haven't even made a play store account yet. I have made one little game but I have many ideas of other apps which I am planning to make right after the first app is published. but I think getting thousands of downloads is not possible for every app. I am new to this field so I think I have to see the results of my first app.
currently I have signed up for startapp because I have heard it's name along with other popular networks and it's website is very easy and convincing.
CPM / CPC
usman farhat said:
I am trying to search for an ad network which pays per impression (CPM) rather than per click. I am learning to develop apps and will try to post apps on google play but I don't think I can make good money using CPC model, because really how many times do users click on an "Ad"??
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Hi @usman farhat,
In a way all ad networks pay using CPC, although they all talk about eCPM (effective CPM). The reasons are: a) they usually only make money when the users click the ads; b) they don't know where and when you show the ads, so if you show them somewhere where your users don't look, it's not effective for them. So usually what they pay you depends on how many clicks your users made. So you really would like to make sure that your users actually click the ads.
One thing you should do is to make sure the ads are visible, and the users can actually click them.
Another thing is to make sure your users get relevant ads, so that they click more. That's more difficult, but has a huge impact. One thing you can use for that is Adience AdBoost (adience.com). It's an add-on SDK that improves the Ad Networks targeting (so that the ads are relevant to each user of the app). It works with AdMob, Millennial, StartApp, and most of the other big networks. (Disclamer - I work at Adience).
Hope that helps!
I am trying to search for admob network in pakistan.
I am worried about how much is CPM and CPC is in pakistan?
For 30000 download of application with 70% active user how much revenue i could earn if i am from pakistan
Loverscry123 said:
I am trying to search for admob network in pakistan.
I am worried about how much is CPM and CPC is in pakistan?
For 30000 download of application with 70% active user how much revenue i could earn if i am from pakistan
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Are you using any other network right now? In Pakistan admob pays very little. I get around 0.02$ per click. They don't usually pay per impression. But if you have 30k users then you may have luck.
Dear Mr.Usman
No i am not using any network but thinking of using admob for advertisement in my app.
I am confused what other medium for advertisement i could use in pakistan ?
Are you sure admob pay nothing for CPM in pakistan ?
What i have google CPM is around $0.5 to $4 and CPC is on average $1 but i am not confirm for pakistan
Loverscry123 said:
No i am not using any network but thinking of using admob for advertisement in my app.
I am confused what other medium for advertisement i could use in pakistan ?
Are you sure admob pay nothing for CPM in pakistan ?
What i have google CPM is around $0.5 to $4 and CPC is on average $1 but i am not confirm for pakistan
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I've been using admob for around 2 years and I know that admob pays nothing in cpm (in Pakistan). But admob is still the best option because the fill rate is great. It's around 98-99%. So you know that every user will see an ad.
What about swagbucks, toluna ???
usman farhat said:
I am trying to search for an ad network which pays per impression (CPM) rather than per click. I am learning to develop apps and will try to post apps on google play but I don't think I can make good money using CPC model, because really how many times do users click on an "Ad"??
Other problem I found with ad networks is their minimum payout threshold. some say it's 50$, some say theirs is 100$. How can an amateur app developer make 50$ out of a CPC based advertising model?? That's why I am searching for an ad network which pays per impression and has very low payout threshold.
Please guide me.
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Tappx.com pay by CPM
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I use Mobvista for app monetization,now the CTR almost 35% and eCPM $3
It provides Mediation which would select best ads among other networks such as AdMob,StartApp,MobFox...to ensure the highest eCPM and best fill rate,additionally,it offers weekly payment.
Maybe you can try it
I want to add something about Mobvista too:
Their strong points are they offer CPI service, strong performance, and very fast supporting.
However, their weakness is that they do not offer CPC.
TramPham said:
I want to add something about Mobvista too:
Their strong points are they offer CPI service, strong performance, and very fast supporting.
However, their weakness is that they do not offer CPC.
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Now you can get CPC ads from Admob via its mediation
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