Singapore Part 2 - the return

SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
Ok. So it's our turn with the baton of Anton's advertising in Singapore after ePid Dash's run last week.

The free game we used was the Lite version of super stack attack.

The ad went live today, and I just did a refresh of Majicrank

The good thing is, we are pretty much coming from nothing with this. The lite version averages around 100 downloads a day (with the full doing between 1 and 5 a day). Yesterday there were NO downloads of the lite in Singapore.

As of now : 21:11 UK Time according to Majicrank (real time top 200 stats :

Top free Rank : 183
Top games rank : 86
top games puzzle : 29
top games kids : 9

A pretty fekkin impressive start I'm sure you will all agree.

Will let you know tomorrow what that translates to in terms of downloads, and also if there was any up-sell onto the full version.

:)

Comments

  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Update as at 22:50 uk time

    Top free : 108
    Top games : 56
    Puzzle : 15
    kids : 9

    :)
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    WOW!!

    never see a game raised so quick.. never since Epig Dash anyways :)

    Good luck pal!

    Here is our Original Thread

    http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=21627

    for those of you who have just tuned in..

    cheers

    Anton
  • GamersRejoiceGamersRejoice Member Posts: 817
    That's cool. Sketch Ball lite is out and I'm anxiously awaiting my turn. :)
  • MagoNicolasMagoNicolas Member, PRO Posts: 2,090
    Wish You the best Luck Dude!
    I Didn't Make to Much Money with this, but I make a lot of ePig Dash Free Downloads, and thats Good For Me!

    Maybe you will get more, because is a Lite, and people will search the Full, In My case was a free, and they could search aNOTHEr ePig Payed Game.

    Cheers!

    PS: Thanks TouchTen!
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    We quite aggressively up-sell in the lite version too.

    There is a button to buy on the main title screen, and on the info screen. And when you finish the demo levels, there is a screen and links to buy the full version. (Much like angry birds lite do it)

    Either way, it will be a cool experiment to see what happens.

    Also, we have an ad on the level select screen.

    not sure if iads are served in Singapore??? or what the fill rates will be like.
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    Mago,
    thanks for the participation!

    sorry it did not work out as expected, but at least we are all positive!

    I sincerely wish Sparky all the best! Go Flaming Mitten!!

    Where is the Food Fight guy?

    And cool Andrew! we can't wait to promote you!

    Cheers!

    Anton
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Just an update about numbers

    We are now
    Overall : 50
    Games : 29
    puzzle : 6
    Kids : 6

    The day before we had 0 downloads in Singapore

    Yesterday (Not sure when the ad went live, Anton?) Singapore at 573 downloads.No up-sales.

    Be back tomorrow with more to update you on.
  • design219design219 Member Posts: 2,273
    Hey Sparkyidr, nice game! I really like the pendulum swing motion you've got. I also like the texture of your graphics. I just left you a review.

    Best of luck with the Singapore market! And kudos to touchten for doing this.
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    @Sparky,

    cheers mate! best of luck!!

    @design219

    power be with the indie developer!
    Let's make this a success story!
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    @Sparky,

    sorry missed your question.
    we put your ads to our admob at exactly 20 hours ago...

    and WOW now you are TOP 36 mate!

    Let's see it pushed to Top 10 hopefully this weekend!

    I checked your top grossing from 5 hours ago,
    for your paid upsell version, and it went from nothing to top 300 grossing in puzzle..

    well at least that is a sign of some sale for tomorrow report!

    rooting for you!
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    SPARKY!

    I hope you are excited mate! because I saw your paid version (upsell)
    have gotten a ranking too from zero!

    that means you must have SALES from Nil...

    currently as we speak you broke the Top 100 for Paid in Puzzle (games)
    and Top 200 in Paid for Action (games)

    and even in Top Grossing !!

    Top 150 for puzzle grossing
    Top 300 for action grossing (HIGHLY competitive subcategory if you may ask)

    Hope it translates to more sales than we expected...

    Please post an update,

    cheers!

    Anton
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Hiya.
    I will post an update with sales at around 11am when yesterday's sales are available.

    I was watching the lite version climb the free chart yesterday, I think we peaked at around 29 overall.
    It's dropped a little to 32 as of this morning, but still great stuff.

    Will be back in an hour or so with a proper update.
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Ok. Here is today's update

    Yesterday's downloads in Singapore : 2052
    Sales of full version in Singapore : 2

    A good increase in the lite version downloads. In 2 days we have gone from 0, to 2052 ;)

    Current rank for lite
    Overall : 35
    Games : 23
    Puzzle : 4
    Kids : 3

    For Full
    Puzzle : 67
    Action : 129

    Fairly small sales numbers to hit those charts, but it's 2 sales we didn't have the day before.

    A couple of negative things I have noticed:
    The lite version had an average star value of 4.5. It now has dropped to 2.5
    The lite has iads in it, but the fill rate for Singapore is 0% (not sure how normal this is for that market though.

    But you have to take the rough with the smooth :)

    Will update again tomorrow.
  • MagoNicolasMagoNicolas Member, PRO Posts: 2,090
    Hope you get better Reviews and download Soon!

    Btw, Send you an Email! I need Some Exclusive Music!

    Cheers.
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Quick update with yesterdays figures

    Downloads of the lite version in Singapore : 1419
    So down a little from the previous days, but still a healthy number

    Sales of full in Singapore : 7
    So a marked increase from the 2 on the previous day.

    Chart rankings are roughly the same as yesterday, so not much new to report there.
    The chart ranks for the paid version are obviously higher, due to the 5 more sales, but not a million miles from where they were yesterday.
    The good thing is, even with just 7 sales, we have broken into the top 200 OVERALL paid in Singapore

    Top paid : 161
    Top games : 136

    With a bit of luck on our side, that will continue to rise. In a fairly small market as this seems to be, visibility is king. And being in the top overall is a great start for being more visible.

    Again, no ad displays for yesterday. The fill rate (overall) for the lite is 4.85%... pretty bad really. << Take note people who think iads might be a good earner, there is every change that it will not be ;)

    So another good day all round in reflection.

    Be back tomorrow.

    Sparks.
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    Wow Sparky,

    congrats buddy!

    I know for sure that if you reach Top 10 Paid you will get around 70-100 sales a day..
    Not too shabby..

    let's keep the success rolling!

    Cheers

    Anton
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    As promised, here are the figures for today

    Sales/Downloads for 1st May in Singapore

    Lite version :
    1455 "slightly" up on yesterday

    Full version sales :
    8 < 1 more than yesterday

    so pretty much the same as yesterday, which is really good.

    The chart ranks as of today at 13:45 uk time are :

    Lite :
    Overall - 41
    Games - 23
    Kids - 2
    Puzzle -4

    Full:
    Games - 191
    Puzzle - 16
    Action - 81
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    Does it mean you get 9 sales? or 7?

    cheers mate congrats!

    Hope it continues or at least gives you a steady income

    Anton
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Yeah, sorry. It's not very clear with my "<" in there

    It was 8 sales
    which was 1 more than the day before, when we had 7 :)
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    Not too bad eh?

    Hope it stays that way!!
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    Any updates today buddy?

    cheers mate

    Anton
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Hey, sorry for the late update today (been a bit busy this morning)

    ok.. 2nd May numbers are in

    Lite version downloads : 1028 so a drop of around 400 units. But still a good figure.
    Full version sales in Singapore - 11 - so another small rise :)

    Chart ranks as at 14:05 uk time today

    Lite
    Overall 43
    games 20
    puzzle 4
    kids 2

    full
    games 167
    puzzle 27
    action 65

    so still holding around the same places roughly.

    Sparks.
  • touchtentouchten Member Posts: 96
    Hi Sparky,

    any updates?

    cheers mate

    Anton
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Just to update now that our time in the ad rotation is over.

    As expected, download numbers for the lite version have started to drop off now we are not in the ad rotation. Yesterday did 197 in Singapore.
    For me, this experiment has shown how very very important cross app promotion can be....and also, how pretty useless iAds actually is. (The lite version now has a fill rate of 1.4%)

    Sales of the full version have been a little odd. Since my last update, the sales dropped to 2-3 for 2 days, but then shot up to 10 (in Singapore) for a day, but yesterday were back right down again, to 2....not sure if the blip to 10 was for any reason, or just coincidence.

    I'll be interested to read the next tale from Singapore.

    Sparks.
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