Anyone making money from Mobclix? Is it worth?

scrapee_net

Hello. I'm have not developed new games in months, So I have not experienced the results of Mobclix, yet. I already had a successful game on Android, but due to no advertising options I did not make money.

I did not use Gamesalad for a long time, so I don't know if mobclix is worth or not.
So I'd like your opinions about it.

Is it generating revenue for you? Can Admob be used with mobclix?

Thank you.

pinkio75

Hi
Yes i'd like to have any feedback about mobclix...

Bad wolf Guy

And also more importantly if anyone has been paid?

lycettebros

Jury is out on this - too early to tell.

I have made $4 so far...so yes, technically I am making money!

I think I will be waiting a while before payment happens.

scrapee_net

So, Can I use admob with mobclix?

pinkio75

@scrapee_net
I think that Admob has never been accepted by GS, so I think that's impossible that you can use it right now...

@lycettebros
4$ that's a great result!

lycettebros

@scrappee_net there is an option of some kind to connect Mobclix to Admob....I am not sure how it works but there is a mention of it in their settings.
I think you can give a percentage over to admob ads through your admob account but I have not looked at it in detail and could be way off the mark on this.
DYOR

pinkio75

so with Mobclix is possible to use Admod?

DanielDoe

Yes, just register to Admob, and activate this service in Mobclix.

pinkio75

@DanielDoe
thanks, but after that you can see the reports directly in Google Play Dashboard? like Apple iAd and you will receive a payment directly from Google Play for AdMob?

Wboko

So after reading I still have not seen anyone getting paid by Mobclix???

pinkio75

@Wboko
Yes, i'd like to know if anyone have received the first payment

pinkio75

hi guys
take look here:
http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/55951/integrating-admob-with-mobclix

if i understand we are unable to use Admob with Mobclick

lycettebros

This is what I am talking about...

Log onto Mobclix
Under the Services tab scroll down to the bottom - there is a section called "Other Networks" and Admob is listed here.
It should have a 'signup' button to the right.
Now I assume that if you 'signup' and use your Admob account (if you have one) that then Admob ads will be sent to your app.

I have not done it myself, I am a little scared based on the statement in the above post @pinkio75 refers to (basically GS does not support Admob integration)....but logic would state that if I am able to signup through Mobclix to my Admob account surely that can work - it goes around any limit that GS might have I'd imagine.

Any thoughts???

STOP PRESS:

This statement in the Admob signup text might be a problem:

"You are responsible for implementing the logic in your application to handle the requests from this network. See the Open Allocation guide in the SDK for more information."

...that probably is the killer right there.

@Wboko I do not know if anyone has had Mobclix integration long enough to get a payment. I could be wrong of course but no one has come forth as yet. I will let you know if I receive a payment...I know there has been some concern about people not getting paid from Mobclix.

Team6Labs

1) You can't use admob with mobclix.
2) I'm not making anything substantial with mobclix. I don't think I will use them again.

lycettebros

Mobclix looks quite frightening when comes to payment. The more I see the less I like.

I am not impressed by these fly by night crooks and less impressed that GameSalad integrates with them when there is a REAL solution available that is proven and more importantly PAYS the money earned.

ADMOB!

lycettebros

I am starting a campaign - first a poll.

On second thoughts - bugger it.

pinkio75

Admob inside GS...it's a great iAd service but i think that's impossible

DanielDoe

@pinkio75 i did't activate admob service in mobclix so I can't tell but you will probably get the money from mobclix. Mobclix is a kind of ads broker that delivers ads from many diffirent companies.

@poisenden have you registered to admob and tried to activate admob on mobclix?

pinkio75

ok @DanielDoe
Mobclix offers you a chance to use Admob but he takes the earns from Admob.
Thanks

Team6Labs

It's not possible to have admob and mobclix. There is no reason why the gs team can't add admob like the way they added mobclix.

pinkio75

@poisenden
ok so now i'm sure we can't use Mobclix to add Admob.
Thanks

DanielDoe

@poisenden why? have you tried that? because it looks like it's not a problem to run Admob from Mobclix even for GS... is it your experience? if not I'll try to test it.

Team6Labs

Because admob makes you implement your own code. Which isn't possible with gs.

DanielDoe

Ok, so I tested it right now and I managed to run Admob ads through Mobclix without any problem... so it is possible. The problem is that mobclix is a broker and you'll get probably the same money from Admob ads that from any other ads provided by mobclix.

pinkio75

anyway the earnings go to Mobclix... does not change anything for us developers.

Team6Labs

Not they don't, they go to admob.

BBEnk

I've made almost $1 so far but I've only got like 250 total downloads between Amazon and Google play. 4 apps on Amazon and 2 apps on Google play all free just can't get the downloads same apps on Apple around over 20k downloads but use playhaven.

FallacyStudios

HONEST ANSWER:

NO and a little yes. Mobclix has a long track record of not paying out what is owed to developers. Myself included. They are 4 months (now) behind on payments owed. Do they payout.... occasionally. They paid me last back in Feb and paid Jan and Dec. Before then they were nearly 6 months behind until they caught up, but now once again not paying. So their payment is choppy at best. They may payout fine to new comers at the start (possibly), but don't expect to be paid on time for long. They claim they are a Net 90, but when it is all said and done they are closer to a Net 180+. As in my case they are sitting at more like Net 210 at the moment (still going up daily).

NOW people have said you can use Admob with them... that is FALSE. I looked into this myself. You have to CODE in particular code in order for it to moderate to Admob. Since with GS we can't do any coding, there is no way to do it. You can however, POTENTIALLY use Millennial Media. I'm currently in the process of trying to get it to work on my live game. However, even though I have it set to send MM 99% of requests... they have not yet sent a single ad their way. Which obviously doesn't make any sense. So at the moment integrating with MM doesn't work either as an alternative. I'm currently working with MM reps to try and get it resolved with Mobclix. I have also of course written to Mobclix, but they rarely answer what you ask and can take up to and over a week to respond sometimes so I'm not holding my breath. I'll let you guys know if I can get MM working through Mobclix as an alternative since I can honestly say MOBCLIX SUCKS!

FallacyStudios

@DanielDoe

You are probably not running Admob ads then if you are seeing ads. This is a clip straight from where you activate your allocation to Admob in Mobclix dashboard.

"Use the AdMob Suballocation to guarantee a certain percentage of your advertising requests go to AdMob. Automatic optimization of your advertising revenue is not available with Open Allocation at this time. Works with Mobclix for iPhone 3.1.0 and later. You are responsible for IMPLEMENTING the LOGIC in your application to handle the requests from this network. See the Open Allocation guide in the SDK for more information."

There is NO place other than in code to put the App ID given from Admob. Thus how can you earn anything in your Admob dashboard if it has no idea which app OR developer you are.

Peter_Olafson

This payment issue has been discussed at length in forums outside of GS. GS users were aware of the issues. I'm assuming GS did investigating before making the decision like a responsible company would. And if they did they found that Mobclix has serious payment issues. And still they decided, sure, let's take a shot. And after the Playhaven fiasco even. So it begs the question of the GS management... Seriously??