B4A Library Leadbolt Ads

ssg · Oct 14, 2011

Hi all,

(Long post warning!)

I am going to release a new library for leadbolt.

Please use following link to register (it will help me get some referral bonusses, and it will cost you absolutely nothing):

LeadBolt Mobile Ad network- Advertise and Monetize traffic on Android and iPhones

If you thought admob was bad, and airpush was a fresh breath of air, wait till you try leadbolt!

Lets just say what I can get from leadbolt is at WORST twice what I get from admob, and at BEST so far is 6 times what I get from admob. <-- on a daily basis! (was very very close to hitting $100 in one of my days on leadbolt alone)

I am doing some fine tuning on the library and should release it within the next 24 hours.

So please show some support and love for humanity, and sign up with the link above... hehe.. you will really like the revenue generated.

LeadBolt Mobile Ad network- Advertise and Monetize traffic on Android and iPhones

To test the ads out, download one of my games, BallTapp:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.madelephantstudios.BallTapp&feature=search_result

It has admob, airpush and leadbolt in it.

On their site, they have a library for B4A built by them, that library adds the web type ads, something like what Millenial Media has. I have tried those and the returns are no fun at all.

Their push notifications are excellent, plus they arent as hated as airpush for some reason... overpublicity by airpush perhaps? LOL!

Do register your accounts with leadbolt and set up your ads for Notification (SDK) type.

Another good point about them is you will be assigned an accounts manager, who reply your mails and is contactable via IM. (unlike the unknown that is admob/google)

Questions or feedback welcome.

PS - Feedback is really appreciated as the other ad libraries I've released have had no responses if they work fine or not for others.

:sign0089:

ssg · Jun 15, 2012

redmoth said:
I think it's because they now don't have ads in some countries anymore.

I'm in spain and was making a lot of money from ads in this country, but now when I try any type of ad they have, there aren't any ads, not even one.
the banner ads display as a white bar, and the offer walls and icon ads just say that the offer isn't available in my country.

I think I will have to leave leadbolt, it was good while it lasted.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=sionco

I'm afraid you might be right... it might just be time to leave them if this drops that far... and it would be sad as they've been the best ad network so far in terms of ad types and especially support.

I'm trying to get some answers from them, hope we can get some details on this.

Will keep you folks updated.

Cheers!
-Bill

billmoultrie · Jun 15, 2012

Leadbolt force close

I'm using the test program 'testlb' and getting 'force close' message when I run it. I believe I've set all the parameters correctly. But you suggested, in an earlier post, that the phone could be the problem, I'm using an HTC Wildfire.

My manifest is:

B4X:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
   xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
   package="com.mes.testlb"
   android:versionCode="1"
   android:versionName=""
   android:installLocation="internalOnly">
   
   <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="4" />
   <supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" 
       android:normalScreens="true" 
       android:smallScreens="true" 
       android:anyDensity="false"/>
      
   
      
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS"/>
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
      //for notification ads.
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
      //for icon ads.
      <uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT" />
      <uses-permission android:name="com.android.browser.permission.WRITE_HISTORY_BOOKMARKS"/>
      //for capture form ads.
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED"/>
   <uses-permission android:name="com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT"/>
   <application
      android:icon="@drawable/icon"
      android:label="testlb">
      
      <receiver android:name="com.Leadbolt.AdNotification"/>
      <activity
         android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden"
         android:launchMode="singleTop"
         android:name=".main"
         android:label="testlb"
         android:screenOrientation="unspecified">
         <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
         </intent-filter>
         
      </activity>
   </application>
</manifest>

Can anyone help.

nad · Jun 26, 2012

Still getting a horrible revenue from Leadbolt lately. Do you guys have any info from them about what is happening?

straybullet · Jun 26, 2012

I agree my rev has dropped to a dismal rate, I'm making about a third of what I use to with more apps and downloads out.

nad said:
Still getting a horrible revenue from Leadbolt lately. Do you guys have any info from them about what is happening?

mkvidyashankar · Jun 26, 2012

Drop in revenue

Yes I am also getting 1/4 of revenue from leadbolt and 3% in admob. Reasons not known.

straybullet · Jun 26, 2012

My admob is catching up to Leadbolt, so it's growing while Leadbolt is going down.

mkvidyashankar said:
Yes I am also getting 1/4 of revenue from leadbolt and 3% in admob. Reasons not known.

mkvidyashankar · Jun 26, 2012

admob

straybullet said:
My admob is catching up to Leadbolt, so it's growing while Leadbolt is going down.

great, i am getting only house ads. NOT EVEN SINGLE AD is served. Have you changed any settings. I tried using updated SDK but no result.

nad · Jun 26, 2012

Same here, AdMob is going better lately. On holidays i have a much higher revenue so maybe is that.

Sent a mail to leadbolt. Hope to get some info about what is happening.

ssg · Jun 26, 2012

i've sent an email to my account manager earlier today too. for the first time, airpush revenue was higher than leadbolt. i'm getting 1/3 of my usual average too.

If anyone gets any feedback from leadbolt's side, please do share. my previous correspondence with someone else from Leadbolt a little over a week ago returned an UnknownReasonException.

Sigh!

ssg · Jun 27, 2012

I've gotten a response from my AM. And the reason is a pause from one of their large advertiser. Pretty sucky if you ask me.

I've blogged about the issue here: Is Leadbolt A Sinking Titanic?

Anyone else got any feedback on this?

SemiKolon · Jun 27, 2012

I'm seeing the same problem, but it is still preforming okay for me. Yesterday it dropped about 30%. That was the worst day so far today was actually not too bad.

AppBrain was pretty bad for me 3 days ago, maybe it has something to do with the start of the summer? Kids/Students are out of school etc.

Over the last month i could track an almost daily decline in CTR and EPC. My EPC went down from 0.07 to 0.04 my CTR went down from above 17% to 12% yesterday. (In only one month!)

I would love to get some more insights too

ssg · Jun 27, 2012

Yep, yesterday was the worst day so far for me too. AppBrain is still doing fine for me though.

That daily almost decline you mentioned, thats what's worrying. Recently happened with airpush too.

LeadBolt · Jun 28, 2012

Hi guys,

Please be assured that LeadBolt aims to give you the highest revenue and we are also surprised to hear of these concerns and want to help. I am here to assist in any way I can, please reach out to me at vipsupport@leadbolt.com or PM me with your issues and I will look into it for you. The email goes directly to me and I will personally respond to your inquiries.

ssg · Jun 28, 2012

Hi Leadbolt,

It would be great if you could leave a name here so that it will be easier to address you.

And since you're gonna look into this personally, could you probably update us on the downturn?
When can we start seeing an upturn in revenues?
How come there are no ads for so many other countries now? Are advertisers abandoning Leadbolt?
How can 1 advertiser have such a huge impact on the revenue?
What happens if that advertiser decides not to pursue with Leadbolt anymore?

I thought I'd mention here too, that so far, Leadbolt has really been awesome. Still the best ad network for me (AppLovin comes a lovin second!). And I especially appreciate the support that I've gotten so far.

I am really concerned as to where this will end, hope it is not another Airpush. And telling me to use new ad types to increase my revenue is not quite answering my questions, when my current stable of ad types have been working perfectly fine so far.

Cheers!
-Bill

SemiKolon · Jun 28, 2012

It would also be great if the answers could be posted in this thread. Most of us experience the same problems so an answer to the points that were mentioned in the lasts posts would be really appreciated

Like ssg, my experience with you is great that's why I also hate to see the decline in earnings. Thanks for the response here!

straybullet · Jun 28, 2012

Yes please post in here as many of us are affected by this. Someone might need to email him and tell him to look at this thread again.

ssg · Jun 28, 2012

straybullet said:
Someone might need to email him and tell him to look at this thread again.

LOL!

But yeah... posting here is appreciated!

Cheers!

LeadBolt · Jun 28, 2012

ssg said:
Hi Leadbolt,

It would be great if you could leave a name here so that it will be easier to address you.

And since you're gonna look into this personally, could you probably update us on the downturn?

Although you may be seeing a small dip in revenue, this certainly is not a downturn. The network is still growing very fast and we have lots of happy publishers.

I assume not every single one of your referrals are complaining about their revenue.

ssg said:
When can we start seeing an upturn in revenues?
How come there are no ads for so many other countries now? Are advertisers abandoning Leadbolt?

We are constantly adding new advertisers and working on international fill rates.

We do expect you to see an increase in the new month.

ssg said:
How can 1 advertiser have such a huge impact on the revenue?
What happens if that advertiser decides not to pursue with Leadbolt anymore?

This certainly is not the case we have 1000's of advertisers. We do find that many times advertisers will concentrate their budgets in markets that they get the best returns so for example in India there is a lot of traffic but many advertisers are not willing to pay high rates to advertise as they find their ROI is not always the best. If the advertisers have a global product they do end up sending more on countries where they get the best ROI.

ssg said:
I thought I'd mention here too, that so far, Leadbolt has really been awesome. Still the best ad network for me (AppLovin comes a lovin second!). And I especially appreciate the support that I've gotten so far.

I am really concerned as to where this will end, hope it is not another Airpush. And telling me to use new ad types to increase my revenue is not quite answering my questions, when my current stable of ad types have been working perfectly fine so far.

Thank you for the vote of confidence, we intend on continuing to be awesome and are working very hard for you and all our pubs!

Leadbolt is here to stay and our growth is proof of it. The recommendation of expanded ad types is only to help and many times does lead to increased revenue as there are different advertisers who see their ROI better on their preferred types and this opens you up to a potential new source. We really appreciate your feedback and are here to help in any way we can.

thedesolatesoul · Jun 28, 2012

Hello LeadBolt,
You must have heard of Googles new changes to the notifications in Jellybean i.e. the user is allowed to disable notifications from any app. Will this be the end of Notification Ads?

ssg · Jun 29, 2012

Thanks for the feedback nameless Leadbolt-ian.

Hope things pick up from here. I see a sudden boost in my referral revenues the last 2 or 3 days. Hope some of them are making some good gains.

thedesolatesoul,

it will be a while before jellybeans are spread around, notification ads will thrive for a while more. This is more like pop-up blockers being invented inside the browsers. You still see them pop-ups though.

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