Inneractive as a New Ad Network?

Firstly thank you for the reply Mr. Carlos!

Second I feel sad for not being able to access that “temporarily” as I am a not PRO yet! :-/

Will be waiting you enable it as well. :slight_smile:
Regards,
Rodrigo. [import]uid: 89165 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 70631[/import]

>> I still don’t know how you get paid…

You get paid by PayPal. So there should be a place to enter that. I do not see it. The registration email shows PayPal email as “Null”. :frowning: [import]uid: 19297 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 70698[/import]

I see the problem on iPad when I define the app as iPhone app in interactive dashboard and run the iPhone app in an iPad. [import]uid: 19297 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 70703[/import]

@ckausik
You could set up two different Inneractive app IDs, one for iPhone and one for iPad, then in Corona use system.getInfo(“model”) to find out which model the app is running on and then use that to conditionally set the app ID when you init the ad service. [import]uid: 9422 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 70711[/import]

Have anyone problems with Android? I can’t display any ads. [import]uid: 70625 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 70776[/import]

Is this functional yet? What are the banner sizes? I need my banner at the center bottom of the screen, so I need to know the width and height. I don’t see test ads in the device or simulator. It would be cool if the banner ads could be placed by layout like “north-east” it would save a lot of headache.

Thanks!! [import]uid: 99244 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 71365[/import]

Thanks and I’ll also be looking forward to the link for non-Pro subscribers. [import]uid: 40033 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 71410[/import]

@Carlos When using Inneractive (and I guess this goes for InMobi too), do we receive 100% of the expected revenue for impressions and clicks? In other words, do we receive the same revenue using Inneractive through CoronaSDK as we would without it? (I’m curious as to whether Ansca’s share comes out of the developer’s side or Inneractive’s side of the pie) Thanks! [import]uid: 36054 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 71433[/import]

@blasterv Good question. Our developers will get the exact same revenue they would get as if they had signed up with inneractive independently (and in fact, in some instances more since we will have special promotions). We don’t want to penalize developers for using Corona - quite the opposite. And this will always be the case with any 3rd party services we partner with. [import]uid: 10668 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 71485[/import]

Hi David, can I start using Inneractive now? I don’t see test ads, and I don’t know the banner sizes. [import]uid: 99244 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 71486[/import]

@DavidRangel Thanks for the answer. I’ll look at supplementing my AdMob hack with Inneractive when it becomes available. [import]uid: 36054 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 71489[/import]

Hey, David, it’s awesome to hear you’ve been named the new COO of Ansca. Congrats!!!

I didn’t notice this thread existed until now. When I first came across the mention of Inneractive Ads under the Docs section, I made a new post asking about it. Here’s a link to the detailed report on how Inneractive Ads are performing for @team1, which might be of interest to you all:

http://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2011/12/05/inneractive-ads-has-anyone-tried-it#comment-71905

Thanks, Ansca, for adding this ad network!

Naomi

[import]uid: 67217 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 71909[/import]

Thanks Naomi!

And thanks for pointing out the post by @team1. We’ve asked someone from inneractive to take a look… [import]uid: 10668 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72123[/import]

Our inneractive testing – update.

from what i can tell it appears that some of my banner ad data isnt getting logged or showing up at all. here is why i say this.

I made it a point today to launch our app specifically at 10:00am est time for about 10-20 mins. I am using a motorola Xoom for this and the whole time i had the app open i was seeing banner ads.

I then through out the day opened the app a few different times for about 5 mins or less. so i was expecting to see data points in the inneractive dashboad scattered across several hours.

what i got was this:
http://www.learninggems.com/sites/default/files/public/images/inneractive-stats-r2.png

Inneractive Dashboard

I got a data point spike at 15:00 hours. which i am assuming to be my 10-20 min run on my device. so… though the dot on the chart didnt appear for quite awhile about 6 hours later, and when it did it shows (when you mouse over it) that it suposedly was data from 12/6/2011 even though the chart filter is set for 12/7/2011. This makes me wonder is the data collected stamped with My device time? or the server time wherever inneractive servers are located?

What i am curious about even more is … where is the rest of the data that should have shown up for the consecutive hours… Does the app have to be open and ads running for a certain period of time to qualify?

I know this is still in testing so i am not upset about it, rather i just want to understand it better before i put it on a app thats already doing fine with inmobi ads running on it.

could my problem lie in my code on how i run and init ads in my app? i am open to that idea as well so here is how i am implementing ads in my app:

-I am using director class to change screens, but i load all ads in main.lua
-in my main.lua, right after i init my sql database i do the following code:

[lua] --************************************************************************
–***** Setup Banner Ads and Flurry Analytics
–************************************************************************

if (platformCheck == “Android” or platformCheck == “Win”) then
ads.init(“inneractive”,“BlueFireVentures_ButterflyAdventures_Android”) --Android InnerActive Code
analytics.init(“4ZULQ24GNXXA9NIQ2CFS”)
else
ads.init( “inmobi”, “4028cba6331be09201334516f641025a” ) --IOS InMobi Code
analytics.init(“HRYWAFWSJG9URG6NJ4SE”)
end

analytics.logEvent(“Launched Game”)
analytics.logEvent("ScreenSize: "…display.contentWidth…“x”…display.contentHeight)

if display.contentWidth > 468 then --This was used with Inmobi ads, and determining what size i wanted to use. so the rest of my app could adjust to the size i ended up using. I used the largest ad that would fit properly on the device it was called on.
if display.contentWidth > 728 then
bannerWidth = 728 – Width that fits on Larger Tablets (iPads and Xoom)
bannerHeight = 90
else
bannerWidth = 468 – Width that fits on smaller tablets (Galaxy Tabs & kindle Fire & Nook)
bannerHeight = 60
end
else
bannerWidth = 320 --Width of smallest Phone Screen
bannerHeight = 48
end


– Internet check via Socket

if require(“socket”).connect(“learninggems.com”, 80) == nil then
–print(“No INTERNET connection – Ads will not be shown.”)
bannerHeight = 0
else
ads.show(“banner”, { x=0, y=0, interval=30 })
analytics.logEvent("Showing Banners: "…“banner”…bannerWidth…“x”…bannerHeight)
end[/lua]

Is checking for a internet socket good enough to determine if i should try and show banner ads or not?

Also here is the flurry timestamp that shows what time my Xoom registered:
http://www.learninggems.com/sites/default/files/public/images/flurry-analytics.png

Flurry Analytics [import]uid: 88147 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72294[/import]

This is great news. I am going to start testing myself [import]uid: 34105 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72412[/import]

Hey there,

My name is Orly and I am an Account Manager within inneractive.
We pay via paypal or wire transfer.
As soon as your account reach $200 in revenues I will send an invoice request.

In our next version it will be clearer and there will be a place to enter the paypal details.

Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have
orly@inner-active.com [import]uid: 109623 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72433[/import]

Hello. I signed up for Inter-Active, added a new app and now I am at a loss to figure out what my app ID is. The doc says:

“In a few seconds, you AppID will be shown. You should pass this as the second argument to ads.init() (make sure to put it in quotes).”

but my AppID was never shown. Where do I find it ? I looked everywhere I could.
cheers
R.
[import]uid: 95911 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72444[/import]

Hey R,

You can see your AppID in your Dashboard, under the tab - Dashboard - Executive Summary.

The AppID looks like this: CompanyName_AppName_OS.

Feel free to contact me in case you still can’t find it
orly@inner-active.com [import]uid: 109623 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72447[/import]

thank you orly.
I did not realize that the “App Name” was my AppID. You should definitely make that more clear on the Executive summary page. Perhaps “App Name / AppID” or something to that extent. cheers. [import]uid: 95911 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72453[/import]

I’ve tried implementing Inner-active ads into my game, but so far I am unimpressed. Don’t get me wrong, getting adds every time (seems to be the case) is awesome.

But…

a) having no control over the banner size is terrible. Am I supposed to redesign my game in order to fit the banner ?

b) as a consequence of a) the ads I am getting have all kinds of weird aspect ratios (squishy or squashy)

c) how is the user supposed to go back to the game ? the BACK or SKIP buttons don’t seems to do anything

d) the “text” banner uses the same size as “banner” banner ? What’s the point of “text” then ?

Good start, but back to inMobi for now (at least it doesn’t crash at ads.hide - I hope). I’ll re-visit as soon as the above gets addressed.

cheers
R. [import]uid: 95911 topic_id: 18266 reply_id: 72544[/import]