Is Vungle revenue really this bad?

Vungle
#1

We have just implemented Vungle into one of our apps… (actually more than one app, but only one is live so far). Based on the results though I may have to rethink the other apps inclusion of Vungle.

Here are the results on Android which is the 99% source of our income. Apple sux for us for now:

Day 1 = Views 84 = Completes 84 = $0.50

Day 2 = Views 133 = Completes 133 = $0.0

Day 3 = Views 97 = Completes 97 = $0.0

So at this rate it seems I will continue to deliver views to the ad network Vungle, but they will not be paying me anything. Hmmmm… not what I signed up for and not what I expected. 

This is by far the worst Ad network result I have seen in our apps. 

Any one else have similar very poor results from Vungle?

Does anyone have an alternative suggestion perhaps that works with Corona Pro?

#2

Hi BenM 

I am the Community Manager here at Vungle – so sorry about this!  Let me see if I can help clear this up for you:

Most of our campaigns are CPI-based or performance based so users have to install apps from the ads before you see revenue. Due to this, once you get more impressions/views you will start to see consistent revenue. Our worldwide eCPM average is $4-$12 so once you have a larger sample size you will begin to see the results. 

Please feel free to email us directly at monetize@vungle.com and we can answer any questions you have.

Cheers,

Sofie

#3

I regularly see eCPM $6+ from Vungle.

Your view stats are too low to draw any meaningful conclusions I’m afraid.

Best of luck - MAS1

#4

I’d say you need at least 10 times more traffic before you’d start to see some revenue.

#5

Thanks Sofie.

I do still intend to let it ride for a bit before making any decisions one way or another.

Yes, we can and will send more traffic to Vungle, but I was not keen on pulling it away from better paying sources until I saw if it was a goer. You certainly don’t need massive amounts of traffic to test. At least that has been my experience with other networks.

Day 4 = $1.25

#6

Hmmm…I thought that Vungle pays us by CPI.  Perhaps I am still too new, but yesterday 1 CPI (I think) gave us $1.00 with one app and $.75 with the other.  Today, there are currently 14 installations and only got $0.01??  Interesting.

Does Vungle only pay when the app is installed only after watching the entire video (15 secs) or does it matter?  Anyone knows?

Thanks so much.

#7

@mydiagames,

Excellent post here:

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/37624-vungle-payment-based-on-install-rate/#entry201201

On a related note - I had a query with Vungle about revenue reporting and they responded quickly and professionally. I have nothing but praise for them. 

#8

@MAS1,

Thanks for the reply.  Yes, I saw that and that was why I was wondering.  At any rate, we’ll have to stick around for a while to see I guess.  However, I really like the video ads though; they’re really nice.  

Thank you.

#9

I thought I had better update this given I started the thread and the title may paint a pessimistic outcome.

I can say that the low traffic test has continued and the results have settled down nicely. Like I said before, you don’t need huge traffic to do the tests.

Anyway, Vungle seems to be working ok now.

#10

Hi BenM 

I am the Community Manager here at Vungle – so sorry about this!  Let me see if I can help clear this up for you:

Most of our campaigns are CPI-based or performance based so users have to install apps from the ads before you see revenue. Due to this, once you get more impressions/views you will start to see consistent revenue. Our worldwide eCPM average is $4-$12 so once you have a larger sample size you will begin to see the results. 

Please feel free to email us directly at monetize@vungle.com and we can answer any questions you have.

Cheers,

Sofie

#11

I regularly see eCPM $6+ from Vungle.

Your view stats are too low to draw any meaningful conclusions I’m afraid.

Best of luck - MAS1

#12

I’d say you need at least 10 times more traffic before you’d start to see some revenue.

#13

Thanks Sofie.

I do still intend to let it ride for a bit before making any decisions one way or another.

Yes, we can and will send more traffic to Vungle, but I was not keen on pulling it away from better paying sources until I saw if it was a goer. You certainly don’t need massive amounts of traffic to test. At least that has been my experience with other networks.

Day 4 = $1.25

#14

Hmmm…I thought that Vungle pays us by CPI.  Perhaps I am still too new, but yesterday 1 CPI (I think) gave us $1.00 with one app and $.75 with the other.  Today, there are currently 14 installations and only got $0.01??  Interesting.

Does Vungle only pay when the app is installed only after watching the entire video (15 secs) or does it matter?  Anyone knows?

Thanks so much.

#15

@mydiagames,

Excellent post here:

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/37624-vungle-payment-based-on-install-rate/#entry201201

On a related note - I had a query with Vungle about revenue reporting and they responded quickly and professionally. I have nothing but praise for them. 

#16

@MAS1,

Thanks for the reply.  Yes, I saw that and that was why I was wondering.  At any rate, we’ll have to stick around for a while to see I guess.  However, I really like the video ads though; they’re really nice.  

Thank you.

#17

I thought I had better update this given I started the thread and the title may paint a pessimistic outcome.

I can say that the low traffic test has continued and the results have settled down nicely. Like I said before, you don’t need huge traffic to do the tests.

Anyway, Vungle seems to be working ok now.