blackengine
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Do you have any tips for doing it, bro? I haven't been in this business for 3 years
[Journey] Building an iOS & Android App Empire
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KillerKoala
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You can change the computer, even IP, but.. you cannot change your personal data to receive a fund transfer. How do you avoid giving the same first name, last name, address for the new account?
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If it is 3 years ago, it is very likely Google already deleted your data. They have to by law. I can only recommend to delete the Google account of the cooked Admob account entirely. Google will then (mostly after 30 days or 90 days) remove all the data.
Then, what you need for a new account is:
- new phone number / sim card
- new address
- other bank account
- new device
- new IP
never leave any footprints to your old account. never let them make the connection.
name doesn't really matter. If you can, use a name of a family member or friend.
the most important however is: the first app (or first two apps) must be completely white hat and you have to make sure you integrate ads correctly. Do not make banner ads (they often break privacy policies due to placement errors, etc.), just make interstitial ads and make sure you don't sure gambling, horoscope, adult content in these days. keep everything safe to not get your admob account limited.
getting limited in the beginning will be the biggest obstacle. Do prevent it, use Admob mediation. Add applovin, meta and unity. Even your account is limited, you will still show ads.
In 2020 my admob account got banned. 2023 i made a new account with the very same name and address. Nothing happened so far. I am pretty sure they deleted the data. They have to by law.
Look, this entire "Lifetime ban" is breaking privacy laws, especially in the EU. If you delete your account, they are not allowed to keep your data forever. They have to delete your data after a specific amount of time. You can even request them to delete the data and they will have to comply.
UPDATE:
New record! more than 160 in-app purchases in one day and still 2 hours to go! More than $1100 so far today
- Mar 22, 2013
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Yes, profit.
Yesterday I had my best day ever since I started IM in 2013. Made around $2.3k profit in a single day from all income sources.
Is this continuing ?
Mellie Emmerich
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Best of luck with your journey man!
hexagonal
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Haven't read the rest of the thread but why risk yourself to a ban when you already have the budget to run ads and test different creatives
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because if you rank for keywords you get targeted organic traffic which is way more likely to purchase IAPs
I did for 2 days and now it is declining
- Mar 22, 2013
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Yes, Apple's report are out, but it always seems like its from the previous, previous month. No idea how they calculate it.update please , Apple reports are out now
I will update you guys soon. Its always a hassle to get all the numbers, because I have two Apple dev accounts, two Admob accounts, Appodeal, etc. so I have to check everything...and for some accounts I really try to avoid login in too much. I don't want Google to recognize I have two Admob accs for example.
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That's still functioning? I remember that from beginings and it was so amateur
Maybe thats why I left Android, ad networks were crap in 2019, market was almost collapsed. You had only admob and the rest were totaly s.hit
I am going to give a chance to iOS in the middle of year
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Yes, but i dont integrate into my latest apps. Only the apps I have from 2020-2021 still have Appodeal integrated.That's still functioning? I remember that from beginings and it was so amateur
Maybe thats why I left Android, ad networks were crap in 2019, market was almost collapsed. You had only admob and the rest were totaly s.hit
I am going to give a chance to iOS in the middle of year
Mostly I use Admob only
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Guys, if you start out, do not care about branding. Your top priority should be to get organic, targeted traffic and the only way to get this is by targeting the best possible keywords.
Only go into branding if you have a high budget.
I wrote it before: The users do not care. As long as you are not in an extremely saturated market and there are brands like Adidas, Nike, Louis Vuitton, or whatever, there is nothing to worry about. The people do not give a shit if they download Sleep Tracker A or Sleep Tracker B by some random shit corporation.
Focus on keywords and organic traffic. Make as much money as possible. Then, slowly get into branding.
I am always running tests and trying a bunch of different stuff. I had one app that was making me around $3k per month, no branding, just keywords. So I came up with a brand name and changed the title. Guess what happened? Traffic decreased a lot.
Why? Because the first word wasn't the keyword anymore. The most users are very simple. They want an app and enter a keyword. If the apps title has this exact keyword in the first position of the title, they will download it.
If they are looking for a sleep tracker, they will download:
A) Sleep Tracker & Analyser
instead of:
B) RANDOMNAME: Sleep Tracker & Analyser
No one gives a fuck about your random name.
If you put a random app name, you better have a shit ton of money to back it up.
However, the best case scenario is to NOT spend any money for ads but to get organic traffic and sales. Then make as many apps as possible, target the right keywords, get organic traffic and sales.
Only go into branding if you have a high budget.
I wrote it before: The users do not care. As long as you are not in an extremely saturated market and there are brands like Adidas, Nike, Louis Vuitton, or whatever, there is nothing to worry about. The people do not give a shit if they download Sleep Tracker A or Sleep Tracker B by some random shit corporation.
Focus on keywords and organic traffic. Make as much money as possible. Then, slowly get into branding.
I am always running tests and trying a bunch of different stuff. I had one app that was making me around $3k per month, no branding, just keywords. So I came up with a brand name and changed the title. Guess what happened? Traffic decreased a lot.
Why? Because the first word wasn't the keyword anymore. The most users are very simple. They want an app and enter a keyword. If the apps title has this exact keyword in the first position of the title, they will download it.
If they are looking for a sleep tracker, they will download:
A) Sleep Tracker & Analyser
instead of:
B) RANDOMNAME: Sleep Tracker & Analyser
No one gives a fuck about your random name.
If you put a random app name, you better have a shit ton of money to back it up.
However, the best case scenario is to NOT spend any money for ads but to get organic traffic and sales. Then make as many apps as possible, target the right keywords, get organic traffic and sales.
GIDEON6155
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True ,I did in one of my apps ...it was a Video downloader, the initial name was HD Video downloader Pro ,I added my Brand Gfy HD Video downloader .daily downloads decreased from 1k to 100
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still waiting for update on earnings
, thanks for telling this i will make sure on my new app to not concentrate on making it brand
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2 days
- Mar 22, 2013
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Took like 2-3 days for me. Company account took a bit longer