Ask HN: Advertising networks for small web apps?

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by samrat • 15 years ago

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I'm trying to monetize a small web app. Its quite new but getting around three hundred hits per day. I tried applying for Adsense but got rejected because the site isn't content based and also because of the site didn't meet some age requirement.

The web app is located at http://videodropper.ep.io. Do you have any suggestions for ad networks that's suitable for small non-content based sites?

gtardini4• 15 years ago

love coincidences, I have just published my own network for betas and startups ( right now it' s under your post in the hn ask page ). Maybe it' s not exactly what you are looking for, also because it' so new that there are not many people in it. But i think it's worth checking out :) Best wishes and good look for your app, which i like a lot by the way!

gtardini4• 15 years ago

if you miss the post the link is betainsight.com

samrat2• 15 years ago

Does it help me monetize my site? Or is it just link exchange?

gtardini4• 15 years ago

Auomated link exchange, i' m afraid.

gtardini4• 15 years ago

You could try influads.com , their ads are great and the network is pretty solid and targeted. Not cheap, though

eth• 15 years ago

I think samrat is looking to put ads in his app rather than advertise the app, so there is no cost - although influads are definitely not "cheap" for advertisers...

In any case, I would recommend influads as well. They are currently working with quite a few people with the same situation as you - people that have an app with moderate success and are looking to incorporate some non-intrusive, good-looking, and relevant advertisements.

ianpurton• 15 years ago

I liked the idea of your service although I was reluctand to give it access to my dropbox as I wasn't sure what that meant. Would you be able to see all my files ?

In terms of monitization I think you're screwed, unless you got down the banner ads route which is going to make the site look terrible.

JoshTriplett• 15 years ago

To answer the question you actually asked: try Project Wonderful, which works very well for small publishers. 300 hits per day should get you some reasonable ad prices.

However, I'd also suggest looking into alternative sources of funding, or alternatively just treating it as a hobby. Also note that numerous video downloaders already exist; "send to Dropbox" does not necessarily make yours stand out, and it will cost you quite a bit of bandwidth.

You might also look into hosting which provides unmetered bandwidth, such as gandi.net.

samrat2• 15 years ago

I am not trying to make this my main stream of income, I just want to monetize it so that it can pay its own bills. What other sources of funding do you recommend?

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