Again though, these are only shown when no paid ads are available anyway. In these cases we will show a “house ad” for Kongregate so that players can still have a good experience, but these ads don’t pay out at this time. We have made partnerships with a variety of networks to get as much fill as possible, but sometimes there simply aren’t any available ads. We've seen it sink to under $3 on occasion, as well as spike to over $10, especially around the end of a fiscal quarter. We tend to average in the $4 - $6 range (a good bit lower than mobile, but that's just a function of the browser rewarded video market at the moment). The eCPM (effective cost per mille, or dollars per thousand views) varies wildly based on market and times in the fiscal quarter/year.That means that instead of the normal 25% share you get of ad revenue, you instead will get whatever your share of kreds sales would be (typically 70%). Revenue from these ads is considered an in-app purchase rather than normal advertising revenue.There are a few important points to note about these ads: You can check out details in our API documentation, but it just involves initiating and ad and using a few event listeners to handle the few potential outcomes.įinally, let's talk business. You can also see examples of these ads already on Kongregate in a few games that participated in our limited beta of the API.įrom a technical perspective, the API is fairly straightforward. The player can then watch it (typically 30 seconds, max 60 seconds) and get credit in the game if they watch it all the way through.įor a much more in-depth analysis of in-game ads, check out Tammy Levy's excellent Best Practices: In-Game Ads post in our blog.Initiate the ad, which will pop up on top of the game (so don't do it during action!).They should never be forced to watch it, and can be given the option to watch either permanently (as a button they can click any time) or on a limited basis (you can watch an ad for a bonus, but only RIGHT NOW!). Provide players with a way to choose to watch the ad.
The general flow with these ads goes like this: We've been using this model of ads in some of our mobile games (AdVenture Capitalist in particular has done extremely well with them) and we wanted to enable our browser developers to have access to the same tools.
Advertisers have found that due to the opt-in nature these ads get far better performance than interstitial, banner, pre-load, or any other ad type.In fact, when ads run out or have a bug we get complaints from players, which is a great sign: "Hey, we want to watch more ads!" Players appreciate the control over their experience and the rewards they can choose to earn.It's a great system that's a true win-win-win: It allows developers to give rewards to players who choose to watch an ad. We're excited to officially announce Kongregate's Rewarded Video Advertising API, now available to all game developers on ! This type of advertising, also sometimes called "incentivized ads" or "opt-in ads," has gotten particularly popular on mobile recently.
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