Ask HN: Ads in apps, what can I do better?

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I have an iPhone app and have about 3000-6000 users a day. I currently use mobclix and http://i.imgur.com/GzkDf.png is a summary of what returns I'm getting from advertising in my app.

Are there any ways to get a better return? Less than a dollar a day seems low to me, but I've never really put ads into anything yet, so maybe that's just normal for that amount of users.

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Try AdMob. Of course our audiences might be different, but for me it's performing 10x compared to your mobclix screenshot.

Thanks, I'll give it a try. mobclix does have the admob support but I've never looked into setting it up.

If you haven't picked up on it yet the advertisement revenue model is a fail. Charge a price for your app and start making real money.

Any supporting links for this argument?

Contractually I'm not allowed to sell my app, that's why I'm using ads. I was thinking of adding an in-app purchase of 'ad removal', that seems to fall our of the 'selling the application' condition.

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