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Tapcontext, Tell me, are your sdk compliant with google policy? my app was suspended of using your sdk, this is the message for the notification:

REASON FOR REMOVAL: Violation of the dangerous products provision of the Content Policy:
Applications that cause users to download or install applications from unknown sources outside of Google Play are prohibited.

I think your Antivirus scanner ARMOR causes it, cause the app was not located to playstore.

Tell me what to do. Thanks

We have over 4,000 developers using our SDK in over 12,000 apps. We have never had a developer suspended.

Our SDK in no way causes users to download or install applications from outside Google Play. This sentence in the policy is intended to reference apps with trojan viruses which would, without a user knowing, download and/or install out of market applications onto the users device. This would indeed be dangerous to the user, and thus the reason it is in the dangerous products section of the policy.

The contextual advertisement for Armor for Android which you reference contains an antivirus scanner that is a part of the application that the SDK is resident in, it is not a separate app that is installed or downloaded to the users device. The advertisement contains a link to a third-party website selling an out-of-market version of Armor for Android. If the user purchases, they can then voluntarily download and install the out of market Armor for Android app. Armor for Android is a large advertiser that advertises on several other networks as well, all without any issues we have seen in our due diligence.

Tap context shows good EPC and CPM initially. But once you start registering good growth, they will reduce it to dramatically. In my case There was a short duration 1-2 week when I use to get EPC as .07. But now it is below .02. That too for interstitial. On asking, company claim, no one pay more as most of my clicks from India They claim $4 CPM international but giving .44. Its really pathetic. That too when your earning get divided into 6 months.

I will be switching from this network soon… dont trust them any more about there high CPM and EPC.

@appandgames, try startapp and airpush (airpush is currently facing issues). startapp is good for inters. giving ecpm of $0.83 for asian traffic (mostly indian) for their offerwall (which includes 3d wall and rich media ads). airpush is good for banners

@javaexp. Thanks for the info. I am definitly moving out of tapcontext and will switch to others.
I suspect start app and airpush is having issues with Google policy compliant. I am just waiting for dust to be settled down.

I am exploring now applovin, appbrain and in the end… admob… which will certainly pay better than Tapcontext (.02).

Can you suggest any other network?

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Attached is the proof of there so called “HIGH” earning claims

  1. appbrain sucks
  2. yes try applovin, they serve ads only to specific apps. I had wasted a lot of traffic with them before coming to know from their support that not all apps can be monetized with them
  3. admob can give anything between 0.01-0.10 for banner and 0.5-1 for inters depending upon your app

Again for high earnings, startapp and airpush rock. startapp’s offerwall and airpush banners are both are google compliant. however startapp’s post call manager/search and airpush offerwall aren’t

Have you guys noticed that TapContext’s ads kill every other ad? When i start my activity and load two interstitial ads, tapcontext and some other, when I click on tapcontext armor ad “Not now” it kills the other ad that was in the background. The same case with their exit ads. Both loads fine, but when I click Not Now the other one got killed.

Currently, I’m getting $3.12 CPM with most of the traffic from South East Asia & 30%-40% from Middle East.

Glad to know that TapContext is not the real source your app was getting banned by GP. This is my 4th month with TapContext & I’m having 8 apps with them without any reminders of vioalating GP policies.

in my applications translated to arabic I gained a lot with tapcontext google.PNG in all arabic country

What type of ads do you see? I tested them out and only get the armour ads?

Yes, I only see their aggressive virus scanning ad as well…

I wrote to them and got a typical response stating that the ads are displayed based on different parameters and in order to boost the developers’ revenue…

I am impressed with their dashboard update, though!

I used tapcontext and get paid. Really good if you publish on 3rd party store.

I don’t know what’s going on lately… nearly 2k clicks and only $15

Nope !. I have been using TapContext for more than 3 months on my 8 apps without getting any problems & notifications from GP of vioalating their ad policies.

My CPM is terrible these days. I had 3100 installs today and only $3.8 revenue. What the hell is that???

You all know that they split your earnings in 6 months. So nobody will get their money in total. Once you want to stop using their SDK, or they stop working, you will not get and least last 3 months cause you will not go over their minimal threshold of $250. I asked them about this stupidity and they told me that they don’t know what hapens if I want to stop using their SDK and cashout. They split your earnings in 6 months, and still they have the highest minimal threshold of all ad networks. It should be exact oposite.

I agree that TapContext’s threshold is completely ridiculous given their business model. One possible workaround is to, when you decide to stop using their SDK, set your minimum threshold to a very high value (like $10,000), wait until it stops generating income, then set the threshold back to the minimum and get paid the full amount next month. The bad thing about this is you end up waiting half a year to get your money out, and one never knows when these companies go out of business so it’s a risk.

Yes. But I think they are very aware of this problem. Maybe this was made on purpose.