Rejected with http://www.appodeal.com/ (squeeze more revenues from mobile ad net...

golubevpavel · on April 11, 2015

Here's my video that I submitted to YC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdR_2AODciE&feature=youtu.be

Might be useful for someone in the future.

csense · on April 11, 2015

If you're "close to break even" that implies you're getting revenue somewhere. But your site says your product is free. So where is the money coming from?

golubevpavel · on April 11, 2015

We don't charge publishers.

Appodeal makes money by selling to direct advertisers in bulk at a higher rate. Basically we charge advertisers, rather than publishers.

zdarwazeh92 · on April 11, 2015

Hey i really like what your working on, lets chat.

golubevpavel · on April 11, 2015

Thank you, really glad to hear that. Inboxed.

ashbrahma · on April 11, 2015

Interesting project. Could we chat? My email is on my profile page.

golubevpavel · on April 11, 2015

Thank you. Just sent you an e-mail. Would love to chat.

yc_smith · on April 11, 2015

This is very similar to the mediation tool Heyzap (YC W09) https://www.heyzap.com has.

golubevpavel · on April 11, 2015

True. Hard to object. Just to double check, are you from YC?

therealwill · on April 11, 2015

Awesome site! Really really well done.

golubevpavel · on April 11, 2015

Apparently, not well enough, haha. Anyway, it might be a good thing after all.

joshmlewis · on April 11, 2015

One of the last things YC cares about is your landing page. Yours is pretty good, don't sweat it.

Edit: To clarify, a good landing page is important but the other things like team, demo, video, and well written answers are more important IMO.

golubevpavel · on April 11, 2015

Well, it took like 3 months to make it look like this. First version was much worse. Luckily we had enough time to polish it up before public launch.