ShamelessPlug is live and operating. I love where the app is right now and I'm excited for the next few months while we work on it and enhance the experience. Please take a look and let me know what you think. The service is free to start with and should give you an idea about the features you're getting. PS. I'm so happy to be able to re-launch this thing with the help of a dear friend- Vincent. He is...
In case you were wondering why do we pick on Google AdSense so much....
From the moment I logged in to Sublime Ads (now Shameless Plug) for the first time, I thought of Overcast and how nicer the Overcast experience is compared to other ad-enabled apps. I always thought it was a genius move to bypass Google AdSense and generate additional income from your own ad network. I'm a fan of the 'Under The Radar' podcast by Marco Arment and David Smith. I just finished listening to the episode #302: Artificial Walls where Marco...
Shameless updates got a bit quiet over the last few weeks. We were suppose to re-launch the service in September but unfortunately that didn't happen due to my commitments. I had big plans to re-launch Shameless Plug and thanks to Vincent, we do have a workable and fine-tuned service that needs some last bits before it can be considered 100% usable. That last part is on me and I'm planning to complete it shortly. Hopefully over the next two weeks....
The re-launch is coming along very nicely. We are making progress on the backend code and also trying to find the new look for the app. More to come. Stay tuned....
There are many differences but also a few similarities between Shameless Plug and Google AdSense. I thought it would be worth covering the most important aspects to better understand what Shameless Plug is. Both are ad management platforms, but we differ in how we handle our customers, their visitors' privacy, and advertisers. What is Google AdSense and how does it work?Google AdSense is a tool for website and mobile app owners to place Google Ads on their sites. Google connects...
One of the main differences between Shameless Plug and other advertising platforms like Google or Facebook is that we allow/require the developer to be in full control over the ads they display to the end user. This model requires some extra effort from the developer to find advertisers wanting to showcase their products within an app they have access to. In return, devs will keep all the revenue they make, while Shameless Plug handles all the backend work to display...
Internet runs on ads. Unfortunately, there is no way around it. Our visitors do prefer to view an ad banner below an article rather than subscribe to a new service each time they download an app or open a new website. I own a pretty niche iOS app called Watch Case. I designed it to help me manage my collection of analog watches. Turns out I’m not the only one and horology is quite popular. The app is free with...
I always find it quite hard to make a product pitch of my own apps that would be easily digestible for a random person. With Shameless Plug, the story is quite different since I started as a user (iOS developer) who got to know the service quite well from a user's perspective. Shameless Plug is for devs who are looking into app monetization through ads but are repelled by the disgusting ads served by Google or Facebook and don't want...
Vincent Ritter, my dear friend who I have known for quite some time now, created Sublime Ads in March of 2020. The main purpose of the service was for developers to be in full control over the ads they serve on websites or their mobile apps. It was designed to prioritize privacy, which is quite contrary to the big services out there. I started using Sublime Ads in one of my iOS apps shortly after its initial release and loved...
Shameless Plug is a privacy focused ad management platform created on the backbone of Sublime Ads created by Vincent Ritter.Shamelessly showcase high-quality ads and messages from advertisers you choose, allowing you to monetize the free-tier of your app without lowering the quality of your products. All with privacy in mind. Shameless Plug will be launching in September. - Michał
