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@WEBNOVEL_OFFICIAL On Novel updates one of your many commenters/ rep accounts once said this and more, they also said you were making the site ie webnovel.com a media one like when you released the TKA anime last year, but many of your reps said stuff like this on the novel updates site, as it was asked by myself when you released you app 1.0v and everyone was asking why it needed so many permissions when installing before it was removed off gooleplay due to all the bad reviews, I'm sure you can ask in your office or read your own posts from the nu site also this is qutoed from your own post about beta the very last line of it , listed under Premium For Free (PFF),

" You can still get Spirit Stones, which can be used to access premium chapters, by daily check-ins, voting, inviting friends, participating in community events, and even watching video ads on a daily basis (this will be implemented soon)."

so far the video ad's to get stones is only via the phone and not pc ( and I've been told by CKtalon only 3 days ago you're not adding it to the desktop unless his info is wrong )

so that cuts down the number of stones that can be used to unlock premium chapters as you can't earn the extra ones for the Premium For Free (PFF),

Battl3commander man y u snitching?!

Pizz Was never said though.

CKtalon the way its written ie the beta info it is implied, you can watch video's across the platforms used for the Pff to earn extra stones but it doesn't tell you that, as you said the other day to me it's phone only, then that does screw over people that use PC's, laptop's and pc tablets with fewer stones and gives no way to make up those missing ones, so it cuts down the ways to unlock stones via ad's to then use to unlock the premium chapters no matter how it's put,
it also makes phone users pay more due to data costs unless you use wifi I believe I said you the other day ( and above)
I in fact like using the ad's to unlock as it goes towards the site and yes I have bought stones but for my main stuff I still watch ad's always, so why not multiple ads for premium chapters on pc to make up for the missing stones we lose for not wanting to waste data on my phone etc

1ss > 1 ad

I use my cell phone to read and of the 6 novels I read 2 are premium and there is not the option to "see ad to unlock advertising", hopefully return that option

maybe like 1-2 of ad for a chapter? because normally it's like a 30 sec for 4 stone for extra chapter in the past

HeavenlyNoLife that's what I said

Battl3commander Well just repeating it i guess "/ Lol

CKtalon have you got some real numbers for ss to ad as over the last few days I've been talking to website people I know as I build servers and set up sites ( i make no claim in designing sites or setting up the ad deals/ word etc I do all the techie bits etc) and they seem a little at odd's towards your numbers with the amount of traffic listed that we found online and how much you should be made via phone over pc ad's, as I've said in this and other posts I'm happy to watch ads to make up the missing stones we lose for not using the phone app also being that in fact qi / webnovel is owned by tencent and even run of the main ip in china I'm a bit confused as to if your doing it in house ( ie via tencents hosting service and ad servers) as if you are it seems odd to the amount you get back ratio wise as you qutoed above

Pizz The ads are served by Google Adsense.

You can easily check what CPM various ad networks give. It maxes out at $10 CPM, and most averaging around $1 CPM,
https://www.shoutmeloud.com/5-cpm-advertising-programs-to-make-money-from-your-blog.html

That means $10 per 1000 views, or 1 cent a view. One SS costs about 2 cents, so that's a ratio of 2x. If the CPM drops to $1 per 1000 views, the ratio is 20x.

Actually, I might have made a mistake, assuming using max CPM of $10. It's more like a chapter (average 10 SS) that is equivalent to 20 ads. So yea...to 'unlock' a chapter with ads, you need to watch 20 ads. But this is assuming that repeatedly watching an ad by the same person continues paying you the same CPM.

Also, ad revenue has been declining over the years, so it will eventually not be a sustainable model

Pizz No idea. The site probably will have to undergo another design to include animation (just as it needs to do so to include comics in the near future). One step at a time?

CKtalon yeah, i understand it can't all be done at once as such , but as we did have the video's before as they didn't have ad's in them before if I rem right, do you see my point about getting extra ad money in to balance out the lost stones to pc/ laptop / pc tablet users with the locked ads ..was more to the point etc :)

Battl3commander i have encountered the same prob i hope maybe logistics team will give us new way to unlock more premium chap

Isseiyggh or limit the number of chapters being locked, as some novels seem to be going a bit OTT, to be honest, i think someone pointed out on novel had over 100 locked ( this was said to me in my reading sect , and its not one I read so, I'm willing to say I've not looked as not had the time but it true it seems a bit on the insane side and also it's as if you want pirate sites to take your traffic away and stop web novel from growing)

CKtalon do you know why the mobile app doesn't have static ads at the end of chapters like the browser version does? It might help with the lack of ad revenue which could lower the consumer costs. Otherwise, why are there static ads on the browser version. It seems unfair that browser users get more ads but don't get the option of watching an ad for more SS.

KoraL The app is supposed to give a better experience and they probably think that having those detract from the experience. Those ads also pay very little that they probably think it's not worth it. The browser version is just a shared code based with the desktop, that's why the ads are shown.