unity monetization plugins 2014 update

UNITY MONETIZATION PLUGINS2014 UPDATE

Top Unity In-App Purchase and Ads Plugins for 2014

As seen on the Soomla Community blog – blog.soom.la

DO MORE TOGETHER

• Open source company

• 100M installs via +3000 games

• Free to Play Network

MONETIZE THE GAMETwo main categories of plugins to help monetize

the game:

• Advertising

• Selling virtual goodsvia in-app purchase (IAP)

IN-APP PURCHASE PLUGINSPlugins can differ depending on their :

TYPE – IAP Library or Framework

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS – Cross platforms or not

POPULARITY – Battle tested

SUPPORT – Vendors, direct support, community

PRICE

IN-APP PURCHASE PLUGINS

IN-APP PURCHASE PLUGINS

SOOMLA

• Has both virtual economy and IAP library

• Is cross platform: iOS, Android and Amazon

• High popularity

• Community + Team support

• Free and Open source

IN-APP PURCHASE PLUGINS

PRIME31

• Has an IAP library

• Requires separate plugins for Android and iOS

• High popularity

• Direct support (average)

• Price at $60-$70

IN-APP PURCHASE PLUGINS

UNIBILL

• Has an IAP library

• Is Cross platform: Google/Apple/Windows/Amazon

• Mid-High Popularity

• Direct Support

• Priced at $175

IN-APP PURCHASE PLUGINS

CODIWANS

• Has an IAP library

• Uses different plugins for Android and iOS

• Semi-popular

• Direct support

• Priced at $30-$35

ADS PLUGINSThese plugins work a bit differently than the IAP ones, and differ on a few levels:

Ad Formats

• Offers• Video• Interstitial

Advertised products

• Some ads will show other games while other ads can feature brands

Payment model

• CPM• CPC• CPI• CPCV• Rev-Share

Popularity

• More popular plugins are usually more tested and proven

BEST ADS PLUGINS

BEST ADS PLUGINS

• Has both interstitial and video ad formats

• Advertises games only

• CPI payment model

• High popularity

BEST ADS PLUGINS

• Uses the reward ads model

• Advertises mostly games

• CPI payment model

• High popularity

BEST ADS PLUGINS

• Uses video ads model

• Advertises mostly games

• CPCV payment model

• Mid-High popularity

BEST ADS PLUGINS

• Uses videos and offers ads model

• Advertises games and brands

• Rev-share payment model

• Mid-High popularity

BEST ADS PLUGINS

• Uses video ads model

• Advertises mostly games

• Rev-share payment model

• Mid-High popularity

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