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SeekerOfTheWay

SeekerOfTheWay

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So this app on the Phandroid blog. I love making/savvy money easily so thought I'd give it a try.

I was surprised that the widget is actually a nice size. It does not take over the whole screen. I already had a blank space on one of my screens to add the Tooyoou widget.

Had some trouble registering a new account. An email to tech support resolved the issue quickly. They were very helpful and prompt.

No ads to choose from right now so I have the Market ad by default. It's not obnoxious or ugly.

I don't have a paypal account, and I emailed tooyoou and asked if they have Obopay payment options. Here is their reply:

Hi Chrisy,
Tooyoou only supports Paypal currently. We will be adding more third party payment support in our App soon.

We are really sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks.
Tooyoou team.
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So seems alternative payment options are in the future. For the meantime I'll just let the money build up. I'm not a fan of paypal and I cancelled that account 6 months ago.

No report yet on battery drain. Will post back with observations.

I read that the widget uses about 1GB of data a month. That's quite a bit bit not overwhelmingly so. I have unlimited data.

I read reports from users and the dev with reports of payments being .75 to 3.00 a month. We will see...

Feel free to share your experiences or thoughts about this app.
 
SeekerOfTheWay said:
So this app on the Phandroid blog. I love making/savvy money easily so thought I'd give it a try.

I was surprised that the widget is actually a nice size. It does not take over the whole screen. I already had a blank space on one of my screens to add the Tooyoou widget.

Had some trouble registering a new account. An email to tech support resolved the issue quickly. They were very helpful and prompt.

No ads to choose from right now so I have the Market ad by default. It's not obnoxious or ugly.

I don't have a paypal account, and I emailed tooyoou and asked if they have Obopay payment options. Here is their reply:



So seems alternative payment options are in the future. For the meantime I'll just let the money build up. I'm not a fan of paypal and I cancelled that account 6 months ago.

No report yet on battery drain. Will post back with observations.

I read that the widget uses about 1GB of data a month. That's quite a bit bit not overwhelmingly so. I have unlimited data.

I read reports from users and the dev with reports of payments being .75 to 3.00 a month. We will see...

Feel free to share your experiences or thoughts about this app.
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I just started using this last night. I made 3 cents in 8 hours. That would come to around $4 a month. If they let you earn more money for putting more ads on your screens, that's a pretty good chunk of change for giving up some space that I don't even use at the moment.
 
I'm still trying to figure out if there's a way to gain money faster. Do the number of widgets matter? (I currently have 3 on one page but since they are identical I don't think it makes a difference). Does clicking on them periodically rack up the $$ faster? What about having them on a home screen you never check vs your main home screen that gets checked every time you unlock the phone (basically, are widgets updated only when viewed on current screen or all the time?).

So many questions, ahhhhh lol.

I've been given 3 ads since last night and have made a whopping 5 cents so far.
 
Doomstang said:
I'm still trying to figure out if there's a way to gain money faster. Do the number of widgets matter? (I currently have 3 on one page but since they are identical I don't think it makes a difference). Does clicking on them periodically rack up the $$ faster? What about having them on a home screen you never check vs your main home screen that gets checked every time you unlock the phone (basically, are widgets updated only when viewed on current screen or all the time?). So many questions, ahhhhh lol.
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No. No way to make more money faster. All your questions were answered in an updated blog post about Tooyoou. (here)

1. Multiple widgets do not affect earnings.
2. At any time user can go to Settings -> About Phone -> Battery -> Battery Use and check if Tooyoou uses substantial battery. Tooyoou is tested on multiple android devices and you will never see Tooyoou drain much battery or even show up in the delivered Android battery drain console.
3. Payments go out automatically on the payment date through automated MassPay on our servers connected to Paypal. Users need not do anything at all.
4. Tooyoou Android App users will not be able to log in to the tooyoou.com website with their app username and password. Website is for advertisers only and we have not released user features yet.
5. How is payment calculated? We pay a substantial portion of the CPMs to users now. Clicking the Ad multiple times will not earn them anything. We are optimizing the algorithm so that better user behavior and more interaction with the App benefits them more.
6. We wanted users to have a say/choice in mobile advertising. Coupled with their location you can imagine how valuable this space would be to advertisers going forward. We will be updating the App with more categories very soon.
7. Typical users have made about $2.50 a month.
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Why not just let it build up for now until they support a method of payment you choose?
 
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