1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Android apps which actually pay

Discussion in 'General Business' started by newbie191, Aug 8, 2020.

0
  1. #1
    Are there such legitimate apps which would pay me a few cents per day just for keeping them on my phone? I can open them every day and use for a few minutes. But I want actual money.
    I know of one such app which is developed by local mobile network and it gives a few reward points everyday just for opening it. After a month or so I can convert the reward points into mobile topup. But it is local app and can only be used in my country. If anybody knows of any more of such apps which pay in paypal or any other currency please share.
     
    newbie191, Aug 8, 2020 IP
    JEET likes this.
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

    Messages:
    28,651
    Likes Received:
    4,486
    Best Answers:
    123
    Trophy Points:
    665
    #2
    What possible benefit could there be to the app maker to have their app on someone's phone but being used for only a few minutes?

    They're not earning significant ad revenue
    You're not going to be a "brand ambassador"

    I can't see how you would "earn" that money. Looks like you want money for nothing.

    Or am I missing something?
     
    sarahk, Aug 8, 2020 IP
  3. newbie191

    newbie191 Notable Member

    Messages:
    1,960
    Likes Received:
    99
    Best Answers:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    245
    #3
    Hi Sarah, Trust me I understand that nobody wants to pay me for doing nothing. As I said there are companies out there like the one I mentioned mobile network which gives reward points daily. These rewards can be claimed once a day and then converted into mobile topup. These companies have millions of $ marketing budget. They have the budget to pay for TV commercials, youtube ads and roadside billboards etc which costs a lot. So few cents a day to their customers who have installed their app is investment for them.

    I am looking for similar apps which can pay me more.
     
    newbie191, Aug 9, 2020 IP
    JEET likes this.
  4. JEET

    JEET Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,830
    Likes Received:
    502
    Best Answers:
    19
    Trophy Points:
    265
    #4
    @newbie191
    How many reward points do you get with each use, and reward points give a recharge of how much?
    Thanks
     
    JEET, Aug 9, 2020 IP
  5. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

    Messages:
    28,651
    Likes Received:
    4,486
    Best Answers:
    123
    Trophy Points:
    665
    #5
    lol, if a mobile network is giving you a top-up they're spending $0 while getting advertising revenue from the "ad impressions". By opening their app they're reinforcing their own brand and ensuring that you don't switch to a competitor.

    If you want actual money you'll have to come up with a way a company can leverage off an app being passively on someone's phone but earning the app producer enough that they can afford to share the revenue. Once you've worked that out, write the app and get really rich.

    FWIW I do have an app called sweatcoin on my android but they give you discounts on things I don't want to buy and can if I did there are cheaper local alternatives.
     
    sarahk, Aug 9, 2020 IP
  6. NetStar

    NetStar Notable Member

    Messages:
    2,471
    Likes Received:
    541
    Best Answers:
    21
    Trophy Points:
    245
    #6
    He's asking for an app where someone pays him a few pennies a day for occasionally opening it......................... what is wrong with you people? You want to inconvenience yourself and open up your privacy for a dollar a month????? Stupid.
     
    NetStar, Aug 9, 2020 IP
    mmerlinn likes this.
  7. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

    Messages:
    28,651
    Likes Received:
    4,486
    Best Answers:
    123
    Trophy Points:
    665
    #7
    Exactly.

    You have to put yourselves in the shoes of the app owner.
    What benefit are they getting?
    How much time do they need you to be looking at the app to get a ROI?
    If you don't need to have the app open how are they earning money from you?

    [​IMG]
     
    sarahk, Aug 9, 2020 IP
    mmerlinn likes this.
  8. JEET

    JEET Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,830
    Likes Received:
    502
    Best Answers:
    19
    Trophy Points:
    265
    #8
    What privacy?
    When you are using a google product, what privacy are you talking about?
    Everything you do, is already getting logged at google servers.

    And if an app is giving some reward points for using it, what is wrong with that?
    Its just a marketing method.
    Some 7-8 years back, wasn't google paying webmasters a dollar for chrome download...
    So many stock brokers add some credit in your accounts when you sign up.
    How is this different?
     
    JEET, Aug 9, 2020 IP
  9. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

    Messages:
    28,651
    Likes Received:
    4,486
    Best Answers:
    123
    Trophy Points:
    665
    #9
    But are there any companies paying you for the honour of being on your phone?
     
    sarahk, Aug 9, 2020 IP
    JEET likes this.
  10. JEET

    JEET Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,830
    Likes Received:
    502
    Best Answers:
    19
    Trophy Points:
    265
    #10
    Well, not really, not for the honour of being on my phone LOL,
    but google did pay for being in my laptop, $1 to the webmaster who gave me a link for chrome download from their site.

    Its just a marketing method, I honestly don't see anything wrong in it.
    The company will do marketing, they plan to spend millions.
    So instead of running TV ads etc for millions,
    they chose to give some reward points to their customers.
    In certain cases this marketing method can prove very effective.
     
    JEET, Aug 10, 2020 IP
  11. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

    Messages:
    28,651
    Likes Received:
    4,486
    Best Answers:
    123
    Trophy Points:
    665
    #11
    They paid you once, right?
    And you had to do something to earn it, right?

    @newbie191 wants ongoing income for doing nothing more than installing.
    So maybe $1 for the install
    but why pay over and over again when the app isn't getting used?
     
    sarahk, Aug 10, 2020 IP
    JEET likes this.
  12. JEET

    JEET Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,830
    Likes Received:
    502
    Best Answers:
    19
    Trophy Points:
    265
    #12
    He is using the app everyday, the reward points are for that, for opening and using it everyday. He wrote this in his first post.
    Nothing is paid for downloading it I think.
    Its like what quora did. They paid people for posting questions and answers on quora.
    Paid people for using their website. They don't do it anymore.

    Its a good marketing method, provided you have somewhat big money to pay. Works very good.
     
    JEET, Aug 10, 2020 IP
  13. topcrickets

    topcrickets Peon

    Messages:
    2
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    1
    #13
    There is no free lunch
     
    topcrickets, Aug 10, 2020 IP
  14. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

    Messages:
    28,651
    Likes Received:
    4,486
    Best Answers:
    123
    Trophy Points:
    665
    #14
    We'd all like real money for a few minutes "work"
    You can't eat a phone top up
    I wonder why?
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2020
    sarahk, Aug 10, 2020 IP
    JEET likes this.
  15. JEET

    JEET Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,830
    Likes Received:
    502
    Best Answers:
    19
    Trophy Points:
    265
    #15
    @sarahk
    Quora is popular now. They come up in many many search results of google.
    Lots of political parties are active there now, along with their followers. They don't need to pay to people to use their website anymore.
    Job of that marketing strategy is done.
     
    JEET, Aug 11, 2020 IP
  16. Abbex04

    Abbex04 Greenhorn

    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    11
    #16
    The marketing strategy about this (earn as you use app or service), is that, the company knows that if they reward you after using their app, you will surely tell your friends about it, and that gives them more customer, money, and cheap Advert, is all about marketing Strategy.
     
    Abbex04, Aug 24, 2020 IP