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PopAds throttling - what's for? (6)

07-04-2015 03:13 AM #1 ericchuawc (Member)
PopAds throttling - what's for?

Hi everyone,

Each time I run a campaign and edit the existing campaign, I always will see this

Code:
Your campaign is currently throttled to spending not more than $3 per minute. Make sure to have more than $15 remaining in both budget and daily budget to avoid throttling.
Since I am testing at lower budget, example

$7.50/day (3 times payout of $2.50)
Budget $15 (test for 2 days, will add more later)

So is throttling good or bad to my campaign? I also noticed in popads campaign, I can set manual or auto for throttling too. What's this is all about? Is this something important to tweak the campaign?

Any tips? Thanks.

07-04-2015 03:28 AM #2 integrity (Member)

It'll simply limit your campaign from spending your budget as fast as it could to prevent it from overspending.

07-04-2015 07:37 AM #3 ericchuawc (Member)

Noted. so for new campaigns, I don't have to bother about this as well as the manual or auto setup right?

07-04-2015 10:10 AM #4 lavish (Member)

You're confused.

The 3x time payout rule is per placement (at the top level). PopAds has 100s of placements if not 1000's.

A $7.50 budget per day is going to waste a lot of your time and effort. if your total budget is $15 (for a $2.50 payout you'd need more) then you can get data in 10 minutes vs 48 hours at your current setup.

07-04-2015 04:09 PM #5 ericchuawc (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by lavish View Post
You're confused.

The 3x time payout rule is per placement (at the top level). PopAds has 100s of placements if not 1000's.

A $7.50 budget per day is going to waste a lot of your time and effort. if your total budget is $15 (for a $2.50 payout you'd need more) then you can get data in 10 minutes vs 48 hours at your current setup.
any recommendation for daily budget and a total budget to start with a new campaign? Thanks.

07-05-2015 03:47 AM #6 qureyoon (AMC Alumnus)

No set of rules, it all depends on your risk/loss/budget aversion etc.

Just that if you compare these:

Code:
Aff A:
 $5    $5    $5    $5    $5    $5    $5    $5    $5    $5    $5    $5   
-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
 D1    D2    D3    D4    D5    D6    D7    D8    D9    D10   D11   D12  

Aff B:
 $15   $15   $15   $15  
-----|-----|-----|-----|
 D1    D2    D3    D4
Both assume $60 total budget per campaign, to test low payout offers (<$0.3)

By the time Aff B finished his budget, he would've have found out that the campaign is not working.
And proceed to test the next one.

In the same time that A finished and found out (the very first campaign that B also tested) that the offer not working, B have tested 2 more.

So, up to you. That's why most seniors here will recommend to have at lest $1k to test. And what they mean is that we can BUY DATA FAST. And test.
That's the point of going 'paid traffic' route.

But take note that you spend it 'wisely' (cut placement, banners etc.) to get data that is worth to what you paid. No point burning through all $60 without knowing which placements works, what CTR is acceptable, what CR (if any) for offer A B C etc.
If you just burn $$ hoping to see what sticks, I suggest you take a break. Revisit all the cookbook, and rethink your strategy.

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