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Buzzcity shitty? (15)

10-29-2012 01:47 PM #1 ohaiguyz (Member)
Buzzcity shitty?

Does anybody make money with buzzcity at all? I've spent a couple hundred on at least 8-10 campaigns but the conversion rates are damn low to make sense of ANYTHING.

Also, my banners are getting nice CTRs & 1 cent clicks in the US but nothing seems to convert. Can anybody confirm if raising the bid gives better placements/traffic?

Thanks

10-29-2012 02:28 PM #2 codeface (Member)

i've had buzzcity profitable before on installs...raise your bids.

10-29-2012 03:51 PM #3 jimcrim (Member)

Yep, I agree raise your bids a bit.

10-29-2012 10:13 PM #4 jamescoops (Member)

I have to say Buzz City was one of the first mobile ad networks out there but they really haven't kept up with the field in terms of their user interface etc. Maybe they've suffered as so much of their inventory is from their in-house sites and Asia/ lower value markets? Maybe the pool of inventory you guys are hitting is the in-house mobile social network stuff and the bid raise gets you onto the 3rd party pubs?

10-29-2012 10:38 PM #5 urbanleaf (Member)

We've got a profitable campaign with them right now in Saudi Arabia, but I agree 'normal bids' in US/UK seem to get poor quality traffic and no matter how high you bid you can't get more than a dribble of European traffic. Asia and some middle eastern states are definately their forte.

11-05-2012 07:03 AM #6 vexx (Member)

Yeah buzzcity US traffic sucks, but they are a huge network so somewhere you'll find something good

11-05-2012 07:55 AM #7 wyffgoal (Member)

You should find a way to keep track of the "real traffic" they give you, Buzzcity has lots of shitty traffic such as bot traffic, proxy traffic, and the list goes on. I had a campaign targeting US and the total clicks was about 20k and more than 5k clicks were from Asia, India and almost everywhere... It hurts conversion badly as those users are not going to my actual offer. I find targeting Asia/Middle east will be a lot better compared to US/Canada.

So the way to block those traffic is to find a way to track based on IP along with GEO Data and then give them to your account rep. Your account rep can help you block those traffic as long as you have a way to give them something solid to proceed.

Anyway, I don't like the hassle and just move on to other networks and continue testing, that's just me though.

Hope it helps.

11-05-2012 08:06 AM #8 ohaiguyz (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by wyffgoal View Post
You should find a way to keep track of the "real traffic" they give you, Buzzcity has lots of shitty traffic such as bot traffic, proxy traffic, and the list goes on. I had a campaign targeting US and the total clicks was about 20k and more than 5k clicks were from Asia, India and almost everywhere... It hurts conversion badly as those users are not going to my actual offer. I find targeting Asia/Middle east will be a lot better compared to US/Canada.

So the way to block those traffic is to find a way to track based on IP along with GEO Data and then give them to your account rep. Your account rep can help you block those traffic as long as you have a way to give them something solid to proceed.

Anyway, I don't like the hassle and just move on to other networks and continue testing, that's just me though.

Hope it helps.
Ditto - even I prefer working with traffic sources that allow me to select/reject placements myself. I've moved away from buzzshitty though!

11-08-2012 03:41 AM #9 melvin (Member)

you should use buzzcity for ZA traffic, its pretty decent. I have made some good conversions. and of course, follow the recommended bids

11-13-2012 06:06 PM #10 surly (Member)

Gave up on them after trying shit for the past 2 weeks

11-14-2012 01:06 AM #11 bizkiller (Member)

Ran a test campaign that works well on other platform. Spent $100. made $0. Bie bie Buzzcity

12-11-2012 03:49 PM #12 nitzanmatomy (Member)

I do not work specifically, my associates do and they claim that traffic is really bad.

02-03-2013 07:04 PM #13 h0mp (Member)

Proxy traffic was really bad and I asked to have an option enabled in the interface to block OVI Services traffic about a month ago. They asked me to give the account IDs where I wanted this option to be enabled.

Recently, I saw that this option has now been made available for everyone.
Device Targeting > Others > Exclude Proxied-browser Traffic

And if you would like to exclude Ovi Services on other platforms.. ask to block the following range:

Block 1 (Combos: 8191)
Block start: 66.54.64.0
Block end: 66.54.95.255

02-18-2013 09:37 PM #14 miket (Member)

I've noticed a lot of untargeted and bot traffic coming through from Buzzcity.
If you are going to buy traffic from them, just make sure that you're watching it closely and push for a refund on the bad clicks.

02-18-2013 11:33 PM #15 nissangtr (Member)

Also, make sure to get an account manager.

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