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Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:25PM (#9358326)
Rejected with http://www.appodeal.com/ (squeeze more revenues from mobile ad networks)

Have been working on it for almost a year now and really close to break even. Probably, because I am the only founder.

Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Saturday April 11, 2015 @12:02AM (#9358435)
Here's my video that I submitted to YC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdR_2AODciE&feature=youtu.be

Might be useful for someone in the future.

Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by csense on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:43PM (#9358389)
If you're "close to break even" that implies you're getting revenue somewhere. But your site says your product is free. So where is the money coming from?
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:45PM (#9358394)
We don't charge publishers.

Appodeal makes money by selling to direct advertisers in bulk at a higher rate. Basically we charge advertisers, rather than publishers.

Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by zdarwazeh92 on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:43PM (#9358388)
Hey i really like what your working on, lets chat.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:48PM (#9358402)
Thank you, really glad to hear that. Inboxed.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by ashbrahma on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:36PM (#9358361)
Interesting project. Could we chat? My email is on my profile page.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:39PM (#9358373)
Thank you. Just sent you an e-mail. Would love to chat.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by yc_smith on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:51PM (#9358409)
This is very similar to the mediation tool Heyzap (YC W09) https://www.heyzap.com has.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Saturday April 11, 2015 @12:01AM (#9358431)
True. Hard to object. Just to double check, are you from YC?
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by therealwill on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:37PM (#9358365)
Awesome site! Really really well done.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:40PM (#9358376)
Apparently, not well enough, haha. Anyway, it might be a good thing after all.
Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by joshmlewis on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:43PM (#9358383)
One of the last things YC cares about is your landing page. Yours is pretty good, don't sweat it.

Edit: To clarify, a good landing page is important but the other things like team, demo, video, and well written answers are more important IMO.

Re:Tell HN: YC Summer 2015 rejections (and presumably invita... by golubevpavel on Friday April 10, 2015 @11:50PM (#9358406)
Well, it took like 3 months to make it look like this. First version was much worse. Luckily we had enough time to polish it up before public launch.