Monetize your Windows Phone 7 Apps

 
Make More Money

When multiple advertisers compete in real time to buy ads in your apps, you win. Make more money from your in-app ads with the Microsoft Advertising Ad Control than with other in-app ad solutions.

Quick and Easy

Our simple, drag-and-drop ad controls are built right into the Windows Phone SDK. The Windows Phone SDK combined with pubCenter’s self-serve sign-up, reporting, and automated payouts ensure a seamless experience for developers.

See What’s Working
Gauge your success anytime with convenient real time reporting on ad volume and payout – the data you need to optimize for best user experience and advertising yield. 

 

Get started in three easy steps

Download the SDK Drag and Drop: The Microsoft Advertising Ad Control for Windows Phone is built right into the Windows Phone SDK, making it easy to develop your app. Read these best practices to ensure you are achieving the highest monetization possible.
Sign Up for pubCenter Mobile  Register Your Mobile App: Sign up and register your Windows Phone apps using Microsoft pubCenter.

Implement and Submit  Implement and Submit: Set the Application Id and Ad Unit Id properties in the Ad Control and submit your ad-enabled app to the Windows Phone marketplace to make money.


Helpful Links:



1. Frequently Asked Questions


2. Monetization Best Practices


3. Please email or visit the Microsoft pubCenter for Mobile Forum (that’s monitored by pubCenter support specialists) once you have registered to Microsoft Advertising pubCenter.


4. Microsoft Download Center: Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone


5. Read Important Updates about Microsoft Advertising SDK Announcements:
  • The July 2011 Windows Phone Developer blog announcing the upcoming mobile in-app advertising market expansion in 18 countries by the end of 2011

 

 

  • The December 2010 Microsoft Advertising blog where Microsoft released an update to the Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone 7 that allows ad-enabled mobile gaming apps.

 

  • The September 2010 Microsoft Advertising’s solution for Windows Phone 7 publishers and developers announcement blog on Microsoft Advertising.