Mobile Designer / モバイルデザイナー
Mobile Development
"Mobile Affiliates"
Monday, 27 February 2006 at 20:30 GMT, by Jonathan Witte
I cannot begin to stress how much mobile developers and companies should have a "mobile affiliate" account. I have so many on my mobile websites, but each affiliates only brings in 10 yen (8 cents) per click or 100 yen (1 dollar) for users signing up. But with having more than one mobile website and a really good memoriable or typo domain, you could be living off of these. Even some mobile affiliate program offers 15,000 yen ($150) per signing up on a loan!
What is hard to understand is why other countries except for Japan dont have these mobile affiliates, or at least at this writing.
Here are some links to some English mobile affiliates and some Japanese affiliate programs. You need to have a Japanese bank account before you collect your cash...and of course, know some Japanese.
ENGLISH Mobile Affiliate Programs:
- (no English Mobile Affiliate programs at this time...)
JAPANESE Mobile Affiliate Programs:
"CP", What is a "Content Provider"?
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A "Content Provider" is a company who connects businesses that serve a purpose in the mobile industry. As for the United States, the carrier monopolizes content so that all profit from users go directly to the carrier. As for Japan, "content providers" make their own content or from small companies or individuals, connects the two. The process is very strict depending on the carrier. For an example, DoCoMo NTT (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph) used to be a government-run phone company, therefore in the ever-so-slowly changes in Japanese business, NTT keeps its process as it has done for years. It is strict to ensure that it serves the community respectively. As for AU KDDI and Softbank (formally Vodafone), these were private companies. So you can see why the process could be long and difficult for NTT. So for small companies or individuals to have their mobile website on the carriers' "Official Menus", it taks a lot of meetings, development, planning, and money. "Content Providers" link the two parties and takes a small percentage of the profit. Read more »
Flash Lite 3.0 Release!
2/12/07 - Adobe Release
Wow! I was so happy to hear that Adobe was going to release "Flash Lite 3.0"! Development CDKs should be released mid-2007 and then close to the end of 2007. This upgrade will use FLV format for mobile devices instead of the device's video format. My poor friend who spends hours upon hours converting videos is really excited about this move. But unfortunately, until everyone is pushed to newer devices, he will continue converting 3gps, etc......
Accessing Mobile Websites
An alternative in attracting users
Most users access "official websites" from the carrier's menu. But did you know that there are thousands of "UNofficial mobile websites"? How do they access the "UNofficial mobile websites"?
Mobile Flash Menus
New UIs for Mobile Devices
Typically, Mobile websites use xHTML for their homepage. This is a common language to use for mobile website homepages. My company gave me the opportunity to make an "Official Website" for DoCoMo and AU using Flash Lite. We are very proud to be the first to develop this in the world. Here is a short video clip of the menu. Very cool!