How to Make Money with Flash Games

Instructions
Things You'll Need:
Computer
Web Editor (optional)
1
Add Advertisements to your
game
For Game Developers:
The first thing you should do
after completing your game is
add advertising to the game file
itself. It is important to do this
BEFORE ever releasing it online to
any website including your own.
The reason for this is that people
can copy your game and place it
on their site, and if you haven't
added ads before they copy it,
the ads will not show in the
version on their site, and you
won't receive credit.
To add advertisements to your
game I suggest using a
company called MochiAds. It is
free to sign up. MochiAds also
allows you to add leaderboards
(AKA highscore boards) to your
game for free and it is easy to
do. Just add one line of code to
your game. Everything is
explained in detail on their site
www.mochiads.com.
(NOTE: You typically earn $0.10-
$0.25 for every thousand plays.
This is a very solid amount
considering good games could
get over 20,000 hits a day
earning $150/month.)
For Website Owners:
You too can earn money using
MochiAds. Just sign up as a
Publisher, and add games from
their collection to your site. You
will earn 10% of the profits every
time an ad is shown in one of
the games you are hosting.
2
Find a sponsor and license your
game.
One of the quickest yet hardest
ways to make money from the
flash games you create is to find
a website who is willing to
sponsor them. With a single
sponsorship, an individual can
make anywhere from $1000-$
7000 for a game. So what is the
catch? Because there is so much
flash content being created daily,
your game has to really stand
out in order for sponsors to be
interested. The graphics and
sounds must be high-quality,
and the programming must be
fluid and flawless. Not to
mention the fact that the game
itself needs to be easy to learn
and addictive to play. If you think
you have what it takes to get a
game sponsored, here are some
sites you should check out.
AddictingGames.com
First, we have
Addictinggames.com. This is
probably the most popular flash
game website on the web. It will
be the most competitive for
trying to earn sponsorship, but it
will also yield the greatest profits.
In addition to an initial sum, it
appears you can earn money if
your game is in the top 25 for
the most hits in any given
month. See the site above for
more information and to submit
a game.
ArmorGames.com
ArmorGames.com also
sponsors games for a profit of $
1500-$7000 per game. Some
games can earn more if they are
of superior quality. See the link
above for all the information.
FlashGameLicense.com
Next, there is a little site called
FlashGameLicense.com. This is a
site dedicated to connecting
potential sponsors with
developers who are looking to
get their games licensed. Simply
sign up using the link above and
browse the site to see what it is
all about. Then submit your own
game to see who might be
interested. The average profit for
this site appears to be around $
1200.
3
Create your own website and
place ads in it.
One way to make money,
whether you make flash games
or not, is to start your own flash
game web site. To do this, I
suggest using GoDaddy.com to
purchase a domain, and use a
web editor like Kompozer to
create your web pages. Sign up
with MochiAds (see link above),
and use their games to build up
a nice inventory (this way you
can earn money from other
people's games). There are
several challenges involved with
making your own site which
include the following:
1. It requires some technical
knowledge about html coding.
2. It costs a small amount of
money.
3. There are already a great
number of flash game sites out
there. Making yours stand out
will be very difficult.
4. It takes time to keep a website
up-to-date.
If you think you are up for the
challenge go for it, and once you
have your site created, add
advertisements to it to start
earning money from your
visitors. Most people have heard
of google's AdSense. This is one
way to place ads on your site,
but I have had better luck with
other companies such as
WidgetBucks . Look around and
see what sites might work best
for you.
4
Send traffic to your site.
This is probably one of the least
effective ways to gain
recognition, but signing up for a
traffic exchange program will
help you get your site name out
and about so people will become
familiar with it. I suggest using
TrafficSwarm . This is how it
works. You open your start page
and click on a link. You have to
look at that page for 20 seconds
in order to get credit, then you
go back and click on another link,
again and again. The credits you
earn are then used to send traffic
to your site. Other people will
click your link the way you
clicked theirs. The reason this
doesn't work so great is that the
people coming to your site are
just trying to earn credits, they
may not be interested in playing
any games. But you never
know, it is worth a shot at least
at the beginning.
5
Get the word out.
Whether you chose to make a
game or to start a site, you need
to let people know about it.
Traffic exchanges are one way,
but one of the best ways is
through forums. Look for a
forum for the type of game you
have made and make a post.
Using the distribution provided
by MochiAds is a GREAT way to
earn recognition for your games.
Promoting a website is a bit
harder. Try posting flyers at
nearby colleges, adding your
website to your forum
signatures, or whatever else you
can think of. Whatever you can
do to get the word out that you
have a new game or site is the
best thing possible.