# (SOLVED) Why do i have to pay 5% on admob, when im paying a subscription fee? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Tags:** admob, question\ **Created:** [March 24, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-do-i-have-to-pay-5-on-admob-when-im-paying-a-subscription-fee/531845 "2020-03-24T05:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-do-i-have-to-pay-5-on-admob-when-im-paying-a-subscription-fee/531845/4 "2020-03-24T09:59:05Z")
> [@animensmoke](#): > > Why exactly do i have to pay 10% from admob @animensmoke the commission for AdMob is 5% and not 10% as you initially stated. Can you please amend the title of this post to reflect this. > [@animensmoke](#): > > and still have to pay a pro membership, That’s the thing, you only need a PRO membership to download your app. Once it’s in the store it will, if you’ve done you marketing correctly, earn revenue indefinitely. The 5% commission goes towards the staffing costs incurred in maintaining our MCM network, manually reviewing apps to ensure they meet Google’s guidelines, delivering training resources to our AdMob users, developing growth plans for their business and promoting their apps to our wider network of followers and users. > [@animensmoke](#): > > i don’t feel like giving away any more money You’re not “giving away” money in the sense that this is not an up-front cost. If you don’t earn any revenue you won’t pay any commission. > [@animensmoke](#): > > I may want to wait till X is at a CLASSIC level. The feature set of Thunkable X surpassed that of Classic several months ago. The main benefit, commercially, to using Thunkable X is that you can publish for Android and for iOS, and iOS is significantly more lucrative than Android. You can see a detailed breakdown in this post from last November: > [@Cross Over to Thunkable ✕](http://community.thunkable.com/t/cross-over-to-thunkable/310008): > > Just wanted to do a quick update on the status of Classic and to give you all a run down of some of the components that are available to you in Thunkable X: [[Cross Over to Thunkable ✕] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0s1hiBMz5Y) Here’s the spreadsheet that I was looking at in the video: * * * > [@animensmoke](#): > > classic truly had the potential. Just in case you weren’t aware, Classic will be winding down in about 3 months time: > [@Thunkable Classic is Retiring -- What you need to know](http://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-classic-is-retiring-what-you-need-to-know/240948): > > Dear Thunkers, As you know, we are planning to retire the Thunkable Classic platform. Why is Thunkable Classic retiring? With Thunkable Classic, you can only build Android apps. With Thunkable X, you can build apps for both Android and iOS. It makes more sense to only have one platform, so our team can focus on putting out the best features and service. What does this mean? On November 1, 2019 , you will no longer be able to sign up for a new account on Thunkable Classic (you will still be… * * * > [@animensmoke](#): > > i am trying to see what other options i have You can always _sell_ your app in the Play Store/App Store, and this way you’re not dependent on advertiser revenue to sustain your business. * * * Hope that gives you some insight into the resources that are required to run our AdMob program and the reasons why you get to keep 95% of your revenues. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-why-do-i-have-to-pay-5-on-admob-when-im-paying-a-subscription-fee/531845)._