Why do you show ads?

SparkChess could not exist without ads and paying customers. Simply put, they pay the bills.

Developing a game like SparkChess, operating a website with over two million monthly views and maintaining a multiplayer service that needs to be up and responsive 24/7 is not cheap.

For example, we use Cloudflare Business so that the game loads as fast as possible, we use an EV SSL certificate to make sure the connection is secure, DNS with failover so the site never goes down, IP filtering to mitigate attacks, code signing certificates so you can trust downloading the game and so on. We even need to buy mobile phones and tablets to make sure SparkChess runs anywhere. Then there’s development and customer support.

We try not to abuse ads – limit their number, avoid questionable type, work with only reputable partners.