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lucky2 wrote:1st tier – OLD-affiliates may or may-not get screwed.
2nd tier – NEW-affiliates will definitely get screwed.This is too funny.
Yes, some programs are taking that route recently.I was just discussing with someone recently that we should keep lists of programs and what their T&Cs are. For new affiliates, it is imperative to very carefully read all T&Cs.
The question about the other Iglobal properties is a good one. Will we see the same there?
Is anyone testing to make sure that we are not losing players after 60 days of inactivity? I would like to know the results. I will try to do the same.
Perhaps this is a new twist on multi-tiered programs.
1st tier – OLD-affiliates may or may-not get screwed.
2nd tier – NEW-affiliates will definitely get screwed.Yes, perhaps.. However there are some interesting affiliate programs like pokerroom.com, pokerchamps and poker.com, even though I haven’t read all of their affiliate agreements. It feels like new programs are good to begin with but as they grow larger they look for ways to reduce their payments to affiliates. They also use the agreements (three month rules etc) to force affiliates to promote them actively otherwise they’ll lose their players. I think programs that have an honest approach with a straight revenue share deal with no strings attached will have the most success.
It does look like the programs were a lot more affiliate friendly when they were young. Once they achieved a certain size and are quite stable they are wondering if the affiliate expense is really necessary.
Certainly the smaller programs appear to be more accomodating.
Lets keep that in mind as we watch more and more acquisitions take place.
The 3 month rule is meant to keep you promoting mostly that particular program. It is much more hurtful to new affiliates than established ones, but it can really hurt anyone who may get sick, lose search engine position for some reason etc. One should avoid promoting programs with that clause.
Bundling is another bad thing – it wipes out all your income for the month if you have one large winner in one casino. If you place too much importance on promoting a program with this rule, you also are jeopardizing what little security we can carve out for ourselves.
The moral of the story:
1. Read your T&Cs!!!!! Don’t promote programs that bundle or have a 3 month clause.
2. Read the messages on CAP. Don’t promote places that breached contract. They can do it again any time, pulling the carpet out from under you!
Dominique,
What do you mean by “bundling”? I’m not familiar with what this is (relative newbie).
A program has a number of casinos for you to promote. Many programs like that will treat the casinos as the seperate properties they are. That way, if you have a big winner in one casino, it only wipes out your commission in that one casino, and you still get paid for your work from the others.
Bundling is when a loss in one casino wipes out the income from all the casinos. You get nothing and you have promoted 6 or more casinos. That substantially cuts into your income.
I came here to complain about not being able to set up trackers for my PartyPoker account (keep getting internal server errors), but I guess i wont bother now. Looks like its only Pokerroom for me at the moment.
This may be slightly off topic but it does relate to terms and conditions – I haven’t been able to find the minimum deposit needed for a per sign-up plan, but I have heard it is $50. Does anyone know if this is the case?
I may switch to a percentage plan later but for now I need to make sure I can pay the server bills even if someone hits the jackpot. :p
even if someone hits the jackpot.
you’re safe. Nobody loses money when promoting poker. But its true that you might make more money sooner using the cpa than you will taking the % route.
