Outing Rogue Affiliates

[SlotsWizard]

What a great post, Dominique.

Every now and then people come along and lash out against affiliates because they simply don't understand any of what you wrote above. I have been on the receiving end of this misplaced animosity more than once.

You work for free, spending countless hours building a site, and you only make money if one of the casinos on your site makes money because someone found your site, clicked on a link, went to the casino, signed up and actually deposited

That part bears repeating, and I will just add "and did not win".

The most nerve-wracking part is that as an affiliate you have no choice to believe the casino's stats are 100% accurate. You can track clicks on your website... but you have no way of knowing what happened once they left your site. You are at the mercy of the casino to hope that they are honest. This nervousness can be reduced by only promoting casinos which are known to be honest and have a good reputation, but even the good ones can turn sour.

[aksana]

First of all I would like to thank you for this thread, because it's really very interesting question.

When I started my website in 2005 I knew nothing about online gambling, but I knew that I could earn money. Yes, that's true, I didn't think about rogue or fair casinos, because I really didn't know about them and didn't know the differences between them. My friend explained me only how I could earn.

Ok, the business was really interesting for me, every evening I worked on my site after my daily work, I tried to categorize all casinos, add content and etc. I worked very hard without any holidays and day offs, I learned online gambling, read articles and etc. More than a year I worked for free, earned nothing from my site. 1 year ago I left my job and now I'm a full-time webmaster and working only on my site.

One day I registered at GPWA, they approved me as a private member, and I started learning about fair and rogue casinos and affiliate programs. It was a big surprise for me that some casinos can cheat players and affiliates, of course I removed them from my site. And it's not a secret, if an affiliate program is GPWA or CAP certified it doesn't mean that this program is trusted. Certified programs mean that they are sponsors of these forums, they pay money for their ads and etc. Of course, they should abide by the GPWA or CAP code of conduct.


I would like to say that the important role in my business had played the CasinoMeister forum, where I met real players, read their complaints, their success stories, and I understood that it's very important to investigate a casino before to start promoting it, it's very important to read its terms and conditions before to say it's fair and safe.

What I wanted to say that not all affiliate sites are rogue, some affiliates try to do the best for their visitors. And earlier I didn't know my business was good or bad, sometimes I thought that it was a big sin, because I knew that players lost their money. But now I know what to do, and I know that it's good what I'm doing. My main role is to prevent players from rogue casinos. Just need time to gather all information...

[GaryWatson]

And it's not a secret, if an affiliate program is GPWA or CAP certified it doesn't mean that this program is trusted. Certified programs mean that they are sponsors of these forums, they pay money for their ads and etc. Of course, they should abide by the GPWA or CAP code of conduct.


I would like to say that the important role in my business had played the CasinoMeister forum, where I met real players, read their complaints, their success stories, and I understood that it's very important to investigate a casino before to start promoting it, it's very important to read its terms and conditions before to say it's fair and safe.

Yes

[RobWin]

I would like to say that the important role in my business had played the CasinoMeister forum, where I met real players, read their complaints, their success stories, and I understood that it's very important to investigate a casino before to start promoting it, it's very important to read its terms and conditions before to say it's fair and safe.

My main role is to prevent players from rogue casinos. Just need time to gather all information...

If only most of the other affiliates felt the same way...what great statements those are aksana...