Is it Trust or is it a Popularity contest? Affiliates vs Straight up

[BingoT]

I like to ask everyone what makes your mind up on joining any gaming site.
Affiliates vs Straight up with the gaming site?
Because why I ask this is because I have many that joined things I have that are from other forums telling me to never say a word about them.

Is it Trust or is it a Popularity contest?
And I have worked with many people to get issues resolved by some of the Bingo/Casinos privately through IM or Email support without talking trash about them in anyplace and all issues were all worked out just fine.
The only one's I have had trouble with were the one's that the player had multiple accts with them.and this is the most talked about that I ran into.
In the most part I only ran into one issue that I didn't get paid for awhile was from someone that worked with Bingosuite and that was paid after a short battle because someone that is well known gave this person a new job and that person said that for the best interest is to get me paid off and let it be.
I do not tell the names of anyone because it's not me.
We all have to work together and things all work out in the end.

Thank You
B-T (Tom)

[brianzz]

Anytime I ever see a promotion banner or post or something for a casino I type the name of the casino into the browser directly completely by-passing the affiliate system. I feel like why should I make money for someone for me losing and all they had to do was lay on their ass and post a banner?

[Mark]

Anytime I ever see a promotion banner or post or something for a casino I type the name of the casino into the browser directly completely by-passing the affiliate system. I feel like why should I make money for someone for me losing and all they had to do was lay on their ass and post a banner?

Hmm I am sure there are a lot of affiliates who put a lot of time and effort in who would disagree.

[Seaman63]

Anytime I ever see a promotion banner or post or something for a casino I type the name of the casino into the browser directly completely by-passing the affiliate system. I feel like why should I make money for someone for me losing and all they had to do was lay on their ass and post a banner?

Well brianzz, actually I think us affiliates do much more than laying on their asses, we are part of the industry and a huge control mechanism. Our feed back is important for the casinos marketing and without affiliates you would not find any control about honesty and rogueness.

I guess, you would not have found a place to post your opinion either without affiliates.

[GGW Laurie]

Anytime I ever see a promotion banner or post or something for a casino I type the name of the casino into the browser directly completely by-passing the affiliate system. I feel like why should I make money for someone for me losing and all they had to do was lay on their ass and post a banner?

Hmm I am sure there are a lot of affiliates who put a lot of time and effort in who would disagree.

Well brianzz, actually I think us affiliates do much more than laying on their asses, we are part of the industry and a huge control mechanism. Our feed back is important for the casinos marketing and without affiliates you would not find any control about honesty and rogueness.

I guess, you would not have found a place to post your opinion either without affiliates.

..............i can understand the point brian is trying to make as well as yours mark and seamans , a player sometimes doesnt understand all the going ons an affiliate has to go thru , promoting good sights, hoping the casino site he/she promotes pays, but you do get paid off of what others deposit.....right? or maybe i myself need a little help in understanding affiliate class 101............laurie

[KasinoKing]

Anytime I ever see a promotion banner or post or something for a casino I type the name of the casino into the browser directly completely by-passing the affiliate system. I feel like why should I make money for someone for me losing and all they had to do was lay on their ass and post a banner?

I am exactly the opposite. When I first discovered CasinoMeister I had no idea what an affiliate even was. When I found out I always joined any new casino via his link (if he has one) to show my appreciation of all the work & effort he's put in to making this the best casino forum on the net.
If Bryan is not promoting a place I want to join, I try to join through other affiliates who post here. In fact I signed up to two Rivals via Bingo T's links - and this was after I became an affiliate myself!

As for sitting on our asses... well I don't know about others, but I personally have spent just about every spare minute of every day for 2 years trying to make my site as informative & helpful as possible. I try to give all the accurate bonus information players need, and guide them in my methods which have allowed me to make regular profits from online casinos for 7 straight years. It sure ain't no banner farm! If people like what they see they can click my links... or not. There's nothing we affiliates can do to MAKE people click our links - they are totally free to make their own minds up.
After all's said & done though, I still see myself as a player first, affiliate second. My sites were started just as part-time hobbies really.

[BingoT]

Thanks KK
When are you going to start playing j/k
I love ya man your great people.
I always look at it this way too any affiliate should fight tooth & nail for any player.and I think all affiliates should offer some type of incentive for the player also and i'm not talking stupid contests because they all come from the site and not out of the affiliates pocket if you know what I mean.
Like at one point the only crazy thing I ever talked about as in a contest was for slotocash but I never pushed it because I really don't like running a contest so people can join.
And I also say if anyone joins a place from a affiliate link this is to me Insurance for them if they need a helping hand with anything as a player if the player runs into any type of trouble they may have with anyplace.
I also have to say alot of affiliates do this under pure Greed and nothing more.
It's my two cents worth.
Thanks

[Jasminebed]

Not all affiliates are created equal. It was actually KK who took time out of his busy life to answer some of my questions, and led to my participation on Meister. I get spam from affiliates all the time, and anyone who promotes any of the rogued sites would not get my signup even at a reputable site!

I made a point of using his site to sign-up for a couple of casinos, and also Casino Meister for all the information I have obtained here.

I've visited a lot of members' pages, and I can see the hard work that many affiliates put in.

But I must admit that my most recent signup at 3Dice was right from their page. I felt a twinge of guilt at first, and even more so now!

But if there is someone you help out, I don't think it is out of line to ask that they click your banners to show their loyalty. Many people may not be aware that you receive compensation via this method. Affiliates that go to bat for their clients will generate loyalty. It's not just about "popularity".

But Bingo, if I ever wanna ride the bingo bus to Foxwoods or Moheican Sun, I'll be sure to PM you. I love your jokes, and my B&M visits are by bus. A good tour operator can make a trip that you lose your money at.

[BingoT]

Bingo, if I ever wanna ride the bingo bus to Foxwoods or Moheican Sun, I'll be sure to PM you. I love your jokes, and my B&M visits are by bus. A good tour operator can make a trip that you lose your money at.

And i'll take good care of ya too.or anyone for that matter.
Let me know when your in town.
Thanks

[aminair]

There's nothing we affiliates can do to MAKE people click our links - they are totally free to make their own minds up.

Then why don't you place a remark or statement under or next to the banner/link clearly stating that you will gain a lifetime commission on all losses incurred by the player should they click on your banner/link to the casino?

Not every player realises that they are giving you a commission. I don't see that as being fair - do you?

They should have the whole affiliate thing explained clearly to them, therefore letting the player decide if you the affiliate have done a job good enough to warrant a click.