PokerNations Account Creation
Our site is now open at
www.pokernations.com and you may signup. Be aware that we are still considered under construction. This means you may encounter bugs and/or unfinished features; the work is ongoing. We have brought on admins and moderators, as well as a small group of poker enthusiasts to get started, but our public launch isn't until the end of August. You are welcome to get started now, but we ask that you do not use our sites built-in invite feature until the end of the month. We are anticipating a total membership within our first full-year of operation to reach between 30-50 thousand members.
Choosing Your Account Type
PokerNations features over 25 profile categories. Unlike Myspace, you won't find a Casino with an age and sex, for example. Depending on your needs, you may qualify to utilize multiple accounts on our network. For example, an online gaming site can have a separate profile for their Casino, Poker, Sportsbook and Bingo operations. A land-based Casino could have separate profiles for their Casino, Poker Room, Dining Establishments, Entertainment Venues and Shopping options.
If you are a member of the industry (i.e. employee, company owner) and not a professional poker player, we have an Industry Member category that you can have for your personal use. This way you have a personal account in addition to a company account to represent your brand. Many companies have pros or celebrities that promote them (i.e. online gaming sites, poker coaching companies, etc). In those instances, the company has its own profile, but then each pro or celebrity can also have one as well, giving you greater exposure across our network. If you are unsure of what account type you should select, please email me and I will assist.
Official Profile Badging
To protect your brand/name, we offer Official Profile badges for no charge. These let our members know that the profile or blog their reading actually comes from you. After you've created your account, please email me with your username so I can get the badge applied to your account.
Top Users vs Top Rated & Poker Chips Reward System
Our site features two listing pages, one for Top Users, and one for Top Rated. When you are active on our network, your account will earn Poker Chips. Poker Chips are then used to enter into site giveaways that we'll offer (this is still being coded, members can earn chips but not spend them at this time). Your total Poker Chip accumulated balance (regardless of chips spent or transferred) will determine your accounts placement on the Top Users Page.
Industry members are not eligible to enter our giveaways (it would upset our members greatly if well-known pros or companies were to win our giveaways). But Industry accounts will have the ability to transfer their poker chips to other members. You are not permitted to sell the Poker Chips, but you could run contests of your own via your blog, in our forum, etc. to award some or all of your Poker Chip balance to other members.
When our Giveaway system is in place, PokerNations will be offering up a number of monthly and yearly giveaways, many of which are already planned. But this will also be a useful tool for Industry Members looking to promote their products, brands or services. If you'd like to offer something up to be featured in our Giveaway system, please email
marketing@pokernations.com
The Top Rated page is completely different. All member accounts feature a ratings block of 1-10 stars beneath the members profile picture. Other members can rate you once (and can change their vote at anytime) and then our system will generate a Top 5 List for each profile category (i.e. Top 5 Casinos, Top 5 Poker Pros, etc) on our Top Rated page. There is also an option to View All for each category, in case you missed the Top 5 and would like to see where you rank. The system is coded with a Bayesian Weighted mathematical ranking script.
Advertising & Spam
We are trying to avoid the problems that plague sites like Myspace and Facebook, where members are inundated with spam comments, private messages or offers to join groups whose sole purpose is to push a product or service upon them.
We have a built-in advertising system that ties into Industry Member accounts. This allows you to create and track campaigns, view impressions, clicks and click through rates as well. Advertising is completely optional and you are still welcome to a free Official Profile regardless. More details on paid and free advertising options and rules may be viewed in this forum topic: