[FeeRan]

Randy - The same thing happened to me in one of my first months.. I think some players may have been creating fraudulant accounts, because my payout was around $3000 and my MGR was like $900. And with my website - ThePokerHookup.com, I have to be extremely careful to prevent fraudulant users from signing up, because I offer $75 for free to players. We have several measures in place to prevent fraud, because we know that Party Poker will NOT pay us if the MGR they generate is too low. That's why I think websites like PPFREE50.com will ultimately fail - they just don't warn players enough about creating multiple accounts.

From looking at your stats, I can say with absolute certainty, that some fraud was occuring... either on your part, or the part of a user signing up with you. If the players just averaged $9.25 MGR, then the affiliates department was right when saying, "all the players have stopped playing without any further activity on the Partypoker tables." That means most of the players played enough to get their bonus, and quit. It's extremely unlikely that 29 legitimate players bought in 50 bucks, then just quit after they lost.

How were you promoting Party Poker, online or offline? Did you offer a special promotion? Give us a website or something. This will help me make some suggestions for you in the future.

I have dealt with your affiliate manager before, and sometimes it gets ridiculous because he doesn't answer any e-mails. When he was witholding my money, I had to set up a different e-mail address to get his attention. Party Poker should not be ignoring it's affiliates, and it should be held responsible for this. They should always answer serious affiliate inquiries - especially when it is regarding thousands of dollars. Ignoring the problem isn't going to make it go away.

That being said, once you get ahold of your affiliate manager, he will offer you an amicable solution if you are reasonable with him. Don't accuse him of anything or get extremely angry, just politely ask him for a compromise. The best compromise you are going to get is this: Once the Monthly Gross Revenue of all your players equals Party Poker's Payout, they will release your money. I think that is extremely reasonable of Party Poker to do(and they will do it), because once the total MGR equals the money they pay you, they are making $0 profit. There is no way the Affiliates Department will pay you if they are making negative profit. They may also agree to make partial payments - once your players have reached $1000 MGR they may release $1000 to you.

If none of your players are playing right now, it will be very hard to get to the total MGR that you need to get them to give you your money. Here is what I reccomend doing: Set your friends up with some MGR accounts. This means you will make 20% of their rake, and the rest of the Monthly Gross Revenue will go to Party Poker's profits. If you have several friends you know you can trust to play a lot, this will help accelerate your earnings for Party Poker. Also, start promoting your MGR trackers everywhere. Start a website, buy Jeremy's e-book, and start raking in that money from MGR. Once you get your Monthly Gross Revenue to your bonus amount, you will be sitting on your $2770, as well as a healthy base of players to keep getting you part of Party Poker's rake.

Basically, you are going to have to be patient. Complaining with Party Poker is going to get your nowhere. Being productive, and getting your earnings up, is going to. Do NOT promote anymore CPA trackers until you get your payment. That will just make matters worse. It may take a few months, but if you take the right course of action, you will get your money.

Hope this post was helpful.
(Remember to tell me how you were promoting the website, this will help me give you suggestions for your future promotions)