What the FREAK is going on with this industry??

[corpfan1]

Can't anyone get it right?

I am still waiting for an affiliate program to get all the parts oiled and in working order.

I think right now the closest ones are PAW and CHAN!

Here is what is going on:

1. Full Tilt - pretty reputable, but fees and some lack of communication hurts the program.

2. Poker Stars - it has been AGES since we have been promised a new backend...ummm...actually an actual backend! No MGR to boot!

3. Chipleader (UB/AP) - has been off for a while now - complaints everywhere you go on forums and from other affiliates. All kinds of glitches and no subaffiliate stats at UB backend right now.

4. Mansion - switching networks...reducing bonuses...inconsistent support...banners often not working...affiliate stats taking forever to update...site down a lot.

5. Bodog - newbodog - bodoglife - enough said.

6. PokerAffiliate - not paying most affiliates - especially US players. Almost impossible to get ahold of support.

7. PartyPartners - hardly any support. Some tracking issues last month.

8. EuroPartners - history of tracking issues..but actually reliable as of late in comparison to others!

9. PDC - conversions seem to be diving. Is it Carbon? Is it Poker.com? Why do all payments have to go to player account?

10. PokerHeaven - Euros, dollars, rubels, oh my....


Is there really any need to go on??

And this is only SOME of what is up lately...most of these programs lack US players....bonus codes....and other features of a great affiliate program!

Are they just TOO BUSY to add features/correct issues that are troubling affiliates? Do they not have the man/woman power? Why all the problems/lack of support lately?

I for one just don't understand...they have such a great resource out there (us) and are really NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE.

Sorry for the rant, but the last 3 months have been really annoying from an affiliate point of view and I am not even talking about REVENUE...just program support and backends!

Any other opinions out there? I think this would make a good discussion starter!

[Holis]

Try cake

ANywhere Shenaz goes ill follow!

[kaus]

Originally Posted by Holis

Try cake

ANywhere Shenaz goes ill follow!

Maybe if you are lucky to get Shenaz...sent an email to Chris he responded 2 weeks later, which of course ment one more email from me...havnt heard a thing since and that was two months ago....At that point just dont care to be bothered with it anymore.

nice post Corpfan!

[Shenaz]

Hi kaus,

Can you email me at and I will take care of whatever you need.

Talk to you soon.

[Holis]

lol I didnt even know she was reading *blushes*

[kaus]

Originally Posted by Shenaz

Hi kaus,

Can you email me at and I will take care of whatever you need.

Talk to you soon.

Hey thanks and OMG that was fast Actually I was sending an email right now anyway. Thanks Shenaz and Holis

[Randy]

I've been really pleased with Bodog, and their domain problems don't really bother me much at all. I'm really happy with Full Tilt Poker too. I know a lot of people get mad about their fees or whatever, but at the end of the month, I'm getting good amounts of cash from them in exchange for the traffic I'm sending, and that's what counts.

I've been disappointed with some other programs too for various reasons, but I just minimize the amount of exposure they get. I don't think you necessarily need a dozen good affiliate programs to do well in this industry. You can make a fortune from 2 or 3 programs.

[Jeremy]

We are going to be adding CakePoker to the PAW network this week as well. Shenaz is great and I would encourage everyone to work with her.

Yea, nice post Corp.......... It gets frustrating especially to the full time affiliates whom depend on timely payments and accurate stats to make a living.

[PokerProp]

I'm very happy with:
Bodog, Cake, Chili Poker.
Also happy with Duplicate Poker (through both PAW and CJ.com)
Also happy with Royal Card Club though not converting as well as i could be if I could market Microgaming rakeback more directly.

PDC/Merge/Carbon w/e you want to call them I now dislike very much. I've got a whole bunch of different affiliate account with partners I own part of. I should talk to them all and put them all up for sale if they allow them to be sold because I doubt I'll ever affiliate that network on any new sites I launch and have not been excited about giving them much spotlight in quite some time.

Full Tilt, conversions suck for me lately 1 real money for every 10 sign ups lately (or at least only 1 per 10 earning the 100 required points for CPA)

Poker Affiliate: I need to unsubscribe from that damn payment report email because its depressing to get that every couple weeks while I still have returned fake checks in my desk drawer and no other news.

Mansion: WTF I hope start are just not updating this month because WOW MGR has dropped drastically since the network change.

Sportsbook.com: This one was decent but now I'm in the process of pulling them because they are crooks.

PokerStars: Conversions suck for me

Party: nothing bad to really say here, there not on the top of my list but it earns several hundred per month still on MGR but I don't really get many new players.

[LadyHoldem]

Hollis you sound devoted, loyal and well taken care of, happen to have a referall link?