Life after promoting poker.....

ethomps · #1 06-27-2006, 07:01 PM

Hi Guys,

It seems that alot of people around here have been putting sites up for sale, it may be just a quincidence but I strongly believe it is because of the fear of Online poker beeing outlawed in the U.S.

Hypothetically speaking lets say online poker does become outlawed and has no existence in the U.S.A. by 2008, what will do you as your source of income? Will you remain an affiliate of some sort, go back to what you use to do, look for something new?

I am sort of in the process for looking for another source of income right now because I just feel the poker affiliate market has become so competitive. Also I understand that I will not be able to do this forever.

Anyone that has anything that they are doing well with right now, I would love to hear about it. I am currently trying to make money off of Ebay by selling sporting tickets, and have had some sucess so far.

Ethomps

Jay · #2 06-27-2006, 07:29 PM

Online poker might become 'outlawed' but 'has no existence' will never, EVER, EVER occur. So I'm not worried in the least.

Case in point? Pirated movies, illegal drugs, illegal types of porn. It's all still there even though it might have been 'outlawed'.

But looking into other industries is definitely a good idea.

hoursurfing · #3 06-27-2006, 07:31 PM

I think it's just a coincidence or people over reacting. If a ban goes up on every state people will continue to play.

ICISIC · #4 06-27-2006, 07:54 PM

not worried one bit

ethomps · #5 06-27-2006, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jay

Online poker might become 'outlawed' but 'has no existence' will never, EVER, EVER occur. So I'm not worried in the least.

Case in point? Pirated movies, illegal drugs, illegal types of porn. It's all still there even though it might have been 'outlawed'.

But looking into other industries is definitely a good idea.

It is tough to find out who is doing these type of criminal activities. As for finding out who is playing online poker, I think it could be easily enforced by the FBI requesting account information from the poker rooms for every american player and seeing the activity of there account.

Ethomps

Bryan · #6 06-27-2006, 08:52 PM

They FBI has no authority over any of those poker rooms and thus they wouldn't have to cooperate whatsoever.

I'm not really worried either. Poker has been around a long time and will continue to grow.

I actually see it being made legal by the federal govt. before I see it going illegal. Too much revenue to turn down.

Once they get their act together and figure out how to get a piece of it, it will become legal and regulated.

I think we're all ok for quite a while.

Bryan

gumbajohnny · #7 06-27-2006, 10:52 PM

United States of America, home of the free.
Except to play online poker.

cylai · #8 06-27-2006, 11:27 PM

The best way is to have few income streams. Do not depends on poker affiliate commission to be your sole income source.

There are other niche is is unsaturated and yet can be profitable if done right. eg: dog training, dating, tattoo... etc etc

Jay · #9 06-28-2006, 01:50 AM

Got more details on the tattoo niche, cylai? What specific tattoo are we talking about here? ;-)

Aff Manager · #10 06-28-2006, 03:22 AM

I wouldn't worry about it being outlawed - there's a lot of talk about it, but the enforcement of it would be nigh on impossible.

However, the competitiveness of the market is fierce and getting fiercer! Because of this, it makes sense to investigate other supplementary incomes - my advice would be too stick to affiliating - if you can make it as an affiliate in this industry, you'll find most other industries a piece of cake! Just apply the skills and initiative you've used here, and you'll be suprised how easy you find it!