Trackers - Questions - And More

[Jeremy]

Hi guys,

If you have a tracker through us, it is working. However, if you do not have faith in the system or the individual room then I would suggest not promoting it. Perhaps we can do a test on the system? I am confident the trackers are working however as the pokernews network of sites operates off the same exact system and we have sign-ups for all three rooms in question.

This leads me to a few other things.

Affiliates are paid to bring new players, thats what we do. Its the Poker sites that have to do a better job at retention

While I do agree with this 100%, it is obvious when aff.'s are giving their buddies $25 to deposit and play. This is not the case with most of the guys here and in this thread. However with these attractive CPA's it has happened to us a few times and that is why a few of the rooms are no longer issuing new trackers. (Don't kill the messenger, I'm just reporting the facts)

From day 1 in this industry I have hated promoting small rooms and it is because all the bullshit involved like unreliable tracking, wishy washy deals, and poor communication.

In order for the PAW network to thrive we need to drop the dead weight (both affiliates and rooms) and pick up some solid rooms like FullTilt and PokerStars for starters. Then we cannot bring on any ony of these smaller rooms unless we have a great AM like Mark from Sunpoker, or until they have proven themselves.

The future of this network relies on bigger rooms joining, not a handful of small rooms that don't convert or retain. Furthermore with all the payment processing drama going on right now, being on the PAW network can alleviate many of these issues for the affiliate. We are Australian based and have no issues. In reality if the bugs get worked out, the theory behind it is amazing and will be very helpful to U.S. based affiliates.

I do apoligize for the shaky start, considering all that has transpired in the past few months I am just happy that we are all still here in this industry promoting.

I am a little perplexed on how to handle the jackasses rolling us on CPA's though. When we bring on FullTilt and Stars (coming this weekend or shortly thereafter) we as a group cannot afford to lose the deals due to bad affiliates trying to make a quick buck.

Dropping the dead weight and bringing on these two rooms will be a complete 180 for the network. However if these two rooms pull out do to CPA fraud, we mine as well pack it up and say gg, nh.

Feel free to share your thoughts.

[TEENPATTINEWS]

We do agree with you Jeremy in all earnest, and are waiting for these wonderul new alliances to be announced with FullTilt and Pokerstars.

Wish you all the best..

You are a great guy..

Teenpattinews Team.

[kdollar]

I think it would be great to promote full tilt and stars through paw. I am eager to change my trackers and earn more

[Graham]

It would have been nicer to have a more comforting post willing to check into individual peoples stats/links rather than "if you do not have faith in the system or the individual room then I would suggest not promoting it".

I think it would be nice to see some sites such as Poker Stars and Full Tilt on the PAW system, but I really think you should have a tougher screening method for affiliates. I strongly believe that for the most part people are honest, but there are always those cases where people will do what is needed to make a quick buck.


Anyway, good luck with the system and I am sure I will get back on again once the quirks have been worked out as I think it is very beneficial to everyone.

[Darko]

wow - looking forward to promting full tilt on PAW as i havent been able to promote your other sites on the paw network as i have mostly usa players

[DontLook]

I do not think it would take Jeremy or whoever very long to weed out the affiliates who are ruining it. Just look at the rake some of those big affiliates refered players have been generating.