Risk of being tagged as fraudulent.

[bking111]

Hi,
I have a quite large customer base, and I keep constant contact with them at least once a week in order to increase the Player Value as Jeremy wrote in his last article.

Now to the problem, my player's are player's who usually deposit around $50 -$100 at poker and casino sites. Lately there have been more close to $50 than $100. And most of my player's right now loose their deposits at both Casions and Pokerrooms in 1 or 2 days. Does this kind of pattern classify as Fradulent behavior? If so, how do I convince PAW or the Poker/Casino room that I'm not looking to scam anyone?

How do you handle fraudulent affiliates, do you simply refuse to payout the CPA's at the end of the month, without warnings, are you giving those a second chance? Are you picking out specific suspicious fraudulent signups and delete those CPA's?

I'm just afraid of being tagged as a fraudster, and not receiving my CPA at the end of the month as I have spent alot of time convincing players trying your new PAW sites, not to mention marketing.

Btw, you have awesome deals, really liked the new Mansion deal, Nice!

Cheers!

[AceHigh Pino]

I would like to know an answer to this as well. I have encountered the same situation in the past with deals on my own sites, as well as paid ad spots I've purchased on other sites like NWP, PSStakes, and NeverBeg. I'm sure plenty of small to mid-level affiliates (like myself) can relate to what bking has posted. Hopefully there's some type of way to determine who are the *real* fraudsters and those who just have normal recreational player bases who only deposit small amounts every couple pay periods, etc.

[Jeremy]

Hi bking,

Thanks for the inquiry. When we come accross what appears to be CPA fraud we look at several things. Usually it is quite easy to spot.

If you indeed have a list or database that you are marketing to, you should have nothing to worry about. Of course you will have some lower value players, as we all do. But in terms of overall player value, I would also imagine you have some decent players that will pull up the rest.

How do you handle fraudulent affiliates, do you simply refuse to payout the CPA's at the end of the month, without warnings, are you giving those a second chance? Are you picking out specific suspicious fraudulent signups and delete those CPA's?

If we suspect it is fraud we will not accept the payment from the operators, and in turn will not pay the affiliate. In regards to giving a second chance, I suppose this will be on a case by case basis. Personally however, I would not like to continue doing business with someone who intentionally tried to scam me.

Bottom line is just be honest, run an honest business, and you will not have any problems on the PAW network or any other poker affiliate program in the industry.