When I first started of promoting gambling programs I only promoted casinos/poker/bingo rooms which had their own affiliate program rather than ones which go with network programs such as affiliate window. The main reason is because of the stats issue, you wan’t to see exactly how many people are playing, how many times the client has been download, how many registrations have been made, the total amount of deposits made etc and you can’t access that information on networks like Affiliate Window etc.

Another reason and a much more frustrating one is that a bingo/casino/poker room may one day just decide to drop their relationship with an affiliate network, this happened recently with Sun Bingo dropping their relationship with buy.at, my main reason for signing up with buy.at was to promote Sun Bingo, I made a lot of sales mainly due to their TV exposure etc so I signed up on a commission basis. It was frustrating enough that I only earned commission on sales for 6 months rather than a life time but if Sun Bingo drops buy.at then I make absolutely nothing. After getting no reply from buy.at I can only assume I won’t be recieving any commission after Sun Bingo drop buy.at at the end of the month. If Sun Bingo ran their own program like many excellent bing rooms do (Crown Bingo, Think Bingo etc) then I would expect to earn commission for the 6 months initially agreed.

As such I will find it hard to ever promote a gambling affiliate program through an affiliate network site and instead will rely on the gambling only affiliate networks, most of which are still paying me commissions from players I refered 4+ years ago!

What I’m drinking now - Scrumpy Jack

The world series of poker 2008 got underway a few weeks back and the main event is due to start in a few days. The main event winner could become and instant millionaire or add to his/her existing poker bankroll, one thing is for sure the WSOP is always good news for affiliates. In 2003 Chris moneymaker won the main event for a tasty $2,500,000 after getting his place in the main event via a $39 sattelite, this is said to be the catalyst which sparked the online poker boom with millions of poker newbies hoping to be the next moneymaker. Either way affiliates cash in through a number of ways such as creating sites solely for the WSOP (which is heavily televised), general poker affiliates gaining cash players throughout the event, and sports betting affiliates promoting paddy power bookmakers who are offering 100/1 odds on many pros making the final table.

The main event final table has now been moved all the way back to november this year, giving you extra time to cash in. Some ideas to gain extra players include sites dedicated to each table finalist (their are bound to be some unknowns giving you 0 competition) and creating a site dedicated to WSOP final tables. Start creating those sites now, the final table will be aired in just  a few months!

What I’m Drinking now - Vodka/Dr Pepper