Affiliate re-tag

[kasperi]

Is it possible to re-tag existing Poker account to some affiliate to take part their rakeraces and other promotions?  

[Magicadil]

Only if they allow you to add username manually. If you have to sign up through a link, then no, you can't.

[kasperi]

Affiliate races=more players=more rake=more profit to site?

[Andrew]

It's not allowed.  That affiliate didn't actually bring you in as a player.  Personally I hate affiliate rake races etc and I'd much prefer we got rid of them all.  However, that isn't a fight I think I should be spending my time on at the moment, particularly when my main goal at the moment is for us to acquire more players.

[Sect7G]

The problem with the affiliate business is they are rewarded via rake.  Payments should be based on "losses" or some other metric that truly defines a players value to the site. 

I'll admit that I do find it frustrating that I knew about Unibet... I know about affiliates and rake races and I chose to sign up for Unibet on my own and now I miss out on extra prizes.  But think about that last sentence and then consider why the system is so broken.  Affiliates should be signing up people that don't know about Unibet instead of courting the crowd on poker forums that are well aware of their options.

 

A question for Andrew and feel free to PM if you can't answer this publicly.  How much in terms of % of profits from a player would Unibet be willing to give up if an "affiliate" brought in litterally thousands of high value players that don't even play poker but would be willing to try and would likely indulge in Sports betting by preference? 

 

 

[jonny2192]

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@Sect7G wrote:

The problem with the affiliate business is they are rewarded via rake.  Payments should be based on "losses" or some other metric that truly defines a players value to the site. 

I'll admit that I do find it frustrating that I knew about Unibet... I know about affiliates and rake races and I chose to sign up for Unibet on my own and now I miss out on extra prizes.  But think about that last sentence and then consider why the system is so broken.  Affiliates should be signing up people that don't know about Unibet instead of courting the crowd on poker forums that are well aware of their options.

 

A question for Andrew and feel free to PM if you can't answer this publicly.  How much in terms of % of profits from a player would Unibet be willing to give up if an "affiliate" brought in litterally thousands of high value players that don't even play poker but would be willing to try and would likely indulge in Sports betting by preference? 

 

 

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I was thinking the same the other day, all the affiliates are fighting for the same people that know about poker and rakeback etc.

There doesnt seem to be many if any trying to draw people in that dont know poker.

[Andrew]

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@jonny2192 wrote:

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I was thinking the same the other day, all the affiliates are fighting for the same people that know about poker and rakeback etc.

There doesnt seem to be many if any trying to draw people in that dont know poker.

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That's how it looks to me too, particularly as there're several good casino, sports and bingo affiliates who do great SEO and PPC work.  Even in those cases it's not REALLY what we're after as we do our own SEO and PPC, but it's a bit lesss insular.  

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@Sect7G wrote:

 

A question for Andrew and feel free to PM if you can't answer this publicly.  How much in terms of % of profits from a player would Unibet be willing to give up if an "affiliate" brought in litterally thousands of high value players that don't even play poker but would be willing to try and would likely indulge in Sports betting by preference?  

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Sorry, I haven't a clue.  I leave that stuff to the affiliate team.