Hi Casinotime,
Good Question.
A rake system works like this: every player you bring pays a buy-in to sit down in a table or tournament. Around 10% of that buy-in is called a fee. The fee insures that the platform is safe, random and well supported. The accumulative fee from all your players equals rake. You either get a percentage of that rake or a CPA per player that made the threshold.
For longterm affiliates, revenue share is always more profitable. On average it takes around 3 days for an active player to create $50 of rake – so that is the flag of when your player turns to money.
Some affiliates simply don’t decide on one payment plan and go for a hybrid deal of both. This should also be something you consider.
Have a great one,