this whole rakeback issue has just cannibalized on everyone’s revenue and made the poker earnings rather crap, favoring large scale rakeback affiliate sites. its impossible to work on rev share because players have no lifetime value, and leaves only one choice – working on CPA (which inherently is very shortsighted, since big players can generate substantial revenue).
i had the same thing with chipleader, and now am paying rakeback to the player. i’m happy that i didnt lose the guy, but at the same time dont understand why chipleader gave my details to him.
eventually some consolidation over methods of operations will have to be done within the poker affiliate industry, as the current situation is a complete mess & unsustainable.