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[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone,

I’m happy to reply to this thread; your opinions and feedback are really appreciated. We definitely sympathize with your concerns about rake rebates. It has definitely become a growing trend among new Poker affiliates.

Yes Dominique, we do value our affiliates’ well-being and we wouldn’t tolerate an affiliate doing anything that directly harms another. Affiliates will always look for ways to be more competitive as the market grows. It’s important to distinguish between genuine incentives that reward good behaviour and those that lend themselves to abuse. Rake rebates in themselves aren’t necessarily bad, but affiliates who abuse them to steal players or unfairly compete with other affiliates can be. I think that any affiliate that runs an ethical business, incentives or not, could be successful in the long run. Those that work with no regard for others will probably promote themselves out of business.

As for some of the more specific concerns:

acesup wrote:

Lets say I sign up a heavy player, one that plays high limits, 2-3 tables at a time for up to 40 hours a week. He uses my affiliate link and I do not offer him a rake back. Weeks later, he comes across an ad offering a rake back for absolute poker. He punches in the amount of hours, number of tables, and limits he plays into the rake back calculator and determines he can be getting as much as $1500 a month back in rake. He is going to abandon ship and sign up with this program and I lose a great player. This is not fair to the affiliate who originally signed him up.

While no system is perfect, UltimateBet has procedures in place that ensure a player can’t create multiple accounts tagged to different affiliates.

Thanks again for the feedback, and I can say this: no matter what issues come up, we will always do what’s best for our affiliates and our clients.