The proper solution is to have the poker room disburse incentives instead of making affiliates spend their own money to support the room.
I am sure it is a very attractive model to the room since think they will save all this incentive money, having the affiliate pay for it instead. The poor affiliates have to compete on a whole different level, always offering a percentage more than their peers, losing their income in the process.
Affiliates operating on this level have little or no loyalty to the rooms, they will happily move their players to another room should the player have previously signed under a non rake back affiliate.
It makes for a lose-lose situation – either the room caves in and moves the player from the rightful affiliate’s account under the rake back aff (in effect facilitating theft), or the room loses the player.
What do you think the room will do here?
Mihai is just getting started here, he will feel the headaches as they start taking over his business day.
If you want to spend your own money on the room’s behalf, go ahead.
If you don’t want to offer rake back, make sure you don’t advertise rake back rooms. You will lose, whether you know it or not.
Like I said, this issue will take care of itself.