This seems like a given to me, but to reiterate greek39’s point:
Obviously, we want all the good affiliates we can get. Who doesn’t? That said, we are in a partnership! Nobody expects you to ‘invest’ your traffic in something that isn’t producing results.
So, if it’s not working for you – that sucks, and if you move on I’m sorry to see you go – it’s our loss. That said, it’s certainly understandable… wager model aside … if something doesn’t work for somebody, obviously they will eventually move on.
The company has decided to make the move to this model. Some affiliates love it and do above average on it.
Most affiliates are pretty close to where the used to be on the revshare model. Slightly up or down, but mostly where they’re supposed to be. (this is what is supposed to happen)
Others aren’t getting the results their used to, so instead of trying to understand it … they are just screaming ‘scam!’ from the top of their lungs. I’m not debating that you should be able to come and voice your opinion here, that’s what the forums are for! That said, some of the posts are people just making stories up to explain what they see … but there’s no real understanding of what they are talking about.
I think the later is the most unfortunate. The reason being that overall this model pays out more to affiliates than the revshare model did. It would be great if everybody had a player base that played to the averages, but it’s not the reality. However, just because the players YOU send do not yield a high commission on this model, doesn’t mean the next affiliate’s players won’t.
I also think the timing on the wager model is less than ideal as the summer slow down has touched on everybody’s bottom line … so more are seeing smaller commissions that what they’ll see come September timeframe … but hopefully affiliates understand that’d be seeing smaller commissions on the revshare model too … just an overall slow down.
All that said, I’m not saying I don’t understand your frustrations. Of the affiliates who earn less … when you’re used to making X, and now you’re making Y … the frustration is understandable. I’ve taken all your concerns and make sure they are known to management here.
To the rest, keep up the great work and feel free to post in here to help me out every once in a while … instead of just taking our money 