Poker.com – I’ve sent just a miniscule amount of traffic to them compared to the other programs listed below + they have not been around near as long and I make just as much, if not more a lot of months, than the others.
Some of the nice features for affiliates at poker.com that you won’t see at a lot of other rooms: they have blackjack that you get paid for but it is calculated separately from your poker revenue so you can’t get wiped out there – they do not subtract losses one from the other at the end of month, not having to compete with rake back affiliates, & the 40% rake commission. I also like their software.
Poker Stars – I wish they did revenue share because they’ve been my most consistent poker room over time as far as traffic/qualified RMP. Their “stats” used to bother me, but over time I’ve seen a consistent amount of income from them given the traffic that was sent, so that feature (or lack of) is not an issue anymore. They do have stats, just not what you would call comprehensive. If you like to know how much traffic was sent/conversions your best bet with them is to promote them on pages with no other competitors. That way if you know how much traffic comes into the page you can sort of estimate your conversion ratio.
Ultimate & Absolute would be next. I had high hopes for these two and still do make money off of them, but it is mostly players that signed up early on. For whatever reason I cannot get conversions there any more. That has been going on now for some time. Has nothing to do with my traffic because at times there has been huge amounts and others very little. I’m guessing it has something to do with the rake back issue but am not sure. Income Access is probably the best though when it comes to communicating with their affiliates.
Full Tilt converts well but you get nickled and dimed to death with fees. Don’t ask me to explain them (the fees) because I can’t. I never even read all of the terms regarding them because I figure if it is something that you need an attorney to translate they are probably up to no good with them. Note to programs: It should not take more than 5-10 minutes to go through your terms and comprehend them. Really like FT’s poker room though and so I keep them on my sites because I think the players will like them.
Planet Poker – Planet converted well but something happened with them about 6 months ago where I couldn’t access their marketing material (or stats) and the poker room itself. Then, after a while, I could sometimes and not other times. Last time I got in there was not a lot of traffic there. Their software is buggy now too. I no longer promote them because I couldn’t get a hold of anyone when I tried to find out the status of when things would be fixed.
The casino poker rooms – have never had much luck with them. Two of them changed their terms & conditions after I signed up and I drop those type of programs and never look back.