Thanks again for the feedback. The truth is that the market is moving away from the free affiliate sign-ups not the other way around. As the poker rooms consolidate and become larger there will be less and less effort spent on affiliates and more spent on direct advertising. The reason Bodog has internal criteria, as PokerStars is now developing, is that there are real costs associated with acquiring and maintaining affiliates.
The reality is those affiliates who have enough confidence and ability to work with us and can share in our vision of webcam poker tables are going to do so. Those affiliates will be able to share in our growth. The 250 player sign-ups are simply a sign of commitment to make sure we are not wasting each others time. For those affiliates who dislike the idea of working with JacksNQueens.com because we want dedicated partners it is not likely that they would promote our site anyway because they by definition don’t want to be dedicated to us. It is not a little ironic that the biggest complaints I hear are from people who never had any intention of supporting us to begin with. Would the posters on this thread have me believe that if there were no requirements that all of you would sign up tomorrow and vigorously promote the site? Are you being held back by the idea of sending 250 registered players over six months to a site? I think if that is what is holding you back then it is very unlikely that you have any interest in the site to begin with.
Our strategy has saved us enormous amounts of time and money and gives us affiliates that have a vested interest in our success. If you want the same old affiliate program with no exclusivity, mediocre payment schedules, and you want to promote new poker rooms that are skins or represent the same old room you get everywhere else then there is nothing I can do to help you. If your a large affiliate and are set in your ways and don’t want to give new poker rooms a chance then I can’t help you either. However, if you think webcam poker tables have a real chance to become very popular and that these tables open up whole new marketing opportunities and you are looking to promote something innovative and fresh and you want a big exclusive piece of the action, then we can do business.
Best regards,
VP Marketing
JacksNQueens.com