If you are in it for the long run the referback system rocks.
Yes, a percentage of players any of us send (oldtimers not excepted, oldtimers send new players too!) are already in someone else’s account.
But in the long run, you build up a player base better than anywhere else, and unless you plan to exit the business after a few months, the biggest favor you can do yourself is to build a playerbase.
Referback conducted a vote some time ago and let us affiliates decide about this clause, and the votes were for the current system by miles.
If I could, I would only list programs that do this. Unfortunately this is the only one.
They are honest, stable and reliable.
That said, you do need to go by your bottom line. If you know that others do better by you, by all means promote those that do well. Programs don’t perform the same on different sites.
Performance also changes over both the long run and the short run. I can have a bad streak with a program for a few months – if the past performance has been good, I will sit it out.
Also programs that did nothing for me a year ago may perform well today, so periodically I cycle them through again.
And, a certain promotion may work for your players, and the next type of promotion may not. Programs change promotions frequently. If your revenue drops, check what you are promoting and check back with the program to see if they have a casino with a promotion that suits you better.