Hi all,
as many know …. I say it as I see it. I don’t whitewash anything…… not even with Rewards Affs whom have treated me very well over the years.
Grand Prive …… whatever they call themselves……. have been pushed way back on my sites in the past because frankly I could never tell if they paid for whatever reason… in the early years it was likley just due to being late ..
anyway …. then we entered the age where programs often times have to hide WHO they are … and to make this point .. I have just recently been asking in several places who sent checks from a place called ……. well shit. ….. I’m afraid to say here because just glancing up …… I see we’re not in private forum area……. Mods ……please correct me if I am wrong that those in Certified programs area is not private…… may well be.
anyway ….. getting back to point. I had all but taken down GP as far as an y kind of promotion goes other than their being listed on my page where I list all the casinos I trust to pay players.
They very much surprised me more than once by sending payments (and these ones i knew to be from GP) …. and I’ve considered more than once giving them better spots since then …….(and that was some time ago) ….
however then they had the incident with bella vegas and the under age girl in Vegas …… Not going to go into that but it put a bad light on them from some perspectives and that …… along with never really knowing when they were paying me …..(or if) …. because of all the turmoil…. (not blaming them on the issue not knowing where a payment came from) …. but it was enough to choose to not promote them aggressively.
Now all this said. I have at times recieved payment since then. There are many programs out there that dump your residual income as soon as they think you’re not promoting them anymore ……. and I can say for certain that this has at times …… happened even when I still had some banners.. text links up to the programs that dumped me….. *note: dumped means not necessarily that your account was locked ….. but you sure stopped seeing any kind of income despite a regular (albeit a small amount or else why would you have dumped them in the first place?) amount of income coming from these places.
So I’m not here to defend GP.
Just telling it like I’ve seen it. And any time I see any income come from a place that I moved to the back ….. or felt was not worth listing …. and I see income from them some time later on …… well I feel it worth mentioning on their behalf.
Now I admit that may be because they’re trying to “buy” their way back onto my sites. But I have since the loss of PPCs…… had limited traffic … surely no INCREASE in traffic ……. so those that show such instances ….. get this sort of honest post.
I cannot and do not say I know whether their a wonderful sponsor. BUT as always …… I WILL say whether to my good or bad …. (and btw: not making anything with them to my knowledge anytime lately) …. how I saw things at the time of my observations.
I think it has merit. I had one point in time where I had unlisted (for almost all parts …. only those I missed not taken down) …. Referback links.
They went on to … a few months later …..actually make more money than any place I had listed …… or even promoted aggressively. Of course ….those days are long gone…… but I will say things as I seen ’em. No grudges…. no hidden agendas. the truth.
That said……. I wish all those I have seen fallen off would pick up 
okay,…. the lighter side ….. put aside. these are the truths as I have experienced them.