well while this idea has its flaws.. its my experience that for the most part players …..least those I have had over the years … are pretty honest.
that this idea will involve knowing about the player having signed up under you .. that it targets the fact of repeat deposits showing up in your account.
again I say you have to explain to the surfer that we as portal owners don’t cost a player anything. that we are their backup with contacts could never have and will go to bat for them if they run into a snotty CS agent who won’t try to accomodate or address their issue. This happens and is IMHO one of the biggest problems in the industry. People have a complaint and go to CS and get nowhere… they don’t know how to get their problem past this person. We can. Therefore there is incentive to make sure they DO follow your links.
I already said that ….. well for instance in the case of Referback which gives credit across the board to the aff first signing the player at any of their properties …. that if you have an issue and then contact the aff manager and are told the player is already tracked to say Simon. Well I’ll be contacting you sir to ask if you are getting credit for the deposits I have been shown proof of: if you say no… then I’m out $300 but I also still learn not to trust a program that isn’t giving credit for deposits.
and I helped someone else.
Its all in how you explain the situation to surfers. I’ve found an honest truthful approach is best. Because truth is … its much smarter to sign up thru a reputable portal than to go it alone thru some search engine.
I’ve made a fair living the last 7 years going this route.
Sometime after the first I’ll have this approach written up and will post it here.
in the end: I will have power over what I think is deserving in paying the bounty. I have run a guarantee for years and only ever paid out 3 times … and 2 of those were because of a late payment situation and I didn’t want to see a player dis-satisfied … and even though the player did eventually get paid …. I let them keep the money I had sent.
I still talk regularly with this player. I’m certain i’ve made my money back.
what I’m asking of players is time consuming and therefore if it ever reveals there is cheating/tracking issues ….. which will be strictly tracking deposits because you’ll know off the bat about if the sign up showed up .. so signups really won’t be an issue…. that part will take care of itself if you follow me: then they deserve to be paid for their troubles.
and like I said… $300 is cheap to get rid of some place that is screwing you around for whatever reason.
I go further to point out a fact most gambling affs already know. Its really easy to rack up some amounts when you gamble.
take out the bonus chasers …. who won’t have any deposits to show you anyway .. or certainly not enough to likely make a differnce in being able to discern in most program stats … and you’re talking about people who are making deposits large enough to merit knowing what the hell is going on?
there’s going to be a lot of angles I’m going to have to cover. I appreciate the feedback because it helps me to cover these in the terms of the bounty. But i definitely think it is doable.
*Referback was just used as an example and I’m not in any way saying they are cheats or have tracking issues.