I am pretty sure I used this method to attract new sign ups and qualified for CPA.
Here is a brief summery of the situation I am in:
* PokerRoom affiliate don’t give detail sign up report
* So you don’t know who is tracked to you who is not
* If you want make sure your friend is tracked to you and send them a gift certificate, their points will not qualified for the CPA
* The worst part is you have not way knowing weather your friend will qualified for CPA or not unless you keep ask him “did you deposit yet?”. Frankly, I am not going to do that, which make me feel like a jerk.
I also total disagree with your comments about the gift certificate is just a incentive to make them to make the first deposit. What if they don’t want to submit their bank information (which is a legitimate concern). To convince them they have nothing to worry about, I send them 100 gift cards, and they use that to build their bankroll, and play regularly. In your explanation, they will never be qualified to CPA just because they actually can start without putting any of their own money? Is that the poker dream we try to sell here? Start with nothing and make money playing poker?
If this is a casino, I can understand, but poker, I treat it different from gambling.
If this is the rule for Pokerroom affiliate, I think pokerroom need to put in writing in affiliate agreement, and not to create any confusion in the future.