When it was discovered that Grand Prive was cross marketing without crediting affiliates, people had a fit. The same happened with 400 Affiliates.
I don’t understand why, when those other incidents happened, nobody said anything about Rewards doing the same thing. You know, something like, “Well, Rewards does this too…” I don’t get this at all. Some people claim to have known about it for years — so why didn’t you speak up at the time? sneaky2.gi
Anyway, I hope Rewards will stop this immediately. If a player isn’t tagged to an affiliate, send all the CDs in the world. But if a player is tagged to an affiliate, that player should be connected to the affiliate for life, unless another affiliate is involved, in which case the last referring affiliate gets the credit. At NO TIME should an affiliate-tagged player ever be “un-tagged.” (Unless the player and the affiliate are the same person.)
How long does Rewards wait before sending out the CD? A week? Or do they look at the value of the player first and send CDs based on that? For example: “Hmm, this player is a whale, let’s see if we can’t get him to switch to this non-tagged casino…”
Thinking about this really pisses me off. :madat:
When Brightshare, Referback, and Fortune cross promote, they ALWAYS include the affiliate if there is one. This is how it should be. These programs know that, long term, if the affiliate makes more money with their program, they will give them better exposure.
My suggestion to Rewards: Refrain from cross promoting to affiliate-tagged players, OR if you do cross promote, keep the player tagged to the last referring affiliate.
My 2 cents.