I do have a PKR account and the real money proceeds are in fact going into it, and the balance of that account is $471.84. I’m going to attach the actual copied text of the actual emails I received from the affiliate program. In none of them was $1000 payout limit for US players mentioned until I specifically asked about it in *2010*. I understand that there is a cost for sending a wire, but you aren’t offering a $25 or even $50 fee to get at my money you are offering nothing.
Here is my welcome to the affiliate program message I received on 1/27/2007:
Congratulations! Your PKR Affiliate Account has been approved.
Click here to log into your account. Your login details are:
Your email address is: [email protected]
Your username is: xxxxxxx
Your password is: known only to you
Should you forget your password please contact PKR Support.
Getting started
Follow these steps to create your first affiliate campaign:
1. Login with your username and password
2. Using the Affiliates menu, select ‘Create Campaign’
3. Add a name, description, campaign code, specify a Bonus type and how much rake back is offered, if any
4. Save the campaign
5. Again, using the Affiliate Menu, Select ‘Marketing Tools’
6. Select the campaign you have just created
7. Select the type of marketing tool you wish to download
8. Download the marketing tool or, if it is a web banner, copy the link and add it to your site
Once players have registered, deposited and started to earn you money you can check your account balance at any time using the Affiliates menu. Just select ‘Account Summary’, for a detailed statement of your account at any time by following the link to your affiliate account in this screen.
You can add new campaigns by following the process outlined above and view all the campaigns you have setup by clicking on the ‘View Campaigns’ menu item in the Affiliate menu.
For detailed account reporting, click on the ‘Reports’ item in the Affiliate Menu. Use the reports form to specify the type of report you want and the date range for the report.
Receive $30 to kick start your commission*
Place PKR on your site within 72 hours of being approved, then email a screenshot of this to [email protected] and we will credit your PKR account with $30!
If you experience any difficulties or require assistance please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
I look forward to working closely with you to ensure a mutually beneficial and rewarding relationship.
Kind regards,
Margaret Burke
Affiliate Manager
Here’s a message from 4/27/2007 where the “closed the affiliate program to US citizens” which didn’t happen.
Due to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that was passed by Congress in the fall of 2006, we are not able to process any payments to affiliates based in the US.
For this reason we regret to announce that we will be closing the PKR affiliate program to US citizens with immediate effect.
This decision was not taken lightly as we would have been very happy to have you on board as a PKR affiliate. There would, however, be little sense in going forward while we are unable to guarantee you that your commission payments would be processed.
We will keep your details on record and should the situation change we will be happy to re-approve you as a PKR affiliate.
Future emails from PKR until 2010 just had small payment information for money that was going into my PKR account (but that I could not withdrawal). On 4/28/2010 I wrote to ask about getting the money:
My affiliate and pkr username is kmslogic
Thanks
Kelly
Then on 4/29/2010 they responded:
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Many thanks for your recent application to become an affiliate with PKR, due to repercussions of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the US it is very difficult for us to pay US based affiliates at this time.
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So we are limiting the amount of US affiliates we accept into the PKR affiliate program at this time – however we feel that you would be a very successful affiliate and so have approved you as a PKR affiliate.
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-****** We will pay you via wire transfer each time your commission exceeds $1000 because of the time and cost involved with processing wire transfers.
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Please feel free to contact me with any queries or requirements you may have…I look forward to working with you.
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You currently have $226.21 in your account, so in order to process a withdrawal we will have to wait until that exceeds $1000.
Kind regards
Margaret Burke
Affiliate Manager
So in short I didn’t hear anything about $1000 until I asked this question and they responded “accepting me into the affiliate program” even though I was clearly already in the affiliate program because I had already earned over $200 between 2007 and 2010.
Even if this weren’t the case the policy of holding money until $1,000 is ridiculous and indefensible. At a minimum provide a cashout with a service charge to cover the wire. Party Poker somehow manages to wire me affiliate fees every month without imploding and they didn’t serve the US market after the UIGEA went into effect.