For the record, in case members here don’t know, I had my private membership at the GPWA striped and was subsequently banned back in 2011, because I wouldn’t keep quiet about all the dodgy goings on, conflicts of interest and finger in too many pies.
In the end it came to a Kangaroo court with Corfman being the jury, judge and executioner.
If I’m vocal about the GPWA it’s not because I’m bitter, it’s because I know they’re business mandate is not to protect the interest of affiliates, but to make money off their backs and sell them out for all the money they can get.
@Dominique 248773 wrote:
one thing we had was a norm we applied to aff programs. And if they deviated from that norm in a way that hurt us we gave them hell.
Now – we have no norms. Programs make whatever rules they like
And who do you think has allowed them to do that?
The gpwa.net was supposedly replaced with the .org (organization) because it claimed it represented the GPWA more appropriately. More BS. If a change was to be made it should have gone to a .com (commercial) TLD. Make no bones about it, that’s exactly what the GPWA is, a BIG business.
There was a group of us at the GPWA (Corfman ownership) who were very vocal about these type of issues and also about affiliate programs treating affiliates fairly. But obviously that didn’t sit well with the powers that be there. So slowly but surely, one by one, the voices were silenced.
Sponsor programs pony up with their bag of money, they don’t care who it is, as long as the cash is real. Hell, they even accepted a casino group/affiliate program that later I discovered likely held ties to the Russian Mafia.
http://www.gpwa.org/forum/questions-about-affiliate4you-org-raised-response-welcome-announcement-199012.html
And where I kicking in asking questions about this dodgy affiliate/casino operation:
http://www.gpwa.org/forum/questions-about-affiliate4you-org-raised-response-welcome-announcement-199012.html#post653360
AGD – An affiliate is over there now begging to be paid by a certified program. And it’s not the first time affiliates have struck payment issues with Ruby Royal. This person posted yesterday and like the other threads about not being paid, nothings is done.
Posted Yesterday
http://www.affiliateguarddog.com/forums/need-get-paid-t5832.html
Posted 20-4-2012 (no response to that thread) $2,000 owed
http://www.affiliateguarddog.com/forums/need-get-paid-t5089.html
20-7-2011 (last time anyone sighted a rep from Ruby Royal)
http://www.affiliateguarddog.com/forums/need-get-paid-ruby-royal-t4287.html
And these type of issues are now the norm on places that claim to protect affiliates.
I guess since Andy (Guard Dog) has had to take a day job and his affiliate businesses are now part time, including AGD, things are not going to be run like they should be run. And again it’s affiliates who lose out.
I could go about all the organizations who claims to hold the interest of affiliates first, who clearly do not. However I think what I’ve said so far paints a good picture of the current status quo in our industry.
The gloves need to come off, so all affiliates can decide if who they support, are placing them 1’st!
Added: It’s even got to the point were most affiliates are too scared to speak up for fear of retribution. If not having the begebbers shaved out of their income by a program, fear they’ll be victimized and character assassinated by the Cartel who rules over the gaming affiliate industry, these days!