Hi all,
In the case of Brightshare and others, the use of “industry standards” has been used to justify breaching our contract agreements. Thing is though, stealing players and commissions is not an accepted industry practice. In the case of Brightshare it’s anything but “Playing Fair, Sharing Success”.
At referback I receive a flat 40% commission and they don’t bundle. They really do share the success. And I’ll also add, a few months ago they paid me twice (yay) by accident. Shane my AM contacted me and included a spreedsheet showing the error. Now that’s how it should be but it seldom happens!
Lets look at what Brightshare gives – before retroactive changes were applied.
- 25% standard base commission
- All casinos bundled (Jackpot Factory Group operate these casinos separately but force affiliates to be incumbered by wins across the board)
NB – After the USA was dumped by MGS, a while later they (MGS) devised a cut down version of their games. Brightshare opened AllSlotsCasinoUSA and supposedly a new affiliate program ASUSA. They claimed all USA players were mapped to this new affiliate program. Well in typical Brightshare (Spiral Solutions) style that ended up being a total screw up too. To the point where it went belly up BUT not before Brightshare/ASUSA did a deal with with an RTG casino for all these USA players. On my understanding, tagged players to these affiliates have not received a dime from this under the table deal!
This is the caliber of eithics Brightshare and Spiral Solutions are married to.
My point to all this, when Brightshare/Spiral Solutions/Jackpot Factory Group come back begging to be reinstated, I think we as affiliates need to demand our agreements are aligned with accepted “industry standards” of 2013, that is:
- No bundling
- A minimum 35% base commission
- No High Roller clauses
- No decreases in base commission
- No untagging players
- No cross marketing with straight links
- All social media links &/or outbound links maintain affiliate tag integrity
That’s just a few suggestions based on fair play and sharing success!
In closing, it’s time to stand up and stop being dictated to by wayward affiliate programs.