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I think this is a good idea too.
I recall in the past a few programs would pay affiliates who referred big progressive winners a nice bonus. Sure would be nice as I refer quite a few progressive winners.
I remember that too, Arkyt.
I haven’t heard of it happen in quite some time though.
I too think it makes sense. Also, letting the affiliate brag about it on their portal is nice. You know, like “OUR visitor Gladys H. won two zillion $ at frootloop slot last week”…
yah its been a long time since I received a bonus for referring a big winner
my winner listings do bring in additional players, so I agree with you that it would be nice to get rewarded.I’ve begun to play down the progressives. Shit no money is a hell of an incentive to point players another direction.
I don’t give a damn how much of a draw the progressives are; if they aren’t making me money, all the more reason to avoid their mention if they are such a big draw.
its like saying there are two concert halls. one you own, the other somebody else does. You have an opening band for your show; and across the street the’ve got the real Elvis.
So what? sure I wouldn’t mind getting the overflow; but when I advertise in the local paper; I don’t advertise “ELVIS PRESLEY NOW SHOWING ACROSS THE STREET! please visit our house band if you get the chance.”
I would advertise my house band. And if anything; I’d likely lose the traffic my ad did manage to bring in; to the damn Elvis show across the street, rather than it be the other way around.
In my eyes; its not a draw; its a damn distraction.
Ok, I am not sure I understand how the progressives work against us. And if they work the same throughout all software groups.
I am sure there are others here who are unsure of this. Perhaps someone could enlighten us step by step about why they are not profitable?
I wouldn’t say they are not profitable … maybe one could say not as profitable. This being that a progressive fee is deducted from your earnings when players play these games.
I don’t fully understand the fees – Id think that the $$$ “progressed” in correlation to the thousands of players depositing coins into the machines. What exactly do the fees pay for and why is the affiliate responsible for paying them?
and how are they calculated?
Originally posted by arkyt
I wouldn’t say they are not profitable … maybe one could say not as profitable. This being that a progressive fee is deducted from your earnings when players play these games.I don’t fully understand the fees – Id think that the $$$ “progressed” in correlation to the thousands of players depositing coins into the machines. What exactly do the fees pay for and why is the affiliate responsible for paying them?
So if you have say 20 players at one casino and one wins the progressive, does that wipe out your month for all those players????
Progressive wins are not supposed to affect your account, as these monies are paid out from a pool managed by Jackpot Madness, and not the casino itself.
If you know of any program that deducts progressive wins (as opposed to progressive contributions), please let me know.
There is a whole lot of confusion on this topic, amd I hope someone will step in and clear up this progressives contributions business.
True, the progressive winnings DO not affect my profits. But I do pay the contributions. What are they used for? Why do affiliates have to play these? How are they calculated?
As an example – for every $3.00 played on Major Millions, 10 cents goes into the progressive pool managed by Jackpot Madness.
You bear 2.5 cents if your aff percentage is 25% – the casino pays the rest.
Thus, if a player spins 100x at Major Millions, and breaks even, it means a net loss of $10 to the casino – and subsequently they deduct $2.50 from your earnings.
So you might see progressive deductions of a few thousand dollars – which is usually shown as the net deduction a casino has to pay for play on progressives – and naturally it will raise eyebrows.
But, in most cases, the deductions have resulted in a much larger increase in your income since most people don’t win playing progressive slots.
None of the casinos currently separate progressive play from other games – though I think it might be a good idea – then you would get the real picture as to whether progressives are making you money or not (and they should 95% of the time).
Hi,
the way I understood it was that we make no commissions on the progressive play.
And that’s why we are charged those deductions you see at (for example) Spiral.
Its because we’re essentially putting back into the casino the profit we showed for the progressive play; because it all shows up as the same % of income in the stats and then the progressive play is deducted from the whole.
That might be way off but its how I took things to be.
Otherwise I don’t understand why we’d be charged such huge deductions (because they sometimes are huge).
Quote:the way I understood it was that we make no commissions on the progressive play.That had better not be the case – and is definitely not the way I understand it. When a player loses money on the progressives, the casino still wins – and thus you should be entitled to 25% of what they win.
Keep in mind that the deductions you see at Brightshare are progressives AND bonuses.
