Affiliates, Don't Get Screwed!

Affiliates of online poker need to do just as much research into their material as the poker players themselves. In any case where money is at stake, your money, make sure that you know what you’re getting into.
I say this after a recent online poker room essentially failed to pay any of their affiliates for the members driven in, even after assuring it would come for months on end. It’s very much the same process as with online poker players. And in a case like this, many times arbitration is needed. That’s why there are groups out there, like Poker Affiliate Programs.
This is a website that will refer newcoming affiliates to reputable online poker business as well as the unsavory ones. There is an “All-in” poker room section that provides reviews of all of the poker rooms it promotes. As of yet, this list includes Cake Poker, Everest Poker, Euro Partner, thisisvegas.com, Poker Stars, Wager Profits, Red Star Poker, Tower Gaming, Carbon Poker, Bwin, Kharma Partners, Affiliate Club, Chipleader, Sportsbook.com, Intertops, Paw Network, Paradise Poker, Paddy Power Poker, Sun Poker, Doyle’s Room, Stryyke, Eurolinx, Bet365 and Eurobet.
For each of these rooms, an extensive list is provided of the revenue models (including revenue share, cpa, hybrid and referral), program info (the software and the establishment date) and payment details (whether it uses a check, wire transfer, neteller, affiliate speed pay, moneybooker, ecocards or others). The site provides a community environment, where users can post in the forum, to pitch a bitch as they say, or the compliment a website. There is also a number of radio broadcasts, blogs, sponsors, etc.
In the long and short of it, is important to never trust another person or company with your money. As such, keep yourself informed as to which operations are out there to screw you over. In case anyone was wondering, it was CardSpike that came into question for not paying its affiliates. And for online poker players, never trust a site that can’t pay its affiliates, as they probably won’t pay you either.