The Webmaster's Poker Affiliate Guide - How to Build a Profitable Poker Website

The Webmaster's Poker Affiliate Guide:
How to Build a Profitable Poker Website

The Webmaster's Poker Affiliate Guide - How to Build a Profitable Poker Website





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Absolute Poker Affiliate Reviews


Overall Rating: 5

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Absolute Poker Affiliate Review
by ttanaka @ 22, Jan 2005

Reports: 5/5 Reliability: 5/5 Customer Service: 5/5 Compensation: 4/5
Overall Rating: 5/5

The Absolute Poker/Income Access affiliate program is top notch. The reports and statistics provides a complete picture of your performance, including player details. Customer support is excellent, providing a very personal touch. I feel very comfortable working with these people and trust this partnership. The only issue I have is in the compensation. You are forced to pick between the CPA or rake plan when you sign up, and must stick with your choice. I chose the CPA program when I signed up, and found that if I had chosen the rake plan, I would have made substantially more money. And now, I can't switch the tracker or my players, and have no recourse. But overall, it's a great affiliate program and highly recommend them.
 


 



Absolute Poker Affiliate Review and Information




At a Glance


CPA Commission:

$75

Rake % Commission:

25%

Payout Methods:

Neteller, player account, check

Sub-Affiliate Commission:

5% of 1st tier, 1.5% of 2nd tier



Absolute Poker Affiliate Review


The Absolute Poker Affiliate program is run through . Income Access provides the tools to view your traffic, revenues, and create your links and banners. Absolute Poker is one of several merchants handled by Income Access. By joining , you may promote any and all of their merchants.

Introduction (from the Income Access website)


Webmasters (Members) join the Income Access affiliate program to make money through promoting our ecommerce sites (Merchants). This promotion can occur through a website, email or in any of the large variety of forums and chat rooms.

Income Access provides Members with their own unique tracking code embedded in the promotional material and secure login to access real-time reports. Through the tracking code the system generates reports that indicate performance of promotions and that can help you optimize your earning potential.

Income Access Members can gain access to different levels of support from our online marketing specialists.

  • Free Support
  • Free online technical support for the Income Access software
  • Free news and tips on how to promote Income Access chosen Merchants
  • Great promotional tools to help you get ahead
  • Exclusive offers for members who can perform


  • What We Offer the Members


    provides webmasters (Members) the ability to earn uncapped commissions. We constantly look for opportunities to build strong relationships between our Members and Merchants. This is all about focusing on dramatically increasing your earning potential.

    Our commitment to increase your monthly cash flow does not end here.

    We also offer Members a support structure. This support structure ensures you receive regular emails from our from Income Access Marketing specialists with the latest promotions and other tips and hints on how to improve your earning potential. Together with our easy to use online tools, you can hone in on optimizing your online performance.

    Income Access can also arrange for you a number of different consulting services which will give you the maximum earning potential for your Website or portal.

    If you would like to know more about the turnkey solutions we can offer you, please contact us.

    Income Access Members benefit from:

  • Unlimited access to making money on the net
  • Great support, tips and advice on how you can improve your earning potential through our affiliate program
  • All the promotional material that you need to suit your target market
  • A great selection of reliable and professional Merchants
  • No joining fees
  • 48 hour turnaround customer service
  • Accurate earning reporting by an independent third-party
  • Easy to use 24 hour Web-based access to your reports that monitor the performance of your promotional banners and sales
  • No software downloads


  • How We Work


    Members can make unlimited money on the internet through Income Access. As a member of Income Access, we offer you the following free marketing services:

    Personalised contact: We contact our Members on an individual basis to see how they are going with the promotion of our merchants

    Special promotions: We have a variety of special promotions that you can use to entice your traffic to purchase, making commissions easy

    Banners: We have a variety of banners available to suit your site and your traffic

    Text links: We have three types of text links on offer for you to use on your site: one word (eg. Basic one word text links about the merchant); advertorials (a text-based ad, usually a sentence long) and editorials (a short sentence about the merchant you can use)

    Javascript popups: We offer a variety of pop-ups that you can use on your site

    Mailers: If you have a mailing list, we provide you with content that you can use to promote the Merchant to your traffic

    Newsletters: We send out to you newsletters which contain information and promotions about the Merchants you are promoting on your site

    Marketing tips: is a secure section of our site where Members have access to quality support and advice on how to improve their performance - coming soon

Reports & Statistics


offers an excellent suite of reports and statistics to monitor your performance. Not only can you view traffic and earnings - both CPA and rake - but you can also view the player names that have signed up to Absolute Poker, the amount they've deposited, the amount they've generated in rake, and the number of raked hands they've played. This is great information if you want to offer your own player incentives. Income Access also has a report to show you sub-affiliates that have registered through your site, the revenue they've generated, and your commission from those revenues! Absolute's affiliate reports provide you all the information you need and then some, the site and queries are quick, and I've never had a problem accessing this information.

Reliability & Timeliness


One of the problems that you may run into with some of the affiliates out there is that they take their sweet time cutting you your check. This, of course, can be very worrisome and frustrating for us affiliates. Absolute's affiliate program, however, is very timely and reliable. I had my affiliate commission deposited and ready in my Neteller account on the 10th of January for my December earnings. This is extremely quick. Some affiliates wait until the 15th of the following month before releasing your funds, and then they may be mailing you a check, which will take another couple of weeks. Income Access and Absolute have been quick and accurate.

Customer & Technical Support


Support is important in an affiliate partner. My experience has been excellent so far with Absolute and Income Access. I had some initial concerns about my commissions soon after I joined their affiliate program. I hadn't received my funds, I wasn't sure what was going on, and contacted customer support. My account rep was very helpful, she checked into accounting, learned that the check was in the mail and that it would appear in a matter of days. She was correct. She suggested I switch my payout method to Neteller and I would receive my funds substantially faster. I did just that and she was absolutely correct again. But the support didn't stop there, my rep actually followed up with me the following month to make sure I received my funds quickly and accurately. Proactive service and that extra customer care step goes a long way. I have been very impressed with all my dealings with Absolute and Income Access.

Compensation


Absolute and offer both a CPA plan and a rake plan. At $75 per player, the CPA plan is pretty solid for this industry, and is slightly higher than average. I would say $65 is the average flat amount in the online poker affiliate industry. The 25% rake plan is about average to slightly above average. Here are Absolute Poker's payment details:

  • Commissions
Flat 25% of gross revenue
Referral Levels Earn 5% on the first tier, and 1.5% on the second tier.
CPA Earn $75 per sign up (minimum $50 deposit and 100 hands played)


  • Payments
There are no minimum deposit amounts or number of hands played requirements for the players that you refer. You start earning revenue the moment they play their first hand of poker in a real money ring game.

The Net revenue is calculated as a total of the referred player's contribution to all the rakes while playing Absolute Poker, minus any credits, chargebacks or any other uncollectible funds attributed to those players.

The minimum payment is $20. Any balance less than $20 will be carried over to the next month.

Payments made by the 10th of the following month.

We offer a choice of payment options to suit your needs. You can receive your earnings by NETeller, Check or best of all you could have it deposited directly to your Player Account.

I have no complaints with the compensation, other than you will have to decide when you sign-up which plan you'll be using. This is always difficult to do, not knowing what kind of traffic you'll be sending. But, you'll at least have the peace of mind that the CPA and rake compensation amounts are good.