Is poker affiliate really such a profitable ?

[kamciono5]

hi guys

Everyone telling that it is so profitable, but i think people can earn good amount of money for this niche only when they have money, because competition is so high and to start earning from rake you need to have many players. The whole process of start earning money in this way in my opinion takes long time, hard work and money.

What do you think about earnings from poker affiliation ?

 

[Nafor]

Hi kamciono5,

I think you have the terms a bit mixed up here. Are you talking about affiliate marketing, which means that you make a deal with some poker site, market them on your own website, and receive a fee when someone signs up and makes a deposit using your link? Or are you talking about rakeback? They are two different things.

 

[kamciono5]

Hi kamciono5,

I think you have the terms a bit mixed up here. Are you talking about affiliate marketing, which means that you make a deal with some poker site, market them on your own website, and receive a fee when someone signs up and makes a deposit using your link? Or are you talking about rakeback? They are two different things.

I'm talking about affiliate marketing (promote poker room and for each register player you get some % of rake which they make for lifetime) no rakeback.

I'm just curious about this earning model. Maybe someone from this forum have some experience in this, and can tell something about it.

 

[Nafor]

Well, can't offer much help with that then. Affiliate marketing in general requires a medium-high traffic site to begin with. If you have one, great! These days there are just too many thrid parties between the marketer and the site owner, wanting to take a piece of the action. If I couldn't make a direct deal with a marketer I wouldn't bother. A high traffic niche site with other adds might bring you a better ROI. These are just my assumptions, and views of the world.

Is someone actually offering such a good deal "for each register player you get some % of rake which they make for lifetime"?

 

[kamciono5]

I've just read about it on few affiliate network websites and as i understand correctly you receive some % of rake for every ref make for lifetime. This model wouldn't make sense if you will receive rake for register player for example for 1 month.

If i understand correctly it could be great way for earning passive income in a long term

The best here will be reply someone from cardschat team because they for sure earn a lot of money using this model, so they could explain us how it really looks like

 

[Nafor]

If someone else knows better they can correct this, but this is how I think it works:

A potential customer uses a link on your site to register to a poker site and makes a deposit. You will receive a one time fee, which might be some percentage of the deposit.

The suggestion that an affiliate marketer would receive a fee for a lifetime, from each deposit etc. that the original customer makes just doesn't sound logical. What would be your incentive to improve your site, and attract new potential customers once money really starts to roll in?

I think it works more like on Amazon. If you make e.g. reviews about products, have affiliate links and someone uses them to buy the product, you'll get a fee. But once they have become Amazon customers and shop there without using your links, you won't get a dime.

 

[kamciono5]

If someone else knows better they can correct this, but this is how I think it works:

A potential customer uses a link on your site to register to a poker site and makes a deposit. You will receive a one time fee, which might be some percentage of the deposit.

The suggestion that an affiliate marketer would receive a fee for a lifetime, from each deposit etc. that the original customer makes just doesn't sound logical. What would be your incentive to improve your site, and attract new potential customers once money really starts to roll in?

I think it works more like on Amazon. If you make e.g. reviews about products, have affiliate links and someone uses them to buy the product, you'll get a fee. But once they have become Amazon customers and shop there without using your links, you won't get a dime.

I understand what you talking about, but i don't think it's correct interpretation. Look for example on GVC affiliate group (affiliate network for partypoker, bwin etc.).

On their website is written:

GVC Affiliates operates a revenue-share payment scheme, so you earn a percentage of the monthly revenue generated by players you refer.

As i understand it means you earn % of monthly revenue of each referral not only one time or during one month. And revenue doesn't mean deposit, but earning of poker room (lose money by your ref or rake which he/she generate).

As i wrote in previous post it will be really nice if someone from cardschat team will explain us how it works.

 

[Nafor]

Okay then. Now that you brought up the term 'revenue-share payment' it seems you are right. It just takes a huuuge amount of players starting their path with your link to make any serious money.

 

[CAC1QU3]

There was a time (in the beginning of online poker around 2003-2009), where the amount of money what you could earn was huge. Since them for sure there is some money into it, but it isn't that big and neither that easy anymore.

 

[kamciono5]

Yep that's correct you need many players to start earning good money, time and money to promote, but in a long term it could be good way to start earning passive income.

Cross-over-revenues are earnings generated when your players generate revenue in any product other than this main product. For example, if a user clicks on your poker banner, logs in to our site and generates revenue by playing our casino brands rather than our poker brands, you will earn Cross-over Revenues for the player's casino revenue.

According to this you earn on every product so it is nice too, because there are many people who for example start with poker, then they try sportsbook or casino.

 

[stormyf]

Here too the saying goes, money can only be made with money.

 

[kosorez1980]

Hi, it’s always difficult to make money, if you think about it in the game, then you are doomed to lose. Poker loves good players who think. Gain experience, a little luck and you will succeed, my friend.

 

[kamciono5]

Here too the saying goes, money can only be made with money.

Yep, but to earning money in that way you need time too, because you need to create website constantly write quality content, work on marketing to position it high in many keywords in organic search to bring good amount of traffic, which gave you many referrals what give you money, there are so many things to work in, that i currently understand why people avoid earning this way and chose earning from amazon affiliate, CPA networks etc.

It could bring much money passively in a long term, but you need to work really hard on this long time to start earning money.

 

[infonazar]

Obviously, this is a high-yielding business, but it is also hard daily work. There is no easy money.

 

[Nomahoners]

Even of I could do it I wouldnt. Honestly, the amount of work , the amount of interaction with stupid human beings, id be hangin from the end of a rope.

 

[wizcup]

Any affiliate program is profitable as long as you know how to. You need to know how to build fluid website, content creating, SEO, and marketing. Before you earn from affiliate, you MAY need to spend your money on ads, hosting, etc.

If you want to try at least understand how to first and calculate your risk. Well, even when poker affiliate is not profitable, you will understand the how to and try to affiliate other sites, such as Amazon, ads revenue from google adsense, etc.

 

[Debi]

There was a time (in the beginning of online poker around 2003-2009), where the amount of money what you could earn was huge. Since them for sure there is some money into it, but it isn't that big and neither that easy anymore.

This ^^^^^

 

[Bennoda]

I think that in order to make money on poker and make it your job, you need to treat it as work and not gambling