Hi everybody, this is a very important message to those that may be focusing on casino and are not familiar with the poker side and in particular - PokerStars.
In short, DO NOT PROMOTE POKERSTARS. They are attempting or will attempt very soon a strong push to add casino games to their product and may try to lure some of you in, don't do it!
Here is why:
PokerStars was a privately held company for many years and as many of you know, with the help of hard working affiliates like yourselves, became the largest poker room in the world. All in the world of affiliate land was blissful until... Amaya bought them out.
The likes of CEO David Baazov started wondering how they could quickly improve their bottom line. Yep, you guessed it. They started kicking affiliates to the curb. Here is an article about what happened:
http://calvinayre.com/2014/09/26/business/pokerstars-terminating-online-gambling-affiliate-deals/
They may be at the top right now, but we all know nothing lasts forever and this is a tough industry. If anyone gets an email asking to promote their casino, please tell them no and why.
My second business related goal right now, right under my number one goal of being a successful affiliate, is sticking around long enough to be a part of and witness their demise (all in a business sense of course).
You can probably tell by now, I was kicked to the curb too.
In short, DO NOT PROMOTE POKERSTARS. They are attempting or will attempt very soon a strong push to add casino games to their product and may try to lure some of you in, don't do it!
Here is why:
PokerStars was a privately held company for many years and as many of you know, with the help of hard working affiliates like yourselves, became the largest poker room in the world. All in the world of affiliate land was blissful until... Amaya bought them out.
The likes of CEO David Baazov started wondering how they could quickly improve their bottom line. Yep, you guessed it. They started kicking affiliates to the curb. Here is an article about what happened:
http://calvinayre.com/2014/09/26/business/pokerstars-terminating-online-gambling-affiliate-deals/
They may be at the top right now, but we all know nothing lasts forever and this is a tough industry. If anyone gets an email asking to promote their casino, please tell them no and why.
My second business related goal right now, right under my number one goal of being a successful affiliate, is sticking around long enough to be a part of and witness their demise (all in a business sense of course).
You can probably tell by now, I was kicked to the curb too.
