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Future of RakeBack at Party Skins
I just got this email from my PokerNow affiliate. Can anyone substantiate the part about affiliates not being able to track INDIVIDUAL rake stats.
"We regret to inform you that the PokerNOW rake back plan is officially over. PokerNOW has become a fully fledged part of Party Poker and all current PokerNOW Affiliate Agreements have been terminated. Luckily, PokerNOW did keep their word and has paid us for February so you will receive that money by this Friday (4/29/05). Unfortunately, this also means that there will be no future payments towards your PokerNOW rake back plan. Party/IGM has also taken the next step towards their goal of completely eliminating rake back at all the skins. Party recently started withholding affiliate stats on individual trackers. This means there is no possible way for a Party affiliate to tell how much rake each individual player has generated. We currently have affiliate agreements with Eurobet and Empire Poker, but truly believe that Party/IGM will definitely be putting a stop to rake back at all the skins very soon. For this reason we are hesitant to sign-up alot of our PokerNOW players at Eurobet and Empire, just to have the same situation happen. That being said, please let us know if you still want to sign-up for Eurobet and/or Empire to keep receiving Party/IGM skin rake back for however long it does last. We will consider your request on an individual basis and accept a limited number of new sign-ups....." |
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Re: Future of RakeBack at Party Skins
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That being said, please let us know if you still want to sign-up for Eurobet and/or Empire to keep receiving Party/IGM skin rake back for however long it does last. We will consider your request on an individual basis and accept a limited number of new sign-ups....." [/ QUOTE ] Reeks of scare mongering in an attempt to drum up new business. At least I hope that's all this is... |
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Re: Future of RakeBack at Party Skins
i did recently have to sign a long contract detailing that i would affiliate EXCLUSIVELY for empire (what i did anyway).
Since they were having me sign contracts and fax them somewhere...it is my belief that Empire will continue to support affiliates for at least a while longer. |
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Re: Future of RakeBack at Party Skins
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i did recently have to sign a long contract detailing that i would affiliate EXCLUSIVELY for empire (what i did anyway). Since they were having me sign contracts and fax them somewhere...it is my belief that Empire will continue to support affiliates for at least a while longer. [/ QUOTE ] That's good to know as my "home base" is Empire. I extend my business to the other sites when a decent bonus opportunity rears it's head, however as far as rakeback goes... Empire is it for me. |
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Re: Future of RakeBack at Party Skins
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That's good to know as my "home base" is Empire. I extend my business to the other sites when a decent bonus opportunity rears it's head, however as far as rakeback goes... Empire is it for me. [/ QUOTE ] Same here. This is what I got from my affiliate. I read a # of posts by party poker people that said "This only applies to Party poker" it looks like status quo for Empire at least for the moment. http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.c...ead.php?t=5798 |
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Re: Future of RakeBack at Party Skins
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i did recently have to sign a long contract detailing that i would affiliate EXCLUSIVELY for empire (what i did anyway). Since they were having me sign contracts and fax them somewhere...it is my belief that Empire will continue to support affiliates for at least a while longer. [/ QUOTE ] Party holds the cards in this game. Don't be surprised when your rakeback with Empire ends soon. Party is dead set against it. |
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Here\'s what I don\'t understand
If Party is dead set on eliminating rakeback at the skins because it cannabilizes their business, it seems rational from their standpoint.
But I don't understand the double standard on their own (Party proper) affiliates; they're killing individual trackers, yet seem to remain chummy with certain "gift certificate" rake back operators that publicly advertise with impunity? Can anyone shed light on this? FWIW I'm not anti-rakeback nor do I have anything against the gift certificate programs; I'm just curious what will happen going forward. |
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Re: Here\'s what I don\'t understand
Party wants people back at party. If they offered a good rakeback program it would be a lot simpler but they don't.
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Re: Here\'s what I don\'t understand
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yet seem to remain chummy with certain "gift certificate" rake back operators that publicly advertise with impunity? [/ QUOTE ] INCORRECT. Here is a portion of the email I recieved from RakeReturns which you will note asked for and received Party's permission to use gift certificates as an incentive. <font color="red"> As you may be aware, on Friday, Party decided to take all rakeback affiliates' trackers, and disable them. This means that while we will still be paid for your play, we can no longer track exactly who has contributed what. We are of course taking this up with Party, as we: 1) Pay by gift certificates, not cash 2) Have permission from Party to do the above 3) Bring in many "regular" players through BonusWhores.com However, it is possible they will not honor their agreement with us. It is due to this tumultuous situation that RakeReturns.com is officially ending the rakeback program at Party Poker, effective today, April 25th. </font> |
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I just got this from my affiliate.......
As of right now there is nothing to worry about and we don’t see rakeback ending anytime soon. In fact, our site is expanding. You really have to take what a lot of posters say with a grain of salt.
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