Hi, In the past few months I’ve worked hard on a portfolio of poker and gambling related websites. I now have a pretty solid network of +/- 15 related to poker and gambling, all with decent pageranks (PR3 average) and small but steady traffic. In the next few months, I am hoping to monetize these websites a little more – and I’m assuming affiliate systems are the best way to do this. My question is simple: which are the best affiliate programs? Is there a full list of casino/poker related affiliate programs somewhere? How do I best promote these kind of programs? Any help is more than appreciated! Thanks!
The big names, such as Ultimate Bet, FullTilt, Absolute, and other poker places are the best poker affiliate programs. Some even let you host your own freeroll tournaments for your visitors. Just check around to your favorite places, and read about their affiliate programs.
Jinx3000, You can see the list and short reviews of affiliate programs that convert best for me. See here: smartplayers.net/Webmasters.htm The programs you advertise should depend on the traffic you have. You should either geo-target your ads/banners/pages to (at least) US/non-US traffic as some casinos (Cryptologic, Playtech) do not accept U.S. players and redirect your clicks to their own ppc adds pages. Microgaming casinos can also ban a lot of US players, not necessary from those 11 States...
please tale a look at the affiliate program at www.costadelpoker.com the HIGHEST rates in the industry, I have been a poker professional now for 3 years on the net.