Beware Of Casino Affiliate Scams.

The casino niche is one of the most competitive niches, where many affiliates are making luxury incomes by promoting casino affiliate programs. Niches which have a lot of money circulating around do not just attract affiliates entering the business, but also scams who try to share the market profit in illegal ways. If you are an affiliate trying to make your fortune in the casino field, beware of those affiliate scams and avoid them with your best efforts.

Almost all casino affiliate programs are free to join; hence those affiliate scams won't ask you to pay during signup to their affiliate program. So how can these casino affiliate scams cheat your money? Here's how it goes :

Most casino affiliate programs share their revenues with affiliates through revenue share percentages. In order to attract new affiliates to sign up with them and promote their casinos, the casino affiliate program normally offers high commissions, sometimes as high as 60% to new affiliates – if the new affiliate manages to convert their traffic to real players who make deposits and lose to the casino. The gambling industry is very competitive, so there is no surprise that casinos offer high commissions to affiliates, so they get as many affiliates as possible to promote their casinos.

The scams use you to help them promote their casinos but they refuse to pay your earning. As a new affiliate looking to join a casino affiliate program, it is sometimes hard to differentiate between the real affiliate programs and the affiliate programs run by casino affiliate scams. But if you do some homework before signing up with the casino affiliate program, you might be able to avoid accidentally signing up with casino affiliate scams.

The best place to find out which affiliate programs are scams is through online forums, where affiliates who do not get paid by the scams will make complaints. These forums are a good place to find good and reputable casino affiliate programs as well. Join the forum and read what other people say about certain casino affiliate programs. If the affiliate program gets a lot of bad comments from other affiliates, it should be a sign of an affiliate scam, so don't promote their casinos.

For casino affiliate programs that you have already signed up for, here are a few hints to check if the programs are scams :

1. Statistics Never Update :

If you find that no matter how many people you refer, the statistics always show 0 visitors. You can always test your banners by clicking them, and check on the statistics to see whether the clicks are captured. Check your statistics regularly and if the stats don't change this may be a sign of trouble.

2. No Real Player Conversions :

It's a fact that not everyone who clicks on a banner is going to sign up as a real player. The statistics show that the average conversion ratio is about 1% to 3%. If the casinos you promote have an abnormally low conversion rate, dump them because you are not making money anyway. Divert your traffic to an honest casino operator and earn the commissions that you are eligible for.

3. The Check Never Reaches You :

The statistics are correct. You know you are earning good money from the traffic you drive to the casinos, and waiting for your check to reach you at the month end. But the check never arrives and your emails to the affiliate manager are ignored. If you never receive your check, pull the banners out from your website until you receive payment.

Summary :

Casino affiliate programs are channels for affiliates to make money online. The only thing you need to beware of is casino affiliate scams that use you to earn them money but refuse to pay you your earnings. Don't fall for these scams.