Q&A Becoming an online poker affiliate
Getting a clear and realistic apprehension of the poker affiliate business is vital in order to start making money of it. We have gathered some commonly asked questions and honest answers so that you can formulate your own opinion about the online poker affiliate segment. No selling headlines, no ‘sign-up now’ sales pitch – just a couple of questions of just how you can become a successful affiliate – of a poker affiliate program.
Why become a poker affiliate?
In recent years poker has taken the world by storm – all thank to the internet and online poker. Today poker is one of the most searched terms in Google, with millions of daily online players over thousands of poker rooms. As much as every third young male in our western world has some relation to online poker, whether its on a professional or occasional level. And though many industry experts claim that the peak has been reached, the poker trend is far from declining. Still there are hundreds of thousands of new players, every day signing up to poker rooms online. Who’s to say you shouldn’t get a piece of that pie?
How about the commission?
Most poker affiliate merchants offer either a one time commission for every player you refer through your promotions and advertisements, or they offer you an additional piece (percentage) of the profits that your referred poker players may gain at the poker tables. Either way, what you get paid for generating new customers for the poker rooms, you can be sure is much higher than most other affiliate segments. An estimated average commission could be assumed to be around $100-$200 for each referral. Refer more than 10 new poker players every month and you are earning more than your 9 to 5. So, it is safe to say that the poker affiliate business is potentially profitable. Rest assure that if you manages to convert your visitors into new poker rooms customer, you will get paid. Keep your eye on the prize, but don’t forget to focus on how you will get traffic to your site and CTR (click through rate) and conversion to increase.
So how do I get my piece of the pie?
The competition is hard with many established poker affiliate site’s already dominating Google’s SERP 1 (search engine result page). But don’t be discouraged. Thanks to its broad target group you don’t have to start a fully dedicated poker affiliate site if you are unsure of your ability to break the competition. Chances are that the visitors of your other affiliate sites and projects are young, mostly male and have prior experience playing poker. Promoting sign-up bonuses and popular poker rooms there can be as lucrative, if not even more, as if you would attempt to build an authority poker site.
