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Feb
2
Title:Ladbrokes Commission Changes RoguedDate:February 2, 2012 6:40 am
Category:LadbrokesTags:


Due to a commission change that is retroactive to ALL affiliates and below the standards of the industry, Ladbrokes (now called Score Affiliates) are ROGUE. This is a simple breach of contract.

Breach of Contract
NEW COMMISSIONS MODEL
No. of new depositing players per month
(All products)
Commission %
Level 1 61+ 35%
Level 2 21-60 30%
Level 3 1-20 25%
Level 4 0 15%

ORIGINAL COMMISSIONS MODEL
  • 25% of net revenue -£0 - £5,000
  • 30% of net revenue - £5,001 - £20,000
  • 35% of net revenue - £20,001 +


Summary: Any organization willing to breach their own contract(s) are considered rogue and not worthy of promotion.
Feb
2
Title:Interpartners terms changes considered ROGUEDate:February 2, 2012 3:39 am


At AGD, we have marked Interpartners as ROGUE for retroactively applying negative carryover to their longtime affiliates.

ROGUE Retroactive Term
If Net Casino Revenue is in a negative position that negative amount will NOT be recovered from you and at the beginning of each month any negative position will be set at zero. If Net Casino Revenue for a given payment calculation period is a negative amount, that negative amount will NOT be recovered from you but it will be carried over into the following payment period and shall be included as a deduction when calculating Net Casino Revenue in respect of such period.


Summary: This is a ROGUE term and ROGUE affiliate program because they are in breach of their own affiliate contract. Please vote with your banners and discontinue promoting organizations who fail to honor their contracts with you!
Jan
2


Interpartners applied negative carryover to ALL affiliates. Even if you signed with them under the 'No Negative Carryover' agreement, they have retroactively applied this clause.

Negative Carryover Update
If Net Casino Revenue is in a negative position that negative amount will NOT be recovered from you and at the beginning of each month any negative position will be set at zero. If Net Casino Revenue for a given payment calculation period is a negative amount, that negative amount will NOT be recovered from you but it will be carried over into the following payment period and shall be included as a deduction when calculating Net Casino Revenue in respect of such period.


Summary: This is a predatory, retroactive change that Interpartners has committed to. They feel they have done nothing wrong, according to Fotis who says: 'We regret to inform you that there will be no immediate plan of action with regards to the changes in our terms and conditions. '
Dec
20
Title:Best Affiliate has a number of Predatory ClausesDate:December 20, 2011 7:46 am
Category:Best AffiliateTags:


We have recently found Best Affiliates terms changed from the original, when we certified them. Due to an error, the spider cannot determine the change date. What has been found is that they are applying Negative Carryover to some affiliates even though it has not been in effect previously.

Predatory Terms
Dated:2011-12-20 - Commissions - Minimum Payment
19.4.6. The total commission must be minimum of $100 for the previous monthly result in order to be paid out. If the commission is lower then $100 there will be no commission payout that month. These funds will not be available for the affiliate in the future.

Dated:2011-12-20 - Commissions - Payment Date
19.4.2 BA shall pay THE REFERRAL COMPANY each month for services rendered during the preceding calendar month. Payment shall be made prior to the 15th day of each month by transferring the funds to an account submitted to BA by THE REFERRAL COMPANY.

Dated:2011-12-20 - Strange Term
19.3.7. THE REFFERAL COMPANY acknowledges that it is totally forbidden to promote their services to any active players within BA database. THE REFFERAL COMPANY acknowledges that BA will not tag or trace existing players in player database to THE REFFERRAL COMPANY affiliate account or super affiliate account if the player has been active on one or more accounts during the last 60 days. If BA discovers that a player traced/tagged to REFFERRAL COMPANY has been traced/tagged in an incorrect way BA has the right to remove the player from REFFERRAL COMPANY affiliate and/or super affiliate account with immediate effect. THE REFFERAL COMPANY acknowledges that BA can at any given time remove players from REFFERRAL COMPANY affiliate account and or super affiliate account.


Summary: These are some of the most ridiculous terms I have seen. If you don't make the minimum amount in a month - they can just take it from you (won't carry it over to the next month). Really? Best Affiliate - Decertified.
Nov
18
Title:BETDAQ Affiliates Terms UpdateDate:November 18, 2011 3:05 am
Category:BETDAQ AffiliatesTags:


This alert happened in November and was a result of request for certification. These changes add 'No Negative Carryover' to the terms and removes the 'active player' clause.

Negative Carryover Update
4.9 There will be no negative carry over applied to affiliates as a result of customer losses.


Terms and Conditions Update
13. TERM AND TERMINATION 13.1 This Agreement shall commence on the Commencement Date and, subject to clause 13.2, shall continue until either party serves 20 Business Days written notice of an intention to terminate. 13.2 BETDAQ may terminate this Agreement immediately in the event that the Affiliate (a) breaches any of the terms of this Agreement which, in the case of a breach capable of remedy, has not been remedied within seven days of receipt of a notice from BETDAQ specifying the breach and requiring its remedy; (b) is unable to pay its debts as they fall due or make any voluntary arrangement with its creditors, become subject to an administration order, have an administrative receiver or receivers appointed in respect of the whole or any part of its assets, go into liquidation (voluntary or otherwise save for any voluntary liquidation entered into solely for the purposes of a bona fide reconstruction or amalgamation) or be made the subject of a bankruptcy order or ceases or threatens to cease carrying on its business; (c) in BETDAQ's opinion, is in breach of the terms of any applicable advertising code of practice (Advertising Standards Authority - http://www.cap.org.uk/The-Codes/CAP-Code.aspx?q=CAP%20Code%20new_Specific%20Category%20Sections#c4) or; (d) does not introduce any new active customers to BETDAQ for a period of six (6) months.


Summary: Excellent Changes by BETDAQ. They will now be certified by AGD. Thanks a ton Ruairi and team!
Nov
16
Category:ReferbackTags:


Reversal of previous term.

Processors
"Payment Service Provider" means a 3rd party with whom we have an arrangement to process money transfers. AND . Upon confirmation of money transfer from us to the Payment Service Provider, we shall not be liable for any damages, loss or cost suffered or incurred by an Affiliate (including any damages, loss or costs suffered or incurred as a result of a failure to pay or delay in payment).


Summary: Unsure why this term has been reversed, but these things do happen by accident (i.e., Old Terms re-uploaded to site, accidentally).
Nov
16
Title:Wagershare Updates Terms – MarketingDate:November 16, 2011 3:01 am
Category:WagershareTags:


This terms update relates to marketing practices, namely Intellectual Property Rights.

Intellectual Property Rights
3.2 Licence to use Intellectual Property - On registration We shall and hereby grant to You a non-exclusive, non-transferable licence, during the term of this Agreement, to use Our and Our Merchants' trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, designations, copyrights and other proprietary rights (Intellectual Property''Intellectual Property'') (licensed, in turn to Us from their owner) solely in connection with the display of the banners on Your site, and strictly for no other use whatsoever thereof. Any breach of such Intellectual Property rights, may result in penalties, as more fully set out hereunder. AND 4.8 License to use Intellectual Property - The license granted to You in terms of clause 3.2 above may not be sub-licensed, assigned or otherwise transferred by You, and shall only be used for the purposes set out therein. You shall not during the term of this Agreement nor at any time thereafter assert the invalidity, unenforceability, or contest the ownership of the Intellectual Property in any action or proceeding of whatever kind or nature, and shall not take any action that may prejudice Our, Our Merchants' or Our licensor's rights in the Intellectual Property, render the same generic, or otherwise weaken their validity or diminish their associated goodwill. , nor use the license for any other purpose than that for which it is intended, and as set out in clause 3.2


General Marketing
4.13 Limitations of Advertising - a) The use of the licence for any purposes other than that provided for in clause 3.2 and anyuse of whatsoever of domain names, brand names, trademarks or any bid made by you to any Internet search engine on keywords including without limitationwords that are the same, or confusingly similar, to Spin Palace Casino, Ruby Fortune Casino, Piggs Casino, Mummys Gold Casino, Cabaret Club Casino, Jackpots In A Flash, Poker333, Spin Palace Poker, Betway Casino, Betway Poker, Betway Sports, Betway Games, Gnuf Casino, Gnuf Poker and Gnuf Bingotrademarks or words , for any purposes other than that are confusingly similarprovided for in clause 3.2, shall not only be considered to be a breach of the good faith provisions contained in WagerShare Terms and Conditions (see clause 4.6), but also as an unlawful breach of the applicable intellectual property rights. Notwithstanding For clarity, this includes, but is strictly not limited to, instances where You register, or attempt to register, domain names containing the foregoingnames, with our prior written consentor words confusingly similar, you mayto those set out above and instances where You use the names, or words confusingly similar, to those set out above, in respect of order to solicit visitors, to visit any agreed Merchantsite, establish one or more derivative URLs that incorporate any one online business of Yours, and/or registered in Your Name, other than through the Merchant's marks or channels, and for the Merchant's primary URLpurposes, or any variation thereofspecified in 3.2 above. You willIn the event that WagerShare has reasonable cause to believe that any such breach has occurred, at Your own costit retains the unilateral and final right to retain indefinitely any current or future amounts owed to you. Save that, register such mentioned derivative URLs in the name event of WagerShare.com and immediately such breach, WagerShare will first notify WagerShare.com of each derivative URL established and maintained by You. Each derivative URL must host , in writing or by email, that a website breach has occurred, and informing You thatis identical to the corresponding Merchant's URL , as provided to You by Us. Each derivative website must be updated to reflect changes to a result of the provided URL from time breach, commission is retained and/or that failure to remedy the breach within a specified period of time will result in commission being retained. You In both instances the amount of commission retained will be notified of changes to the Merchant's URL and must update at at the derivative websites within 48 hours sole discretion of such notificationWagerShare. You will remove any derivative website when requested to do so b) Any bid made by Us. A derivative website may not, under any circumstances, be used to direct any persons you to any site other than the Merchant's agreed URL. Internet search engine on keywords including without limitation, Spin Palace Casino, Ruby Fortune Casino, Piggs Casino, Mummys Gold Casino, Cabaret Club Casino, Jackpots In A derivative website may not include any promotional materialFlash, including bannersPoker333, textSpin Palace Poker, or other materialBetway Casino, Betway Poker, Betway Sports, Betway Games, Gnuf Casino, Gnuf Poker and Gnuf Bingo trademarks or words that does not relate are confusingly similar, shall be considered to be a breach of the Merchant. We have good faith provisions contained in WagerShare Terms and reserve the right to terminate this Agreement immediately if any derivative website established by You is found to not comply strictly with these conditionsConditions (see clause 4.6).


Summary: Intellectual property rights are a typical. Note that the term also mentions derivative domains and PPC terms. Note: This is mostly a re-write.
Nov
1
Title:EGO update terms regarding taxDate:November 1, 2011 6:35 am
Category:EGamingOnlineTags:


This is an update to tax rules where registration in a jurisdiction requires taxation.

Taxes
1.7. ''Net Revenue'' will mean the sum of Deposits Revenues less Redeems generated on your Tracker(s) based solely on our log files. Deduction of Taxes in Regulated Markets where EGO brands operate with a local license will also apply as will licensing for Branded and Live Casino /Poker games.


Summary: Expect to see this more and more in terms updates in the near future.
Oct
25


SIA have changed a few terms including on regarding the definition of a qualified player and one regarding your commissions minimum payment.

Definition - Qualified Player
To qualify as a new customer an account must be open at www.sportsinteraction.com and a deposit made within 30 90 days of accessing www.sportsinteraction.com for the first time via the affiliate site through the SIAP links)


Spam / Postal Service
5.1 SIA does not endorse the promotion of gambling through the US Postal Service. Neither does SIA condone or endorse the spamming of Internet users.


Commissions Payment and Negative Carryover
6.2 There are currently two payment models: a) Net Revenue Share Model: the Affiliate is paid commission on a percentage of Gross Profits (Gross Profits are either: i) sports betting revenues in real money less winnings, fraud charges and other costs; ii) All new customers? poker rake less credits, bonuses, promotions, processing charges, chargebacks and uncollected costs attributable to the new customers; iii) Casino revenues less payouts, bonuses, promotions, processing charges chargebacks and uncollected costs attributable to the new customers) generated by new customers. b) CPA Model: the Affiliate is negotiated a flat fee per referred active client to www.sportsinteraction.com. An active client is defined as a player who has made an initial deposit and proceeded to bet an excess of $100. c) Payment for the preceding month shall be processed by the 15th day of each calendar month. If during the first month of the term of this agreement or during any month following, the Affiliate?s commission does not exceed eighty dollars ($80.00USD), then SIA will accrue the commission to the following month or until the commission fees exceed eighty dollars ($80.00USD). If the Affiliate chooses to be paid via Electronic Transfer, and the Affiliate?s commission does not exceed one two hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00USD), $250.00USD), then SIA will accrue the commission to the following month. d) In the event that the Affiliate?s payment for a month appears as a negative balance, they will not receive commission until the balance has been returned to a positive balance. If an Affiliate has chosen the Net Revenue ? Casino Only commission program, then negative balances are not carried over into the next month.


Summary: The changes are typical in regards to minimum payment and have been a recent trend as new processors are added. The player definition is a good change.
Oct
25
Category:Virgin AffiliatesTags:


Minor updates to the territory restriction list

Territory Restrictions
Cash player registrations from the following countries are not accepted by Virgin Games: Afghanistan Netherlands Antilles American Samoa Argentina - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY Angola Argentina (Casino play restricted) Australia Bhutan Burundi Canada China Cook Islands Cuba - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY (Casino play restricted) Cyprus France Germany (from July 7th 2010Casino play restricted) Germany - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY Guam Holy See (Vatican City State) Hong Kong Iran Iraq Israel Italy (www.virginpoker.it available ) Korea, Democratic Peoples' People's Republic of (North) Lao, Peoples' Democratic Republic Lebanon - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY (Casino play restricted) Libya Macau Marshall Islands Mongolia Myanmar Nauru (Casino play restricted) Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles Nigeria - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY (Casino play restricted) Niue (Casino play restricted) Northern Mariana Islands Norway (payment method issued by Norwegian institution not allowed e.g. bank cards) Nepal Netherlands Nigeria Nauru - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY Niue - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY Northern Mariana Islands Philippines - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY (Casino play restricted) Poland Puerto Rico Russian Federation Somalia - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY (Casino play restricted) Spain Sudan - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY Syria - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY (Casino play restricted) Syrian Arab Republic (Casino play restricted) Thailand Turkey United States United States minor outlying islands Uzbekistan - Wagerworks/RGS games ONLY Holy See (Vatican City StateCasino play restricted) Virgin Islands US Zimbabwe


Summary: This change is mostly to ensure that the rule applies to all software in the casino (not just Wagerworks/RGS) but note some territory additions as well.

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