Tower Affiliate payments (paid by wire) will be paid in Euros and subject to a currency conversion cost.

TERMS UPDATE, COMMISSIONS, WIRE PAYMENT

COMMISSION PAYMENTS Commission payments by wire transfer will be processed in EUROs and are subject to a USD to EURO conversion based on the monthly exchange rate issued by the Austria National Bank .

Tower affiliates have made changes to their wire payment fee.

TERMS UPDATE, COMMISSIONS, WIRE PAYMENT

OLD TERMS:

The Minimum Payment for Affiliates from the United States is $500.

NEW TERMS:

There is a $500 minimum payment for Affiliates who choose the wire transfer option. A $50.00 process fee will be deducted from affiliates that require a wire transfer.

Tower Affiliates makes changes to their details page to alter the payment date for affiliate payments
Change #1 – Category: AFFILIATE PAYMENT (PROGRAM DETAILS PAGE)

  OLD INFORMATION
Commission Payment Details Payment Frequency: You will be paid during the first week of every month for all referral commissions received throughout the previous month.

  NEW INFORMATION
Commission Payment Details Payment Frequency: You will be paid by the 15th of every month for all referral commissions received throughout the previous month.

SUMMARY: Nothing major – a change in when affiliate payments are made from the first week of the month to the second week of the month.  T

This is a drastic change by Tower Affiliates in our opinion.  The minimum payment for US affiliates is VERY large and may not be worth your time to promote them.

Change #1 – Category: Minimum Payment for Commissions

OLD
Minimum Payments – The Operator will hold all referral commissions until the total amount due is at least $50, or until the Agreement is terminated.

NEW
Minimum Payments – The Operator will hold all referral commissions until the total amount due is at least $50, or until the Agreement is terminated.  The Minimum Payment for Affiliates from the United States is $500.

OUR SUMMARY: It appears that Tower Affiliates have changed the minimum payment for commissions such that any US affiliate must have at least $500 in commissions owed prior to receiving payment.  This is really crappy of them, IMO, and I would think many affiliates will just stop promoting them.

Tower Affiliates have added a new term to both their Terms and Conditions page and the Affiliate Agreement page. This term relates to RakeBack for poker affiliates

Change #1 – Category: Commissions

NEW
(viii) Affiliates may not promote Rake Back or any variation of the term Rake Back or insinuate that SITES offer Rake Back.

OUR SUMMARY: This is nothing new or worrisome.  Many poker affiliate programs are beginning to implement this exact phrase into their terms.  Rakeback tends to lessen the profit everywhere and really only reduces commission for the affiliates