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Affiliate Guides

For people who run the traffic: what each deal model pays, how a click becomes a commission, and which rules void one.

Deals and commissions

How you get paid, and how to tell one deal from another.

What a casino affiliate does and how they are paid, then how to start: choosing a market and a channel, the legal basics and a realistic first 90 days.

Deals and commissions3 common questions

CPA pays a flat fee for every player who makes a qualifying first deposit. How the model works, how it is calculated and what makes a player qualify.

Deals and commissions2 common questions

RevShare pays a percentage of the net revenue your players generate, for as long as they play. How net revenue is calculated and what to check before signing.

Deals and commissions2 common questions

The decision comes down to one number: how many months your players stay. How to find your break-even point and which model to take.

Deals and commissions3 common questions

The FTD is the event most casino affiliate deals pay on. What counts, what does not, and why the same person can produce two legitimate FTDs.

Deals and commissions1 common questions

Earn a percentage of what the affiliates you refer earn, paid by the network on top and never deducted from them. How the model works and where it breaks.

Deals and commissions1 common questions

An iGaming affiliate network sits between casinos and the affiliates who send them players. What it does, how it earns, and how it differs from going direct.

Deals and commissions2 common questions

Tracking and integration

How a click becomes a commission, and where that chain breaks.

From click to commission: tracking links, click IDs, attribution, and the three places a conversion most often goes missing.

Tracking and integration1 common questions

Server-to-server conversion reporting explained: what a postback contains, why it is signed, and how to integrate one without losing conversions.

Tracking and integration1 common questions

Traffic and channels

Which channels programmes accept, and what happens when you run one they do not.

Why casino SEO is harder than most niches, what actually moves rankings in a YMYL vertical, and how to avoid building on ground you do not own.

Traffic and channels1 common questions

Which channels casino programmes accept, which are commonly restricted, and why running a prohibited source can void commission you have already earned.

Traffic and channels1 common questions

Brand bidding is buying search ads on a casino's own name. Why most programmes ban it, what the few that allow it require, and how to keep the commission.

Traffic and channels2 common questions

Running an account

The day-to-day of working with a network.

When casino affiliates get paid, how the minimum payout and volume floor work, and what happens to a balance that does not clear them. Our terms, explained.

Running an account3 common questions

Affiliate managers recruit affiliates, place them on the right casinos and keep their traffic converting. Both sides of the role, and how to start in it.

Running an account1 common questions

Keep going

Every term in one place: FTD, NGR, negative carryover, attribution.

Put your own numbers through the models instead of reading about them.

Which markets and channels the programmes in our network accept.

Ready to put this to work?

Your rates are agreed per casino with an account manager rather than picked from a list. Tell us what you run and where.

Become a partner

New casinos, better deals

New casinos on the network, deal changes and practical notes for affiliates. A few emails a month.