Gambling Affiliates Union is live!

[ChristinaSlots]

Yay! This is great. Just when I was thinking, "I wish there was a union for affiliates" this arrived!

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[thepokerkeep]

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[cameronlove4]

Hi,

I have some questions:

1. Do I have need to apply for becoming a member of this Union?

2. What are the facilities of joining this Union?

I hope I haven't offended anybody by my questions.

Thanks,
Cameron

[Chalkie]

Hi,

I have some questions:

1. Do I have need to apply for becoming a member of this Union?

2. What are the facilities of joining this Union?

I hope I haven't offended anybody by my questions.

Thanks,
Cameron

I am sure that these questions will not offend anyone.

You can apply to be a member direct from the GAU website and you will find all the information required there too.

[lauferb]

I think that it's a bad idea to charge fees for membership
the result will be that 90% of the members will be "fakes" that are financed by operators, and real affiliates will not register, even 1$ per month is a bad idea
I think that GAC needs to think of an alternative business model with free membership to affiliates.

[Chalkie]

I think that it's a bad idea to charge fees for membership
the result will be that 90% of the members will be "fakes" that are financed by operators, and real affiliates will not register, even 1$ per month is a bad idea
I think that GAC needs to think of an alternative business model with free membership to affiliates.

Reasonable points and points that have been considered.

Regarding the membership fees, they are something that we made a point of mentioning at the very beginning.

It was always stated that there would eventually be membership fees, very low, however, fees all the same. These are simply to cover the cost of running the GAU and of course as we grow and get busier we will likely need to employ people to service the needs of our members.

The reason we chose the membership fees model was to allow us to be free from any financial constraint, free from substantial funding from programs. This was something that the majority felt was important when discussions were rife during the original founding period.

Clearly there will be costs involved, these costs are borne by myself presently and i am happy to do so. There are also other hidden costs involved, such as the time i dedicate to the GAU, i am happy to dedicate many hours to the GAU and want no thanks for this, however, some of this time comes at a cost. I use time that i should spend on my own business for GAU business, this costs me earnings in the long run. That said, i am happy to spend that time and i am not interested in any remuneration to cover the time spent, not now or in the future.

A point worth mentioning is the fact that we also said on the GAU site that we would never disallow a membership for financial reasons. This is still the case.

Added to this, whilst i can survive without charging membership fees there will be none charged. When i say survive, i mean that whilst i am able to finance the GAU and still feed my family and pay my bills.

Regarding "fakes" as you mention, presently i police the membership for fakes manually and try to ensure that all GAU rules are upheld. Of course as time goes on this will need more substantial policing and we are looking towards ways of securing the membership within the GAU rules.

[lauferb]

Added to this, whilst i can survive without charging membership fees there will be none charged. When i say survive, i mean that whilst i am able to finance the GAU and still feed my family and pay my bills.

sure the income should come from some place, nobody is working for free. but there are alternative ways:

option 1. both CAP & GPWA can sponsor GAU, since both organizations are affiliate organizations they should be happy to do so and prove that they support affiliates. the sponsorship will of course not be connected to the decision making procedure in any way

option 2. GAU can monetize its resources. the resources are the members that are affiliates, affiliates know how to do seo, seo is the most efficient marketing technique today, marketing makes money right?
so GAU can manufacture marketing related products or services and use the profits to finance the organization

[lauferb]

b.t.w I wanted to add that I think that there is a big challenge for GAU that is to prove to the industry itself that that success of GAU will add value and profit to the industry and not just a forum where people say bad things about operators and do boycotts.

personally I think that it will add value to the industry because many affiliates got hurt in the last year from things that happened, and these affiliates can just decide to move to other industries and the online gaming industry will only loose from this, GAU if it actually manages to be what it aims to, then it can convince affiliates to stay in the online gaming industry

[Chalkie]

sure the income should come from some place, nobody is working for free. but there are alternative ways:

option 1. both CAP & GPWA can sponsor GAU, since both organizations are affiliate organizations they should be happy to do so and prove that they support affiliates. the sponsorship will of course not be connected to the decision making procedure in any way

option 2. GAU can monetize its resources. the resources are the members that are affiliates, affiliates know how to do seo, seo is the most efficient marketing technique today, marketing makes money right?
so GAU can manufacture marketing related products or services and use the profits to finance the organization

LOL, i can just see Warren and Michael falling off their chairs if they read item 1 above.

Regarding item 2, perhaps something to look at.

[Chalkie]

b.t.w I wanted to add that I think that there is a big challenge for GAU that is to prove to the industry itself that that success of GAU will add value and profit to the industry and not just a forum where people say bad things about operators and do boycotts.

personally I think that it will add value to the industry because many affiliates got hurt in the last year from things that happened, and these affiliates can just decide to move to other industries and the online gaming industry will only loose from this, GAU if it actually manages to be what it aims to, then it can convince affiliates to stay in the online gaming industry

Agreed, it is a massive challenge, however, one i feel that is within our reach.

One thing the GAU is not, is a forum to say bad things about programs and just boycott them. As time goes on you will see much more value from the GAU and how constructive we aim to be. One of the reasons that we do not have a forum of our own.

[lauferb]

LOL, i can just see Warren and Michael falling off their chairs if they read item 1 above.

why not? please explain (sorry again of not knowing what was in the past)
but what's the problem with applying for sponsorship from CAP and GPWA to GAU?
(sponsorship that is not connected to decision making in the GAU)

[Chalkie]

why not? please explain (sorry again of not knowing what was in the past)
but what's the problem with applying for sponsorship from CAP and GPWA to GAU?
(sponsorship that is not connected to decision making in the GAU)

There is nothing in the past, the GAU has no history or any conflict with the GPWA or CAP.

Maybe there is nothing wrong with this idea, however, i am just not sure that either would like to help fund the GAU.

I will continue to fund the GAU myself for as long as i can and until it is not possible to do so.

[Nandakishore]

I will continue to fund the GAU myself for as long as i can and until it is not possible to do so.

I think funding from any gambling-related organization may make GAU not as neutral and objective as it wants to be. However, we should try to get ads or sponsorship from organizations outside our domain. I am trying to get something, maybe an ad, from a software company which has no connection to gambling whatsoever. I will contact you Paul by PM when I have some concrete result.

[sharmawebsolution]

The newly formed (GAU) has this week announced the imminent launch of their white list - and how they are on track to secure 1,000 members within the first six months

[Muppet]

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[JohnStephens]

Contrats man. This looks good, what a great idea.

I'm surprised something like this wasn't sone sooner?

Signing up now!

[grem]

another affiliate forum?

will join now