AKbets - Rev Share Slashed Warning (RESOLVED)

Haven't been promoting AKbets long but joined on their default 25%. Randomly took a look at the account today and they have reduced rev share to 10%. No email from them. No communication.

If you promote AKbets then log in and just check they haven't slashed your rev share on the quiet.

I've found they have become poor at responding to emails, though they were fine at the start. I have been referring players, not that many, but I have achieved their criteria for not being terminated ("If an Affiliate does not generate any registrations for the Company for greater than a two (2) month period, the Company may terminate this Agreement with or without notice to Affiliate"). Beware.

wow, that's a predatory double-sandwich

I'm really sorry to hear about your daunting experience with this program. It's very sad to read such things like this, as the cost of living is on the rise and everything in general only seems to be getting more difficult.

I've listened to some of the AK podcasts recently - for what it's worth, there's some good stuff on some of them and AK himself isn't afraid to have a view on things which is refreshing - and there's been more than a few subtle hints that he and other bookies will be finding ways to squeeze more money out of each part of the process, including what they pay affiliates.

That said to do this without notification is a bit naughty.

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Originally Posted by newcustomeroffer

I've listened to some of the AK podcasts recently - for what it's worth, there's some good stuff on some of them and AK himself isn't afraid to have a view on things which is refreshing - and there's been more than a few subtle hints that he and other bookies will be finding ways to squeeze more money out of each part of the process, including what they pay affiliates.

That said to do this without notification is a bit naughty.

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Yes, I see he thinks he's a bit of a character and likes attention. I also see a lot of people think he's rude as hell and the implication is he revels in that (fecked up if he does).

I read Trustpilot and in among some obviously fake 5* reviews were plenty of people treated like sh1te and having their player account closed on basis of being "arb" players etc. I guess some were and some weren't, and it doesn't help that AKbets go longest on most selections and then call people "arb" players when they take advantage. So they close accounts very readily but the thing that stood out is the person replying to them on Trustpilot on behalf of AKbets was rude as feck. Over and over they responded very aggressively to these people. It's not clever in a business based on trust.

AKbets seem like a back-street bookies the way they operate. Slashing rev share for a fairly new affiliate without any communication or discussion, never replying to emails (since my opening post I went back and looked at emails I sent them and saw they never got any response). If an affiliate program acts like that then it is managed by incompetents.

I'll send them my first invoice at the start of next month. At the moment over £800 has built up that is owed, which really is no big deal, but I suspect they won't pay up because the AK bets affiliate team have a culture of ignoring emails. Hopefully they respond to my email from yesterday and address the issue and make things right but I won't be holding my breath and I will be removing these amateurs off my site. Sometimes you only find out how bad a program is by trying it. At the moment, they seem like clowns and my advice to others would be to avoid them at all cost. I'll update if they actually bother to address this.

Absolutely disgusting behaviour. Seeing this a lot lately. Constant passive-aggressive reminders from affiliate managers to “amp up” the traffic. After pushing me down to 10% once already, I now know better... Not naming names but… go pound sand, Cloudbet. Time to move on.

Update: I have received a response. They acknowledge the 10% was an error and have changed back to 25%. I did remove AKbets from the site and I think they only looked at it today. They talk of ending our arrangement, though I can understand that if they can't currently see the brand on my site. I am hoping we can agree to work together and I can reinstate the AKbets brand on my site. I await their email reply.

All misunderstandings are now resolved. Communication has been excellent today.

Please feel free to mark this thread as 'resolved' if you see fit.

they closed my account for not bringing in enough players, be very careful with these