I got an email today from DSI that I think all affiliates should see. I can not believe what I am reading. They are planning on moving my affiliate commision from 35% to 15%, just because they want to. I dont care what their terms say, this was not the right way to handle it.
Truth be told, I have not been converting that well there. But, that is because their processing is **** and they just dont convert (several reasons which I wont bother to list). They convert 10% as good as what my main sportsbooks do, and they think its my fault.
Here is the email:
Due to recent events within the Online Gaming industry we regret to inform you that your commissions have been dropped to 15% rev share effective immediately. This is due in part to our ever rising operating costs to service players, but is mostly due to your lack of marketing efforts as they relate to your partnership with BetDSI. We have found that in the last 365 days you have referred less than the expected amount of traffic that would justify staying on your current revenue share percentage and thus we are forced to take action. Please know that this is not a personal attack on you as this decision is affecting the entire affiliate program and all of our affiliates. We simply feel that in a true partnership both parties need to contribute to the partnership and grow with each other. If this is not happening then it becomes extremely difficult to justify the arrangement as it is no longer a true partnership.
The bright side of all of this is that due to the recent policy changes from other leading U.S. facing sports books it is now easier than ever to send traffic and conversions to BetDSI. If you are interested in becoming more active in your efforts to promote BetDSI and would like to have a talk about your plans and how we can work together to increase both your traffic and rev share please feel free to contact one of our affiliate managers who will be more than happy to speak with you.
They sent me this without even trying to talk to me or ask me about their traffic. They did not ask me to move them up, they did not ask why I moved them down, and they did not ask me about anything else. They just decide to do what the hell they want to and did not send me any other email other then this one.
Their terms say this:
* We reserve the right to raise or lower any affiliates' commission rate solely at Management’s discretion.
But, can they not at least talk to me? Can they not tell me first and let me try to make my case? I dont care what their terms say, they are wrong for doing this and not at least talking to me first.