Warning about Travis Gottfried (TravG)

[Topboss]

Just a quick warning to be extremely cautious if you’re approached by Travis Gottfried (TravG) for content writing work.
He first contacted me several months ago to write news articles and post content on his sites.

When the first payment came due, I was met with a string of excuses and delays. He eventually did pay, nearly 2 months late, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and continued writing, assuming he was just slow to settle invoices.
Unfortunately, that turned out to be a mistake.

I invoiced him again for June and received more excuses but no payment. I sent another invoice in July, still nothing. At that point, I stopped writing and told him we’d resume once the overdue invoices were paid.


Long story short, both invoices remain unpaid 4 months later, and he now ignores every email.
Last week, I gave him a final warning to pay within four days or I’d post about the situation publicly on GPWA. Predictably, there’s been no response and no payment.


I know some will say, “Why didn’t you ask for payment upfront?” but in this industry, that’s not always feasible. Most clients expect to see the content first before paying.


This is actually the second time I’ve been burned, the first was by Teodor Martinov, a low-life who pulled a similar stunt. I’ve posted about him before.

There won’t be a third!! Lesson finally learned!!


It’s disappointing that people can’t simply be honest. If you don’t intend to pay for work, don’t commission it.
I’ve now learned that even long-standing GPWA members aren’t always trustworthy.

[Cash Bonus]

Heather, I'm very sorry to hear about your problems with this guy. Absolutely disgusting and unacceptable behaviour from him. I remember when he was posting on GPWA. Really appreciate the warning to all of us. One can never be careful enough with who they deal with.

I found his profile: https://www.gpwa.org/member/travg

[Juan Roman]

Sorry to hear that Heather, happened to me with exactly the same two guys. I'm glad TravG's GPWA interview was posted recently as it got more people scammed by him to come forward.

The third was some Russian scammer from Telegram who ordered a casino review and did not pay for it, just deleted the Tg account when he got the text.

[Topboss]

Sorry he has done the same thing to you too Juan.

It's just not on.

I am starting to really distrust people these days and its a shame because there are some really good people in our industry and then there are others that seem to think they don't have to pay for the work people do for them!

[Juan Roman]

Yeah, there's still like 95% honest people in the industry (and the GPWA forum) and a couple of bad apples won't change that.

But, yes, we have to be wary when starting to work with new clients.

[PlatinumLounges]

Thanks for the heads up, I have heard of this guy and sorry about what happened

[wonderpunter]

didn't he do something like this before a few years ago?

[NoDepositCasinos]

didn't he do something like this before a few years ago?

Yes. There is a thread where several people complain that he did not pay them for the work they did, and others defend him, saying that he is a good person with financial problems who eventually honors his commitments.

I'm all for giving the benefit of the doubt, but if it's something that has happened several times, I think it speaks about the person character, especially if they are not upfront and just ghost you. Maybe I'm biased because I started out as a ghostwriter and a client who didn't pay meant a big problem for me, but I find it unacceptable.

[eenzoo]

This forum is full of artist

[eenzoo]

Not an artist but a decent guy - whats happend to AussieDave ... they shoot him?

[Strider1973]

What a joke, Travis Gottfried gives an interview in the July 2025 magazine: https://www.gpwatimes.org/issue62/56/ where he even talks about content writing...

I hope Travis will pay you soon - must be really in deep **** if after giving an interview on how successful he is... he cannot pay a content writer bill on time.

[NoDepositCasinos]

Not an artist but a decent guy - whats happend to AussieDave ... they shoot him?

I don’t know the reasons, but he was banned. Last year, I saved one of his replies in a thread, and when I went back to reference it, I noticed it said “Former member - banned.” It’s a shame, I learned a lot from his posts.

[Juan Roman]

That's a real shame. AussieDave is a forum/industry legend.

[mickyfu]

I don’t know the reasons, but he was banned. Last year, I saved one of his replies in a thread, and when I went back to reference it, I noticed it said “Former member - banned.” It’s a shame, I learned a lot from his posts.

He seems very active on the "other forum".

[DaftDog]

He seems very active on the "other forum".

His account was restricted for a while after he lost his cool with an AGD member. He has decided not to return and has moved on with his life.

[Jamie - RateMyCasino]

Just a quick warning to be extremely cautious if you’re approached by Travis Gottfried (TravG) for content writing work.
He first contacted me several months ago to write news articles and post content on his sites.

When the first payment came due, I was met with a string of excuses and delays. He eventually did pay, nearly 2 months late, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt and continued writing, assuming he was just slow to settle invoices.
Unfortunately, that turned out to be a mistake.

I invoiced him again for June and received more excuses but no payment. I sent another invoice in July, still nothing. At that point, I stopped writing and told him we’d resume once the overdue invoices were paid.


Long story short, both invoices remain unpaid 4 months later, and he now ignores every email.
Last week, I gave him a final warning to pay within four days or I’d post about the situation publicly on GPWA. Predictably, there’s been no response and no payment.


I know some will say, “Why didn’t you ask for payment upfront?” but in this industry, that’s not always feasible. Most clients expect to see the content first before paying.


This is actually the second time I’ve been burned, the first was by Teodor Martinov, a low-life who pulled a similar stunt. I’ve posted about him before.

There won’t be a third!! Lesson finally learned!!


It’s disappointing that people can’t simply be honest. If you don’t intend to pay for work, don’t commission it.
I’ve now learned that even long-standing GPWA members aren’t always trustworthy.

Is that the same TravG thats just posted on AFD: https://www.affiliateguarddog.com/co...-updated.6790/

[eenzoo]

I wouldnt call September 2015 "just posted" - but yeah, same person.

[Topboss]

Yep, same one

[Jamie - RateMyCasino]

I wouldnt call September 2015 "just posted" - but yeah, same person.

Yeah my bad, just saw the date lol

[xecutable]

Not an artist but a decent guy - whats happend to AussieDave ... they shoot him?

That's a story of itself worth TV series. Did a few deals with TravG some 7-8 years ago without an issue, but that was me giving the money. Shows how much things can change in the spawn of a decade. The guy was a top earner (6 figures, his words), you'd think that's chump change for him. Ruining your reputation to save some money has always been crazy to me, especially if you don't need the money.

Also the audacity to write something like this in his article " Quality content has always been a very important aspect. I have built every website in my
network myself top to bottom, with only a few graphics outsourced". Proof that the GPWA would post anything as long as it makes a good read, despite being science fiction.

In fact this place became the problem itself. It let so many foxes in the hen house from shady Platinum operators, to dishonest affiliates and scammers with video courses and whatnot, that why would anyone stick around here....