How do sub-affiliates get referrals?

[jamix]

Right now, I'm the top sub-affiliate at another online gambling portal and I only have 3 active referrals......(well 4, but only three are active)! Simply put, sub-affiliating is hard stuff. No one wants to click that crappy looking link of ours!

On raketherake, I have no referrals.

Has any other sub-affiliate here been successful? Say over $1000 per month in sub-referral commission.....Don't suppose you'd like to try and share your secrets!?

[xecutable]

I have that and sorry to disappoint you but I have 0 secrets for you. I've never promoted sub-affiliating, I've never had links with landing pages for sub-affiliates, I've never asked anyone specifically to sign through me. So before I tell you what I am about to tell you, don't go around nagging and bothering people.

Over the years I've been around here and have posted to my best knowledge trying to be helpful and have created a few relationships with webmasters, some of which became my sub-affiliates. Again, I've never asked them to do so, in fact I was unaware for several months before the revenue kicked in. Sometimes it's luck sometimes it's people expressing appreciation.

Unless you are running a big webmaster portal with thousand of us around, I doubt you can specifically target the sub-affiliate market. Btw you are like the 4th -5th person in the past month that's been asking about sub-affiliates. What's up with people looking for those?

[wonderpunter]

Right now, I'm the top sub-affiliate at another online gambling portal and I only have 3 active referrals......(well 4, but only three are active)! Simply put, sub-affiliating is hard stuff. No one wants to click that crappy looking link of ours!

On raketherake, I have no referrals.

Has any other sub-affiliate here been successful? Say over $1000 per month in sub-referral commission.....Don't suppose you'd like to try and share your secrets!?

You have just posted on one of the biggest sub affiliate referring portals.. there are a few others but sites like GPWA are typical places, there are some dedicated small sites but i doubt they get enough traffic to make it viable.. you spend the same amount of time to make 5 times less money unless you are hoping to snag a super affiliate but generally they go direct to get better rates

[jamix]

Huh, this site runs a sub-referral program? Do I have to sign up separately in order to retrieve my own personal sub-referral link?

Sorry I'm new here and may have misinterpreted what GPWA is about.

Edit: So I would get commission for referring other affiliates to sign up to the affiliate programs offered here? This sounds difficult!

[wonderpunter]

Huh, this site runs a sub-referral program? Do I have to sign up separately in order to retrieve my own personal sub-referral link?

Sorry I'm new here and may have misinterpreted what GPWA is about.

Edit: So I would get commission for referring other affiliates to sign up to the affiliate programs offered here? This sounds difficult!

No.. many affiliates sign up at programs via GPWA and similar sites.. platinum sponsor, etc..

[Triple7]

It's difficult without reputable portal for affiliates. I sign up sometimes as sub-affiliate and I got some sub-affiliates, but that are exchanges with friendly webmasters.

I guess for business it's difficult. You get usually around 5% of their earnings. To make € 1.000 than, they should make already € 20.000, while usually toppositions are occupied by programs they work with a while... I tried a while to get unknown people as sub affiliates, but that's difficult. Most webmasters also prefer to make their own deals.

It's nice to exchange with friendly webmasters, but that's all in my opinion.

[jamix]

It's difficult without reputable portal for affiliates. I sign up sometimes as sub-affiliate and I got some sub-affiliates, but that are exchanges with friendly webmasters.

I guess for business it's difficult. You get usually around 5% of their earnings. To make € 1.000 than, they should make already € 20.000, while usually toppositions are occupied by programs they work with a while... I tried a while to get unknown people as sub affiliates, but that's difficult. Most webmasters also prefer to make their own deals.

It's nice to exchange with friendly webmasters, but that's all in my opinion.

Sounds like SIGNUP EXCHANGE? You find someone (who may or may not be a friend) who has something your interested in and you have something that they are interested in. Hence you agree to click each other's referral links and collect commission off of each other.

I don't know any webmasters that well. I did do the above kind of exchange before once. Can't say it was a great mutual benefit (I had to click his poker link, but I rarely play).....With that said, I'd probably still do it again.

[Doolally]

If referrals is your goal then why not build the best affiliate site available showing newbies how to build a gambling affiliate portal and market it. You can then actively seek referrals with your targeted traffic.

[TraceyL]

I think Doolally has hit the nail on the head here.

[Triple7]

Sounds like SIGNUP EXCHANGE? You find someone (who may or may not be a friend) who has something your interested in and you have something that they are interested in. Hence you agree to click each other's referral links and collect commission off of each other.

I don't know any webmasters that well. I did do the above kind of exchange before once. Can't say it was a great mutual benefit (I had to click his poker link, but I rarely play).....With that said, I'd probably still do it again.

Something like that, but not play but promote. We sign up as affiliates, not as players. Great benefit it isn't. I guess I make about $ 100 a month with it. But why throw that away?

The idea of TraceyL is tried by many I guess. Point is you need to compete with websites with a lot of history like for example also GPWA where is all the information. Most newbies also do not succeed in the end. I guess many of them start with the idea to make a few k a month in quite a short time and quit disappointed after 2 or 3 months if they see there daily hard work isn't paying out already.

[sweetbet]

I thought about building a gambling sponsor directory but I'm not sure how profitable that would be. I'd need monster targeted traffic and tons of profitable sub-affiliate signups to make it worth my while.

[JackTenSuited]

I thought about building a gambling sponsor directory but I'm not sure how profitable that would be. I'd need monster targeted traffic and tons of profitable sub-affiliate signups to make it worth my while.

me too, far less competition but obviously far far smaller target audience.

[TheGooner]

Q. How do sub-affiliates get referrals?

A. The same way that they get players.

By writing quality and informative content that answers the questions of the reader that creates a sense of trust that makes the reader actually WANT to click through and join up and start playing / affiliating ...

Writing cookie-cutter text and slapping up a pay now / join now link? Not so effective.