Affiliates Outraged by Changes in PKR’s Affiliate Program

The number of marketing affiliate sites intent on blacklisting UK 3D online poker site PKR seems to be getting bigger. All of them seem to agree on one thing – that the changes introduced to the company's affiliate terms and conditions are prejudicial to affiliates. Some of the changes include: * A dormant account is any account which for a period of 12 months or more has not either (a) been logged into; or (b) had funds withdrawn from it. * An “inactive account” is any account which has not acquired 1 or more Real Players for a period of 6 months or more. * A “semi-inactive account” is any account which has not acquired 1 or more Real Players for a period of 3 months or more. The company explained these definitions by these conditions: “Forfeiture and retention of account monies; For affiliates to which commissions are paid into a PKR player account, such player accounts are subject to the same terms and conditions as they would be if they were not an affiliate. This includes but is not limited to the removal of any unused balance from a dormant account and the closure of such account. “Affiliate account inactivity; In order to remain on any commission structure, affiliates accounts must remain active. Any affiliate with an inactive account will have access to the account restricted and the commissions relating to any tracked players on that account set to 0% Revenue Share. “Should the affiliate wish to once again become active, then a new affiliate account must be created to track this activity. The affiliate will no longer be eligible for any commissions generated by the players tracked under the initial account; nor any subsequent account that has been restricted because of inactivity. “Any affiliate with a semi-inactive account will NOT have access to the account restricted but, for players attributed currently to a revenue share commission, will be moved to a 10 percent revenue share commission. This will only occur should a 10 percent revenue share be a lower percentage than they are on currently. “At the time which a withdrawal of these funds is requested, the players that have been referred by that affiliate will be security checked and any accounts deemed as fraudulent/ duplicate will be removed.” Affiliates were informed of these novelties only when it was all done, so it's no wonder their reactions are fierce. As one of them said: "There is no more long-term relationship with PKR; if you don't keep sending them players and money then they'll stop paying you. Even if you sent 1000 players previously – they'll stop paying you on them." As for new affiliates, these terms seem to be too severe and the time constraints are counter-productive.