GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 36 - October 2016

our headquarter offices are located. The Ad Finem team is a top team in eSports and we are the official sponsors, so we help them grow and progress in the field of eSports. We participate in all major industry events like ICE, LAC, AAC, BAC and EiG. In Oc- tober, the Tipbet teamwill be exhibiting in Berlin at EiG. At BAC, we will have a stand and we are the main registration sponsors. As I mentioned before, our main cus- tomer database is from the DACH coun- tries, but we have customers from many countries in Europe because they trust our brand and they are impressed with the simplicity of our website. Addition- ally, our live streaming option for top matches from all sports around the world helps us increase acquisition. Our live streaming option is free – the user just needs to have a valid account at Tipbet, unlike other operators, which require the customer to make a deposit or to make at least one bet in the last 24 hours. At Tipbet, it’s totally free. What do you think the emergence of eSports means for the affiliate market? eSports is the new trend in our business, therefore,us at Tipbet we are offering a wide variety of all bets in games of CS:GO , Starcraft , League of Legends and Dota 2 . In September, we planned to focus much more on eSports, with special bonuses and promotions. This new trend means a lot for the af- filiate market, since affiliates have one more weapon for boosting their monthly affiliate commissions. The site has English, German, Greek and Turkish as language options. Why did you decide on these languages, and do you have any plans to expand to other languages in the near future? For English and German, the reason is obvious – those languages are a must. For Turkish and Greek, the company has plans for the near future in those terri- tories. Other languages will be online very soon, as we are expanding rapidly in other markets. Tipbet’s future plans are extremely big, and we are going to be one of the top operators in the iGa- ming industry. Describe your role in regard to affiliates. Howmuch of your traffic is attributable to affiliates? I hold amultitasking position at the moment at Tipbet, and I am also in charge of the affiliate managers. We try to close fair deals with our affiliates, and we want to keep themhappy and satisfied. We keep in close contact with all of them, dis- cussing their problems. We listen carefully to their suggestions and we help them in- crease their monthly commission amounts. Tipbet offers affiliates lifetime revenue share of 25-50% based on monthly net revenue, including an up to 10% com- mission bonus and with negative car- ryover. Why did Tipbet decide on this commission model? We decided on this reward plan because we think that it is fair for both sides. Hardworking affiliates can earn up to 50% commission, while smaller affiliates are able to have a decent income by promoting Tipbet. Tipbet recently became a GPWA Plat- inum Sponsor. Why do you feel it’s im- portant to support the GPWA? I have known about the GPWA for a long time, and this Platinum Sponsorship is essen- tial for us. The GPWA helps us build our brand in the affiliate world, and also the communication between them via the forums is very effective. In my opinion, if you want to be considered one of the leaders of the industry – and this is our purpose – a Platinum Sponsorship with the GPWA is very important. How do you ensure that payments are sent out on time? And when do your payments go out? We start the procedure of paying our affiliates on the first of each month, and we devote all our working time to processing the payments. We normally send the pay- ments to our affiliates by the fifth of each month, but there have been months that payments were sent by the third of the month. Generally, our payments are pro- cessed quite fast. It’s one thing to bring in a new person to a site. It’s another thing entirely to get them to stick around. What does Tipbet do to retain players sent by affiliates? Our purpose is to keep as many players as possible active at Tipbet. There are a lot of actions that we take to retain the players affiliates send. Just to name a few, we run special promotions for specific sports events; we give re- load bonuses to loyal customers; we give eSports is the new trend in our business, therefore, at Tipbet we are offering a wide variety of all bets in CS:GO, Starcraft , League of Legends and Dota 2. . . . This new trend means a lot for the affiliate market, since affiliates have one more weapon for boosting their monthly affiliate commissions. W W W . G P W A T I M E S . O R G 69