GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 38 - July 2017

GPWA Affiliate Interview Series How did you first get into the iGam- ing business? What did you do before becoming an affiliate? I worked in the risk management/finance department of Playtech for about three years. It helped me acquire knowledge about the different aspects of the iGaming industry – opera- tors, card processors, affiliates and players. Tell us about your sites. Which site came first? When did you launch it? How long did it take your first site to start making money? We operate several media web- sites in the casino and finance industries. We launched our first site, CasinoGames- Pro.com , in 2007. It took us about two years to start making money. Step by step, we managed to create a network of websites in different verticals, including CasinoNe- wsDaily, CasinoGuardian, BinaryTribune and many more. Are you a full-time or part-time affili- ate? We are a full-time affiliate. We have about 15 people working full-time and 8 to 10 freelancers. Do you have plans for additional sites, or for adding additional verticals to your sites? Yes, we have plans to hire more people this year and to focus on the local European markets, including the U.K., Italy, Germany, Sweden and Spain. What countries does most of your traffic come from? Most of the traffic comes from the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Spain, Italy, Sweden and Australia. We have local versions of our main site, CasinoNewsDaily.com . This affiliate keeps his players up-to-date on the news in several languages Miro - casinogamespro 46 w w w . g p w a t i m e s . o r g