GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 49 - April 2021

#6 chaumi 11 February 2021 Private Member Regarding the affiliate aspect . . . if you did think of going down that route, remember that you get paid for punters signing up with a bookie, but it may be (and is quite possi- bly the case) that your followers are already punters therefore will already have betting accounts. Certainly with the major books. So (if that is an accurate situation) then you’d have to be putting other lesser known bookies in front of them or reams of different offers in the hope they don’t already have accounts. I think in your situation I’d be thinking of a membership site. You could build the site, start posting duplicates of what you’re post- ing on social media to get it running, then communicate out to the 16k followers that on a certain date the info will be continued under paid membership. You might lose a bunch, but if the results have been consistently good (and you set the membership price point right) you may find enough will sign up to make it viable. For example 1,000 at a five per month = £5k. Not to be sniffed at!! And once you have the captured market hit- ting the site, there is nothing to stop you from putting the odd good bookies offer in front of them as extra “content.” “ Reply With Quote #7 PaulEchere 11 February 2021 Private Member A lot of good points have already been brought up here, I would personally like to comment on the “ethical” bit you raised. It is true, that wins have to turn into losses if you will get a revenue share with a bookie, but it doesn’t mean that your picks have to be losses. I don’t know how often you give out your tips, but let’s say you give one a day. A good portion of your subscribers are likely placing more bets than that on a daily basis. So as far as your tips go, they can be as good as they are right now. Another interesting point here was the fact that most of your readers already have an account with a bookmaker, so you will not get any profit from their betting activity. Here, you would indeed need to promote smaller and lesser known brands, however, it doesn’t necessarily have to be dodgy bookies. There are a lot of good smaller betting brands, who are happy to get new U.K. players. And creating a website in your case is surely the way to go. You can just duplicate your social media content there and having a de- cent following word of mouth will take care of the rest. “ Reply With Quote #8 AussieDave 11 February 2021 Public Member These days, even for seasoned affiliates with literally years of experience, it’s getting hard- er and harder to get signups. As opposed to years ago, when getting 100 new punters a month wasn’t unusual. As others have said, that 16K of followers is great. Well done. However, the likelihood is because they are punters already, a large percentage of that 16k already have U.K. bookie accounts. If it was me, I’m going to VIP membership subscription. In addition, I’d be setting up a website. Without that, and if Facebook suddenly decides to terminate your page, then you’re screwed. BUT if you establish a website, and move the business side of things to your website, you’ll be in a much safer position. I’d also think paying VIP members would feel more trusting in joining/subscribing to a website, than a free Facebook page . . . just saying! “ Reply With Quote 17 G P W A t i m e s . o r g