APCW Audits: Affiliate Edge

**APCW** · 22 January 2010, 7:47 am

APCW Audits: Affiliate Edge

Introduction: Within the past 30 days, the APCW conducted an audit of Affiliate Edge affiliate tracking software and the All Star Slot Casino player experience.

Audit: Testing was conducted by an auditor who visited All Star Slots via an affiliated link. There were no webmaster affiliate tracking issues.

The auditor claimed the All Star Slots "100% bonus up to $300 on your first deposit using bonus use (Coupon Code): ALLSTAR1. The Bonus was added after code as promised. All Star Slots also offers a second deposit of 100% up to $487. Wagering requirements on each bonus are 20x (deposit + bonus).

Factual Notations:

Casino Visited: All Star Slots (allstarslots.com)
Download or Flash: Download
Software Platform: Real Time Gaming
Licensing Jurisdiction: Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Connection: Cable
Download Speed: First download stopped by McAfee.
Second download with McAfee disabled 6 seconds
Player Experience: See Below
Webmaster Stats: Tracked Correctly

Auditor Questionnaire (Player Perspective) :

WAS THE DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION PROCESS EASY AND QUICK? Download stopped by McAfee, could not go around it had to be disabled.

WERE THERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DEPOSIT? No issues

HOW FAST WAS THE DEPOSIT PROCESSED? Very quick transaction

DID YOU ENJOY THE GAMES? Games were great

WERE THERE ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES? No issues

DID YOU CONTACT CUSTOMER SUPPORT FOR ANY REASON? No issues

IF SO, WERE THEY HELPFUL? (no answer provided)

WERE ANY BONUSES OR COMPS AWARDED TO YOU? Yes double your money bonus

DID YOU GET THE BONUSES OR COMPS YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO? Yes

HOW FAST DID IT TAKE TO GET YOU BONUS? Just entered bonus code

WHAT WAS YOUR OVERALL OPINION OF THIS CASINO'S ATMOSPHERE? Good, slot friendly atmosphere

WOULD YOU PLAY HERE AGAIN? Yes

WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS SITE TO YOUR FRIENDS? Yes

ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS? Company should know if anti-virus is halting downloads

Survey of Casino / Affiliate Program (Affiliate Perspective) :

Does your program have...

Minimum Affiliate Payment? $200
Negative Carryover? No
Bundling payments? No
High Roller terms? No
Minimum player rule/Inactivity rule? No
Permissible use of trademark (keyword bidding, use in domain names)? No
Rules for incentive based traffic? Incentive based traffic is permitted on a revenue share basis only.

Terms and Condition Questions...

Policy on bonus abusers/fraudulent players- what happens with CPA? Once the client is left in no doubt that a player is fraudulent and/or a bonus abuser the CPA would be retracted and the affiliate informed immediately.
Revenue share and inactivity- is an affiliates player untagged if there is zero activity from the player? No
What happens if there is zero new activity from the affiliate? Will they still receive rev share on old players? Yes
Can banners be served directly from your system? No

Tracking Method...

If cookie, what is length of cookie? 365 day cookie
Are Cookies over writable? (i.e. first cookie or last cookie) yes cookies are over writable. The affiliate who refers the player that downloads and registers is the one credited with the account.
Do you incorporate IP tracking? IP tracking is currently not available to affiliates.
Can bonus codes/coupon codes overwrite other tracking? No, Coupon Codes do not overwrite other tracking.
When in registration process is tracking noted? Embedded into .exe.

Additional Information...

Testing results from other financial auditing and RNG testing bodies (PWC, TTS) Our RNG is certified by TST (Technical Systems Testing). The casino also works with independent player arbitrators CDS Corp. Ltd. (Central Disputes System).
Do you offer Custom Landing Pages? Yes we do.
Do you have any thing you would like added to the audit report? Affiliate Edge often runs monthly revenue boosting promotions for all its registered affiliates. We’re open to all offers so don’t hesitate to ask.

Payments and Earnings (Player / Affiliate Perspective) :

Affiliate Edge Pays via...

Bank Wire Transfer
Check/Cheque
Courier Check
QuickTender
NETELLER
EcoCard
Moneybookers
eWalletXpress

Player Payments Timeliness...

Varies by method. No pending issues.

Affiliate Revenue share...

Tiered 25%-40%

Recent Affiliate Payments Processed...

13 Jan 2010
02 Dec 2009
11 Nov 2009
06 Nov 2009

Affiliate Edge - Program Supplied Information:

Affiliate Edge pays up to 40 percent commission and offers excellent revenue-share partnership options. You’ll be paid on a monthly basis,
with no negative carryover. Every person you sign up will remain yours
for life. Whether your player is a recent addition or one of your first sign ups, you have infinite earning potential simply because you’ve
signed on with Affiliate Edge. You will also have your own personal
account manager who will answer your questions, provide custom creative
on demand, and work with you to make sure that your partnership with
Affiliate Edge is a success. AffiliateEdge.com

AUDITOR'S NOTES:

Auditors use various anti-virus software, some will allow casino downloads, some
will not. We feel it is important to know which downloads get stopped
and what anti-virus software stops them.

PLEASE NOTE:

Certain criteria have been kept confidential to preserve the anonymity of the auditing process. Audits are conducted randomly throughout the year and
may come at any time. Any potential problems with an audit are discussed with the casino program prior to the posting of the results.

**Affiliate Edge** · 22 January 2010, 9:13 am

We are of course extremely happy to have passed the APCW audit with favorable results. The audit results being made public coincide with our client All Star Slots being awarded “Best New Casino of 2009?yesterday in the CasinoMeister awards..

With the APCW audit completed, Webmasters wishing further information about Affiliate Edge or its award winning client can either contact us here or via e-mail: [email protected]

If you’ve got US facing gaming traffic and you’re looking for a responsible effective affiliate program to sign up to, look no further www.affiliateedge.com

Kind Regards

Elliott.
Affiliate Edge
Email: [email protected]
Direct+ 44 (0) 207 264 2429
Msn: [email protected]
Skype: Affiliate.Edge

**Chips** · 22 January 2010, 9:34 am

Thanks for the audit. I will add that Elliott has been a pleasure to work with. Taking communications to the next level and asking if a phone call would be ok (prior to calling). I enjoy working with this program.

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