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Calling out CakePoker.com
CakePoker.com Problems
First off I want to say that I really hate having to make this post, but given the recent history of Cakepoker.com (the company, not the staff) I think it has come to this. I have nothing but respect for the people who manage Cakepoker.com, but the higher ups are seriously going in the wrong direction.
I'm going to go down the list in order, so bare with me.
The Cake Poker and Cardspike Scandal
We all know that Cardspike joined the CakePoker.com network with the Cake folks knowing full well it would be owned and operated by people in the United States.
Cardspike.com as you know stole a ton of money over a 5-6 month period from many affiliates and players. I'm not going to list proof, but if I need to I will. I think we all know the history.
I know that within the first full month of Cardspike's existence Cakepoker.com was made aware of the huge tracking issues, and over the following months Cake was shown proof of the theft of money form players and affiliates as well as tons of player to affiliate tracking issues.
With all the complaints and evidence Cakepoker did nothing and to this day they still allow Cardspike to remain on their network even though affiliates are still owed thousands. Make no mistake, this is not simple indifference or laziness, Cake benefited from all this, and still does. I could go on about this, but I think you get the drift.
Cake Tracking Issues
Over the couple years I've promoted Cakepoker, I would get random emails asking me to verify a player was getting their rakeback, or an email asking why they did not get their deposit bonus. Being a new affiliate I figured this was common, but now I know its not. Cake Poker knows they have serious tracking issues, and has no motivation to fix it. Of course, when emailed about a player, they add them to your report. But how many do we all miss?
There is a number of threads about this on the PAL forum and other forums. So its not just me, and I'm sure some affiliate accounts are tracker better than others.
More Tracking Issues? Or Repercussions?
Around the time of the Cardspike issues, when I was bitching at PAP and Cake Daily, I was right where I wanted to be in terms of SERP position for terms like Cake Poker Rakeback, etc. I was seeing good signups every month. When I started putting pressure on Cake, and had some heated email exchanges with people, where I was being told to be quiet and back-off I noticed the next month my SU's decreased drastically. I even emailed cake at one point and asked what was up? A few days later I got a response form a person whom I had had a few heated discussion with say "I don't see an issue" - but I did manage to get a signup the next day.. Then nothing again for a while.
I assumed I must have a bad tracker, typo or something. So I made sure everything was correct, kept a close eye on my SERP position which remained the same, but still my SU's went to nothing! <<<< I wondered how that could be? Double checked everything and its right, but still nothing. I even had no signups for January which is LOL <----
Anyway, good lesson there I guess.
Not bothering to respond to emails
The straw that broke the camel's back is not even responding to my emails now. I got an email from a forum member the other day asking about his rakeback. I had personally walked him through signing up, but he isn't on my reports, but hmmmm he is getting rakeback just not tracked to me.. That seemed odd, so I contacted a few other people, did some testing ( test signups from other computers around the country) which I have proof of, and guess what? People going through my trackers are getting Rakeback and deposits, but are not tracked to me? How clever is that?
So, I'm calling out Cake Poker, it is time you started running your company the right way. I have faith that this is not a grand conspiracy, but maybe a few bad apples in the cart. So, do everyone a favor and conduct an audit, let everyone see, etc.
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