Brightshare Affiliate Program Review

Brightshare are one of the programs in the extend Fortune Lounge group.

Submit a complaint Terms Monitored Join Program Brightshare Affiliates are part of the extended Fortune Lounge group. This group were ineffective in shutting down the account of affiliates engaged in hacking. As such we would suggest affiliates choose an alternative partner. Close We suggest you try one of these recommended Affiliate Programs: 1. BetCos Affiliates Review 2. 21 Partners Review 3. Dream Team Affiliates Review 4. CasinoCasino Affiliates Review [Continue]   -   [Cancel]

Earnings & Commisions

Brands

Complaint History

Earning Information

Sportsbook and Poker

30%

Casino and Bingo

Affiliates should be aware of the following term:

“The Affiliate shall be entitled for Commission for new Player that has deposited within 90 calendar days as of the new Player’s registration date.”

Revenue Calculation Formula

Net Revenue = Player’s income (money wagered), minus (i) Player winnings, (ii) free credits, (iii) Player chargebacks (iv) progressive jackpot fees (v) bonuses (vi) Applicable Taxes (vii) and compensations or refunds given to Players and costs

CPA – Available on request.

Negative Carry Over – No. Fraud and charge back expenses will be carried forward and offset against future revenue.

Minimum Payment – €250 for Bank Transfer, €50 for all other methods.

Payment Date – By the first business day after the 20th of the month.

Payment Methods – Bank Transfer, Cheque, Neteller, Skrill (MoneyBookers). Bank Transfers and Cheques incur a €35 fee.

Sub Affiliate Commission – 2%.

Terms and Conditions

Minimum Activity Quota – No.

High Roller Policy – Yes, see below:

“In any given month, if an individual Player generates a negative Net Revenue of at least €10,000, then that Player shall be deemed by BrightShare to be as a High Roller (“High Roller”); And if the net Revenue in that month for that affiliate in that Plan is negative €2,000 or greater, then the High Roller policy, as defined in this section 5.7, will apply.
If both of the above criteria are met (see clause 5.7.1) the Affiliate’s negative net Revenue of that month in this Plan will be carried forward and offset against future net win Revenue generated by the High Roller.
If there is more than one high-roller, the negative balance carried forward will be split proportionally between them.

The Affiliates negative balance carried forward due to the High Roller policy, shall not be set-off against other of the Affiliate’s Players’ Net Revenue in subsequent months and will be reduced by future positive Net Revenue that the High Roller generates until high roller’s negative balance carried forward becomes positive.”

How long does player revenue last? – Revenue for referred players is paid for the lifetime of the player’s activity.

Affiliates should be aware of the following term:

“BrightShare or its Clients may restrict specific markets for acquisition of new Players. Upon closure of a market to acquisition, BrightShare reserves the right to adjust the Affiliate’s Revenue share percentage to 15% for all the Affiliate’s existing Players from the closed market.”

Are earnings from different products bundled – Yes.

Are earnings from different brands bundled – Yes.

Tracking Cookies Duration – No information listed.

Tracking Cookies Overwritten – No information listed.

General Information

Verticals – Casino, Live Casino

Contact Details

Email – support@brightshare.com

Phone – 1 809 214 892

Country Restrictions for Players – Afghanistan, American Samoa, Belgium, Denmark, France, France Metropolitan, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Mayotte, Palau, Portugal, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, South Africa, Spain, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United Kingdom, USA, Wallis and Futuna.

Country Restrictions for Affiliates – None

Languages Available for players – Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish

Regulators

Malta Gaming Authority

Software providers used – Microgaming

Program Reputation

Player Issues – The BrightShare properties have been inconsistent in their response to player complaints across a variety of 3rd party dispute mediation portals. This is a large group with a large player base and the proportion of complaints is small and generally appear to be related to potential multi-accounting issues.

This lack of transparency when it comes to complaints is still concerning.

For references see – http://thepogg.com/appendix-casino-reviews/#Fortune_Lounge_Group.

Affiliate Issues – In late 2014 an affiliate was found to be engaged in large scale hacking of WordPress sites. They were using security loopholes to access the sites then uploading a page of casino reviews. All affiliate programs have clear terms and conditions prohibiting this type of marketing. While some affiliate programs managed to shut this affiliate down quickly and stopped appearing on the hacked sites quickly, other programs either failed to stop the affiliate from opening new accounts or simply didn’t shut down the original accounts.

Some of the brands being operated by the extended Fortune Lounge group continued to appear on these sites for many months after they were made aware of this issue.

For references see – http://thepogg.com/appendix-casino-reviews/#Fortune_Lounge_Group.

Conclusion

While the properties represented by BrightShare have notable enough player issues that ThePOGG.com is not prepared to recommend them to players, we would not overtly criticise other affiliates for doing so based on player issues.

Overall the affiliate terms offered by BrightShare are reasonable. The only questionable issue is the term stating that only players that deposit within the first 90 days of signing up will be tagged to your account, but overall this is unlikely to have a major impact on your ability to earn with this program.

What is more of a concern is that properties within the extended FortuneLounge group have been ineffective in preventing their brands appearing on hacked affiliate sites when other reputable operators have coped. This suggests that this group have either chosen to work with groups engaged in illegal activity or have ineffective preventative security procedures. This has angered many in the affiliate community and as such all FortuneLounge related programs hold Not Recommended status.

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