Was just looking over terms and got to this, which is wayyyyyyyyyy down at the bottom, in regards to affiliates.
38. Partner/Affiliate terms
38.4 All Players referred onto the Site and Game will be held under the referring Partner account for 4 [Four] months from and including the day the Player joined. After this period, a Partner will no longer receive revenue share for that Player.
I'm not affiliated with this site in any way, nor do I have any vested interest, but as an interested observer I must say I'm not a fan of this policy.
-BttB
You are the first one to complain about this policy. We will review it internally and provide an update later today. We had to add in a safeguard otherwise one person can refer a friend and get paid for that player forever even with being an inactive affiliate. That is simply not a wise business decision. We will look to reword it to only have an expiration date if you are an inactive affiliate.
Not really meant to be a complaint, so much as an objective observation. As carlfebz2 mentioned in an above post, most sites, at least that I'm familiar with, do not put a cap on the amount of time you are affiliated with a referral.
And I'm not sure what your definition of active affiliate is, but this shouldn't be an issue, I don't think. For example, let's say Affiliate A refers two users who play low to mid stakes cash three to five times a week, every week for a calendar year. Let's also suppose these are Affiliate A's only two referrals for that entire calendar year. In contrast, Affiliate B refers five players who play micro stakes ring and small buy-in mtt's, mainly on the weekends. In three months time, most of Affiliate B's original referrals have left the site and he refers 5 more players, who play the same stakes as his previous five referrals.
Now, even though Affiliate A only has two referrals, they should still theoretically be generating more rake than all of Affiliate B's referrals combined, despite Affiliate A not having any new referrals in the calendar year, and thus generating your site more revenue.
TL:DR - Referrals should be tied to affiliates for life, unless there is blatant evidence of some kind of abuse/shenanigans between the linked accounts, regardless if the affiliate is actively referring new users.
-BttB