ASA Archives

Start of the investigation

Важливо

How Was Your Day continues its journey as a newcomer. We have already tested more than one affiliate program and emphasize every time: It is important for us to go through the entire cycle - from registration to the first payout - to give an honest and independent assessment.

This time, our focus is on Gentle Partners. We met the girls even before the launch of this affiliate network, and since then we have watched them confidently go their own way. In a short time, a team of professionals was able to build a new project that is already being heard on the market. More than 600 offers, weekly payments, worldwide GEO, open faces of the team, and activity at top conferences - this is all about Gentle Partners today. You can read more about how it all started in our interview with Anna, CEO of Gentle Partners.

We registered, talked to the manager, evaluated the convenience of the personal account, and checked the range of offers. The results of this dive are below.

The first acquaintance with Gentle Partners

Home page Gentle Partners leaves no room for doubt. Clear messages, understandable blocks, and a "Join" button that is always in sight. Everything is stylized and visually clean - no chaotic elements or overload. Navigation is simple, and from the first click you can see that the site was built with the user in mind.

And the main message at once: "Your growth point in iGaming". It sounds real. No pathos and no golden mountains - a clear emphasis on the main thing we all look for in affiliates: stable growth. The website design supports this idea: light colors, large fonts, and well-structured blocks. Each section is presented concisely but informatively, so even before registration, it becomes clear why you should take a closer look at Gentle Partners.

Advantages of Gentle Partners

more than 600 active offers in the iGaming vertical
geography from Tier-1 to niche markets
in-house media buying: offers are tested before launch
flexible models: CPA, RevShare, Hybrid
weekly payments from $300 in crypto
the ability to withdraw smaller amounts with a commission
open mouthpieces and fast uprights
support for newcomers - from training materials to consultations

Start with Gentle Partners

The website describes the start in a simple and clear way: three steps:

Register via a short form.
A personal manager matches offers to your sources and GEO.
You start pouring with all the tools in your office.

There are no requirements to send screenshots, no complicated questionnaires, and no bureaucratic barriers.

Referral program

Gentle Partners offer not only stable payments but also the possibility of additional earnings through their own referral program. This is another monetization tool that allows partners to receive a percentage of the turnover of those they have invited.

The conditions are simple:

from $5000 - 2%
from $10 000 - 2.5%
from $20 000 - 3%
from $100 000 - 5%

The referral link is issued by the manager, and this becomes an additional incentive to share the program with colleagues or industry acquaintances. In essence, you recommend what you use yourself, and at the same time receive a bonus to your own income.

Partners

Trust in affiliate marketing is formed not by words, but by actions. Gentle Partners already have dozens of companies that cooperate with them on a regular basis.

The partners include V.Partners, MB Partners, Uno Affiliates, Parimatch Affiliate, and other well-known industry players. These are brands that would not work with the company without stable conditions, transparent payments, and a high-quality approach.

The website also includes partner testimonials that confirm this: Gentle Partners not only claim results, but also deliver them. This is a significant plus in the trust fund for those looking for a new entry point or scaling.

Contacts and openness

Another strong point Gentle Partners - transparency. The website openly presents employees with photos and positions: from executives to affiliate managers. This is a rarity in the market and at the same time an important signal - you know who you are working with and who is responsible for your area.

But the most valuable thing is that behind these photos are nice and truly professional people. It's easy to start a conversation with them and hard to end it - you can feel their involvement and experience. There's no pathos or arrogance here, which is typical for some market players. On the contrary, the team Gentle Partners gives the impression of open-minded colleagues who sincerely want to help you understand the details and push you to achieve results.

When communicating with them, you can feel the experience gained over the years in arbitration. They understand not only the theory, but also the daily challenges of partners: from choosing offers to optimizing traffic. These are the people you can trust because they have gone through this journey themselves.

You can contact the manager via messengers, and during business hours, the answer comes in a few minutes. And most importantly, it's not just a dry answer, but real help. As a result, you get the feeling that you are not working with an abstract company, but with a team that is close by and sincerely interested in your growth.

Media and publicity

Gentle Partners actively build their own brand and market recognition. This is not a company that operates in the shadows. They are constantly appearing in the public space, confirming their reputation with their deeds.

Gentle Partners - a media brand that resonates in the market: participation in top conferences, own YouTube formats, meetups, contests, and cooperation with industry leaders.

This makes them visible and recognizable, and partners get the feeling that they are not working with a "gray player" but with a brand that is confident in the market.

Overview of your personal account

Registration

Registration in Gentle Partners is designed so that the partner can enter the work without unnecessary obstacles. The form on the website is simple: standard data and a messenger for contact.

We tested this on our own experience. We created an account, specified Telegram, and within a few minutes received a message from the manager. It was a real person who immediately started a dialog without scripts and formal phrases.

The manager asked about our experience, GEO, and traffic sources. Then he offered several offers and explained which ones would be suitable for beginners and which ones would be better for those who already have a practice.

For him, we were just new partners, but the attitude remained attentive and friendly. There were no excuses or delays in responses. This makes a big difference. Gentle Partners from many competitors.

The entire registration and first contact took only a few minutes. We received an activated account and the first recommendations, which created a sense of confidence. Even a new partner can get started quickly and feel supported from day one.

Cabinet interface

After activating the account, we were greeted by the familiar Affise interface. This seems to be a logical decision: most arbitrators have worked with it before, so there is nothing to learn

The main page displays the balance, the amount in the holding, the latest payouts, and the contacts of the personal manager. There is a separate graph of activity for the last ten days and brief statistics on leads.

The overall impression of the office is simple, clear, and functional. There are no unnecessary buttons or complicated menus. Even a beginner will quickly figure out where to start.

Statistics

In your personal account Gentle Partners advanced analytics are available.

Statistics can be broken down by day, offer, and smartlink. For a deeper analysis, you can also get data by browser, operating system, and device. Additionally, you can track results by country, city, goal, and subaccount.

All data is updated in real time. This allows you to react instantly, rather than waiting for reports "after the fact". For an arbitrator, this is a serious advantage: statistics becomes not just a report, but a decision-making tool.

Offers

Base. Gentle Partners has more than six hundred active offers in the iGaming vertical. The geography is wide - from Tier-1 to niche GEOs.

Each offer has a detailed card with information such as payout amount, available traffic sources, targeting, average conversion rates, and holding conditions.

Before the offer appears in the account, it is tested by the internal media buying team. This ensures that partners receive only proven options that actually convert.

Offers are updated regularly, so even active partners always have fresh options.

Payments

Gentle Partners offer three models of cooperation: CPA, RevShare, and Hybrid. This allows you to choose the format for different strategies - from a quick return on investment to long-term earnings.

The minimum payout starts from $300. Withdrawals can be made once a week. If the amount is smaller, you can also receive funds, but with a commission. All payments are made in cryptocurrency.

Holdings are transparently stated in the terms of each offer.

Support.

Managers Gentle Partners get back to you quickly, usually within a few minutes. Answers are specific and to the point.

In our experience, support behaved like a true partner: they explained the nuances, helped us choose offers, and suggested how best to move forward. This creates a feeling that you are not working one-on-one with the system, but with a team that is interested in your result.

Bottom line.

Важливо

We have come a long way in Gentle Partners from the first click on the registration button to the immersion in the personal account, statistics, and payments. And this experience left a positive mark.

From a technical point of view, everything looks mature and well-thought-out. The Affise account is clear and convenient, statistics are detailed and updated in real time, offers are structured and pre-tested. Payments are clear, weekly, and the terms and conditions are transparent.

From the partner side Gentle Partners proved to be a team that does not hide behind faceless logins. They openly show their employees, respond quickly in messengers, and help from the first steps. This creates the feeling that you have not just a manager, but a partner who is interested in your results.

Trust is also strengthened by the fact that the Gentle Partners dozens of well-known companies are already working in the network, and the network itself is actively present in the media and at conferences. This is evidence of stability and seriousness of intentions.

HWYD Media recommends Gentle Partners to everyone who is looking for an affiliate program with transparent terms, stable payments, and real support. We have checked - this network provides more than just offers and statistics. It creates an environment in which it is comfortable to work and develop.

AFFSTELLAR is a bright star that monetizes your traffic in the iGaming world.

How Was Your Day continues its series of arbitrage investigations! Recently, an affiliate program with a cute pink star on the logo came to our attention - How Was Your Day AFFSTELLAR! We decided to investigate and go through all the stages of the program ourselves - from registration to the first payout. To keep everything fair, our editors met with the representatives of this affiliate program and told them about our plan, and we received not only a positive reaction from Affstellar users, but even our own interest in independently evaluating the affiliate program's settings and tools.

"Such courtesy and friendly communication from managers who were sincerely open to inspection" was the first thing we noticed. The second was the response from the other side AFFSTELLAR did not make us wait even 5 minutes - in three minutes we received a favorable response to our initiative and were already talking with the company's representative, discussing the details. So we can add two pluses to the still-empty box of pros and cons: openness and speed in communication.

Benefits of the affiliate program Affstellar:

600+ offers around the world
Large-scale coverage and the ability to work with any type of traffic - from Tier-1 to non-standard GEO.
Own media buying
AFFSTELLAR does not just aggregate offers, but tests them independently. Accordingly, it provides only those that convert.
Flexible start without unnecessary bureaucracy
Registration without screenshots, activation after a conversation with the manager. It took us up to 10 minutes.
Tools that help, not confuse
Postback, Facebook integration, a familiar interface, convenient statistics, and in-house developed applications are all at your fingertips.
Fast support and payouts
Managers are responsible for a few minutes during working hours (even on weekends) and pay from $300 weekly.
Minimum restrictions - maximum action
No unnecessary KPIs. If you are a team with your own vision, it doesn't matter, as long as you get results.
Support for newcomers
Training materials, manuals, case studies - everything to help you get started in the iGaming vertical and become profitable.
Loyalty program and referral program
An additional opportunity to earn more - get a percentage of your referral traffic for 3 months.

General information

Exploring the site, we immediately find information that AFFSTELLAR - is an iGaming CPA network with 600+ offers, in-house media buying, and proprietary applications for the effective work of partners.

Let's be honest - all of this is great, but there are many affiliate programs in the competitive market that offer the same - 24/7 support, a variety of offers, a wide range of GEOs. It's more about the experience and trustworthiness of the affiliate program, because everything else has become the basis without which an affiliate program simply won't be chosen.

However, this fluffy star has a stellar trust as well! Accordingly, the star managers have a lot of experience in the iGaming niche and traffic arbitrage in particular, and their reputation is not tarnished.

So for now, we are not considered as potential partners AFFSTELLARNothing bothers me. We plan to continue to try cooperation. But how will we monetize our traffic?

Monetization

AFFSTELLAR offers three classic flexible payment models: CPA, RevShare, Hybrid with a weekly frequency of 300$ via the crypto payment system.

Of course, we, like everyone else, are concerned about payment guarantees, so as not to drain quality traffic for nothing. So, first, we asked our trusted colleagues who have ever worked with AFFSTELLARand we heard the answer as if in unison - everything is transparent, clear, and timely. For us personally, media coverage is also a secondary indicator: the company actively participates in conferences and enters the public space, which means that we can indirectly conclude that it values its reputation. This is also an additional confidence for us personally.

The site also offers feedback from partners who cooperate with the company.

Registration

Well, we are satisfied with everything, and we go in search of the magic "REGISTER" button, feeling butterflies, or rather, stars in our stomachs from the new partnership. It doesn't take long to find it - we see a migrating, visible button on every scroll of the landing page!

We enter a standard set of personal data, and a manager immediately contacts us, asking a few simple questions about our experience, GEO, and the traffic sources we plan to work with. We honestly told the manager that we were new to the business and just wanted to try it out. To our pleasant surprise, we receive very loyal feedback with an emphasis on the following AFFSTELLAR supports newcomers. The company is ready to support not only experienced partners but also beginners, providing all the necessary training materials, manuals, case studies - everything to start in the iGaming vertical and become profitable. The team really does work on individual terms, whether it is a beginner like us or an experienced team with its own strategy/vision/offerings - all this is taken into account.

Wow, that's nice, we shake hands and get into a personal account with a convenient menu and a clear, uncluttered interface built on the Affise platform, which makes it familiar to most professionals in the industry.

Functionality of the personal account

The interface of the personal account is quite simple and intuitive. On the main page, we can see general statistics on our traffic (of course, it is still zero, but it is only for now))), as well as the balance, contacts of the personal manager.

The "Statistics" section in the AFFSTELLAR - is a full-fledged traffic control tool that allows you to break down the results to the smallest detail - user's browser, operating system, or device. It is possible to filter by offers, smartlinks, geo, time zones, currency, conversion status, etc. All this is in real time, with a flexible system of settings and the ability to combine parameters. In total, the statistics has 8 blocks: Day, Conversions, iGaming, Offers, Smartlinks, Browsers, OS, Devices.

Offers and geo

Partner network AFFSTELLAR offers a set of offers from direct advertisers in the iGaming vertical. The highest bid on the offer we saw was 300 euros, and the average among all of them was about 100$. There are offers for any competence, and, accordingly, for different remuneration and different GEOs.

By clicking on an offer, we get detailed information on how to work with it:

payments;
conversion rates;
targeting;
allowed and prohibited traffic sources.

By the way, before adding offers to your portfolio, your own media buying AFFSTELLAR tests it on its own, tests it out, and if everything is okay, only then does it provide access to partners in the form of a new offer.

Also to those who, like us, are planning to cooperate with AFFSTELLARyou should know about the referral program! The referral program gives you the opportunity to earn from the second month for the next three months (i.e. from 2 to 5 months in total) according to the following percentage grid:

- from $5000 - 2%
- from $10 000 - 2.5%
- from $20 000 - 3%
- from $100 000 - 5%

To get a referral link, just write to the manager.

Bottom line.

AFFSTELLAR leaves a pleasant impression right from the start: the interface is simple and straightforward, nothing superfluous - everything you need is at your fingertips. Communication with managers is fast and without unnecessary formalism. If you have any questions or difficulties, they answer to the point and without delay, even if you are a beginner.
From the technical side, everything is on the up-and-up: detailed analytics that make it easy to understand what works and what doesn't, a good selection of tools that don't overwhelm but allow for convenient work. Offers are updated regularly, there is a clear division by verticals and countries, and it is easy to track changes.
Another advantage is the network's public activity: AFFSTELLAR is not a "gray player" but actively interacts with the audience in the media, which indicates openness and confidence in the product. All in all, it's a perfectly working tool for those who want to fill without too many headaches.

BigDeal Partners is an international affiliate program and a direct advertiser of the OnlyWin gambling brand. The project appeared on the market on December 23, 2023, and today it offers the industry a top product with a high envelope in the markets of Canada and Germany. BigDeal Partners provides exclusive conditions for driving traffic to webmasters and prioritizes partners with a strong background in the gambling vertical and, in particular, in working with Tier-1 markets.

Registration and terms of work with the BigDeal Partners program:

Registration with BigDeal Partners is as fast as possible, you do not need to provide screenshots with proof of experience to gain access to your personal account. The average response time of managers during working hours is up to 15 minutes.

Tools and personal account:

The BigDeal Partners affiliate program is based on the Affilka SSP platform from SOFTSWISS, so the platform has everything you need to work with traffic productively, namely:

ARI and Postback;
UTM;
Team management (the ability to create different levels of access to the personal account for teams).

Also, BigDeal Partners supports partners at all stages of launching and:

provides a detailed portrait of the player on the cone GEO;
assists in the preparation of advertising materials and setting up post-backs;
prepares product reviews in accordance with the webmaster's specifications;
support with expertise at the stages of testing and analysis of the RC by the partner.

Важливо

BigDeal Partners offers a referral program that allows you to earn 5% lifetime from attracted affiliates. You can get the link from the manager upon request.

BigDeal Partners gives unique promotional offers to top partners - your FTD rate can increase every month, provided you scale well.

Offers and payment models at BigDeal Partners:

BigDeal Partners has an in-house brand - OnlyWindesigned for VIP players and high rollers. You can deposit via CPA (up to $600) or RevShare (up to 50%).

Advantages of working with the product:

Curacao license;
8000+ slots and games from the world's top providers;
high bonuses and exclusive tournaments for players;
RTP 96.1% - a wide range of payment methods;
high payment throughput;
operational support.

Why BigDeal Partners?

a new gambling product OnlyWin with the Curacao license;
is a brand focused on VIP players;
ultra-high envelope: CA, DE, AU
enhanced retention and support;
exclusive conditions for players;
CPA up to $600, RevShare up to 50%;
unique promotional offers for top partners (+$ per FTD for high-quality scaling in each subsequent month);
development of individual bonus offers for the webmaster's PPC;
strong managerial expertise and the ability to interact flexibly with the project.