GPWA calls to boycott

We (GPWA) are asking all portals to join us in a boycott, effective February 21, 2003

The GPWA, as well as many non-member portals, has been working for the last two months with many casinos/groups to negotiate with them to stop their use of predatory advertising. Our goal has been for them to, at the very least, issue formal commitments to drop their use of scumware at the end of their current campaigns. We have not asked anyone to forfeit money by stopping a current campaign.

Many portal owners are paying high prices per visitor - the practice of placing ads in front of our customers, without the site owner's permission or affiliate code is costly to the affiliate industry, which is already ailing. This may, in fact, be the primary reason our sales have been suffering for the last several months. While these casinos have been telling us it’s due to the credit card processing problems, they’ve been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to place ads in front of OUR customers, to steal them from us.

Do not be fooled into thinking your portal is not being affected by their use of predatory advertising. They’re targeting our portals because of the high quality, targeted traffic we produce; the more successful your portal is, the more you’re being targeted!

Many casinos have conceded in the best interest of supporting their affiliates and fair business practice. However, there are a few that are either refusing to drop their predatory advertising, or have refused to issue commitment statements.

Given the refusal of these casinos to commit to fair and ethical business practices, and to prove their support of affiliates through their actions and not just their words, a majority of GPWA members have voted to discontinue advertising casinos that are using our portals and predatory advertising to steal our business.

We are asking all portals to join us in a boycott, effective February 21, 2003.
The majority of our members will be pulling all banner and prominent advertising for the following casinos; many members will be pulling these casinos off their sites completely – we ask that you join us.

For more information, please visit: http://www.gpwa.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=53

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