Tell-a-Friend – Frequently Asked Questions
Every day, thousands of our members successfully earn money through our Tell-a-Friend program. Here are answers to some often-asked questions, which might help you out when you're getting started. You can find more information, as well as tips and tricks from successful referrers, in our Tell-a-Friend forum.
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• How can I refer members?
• How can I earn money from my referred members?
• Do my referrals have to deposit their own money to earn StrategyPoints?
• Earning 2nd level money - how does this work?
• Is there a limit to the amount of money I can earn?
• Where can I see my referred members?
• How can you convince someone to join PokerStrategy.com?
• My referred members didn’t pass the starting capital quiz – why is it necessary?
• My referred members didn’t pass the starting capital security check – why is it necessary?
How can I refer members?
There are many ways to refer new members. You could start your own poker blog or send an invitation to your friends on Facebook or on other social networks. If you have your own website, you can find professional referral material on our Referral material page.
Also, take a look at our Tell-a-Friend forum and discuss your ideas with other members.
How can I earn money from my referred members?
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There are three ways:
1. Playing poker: Your referred member plays poker at one of our poker rooms and earns StrategyPoints. It doesn't matter whether he deposits his own money, uses our free $50 starting capital or plays through any other free poker money offer.
2. Your referred member buys a points package: If your referred member registered after 11.11.2011, you also earn 10% on any purchases he makes in our points shop.
3. 2nd Level Tell-a-Friend: If you referred member who registered after 06.12.2011, you even earn money if your referred member refers new members on his own. You earn (an additional) 10% share on all Tell-a-Friend earnings he has. The money is not deducted from the earnings of your referred member.
Do my referrals have to deposit their own money to earn StrategyPoints?
No. What counts is that your referred member plays real money poker at one of our partner rooms and earns StrategyPoints there. He can of course deposit his own money, but he can also use one of our free money offers, such as the $50 starting capital.
More info on the free $50 starting capital
Earning 2nd level money – how does this work?
When a member you referred also starts to refer new members on his own you are rewarded with 10% of all earnings he makes. If your referred member earns $100 through the Tell-a-Friend program, you automatically earn $10.
Please note that this only applies if your referred member registered with PokerStrategy.com on 06.12.2011 or later.
Is there a limit to the amount of much money I can earn?
No. There is no limit to the number of members you can refer, nor to the amount of money you can earn. In fact, each one of our most successful referrers has referred several thousand new members to PokerStrategy.com.
Where can I see my referred members?
Click Referred friends in the navigation menu at the top of this page. It may take 1 or 2 days before our database is updated and the new referrals appear in your list.
How can you convince someone to join PokerStrategy.com?
Poker in itself is a challenging, interesting game and a lot of fun. But not everyone knows that... yet! Some people have reservations when it comes to online poker. PokerStrategy.com is the perfect place for a beginner to start out in poker:
• It’s an open community platform and it's free, so people can develop trust in online poker
• Our beginner strategies are not just working well, but they also give beginners the much needed self-confidence to play
• Our free $50 offer allows a beginner to experience real money poker without depositing their own money – which helps a lot, as people new to poker often distrust poker rooms initially
Just explain to your friends how PokerStrategy.com works and how it helped you. If you need help convincing them, just have a look at the following articles:
Learning Poker at PokerStrategy.com
The Business Model of PokerStrategy.com
My referred members didn’t pass the starting capital quiz – why is it necessary?
First, it is important to note that the quiz is only necessary for members who want to get the free $50 bankroll. If a player wants to take one of the bonus offers at our partner poker rooms, there's no need to take a quiz.
The starting capital you get from PokerStrategy.com can be seen as an investment for people who have an interest in playing poker and want to learn poker strategies. So why do you have to pass a quiz to get the starting capital?
Passing the quiz proves that you have the potential to become a good poker player; in theory at least. Beginners also learn basic strategy, meaning they can go straight to the tables after passing the quiz and aren't in danger of losing all of their starting capital right off the bat.
The quiz isn't just for fun and it's not meant to make things difficult; it's a way of making sure new players will be able to get free starting capital in the future and means new members don't have to take their own money to the tables without really knowing what they are doing.
The "free starting capital from PokerStrategy.com" only works if the majority of players don't gamble away their starting capital, but seize this one off opportunity and use the capital to make a profit.
If your referrals are already experienced with online poker and don’t want to take the quiz, you might prefer to refer them to our landing page for experienced poker players.
My referred members didn’t pass the starting capital security check – why is it necessary?
First, it is important to note that the ID check is only necessary for members who want to get the free $50 bankroll. If a player wants to take one of the bonus offers at our partner poker rooms, no ID check is necessary. After passing the quiz and creating an account, new members may be asked to complete our ID check.
The ID check requires the new member to prove that they really are who they say they are by providing an official document (for example, a passport, ID card or other official identification). The ID check is performed at random and is a necessary step to prevent individuals from receiving starting capital more than once.
It isn't aimed at people who may have lost their starting capital and want to give it a second and more serious chance. It's more about avoiding large scale fraud which, unfortunately, has been attempted in the past. After there were attempts by some individuals to get the starting capital 1,000+ times, we had no other choice but to introduce the ID check at PokerStrategy.com.
A lot of people are hesitant to share private documents. Our privacy policy is clear: all private data remains private. We only use this information for the purpose of confirming a person's identification with the ID check. It is of course a simple matter of trust, but in this case understanding why the ID check is necessary helps.
