Affiliate Disclosure
SpinAudit is making revenue from affiliate fees. When users click on our links and make a registration at a casino, we get paid a commission from that casino. This is the way we cover costs of testing, servers and for developing our content.
This page tells details of how it happens, what it affects (editorial content is not included), and also explains why you can trust the testing and reviews we provide.
There will not be confusing language or information hidden at the end of the page. Just direct details on how our site functions.
How Our Money Is Coming In
SpinAudit does not ask any money from readers. You do not need to pay for reviews or use our bonus calculator. We are receiving our commissions from casinos whenever the readers register at those sites by using our affiliate links.
How Affiliate Payments Function
If there is a click from you on casino link at SpinAudit, and you open an account, the casino will see that you arrived via this website. If you choose to fund and play, we can get either a percent of their profit they made from you or they pay a one-time fee for each registration.
You are not charged any extra payments for this. The bonuses you receive will not change. The wagering requirements do not get affected. The casinos use their own margin to send us payment, not deposit money of the players.
How Commissions Are Made
There are different commission methods by casinos:
- Revenue share: We get a chunk from your losses (mostly somewhere from 25 up to 40%)
- Cost per acquisition (CPA): A set amount for every player who registers and deposits, not related to their winnings or losses
- Hybrid systems: Both payment in advance and also some ongoing share
Such structures are being used in this business everywhere. You will see most casino review websites are working with the same type of setup.
What We Do Not Allow Affiliate Partnerships to Change
This part is most important. While affiliate money is running the site it does not control what we write about.
Things we do not change to get paid:
- Testing with actual money on sites
- Times for withdrawals that we write down
- How bonus wagering is calculated
- Warnings when the casino terms are suspicious or not clear
- Deciding which casinos to place or not place in listings
- Our honest opinions about how good the casino is
If we are testing and find withdrawals go slow, that appears in our write-up. If bonus terms are confusing or too strict, we point it out. If a casino cannot fit to our requirements, they are not listed even if that means missing money.
The checks and documentation are carried out separate from business side. You can read whole steps here: Our Casino Review Process
Reason for Trusting Our Testing
We register at casinos using our own real money. Not demo version accounts. No fake simulation. We are making deposits from own bank cards.
What We Do in the Testing
Each time we put a casino on our site, the steps are:
- Making true account, with real identity check
- Depositing our money (usually 20 to 50 Euros)
- Go for the welcome bonus and see how it works
- Go through with bonus wagering, check limits
- Measuring how much time is spent fulfilling terms
- Try withdrawals and see payout delays or not
- Talk to customer service, test if they answer well
- Continue watching the casino after to see if changes come up
This checking is costing real money and our effort. Affiliate payouts pay for these but no effect on what we finally write.
Factual Data, Not Marketing
We are not taking casino's words for what they advertise. There is no copy-and-paste of what casinos say. We give the facts of what is encountered in tests.
When the casino is advertising for "instant cashout" but waits 3 days, we say it took 3 days for the withdrawal. If bonus wagering is not as stated, we will clarify this detail.
Transparency means showing the things which are not nice even if it lowers what we could make.
Editorial Freedom
There is separation of business deals and the articles or reviews. This is always followed by SpinAudit.
How We Are Keeping Content Free From Partner Influence
The process to test and build reviews is not part of affiliate process. Our checking is done first, then we think if a deal with the casino could work. Never do we start from business and then test.
If any casino is giving higher money but fails our procedure, they get rejected anyway. If an old partner has worse quality now, we do update text to match this and sometimes lose money.
Things Casinos Can Not Do by Paying Us
Casinos cannot:
- Buy reviews that say good things
- Change the results or evidence in testing
- Ask for edits to our published pages
- Remove the bad facts from reviews
- Get promise they will be on top lists
If someone offers a deal for changing our opinions, we cancel discussion on the spot.
For our complete site terms, see Terms and Conditions. For data handling practices, review our Privacy Policy.
Why We Reject Some Casinos
Many casinos get refused by us, even with good-paying offer on commission.
Automatic "No" Conditions
We close deals with casinos who are:
- Giving unclear or even tricky bonus conditions
- Having always slow payment times (over 5 work days)
- Plenty of not solved player complaints on record
- There is trouble about license or rules
- Creating rules where bonus is cancelled for old bets, not warning you first
- Support people not answering or saying wrong things
- Trying to make people deposit more, pressuring them
These rules exist because making sure readers are safe is more important for us than getting fees. We never tell people to try somewhere we would not put our money in.
Watching Partners Overtime
Partners are checked for changes. If quality drops (slower payouts, support gets worse or new negative terms), we either change the review or stop recommending them.
Business partner status never means casinos get protected from real assessment.
Why We Tell Readers This
Plenty of casino review websites try cover up fact that they get a payment from casino partners, putting information in very hidden places or saying things in confusing ways about being "an independent", but then really they get commissions from sign-ups.
We think it is better to be totally open. Yes, we make money from the partnering with casinos. It does not change what we write when test out casinos.
Being Honest Makes People Trust
Readers can only put trust in our reviews when they can see the whole picture of how we operate. If someone hides that they work with affiliates, that will make confusion and suspicion which we do not want. Our goal is that people shouldn't have any doubt.
If visitors know we are earning commissions but also can see we use our own money to try casinos and we don't skip negative things we find, you have the details for thinking about our reviews more rationally.
Things You Need to Check for
Readers need to always doubt casino review websites which:
- Give every casino "5 stars" or top marks no matter what
- Omit all mentions of withdrawal issues or complicated conditions
- Just use positive words and advertising speech for casinos
- They do not share anything about their process for reviewing casinos
- Try to hide or make the affiliate status very small
It probably means testing is fake if not a single bad review is there.
See more info about playing responsibility: Responsible Gambling
Affiliate Money Pays for Our Work
Getting payment from casino partnerships lets us pay for main jobs to keep SpinAudit online. Like:
Main Testing Expenses
- We need to put real money in casino accounts to test bonuses
- Going through verification process
- We try taking money out and check how fast it comes
- Testing deposits many times to see wagering process
Running the Site
- Cost for keeping servers and domain address running
- Paying for certificates and safety
- Analytics tools help measure the website
- Use email services to do support with people
Writing and Improving Content
- Writing reviews and how-to guides about casinos
- Testing and making notes
- Changing reviews when things in casino are different
- Answering emails and questions
With no payments from affiliates, using real money to test casinos would be impossible. This way gets our work paid, but still, we write what really happened.
More Ideas on Casino Marketing Relationships
Most sites saying they review casinos are just marketing and not reviews. They rank listings based on payment, not for better casino quality. They cut out bad news to stop people from leaving.
Our approach is different at SpinAudit. We are earning money from affiliates, but this is done by warning people about bad choices and explaining how bonuses truly work. We say what occurs in testing, even if it is not good news for us.
If you click links we provide and make an account with tested casinos, you make it possible for us to continue. If not, if you go directly to a casino, you still may read all our testing and reviews.
On both paths, we still promise to write true and researched explanations about bonus offers and wagering.
If you ever are confused by what we wrote, or your outcome is not the same as the review, simply contact us. Opinions from people help us test better and find mistakes.