Where the actual funding comes from
Most of the outbound casino links you come across on Alkenind are affiliate links, which simply means the URL carries a small tracking parameter marking the referral as ours. If you follow one of those links and go on to open or fund an account, the operator may credit us with a commission on that referral. The fee is paid purely out of the casino's own marketing budget, so nothing about your bonus, your deposit, your account conditions or your experience shifts because you arrived from our page. Those commissions are what let us keep funding real deposits, honest play time and stopwatched cashouts across our ten markets, with no subscription to ask of readers.
| Reader question | Short answer |
|---|---|
| Does a tracked Alkenind link cost me extra? | No. The operator pays the commission out of its own marketing budget. |
| Does a tracked click shrink my welcome bonus? | No. Tracked links collect the standard offer and often a matched or better welcome package. |
| Does the casino pick up my personal data from the click? | No. Only an anonymous referral tag travels through until you decide to register. |
The three commission models we work with
Affiliate deals in the online casino space nearly always slot into one of three templates, and we think it is worth laying all of them out because each one nudges a less scrupulous publisher in a slightly different direction. The table below sets out how each one pays and how we handle the pull that comes with it.
| Model | How the operator pays | What it means for readers |
|---|---|---|
| CPA (cost per acquisition) | A single flat fee for every referred user who both registers and deposits. | Encourages publishers to push sign-ups anywhere at all. We refuse to let it drag a failing casino onto our lists. |
| RevShare (revenue share) | An ongoing share of the net revenue a referred player generates for the operator over time. | Rewards publishers who send players to sites they stick with. It never shifts a score here, and underperforming operators are still dropped. |
| Hybrid | A smaller upfront payment combined with a reduced ongoing revenue share. | By a distance our most common contract. Whatever the mix, the reviewer scoring the casino never sees the terms. |
Why our rankings are off the market, at any price
A steady queue of operators would happily pay for the top spot on our lists, and not one of them ever will. Every position on an Alkenind table is decided by the results of our tests, and no commission rate gets a seat at that meeting. Casinos pushing the richest affiliate terms sit off our shortlist when the testing refuses to back a listing, and casinos already featured are cut the moment payouts start dragging, terms tilt against the player or support goes silent. We also turn down paid placements, sponsored ratings and the quiet deletion of criticism. When a commercial partnership breaks down because we would not nudge a casino up the table, we take that as proof the system is doing exactly what we built it to do.
How the six-check method stays sealed off from money
Every operator on the site is graded against the same six checks: confirming the licence directly on the regulator's own public register, funding a live account from the reviewer's personal wallet, putting in real hours inside the game catalogue, reading the bonus terms line by line, clocking a real withdrawal from click to cleared balance, and putting the support desk through a proper stress test. The reviewers running these checks work from the player's side of the screen and never see what any casino pays us, so a site sitting on a generous commission gets no softer landing than one that pays us nothing at all. We revisit scores the moment fresh test data or credible reader reports arrive, which means no commission can quietly fund a slow decline: the instant the numbers slip, the ranking moves with them.
Your side of the deal as a reader
Transparency has to run in both directions, so here is the short version. Everything we publish on Alkenind is written for adults aged 18 or above, or the higher age set by the law where you live, and none of it is financial advice or a guarantee of winnings. Gambling regulation varies wildly from country to country, and it is on you to confirm that any operator we cover is legal in your jurisdiction before you deposit even a single unit. Treat any wagering as paid entertainment with a clear cost, lean on the tools gathered on our Responsible Gambling page, and if a tracked link helps fund the next round of testing along the way, the arrangement is working exactly the way we describe it here. If anything on this page still needs clearing up, our Contact team is always open to a question.
18+ only, and check your local law first
Never gamble underage, and never gamble in a jurisdiction where doing so breaks the law. If play starts feeling less like entertainment and more like a problem, our Responsible Gambling page gathers free, confidential help lines for each of the markets we cover.