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The State of the Industry: Sports Affiliate Marketing in Australia The sports affiliate marketing industry has blossomed in Australia with "free bets" luring huge numbers of sports bettors online yet with UK bookmakers (PaddyPower, Betfair and 888Sports) launching in Australia, the encumbent corporate bookmakers face challenges ahead. Whilst global affiliate trends such as transperancy, compliance shape product innovation and real time data drive affiiliate marketing operators decisions, the industry is undergoing rapid change. Learn more from one of Australia's most successful and experienced affiliate, Marc Phillips.
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By Marc Phillips
The State of the Industry:
Sports Affiliate Marketing in Australia
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About MeRegistered 200+ domain names whilst at Melbourne University (1988-1993).
Founded APT Strategies in 1993 and sold to Jupiter Research (now Forrester) in 1999.
2003: Co-Founder of Australia's leading affiliate company - Commission Monster acquired in 2007.
Founding shareholder of Silicon Valley based GlanceGuide, an online video metric solutions provider acquired by Nielsen in 2010.
Founder/CEO SearchForecast which provides web-publishing software/services for search engine techniques. Clients include News Corp, BBC, St.George Bank, Golden Casket, Sportingbet, 888 Holdings, EuroPartners.
Shareholder of Silicon Valley start ups (Geodelic, Localyte, Playhaven, Sonim, AdSemble, Flaii Networks, MyLawsuit).
Advisory board for Parallel Capital Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnership and ATPI, largest incubator in Australia.
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International Expansion -
UK is epicenter
USA bans online betting
The Online Betting RoadMap
1996 2001 2003 2007 2010
World Wide Web Global Mobile Web
Betfair Launches
in Australia
888 & Playtech seek IPO
Focus on International
Markets
Bingo, Poker, Bacarat, Mahjong
- More international
games
Casino on Net Launch targeting
USA
Lobbying for InPlay & Running
Betting
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Limited Supply Keeps Payouts High
* Need to revise this yet again
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State of Play.......•Australia is profitable for everyone
•$150 CPL and up to 40% revenue share for affiliates
•Freebets don’t yield higher profits
•Limited white-labels, entry via acquisition
•Are Exchanges too difficult?
•Explosive growth in sports, poker, bingo, entertainment betting online
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Affliate Revenue by Sports
60%20%
10%
10%
Sports Affiliate Revenue By Sports Category
Horseracing AFL/NRL Majors Special Events
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What’s the word?
• Australia/Asia is a focus, IPL & YouTube
• Live Football is 50% of EU market
• Rise of Entertainment/Novelty Betting
• Video Lead Generation and TV Advertising
• Poker Tournament numbers increasing
• eBay moving from CPL to CPC based on quality of traffic and conversions
Global Online Betting and Affiliate Marketing Trends
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International Market
Interactive Betting via
Average Lead is 20-25 GB Pounds and 20% revenue shareSource: CJ.com
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Live Betting
• Exciting innovation - works in footy, cricket, soccer
• 50% of Football Betting in EU is Live!
• Your team can’t win every week
• Cricket - scoring 100 once a batsman reaches 50
• Lesser time for bookies to adjust odds creates betting opportunities.
* Need to revise this yet again
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Owning Traffic Keywords
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European Promotions
Personality Celebrity Betting
Trends: Entertainment BettingIdol Betting
Interactive Betting via
Local TV Celebrities
Global Song Contests
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Will my iPhone App make money?
With the Melbourne Cup iPhone app is $3.99.
Average app in USA is downloaded 120,000 times
Average cost is $30,000 to $50,000
Apple takes 30% of the gross revenues
Return on Investment low
4% use from mobiles in banking, payments
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What’s next? Video Lead Generation• Impact of Language and Accent
French with English speaker
French with French speaker
+13% conversion
A B
http://888-livecasino.com/specialoffer/?evScenarioId=494 .
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The Velocity of Global Online Betting
Source: 888 Holdings PLC
0
3,750.0
7,500.0
11,250.0
15,000.0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009E 2010E 2011E 2012E
Worldwide Active Accounts in Poker and Bingo
PokerBingo
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The Velocity of Australian Online Betting
0
125
250
375
500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008E 2009E 2010E 2011E 2012E
Australian Active Accounts in Poker and Bingo
Act
ive
Acc
oint
s (0
00')
Poker Bingo
Source: 888 Holdings PLC
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Online Poker
Customer Acquisition:Quick Play - No Download$500 First time Depositors FreerollsWelcome 100% Bonus - Up to $400 paid to first time depositors
Very Popular online game across all ages
Highest Paying Online Games @ $600 to $800 per user value
“Poker Ashes”World Poker Tournament Promotions
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Online Bingo
Player Profiles:Friends & Family gameOlder ladiesInternationally popular
Tell a Friend Promotions - Viral promotion
Highest Paying Online Games @ $60 to $80 per user value
High Loyalty - chat room ensures high retention rate
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• Lots of opportunity for niche domains in sports other than horseracing and football
• More compelling banner ads and real time odds in advertisements
• Back to Back CPA deals with low cost inventory (remnant publishers)
• Innovation required by Affiliates for Corporate Bookmakers
• IPL reminds me of Planet Hollywood!
• Too expensive?
• Do Indians Bet online?
The Future
* Need to revise this yet again
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Marc PhillipsEmail: [email protected]
Assaf IgellBusiness Development/MediaEmail: [email protected]
Thank You!