Comments on: Theo Paphitis is robbed of £200k for 30% of affiliate site Gaming Alerts in Dragons Den TV show

By: iOdds

iOdds — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:22:09 +0000

I doubt the site has improved. When I checked Alexa ranking it’s over 2.4 millions. I can develop similar site with a few thousands only using some guys from India etc….. It was a waste of £200,000, in my opinion.

By: Love to Play Bingo

Love to Play Bingo — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:40:32 +0000

I see that this post was done in 2007 and I would love to know if the site has improved at all. I also would love to see the video.

I do agree with you, Kieron that you could make a site for a lot less money, 30% of affiliate sales is shocking when you think that affiliates only make around 30% of the money that the bingo , poker sites make, etc.

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:58:57 +0000

I’m trying to find a video of this but can’t seem to get hold of it anywhere. From what i’ve read i’m shocked that Theo has invested and would love to know what the latest is with this bingo deal

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:24:40 +0000

[...] couple of years ago Theo Paphitis invested �200k for a 30% return in an affiliate site Gaming Alerts, which I found startling. Amongst the internet [...]

By: Feli

Feli — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:56:53 +0000

Hi there,
A year ago I was watching the show as well and I agree with you, I thought “Theo are you mad??”. Might as well just throw your 200k in the bin.
You may like to see that I came across this press release and it looks like they diverted their efforts a little bit now.. http://www.prleap.com/pr/127501/ Haha, not sure whether they’re in Theo’s best books anymore.

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Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:30:01 +0000

[...] all know that last year Theo made a similar mistake and blew �200k on another online business, but you would think he would have learned by now [...]

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:54:40 +0000

Hiya,

That’s right, you could build a new gaming site within 6 months with �30 and get more traffic than Gaming Alerts. The sites linked to a affiliate program which pays a commission, nothing new in the internet marketing game.

I wish Theo would invest �100 on me, I would be making that back in no time. By the way I’ve already done it.

By: The count

The count — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:43:10 +0000

Dont believe all this, calm down you lot. These dragons know the script, that theo is a clever cookie and so is jimmy c aka james charlton caan. I think the guy that lives in the den has the pedigree to be on the panel, fairdos he is no brad pitt but neither is deborah meaden and shes had a shot. I think the best two dragons are peter and duncan. They are sharp and don’t mess about unless it’s a good looking bird and that old casanova bannatyne might have a pop obviously at the buisness idea. Me and my two friends watch it on a weekly basis and have all the latest posters, dvds, books, scarfs, bedcovers, phonecovers, the lot. We are DD thats dragons dens biggest fans. One of my friends scarf say ‘Go on james blow your cash again’.

Glory Glory Leeds United

By: Robert MacEwan

Robert MacEwan — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:50:47 +0000

That’s crazy. My freaking blog gets more traffic than that site.