✅ SwCPoker.club ♣️ BITCOIN POKER SINCE 2015 🏆 24/7 BTC Tournaments & Cash Games

[Kalaea]

Still around 8 flip sng's in the lobby if anyone wants to win a cheap ticket. No more going up.

[Jatiluhung]

Hourly Freeroll - NLH [200 Chips]
Anyone want to join this freeroll? There are 5 minutes left for late registration.  

I lost quickly. 

I'll try again in 15 minutes.
Hourly Freeroll - Drawmaha [200 Chips]

[Betwrong]

And his site had no no technical problems and had good customer service and yet he was never even close to what SwCPoker can reach, like these numbers, for example:



Imo, SwCPoker has a little secret that they will never tell to anybody, the secret of successfully running a poker site for years.

Am I reading this right?? You think those numbers are good?? Dude, they are BAD. This site is running for a decade and they can't break 200 players online at the same time.

That's what I thought. And I was wondering, can it be profitable for a poker site to operate with this number of players at the tables. I still don't know the answer to this question, but what I do know is that SwCPoker is an amazing poker site where I've been playing for many years, and it has remained number one for me all these years.

~ I think SWC could be so much bigger if they actually did it right. A signature campaign in 1 single forum doesn't change anything. They need real advertisement to actually grow.

Dude, they are doing just fine. If you you know how to do it "right", I'm happy for you and I hope one day it will help you to run a great poker site.

[Agbe]

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I am not a poker master and it is not my favorite to play so as foe me those numbers you displayed 140 players, 61 tables and 501 tournaments is a good number for me. Probably that is the number that play a day or it is the overall number from the onset? Most I am asking the total number of players. If 140 players daily is it is good number but if it is from the beginning then I don't think it is good unless the poker is new to the system.

[mitchr4]

I am not a poker master and it is not my favorite to play so as foe me those numbers you displayed 140 players, 61 tables and 501 tournaments is a good number for me. Probably that is the number that play a day or it is the overall number from the onset? Most I am asking the total number of players. If 140 players daily is it is good number but if it is from the beginning then I don't think it is good unless the poker is new to the system.

I think the number 140 refers to the players who were online at that moment, not the total players who played in a day. Actually, having 140 players, 61 tables, and 501 tournaments is pretty good for a poker site. But in reality, only a few tables are truly active just like the forum user mentioned earlier. Out of all those tables, only around 5 are actually running more than 1 player, while the rest have just one person sitting there.

[Agbe]

I think the number 140 refers to the players who were online at that moment, not the total players who played in a day. Actually, having 140 players, 61 tables, and 501 tournaments is pretty good for a poker site. But in reality, only a few tables are truly active just like the forum user mentioned earlier. Out of all those tables, only around 5 are actually running more than 1 player, while the rest have just one person sitting there.

140 active players at the moment is over good.  And and 5 table active in a day too is good. Now this 5 tabled can produced that 140 players which can give the company some good amount as profit after removing the players who would win their poker games. Many casinos are looking for that number a day they have not seen.

[landheer]

I think the number 140 refers to the players who were online at that moment, not the total players who played in a day. Actually, having 140 players, 61 tables, and 501 tournaments is pretty good for a poker site. But in reality, only a few tables are truly active just like the forum user mentioned earlier. Out of all those tables, only around 5 are actually running more than 1 player, while the rest have just one person sitting there.

140 active players at the moment is over good.  And and 5 table active in a day too is good. Now this 5 tabled can produced that 140 players which can give the company some good amount as profit after removing the players who would win their poker games. Many casinos are looking for that number a day they have not seen.

Yeah, that's pretty good. Most of the active players are at tournament tables, such as in freeroll events and other tournaments. The five active tables are only in cash games. Meanwhile, there are quite a lot of tables in tournaments. And there are usually more participants in freerolls. The last time I participated in a freeroll, there were sometimes over 115 participants, and occasionally, when one freeroll started, another freeroll was still ongoing with intense competition at the tables. And usually, if there's an event with a substantial prize pool, the number of active participants can increase even more.

Even in cash games, there are sometimes quite a few tables filled at certain hours, but of course not at all times. So SwC seems fine to me so far, and they even have loyal players who stay there and seem to be active almost every day.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Dude, they are doing just fine. If you you know how to do it "right", I'm happy for you and I hope one day it will help you to run a great poker site.

If they did it right they would have WAY more tables running than like 5 (which happens very often), come on man.

They don't know how to advertise. SWC is around since 2015, that's 10 years, and still such a tiny player base that basically never grows despite bitcoin and everything getting more popular over the years. Just look at the guys before my post, they think 5 tables running (while 3 of them generate 0 rake because they are micro tables) is a good number. Shows how clueless people in here are about poker. No insult to them, not everybody can be into that game. But for somebody like me that plays poker online for over 20 years these numbers are ridiculous.

A player that wants to play poker doesn't want to sit down on an empty table and just play the waiting game. I have been sitting at tables by myself for 1-2 hours with not one single person joining. And those have been popular stakes, like 2/4, 5/10 or 10/20. At some point you just give up you know.

The software is nice and the idea only using btc as well. Yet you need to do more to get players to join.

[SwC_Poker]

It is valid criticism that SwC could do better on marketing.

We tried some ideas this year with minimal success, and we are open to any ideas to help promote our site.

SwC has a loyal player base we have been services well for over 10 years. Attracting new players has been difficult. Our most successful marketing techniques have involved affiliates, and we are always looking for new affiliates in under served markets.

[iv4n]

We tried some ideas this year with minimal success, and we are open to any ideas to help promote our site.

I would put the accent on "tried". I guess it means you actually did it for a while and then quit. Some marketing ideas only work if you stick with them long enough to see the momentum build. As always, a short test can show some potential or not... but consistency will show if the idea really works or not.

[Leahized]

I would put the accent on "tried". I guess it means you actually did it for a while and then quit. Some marketing ideas only work if you stick with them long enough to see the momentum build. As always, a short test can show some potential or not... but consistency will show if the idea really works or not.

In my opinion, if someone work for some time in the field of marketing, you may not get enough results. But if someone works for a long time and sticks to it like you said then success will definitely come.I feel like they might be taking the time to do some testing. I have seen many marketing processes that work really well, the key is to never give up.

[popek1990]

It is valid criticism that SwC could do better on marketing.

We tried some ideas this year with minimal success, and we are open to any ideas to help promote our site.

SwC has a loyal player base we have been services well for over 10 years. Attracting new players has been difficult. Our most successful marketing techniques have involved affiliates, and we are always looking for new affiliates in under served markets.

For marketing you can use this article 
https://popek1990crypto.medium.com/swcpoker-exposed-when-decentralized-becomes-a-scam-d4f39d535d86

I'm sure that you will delete this post in this self-moderated topic.

[pawel7777]

It is valid criticism that SwC could do better on marketing.

We tried some ideas this year with minimal success, and we are open to any ideas to help promote our site.

SwC has a loyal player base we have been services well for over 10 years. Attracting new players has been difficult. Our most successful marketing techniques have involved affiliates, and we are always looking for new affiliates in under served markets.

Using the advantages of Bitcoin/crypto and targeting regions with restricted access to poker sites (i.e. where gambling is illegal and where transferring fiat money to gambling sites is restricted) could be a good way to go.
Hoping that affiliates will show up and do the job may not be enough. Sometimes it's best to either actively search for worthy marketing partners yourself or start a targeted marketing campaign directly, without intermediaries.

I remember being involved in promoting a new poker site on this forum years ago, and I recall that guaranteed price tournaments, either with free-for-all entries or with free tickets distributed to selected members, were quite effective in getting new signups, but retaining them was a different story.

Another way to make the site more attractive is to take advantage of psychology. People like achievements and a sense of progress, so maybe introducing some achievement badges or tweaking the krill system so new levels are easier to achieve for casual small/medium stake players wouldn't be a bad idea?

[AHOYBRAUSE]

Using the advantages of Bitcoin/crypto and targeting regions with restricted access to poker sites (i.e. where gambling is illegal and where transferring fiat money to gambling sites is restricted) could be a good way to go.
Hoping that affiliates will show up and do the job may not be enough. Sometimes it's best to either actively search for worthy marketing partners yourself or start a targeted marketing campaign directly, without intermediaries.

I remember being involved in promoting a new poker site on this forum years ago, and I recall that guaranteed price tournaments, either with free-for-all entries or with free tickets distributed to selected members, were quite effective in getting new signups, but retaining them was a different story.

Another way to make the site more attractive is to take advantage of psychology. People like achievements and a sense of progress, so maybe introducing some achievement badges or tweaking the krill system so new levels are easier to achieve for casual small/medium stake players wouldn't be a bad idea?

Valid points, especially about the krill/rake back system. Because of the high price in crypto it is so hard to level up these days. I have like 75k krill and a decent level, but only because I was already playing on SWC when the price was around or even below 5-20k. Back then it was obviously my easier to accumulate krill compared to what it is today. A newbie playing medium level stakes might actually need quite a long time to reach a higher krill level to receive higher rake backs with them. So yeah, the incentive is not really there for them to level up since the grind is awfully slow when starting at such inflated bitcoin prices.

[Kalaea]

Holiday Series starting on December 26th. Get some chips on there and make some time for poker in the Christmas break!

[Kalaea]

The krill and rakeback system is completely outdated. SwC needs to realise that in areas where poker is legal, there are no benefits to playing on their site instead of a fiat site. Their advantages are no kyc and availability in banned jurisdictions. Disadvantages are essentially no rakeback for casual players, the difficulty of getting btc in many places, public uncertainty with and mistrust of crypto, no signup bonuses, and their freeroll program.

Things I would change:

Chat: keep the restriction of 50 krill to chat for the chatbox, but allow new players to chat at tables after their first deposit. Poker is a social game and many people enjoy chatting at the tables. This is just part of providing an enjoyable experience for customers.

Jackpots: Have a small bad beat prize for all stake levels. 500 bb would be plenty. Set the level so is goes off regularly enough to be noticed - once a month of so.

Freerolls: Get rid of most of them. Seriously. You want people paying rake, not just parasitising freerolls. Keep a few per day, but change the format so they play as regular tourneys, 2500 chips/10 minute blinds. This is especially important for the alternative games like stud and mix - these don't start deep enough for people to learn the games. You want people playing these so they get to enjoy them and look to play more of them. An 800 chip crap shoot doesn't do this. Put the chips you save into a decent weekly or monthly set of freerolls with krill requirements: 100, 200, 500, 1k krill like the Time to Krill ones. People WILL chase these krill earnings if you give them a reason to. They don't have to be for a lot of chips, maybe 1k/2k/5k or something.

Offer a deposit bonus for new accounts or people with low krill levels. Again this doesn't need to be much. But it makes the site more competitive for experienced players who do look for these things. You can exclude affiliate signups or reduce the bonus for them if you want. But something like 25% rakeback for 2 months when a new account deposits has minimal costs and looks like you actually care about new players. Maybe pair this with a 20% deposit bonus as well earned at 5 or 10% rb equivalent.

For ppl on higher krill levels, offer a monthly krill target to hit to get an extra 10% rakeback. Set this to be at least revenue neutral at worst. The more play you get on the site the more attractive it becomes. For instance, I'm a Journeyman Seal, and I earn a few hundred krill a month. Set me a target of 500 krill in a month to be boosted to the next krill level the following month.

Just do *something* with the reward system. Anything would be better than what you have now.

For the upcoming Holiday Series, consider a "Best 10" tournaments leaderboard. Very few people on the site have the time or chips (or desire, for that matter) to play all the tourneys in a series. But they might well play a few extra if they bink something and can win something from a leaderboard by playing 10 tourneys, or maybe a couple extra to try to improve their position. I know I don't bother with series because the my zone means i can't play most of them, so there is zero incentive to play any.

Krill levels: Make the first 4 or 5 levels MUCH easier to achieve. We saw a few pages back in this thread someone getting excited over making Adult Seal or something. That is good for the site. The first few levels should be like 10/25/50/100/200 krill. Space them out after that if you want, but give the noobs a sense of achievement. It's what a lot of them are here for - the little wins.

Anyway, that's it. I was bored. yw.

[Betwrong]

It is valid criticism that SwC could do better on marketing.

We tried some ideas this year with minimal success, and we are open to any ideas to help promote our site.

SwC has a loyal player base we have been services well for over 10 years. Attracting new players has been difficult. Our most successful marketing techniques have involved affiliates, and we are always looking for new affiliates in under served markets.

I think running Freerolls is a great way of promoting your site. If you don't have enough money to run them daily or weekly, run them monthly and advertise about them in places where poker players are hanging out. Only the prize pool shouldn't be $2 as you have it now. That will hardly attract anyone apart from the site regulars. The prize pool should be $1,000 or more, and right away you'll noticing new registered players on your site.

[Leahized]

I think running Freerolls is a great way of promoting your site. If you don't have enough money to run them daily or weekly, run them monthly and advertise about them in places where poker players are hanging out. Only the prize pool shouldn't be $2 as you have it now. That will hardly attract anyone apart from the site regulars. The prize pool should be $1,000 or more, and right away you'll noticing new registered players on your site.

Your suggestion is good but I don't think it will work well. Because currently a total of 12 tournaments are conducted in 24 hours. Yes it's true that each tournament pays a small amount but instead if a freeroll tournament is conducted once a month. And if the amount of money is increased a lot, then everyone will wait for that time. And for the rest of the time, new players can't play any kind of tournament or cash game without regular players. I think new players will increase before the tournament starts but after that they may go offline again. Until next month the freeroll tournament starts again.

[Kalaea]

I think running Freerolls is a great way of promoting your site. If you don't have enough money to run them daily or weekly, run them monthly and advertise about them in places where poker players are hanging out. Only the prize pool shouldn't be $2 as you have it now. That will hardly attract anyone apart from the site regulars. The prize pool should be $1,000 or more, and right away you'll noticing new registered players on your site.

So ppl will just play the freerolls and withdraw that money instead of playing with it. Just like what is happening with the freerolls now. Just attracts players looking for a handout.
Not sure how you think small sites like SwC could afford $1000 freerolls anyway. If they could they'd be far better off spending that on advertising.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

I think running Freerolls is a great way of promoting your site. If you don't have enough money to run them daily or weekly, run them monthly and advertise about them in places where poker players are hanging out. Only the prize pool shouldn't be $2 as you have it now. That will hardly attract anyone apart from the site regulars. The prize pool should be $1,000 or more, and right away you'll noticing new registered players on your site.

So ppl will just play the freerolls and withdraw that money instead of playing with it. Just like what is happening with the freerolls now. Just attracts players looking for a handout.
Not sure how you think small sites like SwC could afford $1000 freerolls anyway. If they could they'd be far better off spending that on advertising.

Exactly. A freeroll doesn't attract players that will make you site mo0re interesting for others, at least not long term. New players only make sense if they actually deposit and play for real money. And yeah, 1000$ is way too high. Guess he thought because some casinos here offered freerolls of this caliber so should SWC. Casinos have a lot of money from people playing (and losing at) their games. SWC is not a casino and therefor doesn't have to funds to offer something like this. Rake is basically nothing to what you can earn from people gambling away their money at casino games.