Do you have to play poker to become a Poker Affiliate?

Of course a lot of Poker Affiliates used to play poker themselves. They're looking for opportunities to make some money besides poker, they know some fellow players and a poker affiliate program fits perfectly in this case. But do you really have to play poker to become a successful poker affiliate?

It's not a duty but it can be a big advantage. In fact there are some successful poker affiliates out there that never played poker and only know what they're supposed to know as a poker affiliate. Of course you should know what a deposit bonus, rakeback or a deposit possibility is. You really have to know the needs of poker players.

So you can say that a poker affiliate doesn't have to play poker but he must know poker players very well. If you don't know what a poker player desires it's almost impossible to become a successful poker affiliate.

It's a bit different with the content production. A poker affiliate inevitably must create some content. If you're playing poker pretty well you know what your're talking about and have good requirements for creating good content.
A poker affiliate that has no idea how to play poker and barely knows the poker rules will have trouble creating content. He has to be creative to get high quality content. One option is to avoid any poker strategy. He can focus on poker news or report about every online casino and poker room out there. He also can buy content which isn't that expensive sometimes.
Or he doesn't even create a website and is looking for direct contacts to other players instead.

You see that it's not essential to play poker as a Poker Affiliate. But it's a big advantage because you can understand your target players better and it's easier to write content. If you're not a poker player you can still become a successful poker affiliate but you have to be creative and adopt correctly.