Proofing to Besttipping

Thank you for your enquiry regarding proofing to Besttipping. We are always looking for high quality tipster services to proof.

As part of the process to ensure we can effectively proof your tips and provide the high levels of service going forward we have some questions we would be grateful if you could complete. In addition on the next page we have tried to answer some of the questions you may have about us and how we work.

Besttipping is slightly different though from all other services in that our sole aim is to drive subscriptions to tipsters. As you can see the site is uncluttered with advertising and editorially led. Once again thank you for your interest in our service and we look forward to receiving this completed form.

New Tipster Information Required
  1. How many tips per month do you give

  1. If horse racing do you make tips on recommended or SP prices

  1. Flat stake or points based, please describe system if points based

  1. Cost of Service, monthly, 3 monthly, six monthly and annually if offered

  1. Confirmation they can subscribe through a website to the service – address of website

  1. What sports will you cover

  1. Whether a single subscriptions covers all services or it is a cost per service

  1. What email address will you be sending your proofs from

  1. Contact email address

  1. Contact telephone number, mobile preferred

  1. Will you also be offering laying as well as back and is this part of the same service

Your Questions Answered

Who is Besttipping?

Besttipping.com is an independent tipster-monitoring site. We are not owned by any tipster service and have no shareholder interest in any service.

How long do I need to proof to you until you put me on your site?

We require services to be proofed to us for approximately one month prior to make them ‘live’ on the site in order to provide a reasonable amount of data to our customers.

Can I send you old data proofed to other services to enter?

No, I am afraid not, due to how we work it would not be feasible – see below, however you can talk about your longer record in your copy on your ‘Tipster Page’.

How do I proof to you?

You need to do several things.

  1. You need to add your dedicated email address we will give you to your client list – we give you a dedicated email address to reduce spam etc issues
  2. You will in addition need to send to your dedicated email address an excel spread sheet we will give you
  3. You will need to add to your client list

What is the to ‘auditbesttipping.com’ email address for

This email address is for our accountants to allow them to independently audit all tips in line with the CAP Help Note on Betting Tipsters. Besttipping have no access to these emails. If you do not send them to this email address as well as the Besttipping.com address then your tips areNOTbeing proofed by Besttipping in line with the CAP Help Note on Betting Tipsters and the Besttipping service can not be used to substantiate any claims made.

Who is CAP?

CAP is the industry facing sister organisation of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). CAP writes and administers the Code that advertisers (in this case Tipsters) need to comply with and the ASA respond to consumer complaints about advertisements that fall within the Code’s terms of reference. Besttipping sought advice from CAP when setting procedures for their proofing service and have agreed and put in place a number of procedures in accordance with the CAP Help Note and guidelines for Betting Tipsters.

What does proofing to Besttipping mean to you?

As you start to build up your history you will be able to advertise in an increasing range of magazines and newspapers. All you will need to state, at the bottom of the adverts, is ‘Proofed to Besttipping’. You will only be able to place advertising using claims built up from when you start proofing to Besttipping using the procedure outlined above.

What publications accept this?

Besttipping sought advice from CAP in June 2006and already the following publications have confirmed they will take advertising from tipsters who proof to Besttipping:

  • The Express
  • The Star
  • Weatherbys who produce the following:
  • The National Hunt Betting Guide
  • The Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide
  • The Aintree Festivals Betting Guide
  • The Summer Festivals Betting
  • Investors Chronicle
  • Inside Edge
  • World Poker Tour Magazine
  • Internet Gambler

Why not the Racing Post

Currently The Racing Post, despite not allowing their proofing service to be seen publicly, believe we are competitive to them and thus do not have to accept proofing with us. This is despite the explanation above, we hope this may change in the near future though – recent acceptance of our proofing by them may mean this is now changing but has yet to be confirmed.

What editorial support do you give me?

When you come ‘on board’ you will be announced and again when you go ‘live’. After that editorial support will depend on how ‘Newsworthy’ your results are. You also provide copy to use on your ‘Tipster’ page.

How does Besttipping make its money?

We charge commission on all customers who subscribe to your service. This commission is minimum of 30% of the first years’ worth of subscriptions the customer takes out and thereafter 10% for subsequent periods (plus VAT).

How do you track subscribers?

We track customers who hit the ‘subscribe now’ button to your site and then provide you with a list of names monthly. You can check these to see who has subscribed. We also contact customers who did not to provide feedback to you on why they did not subscribe.

How often do you update the data

We do this generally once a month.

Can I hide my ‘recent tips’?

Yes if you do not wish to show your recent tips these can be hidden and only aggregated results shown.

I have more than one service will you proof them all?

Yes, but where a tipster offers several services for one ‘all inclusive' price Besttipping have a policy of listing all the services together. This is done to ensure the customer gets a truer picture of the overall performance of the tipster. Back and lays however, Besttipping do list separately as not everyone wishes to lay.

What sports do you cover?

We currently just cover horse racing, backing not laying

Do I have to use your logo/linkon my site?

Yes, as part of our agreements with nearly all tipsters we insist that if we are doing their proofing that on their site, and generally on the home page they must use the square banner to state they are proofed by Besttipping.

Will you proof all my tips in a service?

We proof all bets that are relevant to the name of the service. Thus if a service is sold as a ‘Horse Racing’ service we will not proof bets on Golf or if it will snow that might be sent out. However if the service is an ‘Exotic’ service and clearly states it covers sports and other things yes we will proof the tips. Overall we proof what the service sells itself as and this is defined by the description used on the Besttipping Tipster Page.

Can I use Recommended prices

Yes you can but not from exchanged and only from leading bookmakers. In addition where a recommended price is used we do now require that you send a screenshot with the excel proofing sheet so that if there are any disputes in the future the ASA can see where that price came from.

Do I have to give you an Exclusive Offer

Yes, one of the key parts to our site is giving punters extra value, plus it helps you as they must state they came through Besttipping to get the offer making things easier to track for you. The offer can be discount or extra months free or combinations of.

Do I have to have a website consumers can sign up on

Yes, as we make our commissions/income through referrals to you, we must have a website that is yours alone to send them to.

© Sporting Sites Worldwide Ltd.Page 1 of 3January 2006