Market Research: Would You Use a 0% Rake Online Poker Site?
Hey everyone – I’m doing some early market research/validation for a project idea I’ve been exploring:
An online poker platform with 0% rake.
That means no fees taken from the pot, ever. Instead, the only revenue the site would make is through withdrawal fees – either a flat fee, or a scaled/capped fee based on withdrawal amount.
The goal is to build a sustainable, fair poker ecosystem where:
- Winning players keep more of their profits
- Recreational players lose less to the house
- Everyone benefits from more value staying in the games
A few questions I’d love community thoughts on:
- 1. Would a 0% rake structure appeal to you as a player?
- 2. Would you be okay with paying a small fee when withdrawing, if it meant 0% rake at the tables?
- 3. Do you prefer flat fees, percentage-based fees, or capped fees?
- 4. What do you currently dislike about existing poker platforms’ rake/fee structures?
This is still in the concept phase, but I’d love to hear your honest thoughts – what works, what doesn't, and whether this kind of model would actually attract players.
Thanks in advance for any input!
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This has been tried before by a now defunct site called World Sports Exchange (WSEX). You might be able to find some threads on here about them
I think it had some success at WSEX/WPEX but games were easier at that time elsewhere. Low rakes and so on, no rake too, has been offered at many sites but players prefer busy sites, so they did not succeed.