The path from betting beginner to professional capper is full of difficulties, but anyone can go through it.
Most bookmaker players act haphazardly. Sooner or later this leads to loss of money. Professional cappers earn by selling predictions. We tell you who they are and how to become them.
Who are cappers
Most bookmaker players act haphazardly. Sooner or later this leads to loss of money. Professional cappers earn by selling predictions. We tell you who they are and how to become them.
Who are cappers
"Capper" is a slang word. It began to be used in English as an abbreviation for "handicapper".
Capper is not a profession in the truest sense of the word. So they can call a successful player in a bookmaker who made bets with his earnings.
But a capper can also be a professional, that is, a qualified specialist in the field of forecasting. Here the question arises of how to become a capper, that is, to make your own business out of sports forecasts and make a profit from it.
Cappers today are called different people:
- professionals who actually make a profit from the sale of forecasts;
- media personalities who earn on their popularity, on advertising contracts. In parallel, they also give sports forecasts: there is no goal of successful forecasting;
- scammers making false promises to customers. They lure money for low-quality forecasts, convince beginners to register with the bookmaker through affiliate links.
This article focuses on how to become a professional capper of the first of these types.
How to become a professional capper
Sports forecasting is not taught in universities. You will not find the line "capper" in the official lists of specializations.
There are no strict professional standards, requirements, criteria. Here are just some of the recommendations that can be given to such a person.
- Build systems thinking. It is most often inherent in mathematicians, financiers. For example, one of the most successful cappers, Joe Peta, worked as a financial analyst on Wall Street before his career as a forecaster. The ability to analyze large amounts of statistical information will come in handy.
- Take a comprehensive look at the betting business. To do this, it is advisable to read specialized literature, take training courses. This will help you find the best odds in the list of bookmakers, notice trends in quotes changes.
- Deeply study the sport in which you plan to bet. It is important to know the rules of the game, tournament formats, calendar. On a daily basis, you need to study news about championships, teams, players, and business related to sports.
- Familiarize yourself and learn how to use special software, software for analyzing large statistical data sets.
- Create accounts and gain experience playing in different bookmakers. A capper should be ready to help his client in every detail: explain how to create a profile, replenish a game bank, receive an exclusive bonus from a bookmaker, etc.
- Choose and test a specific betting strategy. To confirm good results at a distance, you need to make at least 200-300 bets. It is not necessary to bet money, you can check the strategy virtually by compiling your own statistics.
- Adhere to strict financial discipline. Choose one of the financial management strategies and follow it even at those stages when the bets are losing.
- Check your mental stability. Good predictions are important, but still, according to most professionals, a cool head remains the decisive factor. Emotions, excitement, passion and, moreover, addiction should be excluded.
"It's better to lose a well-defined bet than to win big on a random bet."
Focus on this principle for success in the long run.
Capper exchanges and verifier sites
If you have confirmed the success of your strategy and continue to bet in plus, go to the next step. It consists in the formation of the primary capper portfolio.
Verifier sites and capper exchanges are suitable for this. On these resources:
- the results of each forecaster are independently confirmed;
- statistics are kept on various parameters: by time periods, ROI, net profit, etc.;
- cappers offer their services to potential clients;
- there is a functionality for selling forecasts - a great option for starting a capper career.
Benefits of these resources:
- you can check the effectiveness of your strategy without placing bets on real money in the bookmaker;
- verification of success here becomes the main confirmation of the integrity and responsibility of the capper - a key criterion for serious clients;
- active primary search for customers - people come here just for forecasts, making up the most motivated target audience.
Creating a blog or website for a forecaster
When thinking about how to become a capper and earn money on an ongoing basis, it is important not to forget about the main point of any business plan - finding customers.
Use thematic blogs and websites of forecasters. In most cases, there are such formats:
- business card site: a variant with a form of payment or just with contact information is possible;
- groups in social networks - an advantage in the possibility of quick promotion;
- author's channels, blogs in messengers. For example, in Telegram.
- training in specialized competencies;
- lengthy testing of your gaming and financial strategy;
- creation and promotion of a resource to attract customers.