The A4U Awards, rewarding excellence and innovation in affiliate marketing, has announced its shortlist for this year's event in June. Nominees will compete across 16 categories, 9 of which will be judged by a panel of experienced affiliate marketing practitioners. The leading independent affiliate network and affiliate software solution, Income Access, moreover, has won a nomination for the Gaming and Casino Category.

A chance to reward the excellence in the industry is given to the members of the affiliate marketing community, by the A4U Awards, designed to reflect every facet of the affiliate marketing industry. Into two distinct clusters a total of 16 categories have been grouped: 9 Industry Awards including five Vertical Sector Categories, and 7 Publishers' & Community's Choice Awards.

Nominations in the 9 Industry Awards, originally open to nominations from across the affiliate marketing industry, categories were then shortlisted by an unbiased panel of experienced affiliate marketing professionals. Based on creativeness, innovation, fulfillment of objectives, commercial impact and overall effectiveness, nominees were evaluated. The panel used a set criteria and a 200 point scoring system to do so.

The event will be held June 5th, 2008, at the Park Lane Hotel in London, England. A waiting list has been started, although the event is sold-out.

Income Access, since 2002, has been a proactive and relationship focused affiliate marketing agency. They have developed long-standing relationships with some of the most reputable gaming operators and affiliates in the business, in operations since the earliest days of affiliate marketing in the online gaming industry. Income Access currently offers three tiers of affiliate marketing services: (1) a network of over 17,000 affiliates, (2) affiliate program management services, and (3) affiliate marketing software solutions with unparalleled reporting.