Why its so hard for them to see the bigger picture …
I heard it the other day and it makes sense – some affiliates make more in 1 month than these affiliate managers see in a year! Thus a lot of them are most likely jealous and some even criminal – in that they would divert affiliate players to their own private affiliate accounts.
It seems that most of the established programs have long ago “selected” the affiliates they will reward on a regular basis. As long as they keep this group of webmasters happy, they can continue to beat the smaller guys down.