Just to play devils advocate I am of the personal belief that if there is a charge for certification there is room for corruption. Anyone can pay for advertising! If this certification process is to be respected then in my personal opinion certification is earned and not purchased. If webmasters involved in the online gambling industry are coming here for guidance about which aff programs are leaders in their fields then it is expected that there is a rigerous process to get that certification not the cost of advertising on this forum. Our group has been in this industry for years and have utilized many aff programs spent a great deal of time and “money” weeding out the crap so perhaps a certification process should really be about conversation amoung the webmasters here in an open forum as this would be the true measure of a legitimate program. Just my 2 cents worth.