Marcia - 7:57 pm on Aug 13, 2009 (gmt 0)

totally senseless to end good publisher-merchant relationships on a different platform over a completely unrelated issue like this

Can't argue with that point! Affiliate sales are performance based and only get paid when there's a purchase (or valid lead).

That's got nothing to do with clicks, which are worthless unless there's a specific action resulting in merchant revenue and aff commission.