Doberman, Morphius... NATS makes more sense for a lot of sponsors simply for the cascading billing as well as the ease of managing multiple sites.
Nats allows us to set up a cascade to completely maximize each potential sale. They hit one form and if that doesn't work out for them they go to another biller and another until one accepts them. And some billers have stronger billing methods than others. We have a less cancel check ratio with Biller "A" vs. Biller "B" So we'll put Biller "A" higher on the cascade over Biller "B" when it comes to checks. And the same goes for Credit Cards.
Adding sites to our programs couldn't be any easier than in NATS. The program admin tools make it a breeze to add sites into the program and manage the promo content.
It allows us to create different promotional tools that can all be tracked effeciently so you as an affiliate will see what works for you and what doesn't.
As far as some strange company running off with your money in the night, that is just something you'll have to deal with on your own. You'll have to look at each company and see who runs the programs, and get to know them and build trust. All we have here are our reputations. Some programs are run by shady people. That's just the nature of this business. I see things in this industry that just simply do not apply in any other industry.
Not all program operators are scammers. There are a lot of honest people in this industry.
NATS helps push sales into the next level. One day there will be something better than NATS and for a while, it too will face opposition.
We at
DigitalDope.com are using NATS and even though we're still in beta testing we're already seeing much more income than when we were just using CCBILL. Our affiliates are making more and so are we. It's a win-win.