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I agree with both Robocrop and Barefootsies. It does look like promoting third party always results in some (probably rather large) losses on your end. While shaving using various methods is quite possible, I see more of a problem in the fact that people now have access to free and well performing spyware removal programs and those conveniently remove most tracking cookies on user's computer. This is not 1998 anymore. Most people are reasonably computer savvy nowadays and are aware of anti spyware programs and know how to use it. So even if you send a legitimate surfer to a sponsor and he converts after he's run his anti spyware, you ain't gonna get your commission even if the sponsor doesn't otherwise shave.
Going independent in that regard is definitely a win. It's more of a risk and may require more of a start up capital to get going reasonably well, but if you consider how much you have to work today to get a sign up credited to you, it really makes little sense.
As for what Barefootsies has mentioned - I used to be like that myself. if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself and even though I still haven't found a reasonably good enough replacement for my work, I did grow to realize the 80/20 principle and ditched the sites that required most work, but brought least revenue. It's a hard thing to do because you would have put so much work towards those projects and know they are about to explode yet you drop them in that instant. But what that did to me is that I have enough free time to travel the world and generate enough income to sustain my travel with little work. It's hard to ditch something you have worked so hard to build up, but sometimes it's the fastest way to results.
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