CCBill was onto this type of shit years ago. They still are, and will always be number one. No offense to NATS but it is useless as far as affiliate trust is concerned. I am not saying that is why NATS is the way it is... but that's the way it is.
Third party tracking and payout is the way it should be for now, until of course nobody wants to deal with affiliates... which is usually when the bank account run dry
