Originally Posted by Sharky

I don't think the affiliate managers are hired to do that. As an affiliate you should always cover your tracks on traffic sources. An affiliate manager might try to benefit himself and steal traffic sources for his own private use. This has happened quite often in our industry, and on the mainstream side.

In the end, affiliate managers work on commission. If they are any good, they would rather develop relationships with their top affiliates so the residual referrals keep coming in.