i was looking at the differant affiliate/billing software solutions that are available and i found this, it kicked so much ass, i just had to share....
http://www.speira.com/products.php
that monolith thing does everything, i am AMAZED. it does content management, exit tracking, affiliate tracking and management, cascading billing, the list goes on and on. at $5k is a steal of a deal compared to the other similar but not quite as robust competition.