[James Nardell]

I think most of the affiliates are not too concerned either way. As long as the commission payments are; accurate, paid on time, and they see positive ROI they'll be more than happy.

I'm an affiliate myself for a few programs, and I promote both programs under management (by people like AMWSO) and pure in house programs. As i said above, for me at least, I really don't care as long as i see ROI.

From your point of view it may make sense to keep your program in house, but you'll find you can free up a lot of your time and potentially make cost savings by outsourcing the program. Plus if you choose the right people to work with you could end up making higher revenues even after accounting for management fees etc.