Measuring risk/reward when choosing affliates

[CardSharpCook]

As this is a process we are all going through right now, I thought I'd take the time to put my thought process into computer type.

OK, what are the risks and rewards involved with affliate selection?

Risks:
1. Affliate never pays you a dime.
2. Affliate gets disavowed by site.
3. Affliate quits after a while and your payments disappear into the nether.

Reward:
1. Rakeback %

Is there a way to diminish the risks?
1. Affliates who do not advertise are less likely to provoke the anger of the Site.
2. Bigger affliates are more likely to both pay and be around to pay in the future.
3. Transfers done on the site are more likely to be condoned by the site? Or are they more likely to arouse ire?

Am I simply overthinking this? Is rakeback approved by the Site and therefore I should just go out and grab the best deal? I had thought that rakeback was both frowned on by party and kept on the DL outside of party. Thus, sites that spammed the tables were more at risk of being cutoff by party. Damn these complicated issues. I wish that party would make a statement.