Why do I need an affiliate?

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Just the thought of what I'm about to type is bringing dark evil clouds over my house that I suspect will start dropping basketball sized hail directly onto my head when I hit Post.

Why can't a person be his/her own affiliate and get the whole nut? Answer: Against the rules.

Okay, I'll buy that.

So let's say I decide to become an affiliate, sign up with a site directly and recruit my wife as my first customer. Now, I certainly wouldn't want to profit at my wife's expense, so I give her everything back.

If you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am playing as my wife, great, bust me. Without that proof, what makes it illegal from a legal standpoint, not a moral one.

Onaflag..........

FWIW: I do not do this because I'm a chickensht, but have always been curious.