This doesn't really answer your question Shawn, but is this really such a significant problem? I mean, are you expecting or have you experienced a significant amount of type of transaction? I don't know if there is an easy way to prevent this, and the effort involved may very possibly not be worth the reduced amount of income you might be experiencing.

I agree that a certain amount of this might occur however you maybe overestimating the frequency. I might be wrong on this - but just a thought.

> ...getting a discount on my products? I am a
> Clickbank merchant and sell products to
> other Clickbank merchants. The affiliate
> program pays 50%, but how do I ensure that
> only affiliates get this commission, and not
> the customer. And, I certainly don't want
> the customer to steal the commission from my
> affiliates by replacing the nickname. I know
> of affiliate cloakers for Clickbank, but
> these are in place to protect the
> affiliates. Is there something that protects
> the merchant from customers getting a
> discount by referring themselves? I don't
> know if this can be done, so I may just have
> to remove the affiliate program altogether,
> unfortunately.

> Thanks!