while i agree as an affiliate you are helping someone else get rich to but why not. Yes the idle would be the merchant with a hot product... but some of us just wont come up with that product or whatever... so in turn we promote somone else great idea and get paid for it. and yes there are many!!! millionaires that are affiliates... while we are helping other people turn a profit, if they are goign to turn a profit why not try to cut in on it by being an affiliate.