A lot of programs jumped on the NATs bandwagon because of the ability to cascade originally however, as Paul mentioned, now that CCBill (and Epoch) both have that same ability, there really isnt anything driving the 'need' for a program to utilize NATs other than the affiliates mis-belief that sales generated through the NATs system cant be shaved.

Personally, i much prefer the fact that i do not have to handle any of the affiliates earnings through Condom Cash, or pay to 'lease' the NATs system or even pay someone to handle payouts, for that reason alone, not having NATs up and running on Condom Cash and our upcoming programs means that our profitability is much higher long-term than any NATs based program could ever be.

Anything that will take away from a programs profitability is a bad thing, unless you can justify its expense in other ways.

As far as i can tell, having a little over 2500 affiliates on Condom Cash, so long as the program is stable, i really do not think having NATs or a similar system really is as important today as it might have been assumed by affiliates 2 or 3 years ago.

Regards,

Lee