Hi.<p>Yes, you can make loads of money through this method. I once launched a product and did $300K in the first week of sales and created a 10K list, all driven by affiliates, all from scratch, offering 50% commissions to affiliates. I got most of the affiliates myself through networking at marketing conferences and also had an affiliate manager, who helped get more.<p>Normally an affiliate manager works on a 10% commission, though that is just recruiting and managing affiliates - I don't know what else they are planning to do for you. I question 50%, but if your product needs to be positioned better, sales site done, etc, perhaps it makes sense. If all they are doing is putting you on ClickBank, then you are being hosed. A really good affiliate manager is in high demand.<p>The "scam marketing" thing is accurate, though 95% of your sales will probably come from the top 20 affiliates, so you can simple work directly with people who are likely to be the op 20 and set your rules and exclude everyone else. You can also make it very clear that if certain rules are broken, commissions will be forfeit.<p>It's preferable to use your brand name as your affiliates will build it up for you. Good affiliates will provide honest reviews and add value. Bad affiliates will hurt your brand.<p>Slightly unrelated, udemy.com might be something worth looking into.