the internet is still growing. you can make money by simply referring people to a stupid little link? I made $60 bucks from just directing traffic to a dumb little link a couple of months ago...the money was so easy, a caveman could do it :] how can that ever die? I mean think about it. affiliate marketing has been around since the beginning of time before the internet, there was still affiliate marketing [we call them annoying store sales people] affiliate marketing will continue to evolve into something greater, and as the people become smarter, so will affiliate marketing. think about it. if affiliate marketing dies....the internet dies because that's how a majority of companies make their sales by affiliation. clickbank is no where close to dead in fact. clickbank is just slacking right now because they have somewhat of a monopoly