@casinobonusguy - sorry Judy but you miss understood my point. Maybe should have made it clearer.
LIke yourself and other old-timers, I still earn some sweet (5 figure) commissions each month. While it's the internet and sometimes payment issues arise, I certainly wouldn't allow a program to NOT to pay me commission for 12 months, and still continue to promote them.
They may pay eventual, but one day they wont pay, and never will again.
The playing field has changed, it's not what it used to be. If a program doesn't pay me for the 1'st month owed, I heavily reduce their brand(s). If they don't pay the 2'nd month, I yank them.