speaking of mainstream tools, heres a great affil program for mainstream...
http://www.shareasale.com <--- They handle one of my fav new programs,
http://bigstring.com Thats a new company that allows you to have total controll of your emails, blow them up after you sent them, make them not forwardable, printable, edit them after sent, etc.
With all the worries about security on the net, and people 2nd guessing that email they sent this program does DAMN GOOD!
-Loki-