and throw it into the "paid links" black hole. the germany email list radar with Google today doesn't really matter--why spend your time integrating something that Google's paid link assassins are likely to target in the near future? Besides, it's NOT that hard. Let's run through a quick outline of what you're going to need to do to roll your own affiliate program to get link juice where you want it.
Affiliate Signup First, you'll need an affiliate sign-up form. Collect the basics: company name, tax ID, address, email, password, phone, etc. and store it in a table in your database. Generate a numeric affiliate ID when you do this (I use the integer primary key from the database table for mine). I recommend that you also include a field for % commission--although you'll probably have the same commission for 95% of your affiliates, it's nice to have the flexibility to quietly offer a few key partners more to get them on board.