The 80/20 rule states that in any given moment 20 percent of your affiliates are vital to your business and 80 percent are trivial. It can also mean that 20 percent of the issues causing 80 percent of the problems. Affiliate network Managers must identify that 20 percent of specially valuable affiliates because they drive 80 percent of your sales and income. On the other side, 20 per cent of your affiliates drive the 80 of the issues or problems you have to face and 20 per cent of your affiliates will give you 80 per cent of all the valuable feedback you need.