Let's say that you were to advertise 1 offer, but on 5 different sites.
Set up a different Sub Id for each site. So let's say you have site A, B, C, D, E
Well create a new "creative" (link) for each site and put in your sub id ; siteA, siteb, sitec, etc. This away, you will know how much money came in from each different site
Now if you are using keywords for PPC, then just do the same thing. Put the keyword in your Sub Id ; if you were advertising car insurance offer via PPC, then you could have all your keywords tracked so you know which one is bringing in the money.
[car insurance] - yourafflink . com / subid-carinsurance
[cheap car quotes] - yourafflink . com/ subid-cheapcarquotes
Really easy dude, and you can save yourself A LOT of money doing this...