What is a trustworthy host affiliate programme

I heard host gator is bad news

People claim Hostgator cheat his affiliates, maybe.
there is bluehost, fatcow, ipage and arvixe

I make most of my commissions with hostgator, and they pay really well too. I never felt that I was cheated.

If i'm not mistaken hostgator,bluehost and ipage belongs to same company.
They have a good affiliate system but sometime it recent years we've seen a downloadfall in there server UP so if your clients are targeted this could have a bad effect Or else if they're okay with some downtime then go with hostgator as they are the biggest and Pays well in time .