It would be great if the affiliate system worked slightly differently. We have many "normal" clients who would like to become affiliates also....so...
I think it would be better if at the end of the registration process there was an extra section added which appeared after the client has registered asking the question...... Do you have a website and would you like to earn extra income promoting our site? At which point if they choose yes the url would auto fill e.g with a combination of the url www.mysite.com/1234
1234 being the account ID
Also as it stands at the moment there is no real section for more information to be provided and to a new client it could seem a little baffling !