If it is a standard affiliate program he is after, why does he not just say that in the email? I don’t think there is anything wrong for Wirecutter to say “hey

If it is a standard affiliate program he is after, why does he not just say that in the email? I don’t think there is anything wrong for Wirecutter to say “hey, we make money from affiliate sales - do you guys have a program we can sign up to?”. That’s totally cool. But he does such an awful job of saying that and makes it sound so much worse.