Affiliate fraud is endemic and under-reported. Cookie stuffing, basket hijacking, adware, and trademark bidding can silently drain 10 to 20 percent of your commission budget. We monitor every programme actively and take rapid action when fraud is detected.
What's Included
We monitor for all known affiliate fraud types across every programme we manage. Detection is fast, evidence is documented, and action is taken before fraudulent publishers can extract significant commission.
Get a ProposalOur Process
Every programme we take on gets a fraud audit in the first two weeks. We review publisher activity patterns, transaction data, and network reports to establish a baseline and identify any existing fraud.
Ongoing monitoring covers transaction anomalies, publisher traffic patterns, paid search brand term reports, and browser extension behaviour. Alerts are set for any unusual activity.
When an anomaly is detected, we gather evidence before contacting the publisher. Cookie stuffing and adware require technical investigation. Brand bidding violations need search term screenshots as evidence.
Fraudulent publishers are suspended and commissions reversed with evidence. Repeat offenders are reported to the network for programme-wide action. Publishers with minor violations receive a warning and compliance requirement.
FAQs
Cookie stuffing is when a publisher places affiliate tracking cookies on a user's browser without them clicking an affiliate link. The publisher then claims commission when the user converts, even though they had no role in the sale. It is one of the most common and damaging affiliate fraud types.
We run regular searches on your branded terms across Google and Bing to check if affiliate publishers are bidding on your brand name. This is a clear terms violation in most programmes and allows publishers to intercept traffic that would have converted organically.
We gather evidence, suspend the publisher's programme access, reverse any fraudulent commissions with documented justification, and report the publisher to the network. Networks take repeated fraud reports seriously and can remove publishers platform-wide.
No, but it can be reduced to a negligible level with active monitoring. The goal is to make fraud unprofitable for would-be offenders by catching it quickly and reversing commissions with evidence before payouts are made.
Ready to Start?
We'll run a free fraud audit on your affiliate programme and tell you exactly what we find. Most programmes have at least one issue within the first two weeks.