Affiliate leakage auditing

Stop leaking 8–15% of your affiliate budget to coupon hijackers and duplicate claims.

Sale Defend audits every order against your networks in real time — pairing deterministic checks with AI pattern analysis to flag unauthorized coupon attribution, cross-network double claims and unreversed returns before your 30–60 day lock window closes.

New accounts start empty. Load a sample audit any time to see how it works.

Shopify Plusimpact.comCJTUNEeverflowAwinRakuten AdvertisingRefersion

Built for every side of the affiliate channel.

The same audit engine, framed around what each team is accountable for.

For brands & D2C teams

8–15% of commission budget goes to coupon aggregators and browser extensions claiming sales you had already won.

Protect margin, reclaim $2k–$15k a month before payout lock dates, and only reward genuinely incremental partners.

  • Live Shopify order ingestion
  • AI-assisted partner risk reviews
  • One-click network reversals
  • Pay from your network balance

For agencies & OPMs

Clients blame affiliate for rising blended CAC while your team burns hours cross-checking spreadsheets and dispute logs.

Show quantified fraud protection per client and run retroactive 90-day audits to win new retainers on the pitch call.

  • Multi-brand switching
  • AI-summarized client risk reviews
  • Client-ready audit exports
  • Automated dispute packs

For networks & compliance

Rogue publishers stuffing cookies and bidding on TM+ coupons erode merchant trust and create chargeback disputes.

Give merchants verifiable compliance auditing that cleans the ecosystem and keeps high-value advertisers on platform.

  • Cross-network deduplication
  • AI-flagged partner anomalies
  • Partner health scores
  • API compliance checks

The four ways commission quietly walks out the door.

Browser extension hijacking

Honey, Capital One Shopping and similar tools drop a last-click cookie at checkout on a sale you already earned.

Unapproved & leaked codes

Influencer codes reposted on coupon aggregators, or codes used by partners who were never approved for them.

Duplicate multi-network claims

The same order number claimed on two networks, paid twice because neither network can see the other.

Unreversed returns

Refunded and cancelled orders that stay approved in the payout report and get paid out anyway.

How we work with you.

01

Connect or upload

Point a Shopify webhook at Sale Defend, or drag in a historical order export and a network commission report. Five minutes, no engineering work.

02

Automated reconciliation

Every order is checked against approved codes, referrer and extension signals, IP subnet velocity, and claims from every connected network — with AI pattern analysis surfacing suspicious partner behaviour that simple checks alone would miss.

03

Reverse and dispute

Approve reversals through the network API where supported, or export a ready-to-submit dispute pack — all before the commission locks.

Sample audit

Follow a commission from order to outcome.

Explore two example cases. See the evidence Sale Defend surfaces and what happens before a payout locks.

Impact · #AL-10482

An order comes in

Order received
  1. Order & claim

    Compare the sale with the affiliate payout

  2. Detection & evidence

    Identify the signal behind the suspicious claim

  3. Reversal or dispute

    Act before the network payout locks

Illustrative sample only. No live order, network, or payout is affected.

Order #AL-10482SAMPLE CASE

Order value

$240.00

Commission at risk

$24.00

Network

Impact

Customer

Returning customer

Affiliate claim

Coupon extension

The sale and commission claim have arrived. Audit the attribution before approving the payout.

Awaiting audit

Networks and platforms we work with.

Direct API connections where the platform allows it, dispute-pack exports where it doesn't, and a CSV importer for everything else.

Shopify & Shopify PlusReal-time webhook ingestion, discount code inspection
ImpactLive API sync + programmatic commission reversal
TUNE (HasOffers)Conversion report sync + dispute pack export
EverflowConversion report sync + dispute pack export
CJ AffiliateCommission report sync + dispute pack export
Rakuten AdvertisingCommission report sync + dispute pack export
Awin & RefersionConversion deduplication, credential vault
Any other networkHistorical CSV audit importer

Two ways to pay: a flat monthly fee, or a share of what we recover.

Prefer a predictable monthly cost? Pick a plan below. Prefer to pay nothing up front? Choose recovery-share and we take 25% of the commission you claw back — and nothing if we find nothing.

Starter

$79/mo

Emerging brands up to $50k monthly affiliate GMV.

  • One store
  • Shopify webhook auditing
  • Weekly leakage digest
  • CSV dispute packs
Get started

Pro

Most popular

$299/mo

Scaling brands up to $250k monthly affiliate GMV.

  • Real-time alert engine
  • AI partner risk review
  • Slack & email notifications
  • Network API sync and reversals
  • Cross-network duplicate detection
Get started

Enterprise

$799/mo

$500k+ GMV programmes, agencies and networks.

  • Multi-brand management
  • Custom detection rules
  • AI-assisted anomaly detection across brands
  • Audit API access
  • Optional recovery-share terms
Get startedOr talk to us first

Any programme can ask for recovery-share pricing instead of a monthly plan — see how it works below.

Recovery-share · pay from what we save you

No monthly fee. We take 25% of the commission you claw back.

Affiliate commission does not leave your account the day it is earned — networks hold it for roughly 30 to 60 days first. Sale Defend watches that open window continuously and flags non-compliant claims while they can still be reversed. If nothing comes back, you pay nothing.

1. Connect your program

Link your network account or upload a commission report. Takes a couple of minutes, no store data required.

2. We audit the open 60 days

Most networks hold commission for 30–60 days before it locks. We monitor everything still inside that window, every day.

3. You claw it back, keep 75%

We hand you the evidence and a drafted reversal or dispute. You submit it. We invoice 25% only on what actually comes back.

What could still be inside your 60-day window?

Move the sliders to match your program. These are illustrative estimates, not a promise of findings or recovery.

$60,000
6%

Coupon hijacking, duplicate claims and unreversed returns commonly run between 5% and 12% of affiliate commission.

Illustrative 60-day audit

Commission flagged for review
$7,200
Recovered after your verification
$4,320
Sale Defend share (25%)
$1,080
You keep
$3,240

Assumes two months of commission sit inside the open window and that roughly 60% of flagged claims are confirmed and accepted by the network. Your results will differ.

Start a recovery-share audit

Recovery-share terms are agreed in writing before any audit begins.

Flexible payment options

Pay with budget you've already deposited with your networks.

Most brands have funds sitting in escrow with Impact, CJ, Awin, TUNE, Everflow or Rakuten and nothing spare in the software budget. Ask about paying for Sale Defend from that balance. Availability and setup depend on your network and account terms; we’ll confirm the right arrangement before any placement is made.

Affiliate network balance

Pay as a recurring placement from funds you already hold with Impact, CJ, Awin, TUNE or Rakuten.

Card or invoice

Standard monthly card payment with instant activation, or annual invoicing for larger programs.

Recovery-share — no monthly fee

Pay nothing up front. We take 25% of the commission actually recovered inside your 60-day window.

And it usually pays for itself: if the first audit recovers more than the fee, the whole cost comes back out of the same account it was paid from.

Questions we get on every call.

Find out what your program is leaking this month.

Connect a store or upload 90 days of orders and see what rule-based checks and AI pattern analysis flag — in minutes.

Start free audit