Affiliate hijacking prevention to secure your affiliate programs and protect revenue

Ad hijacking threatens your affiliate marketing efforts by allowing imposters to steal clicks and inflate costs. Adthena’s Ad Hijacking Detection effectively identifes this tactic, ensuring only legitimate affiliates earn commissions.

Adthena's Affiliate Hijacking Prevention Technology

Stop losing revenue to affiliate hijacking

Ad hijacking is a deceptive tactic where affiliates mimic brand ads to draw off clicks, falsely earn commissions, and drive up branded CPCs. This tactic drains marketing budgets, misleads customers, and can lead to revenue loss and brand reputation damage without vigilant monitoring.

With Adthena’s Ad Hijacking Detection, brands can effectively track hijacking instances, ensuring only authorized affiliates earn commissions, preserving customer trust, and securing revenue streams.

Key benefits of Adthena’s hijacking prevention

1. Protects brand revenue

Adthena identifies hijackers attempting to capture valuable clicks on branded keywords, ensuring conversions are legitimate and commissions are fairly earned.

2. Safeguards brand integrity

Adthena’s monitoring detects unauthorized ads that may lead customers to misleading or harmful sites, protecting brand trust and customer experience.

3. Reduces CPC on branded terms

By preventing hijackers from competing on branded terms, Adthena reduces unnecessary CPC inflation, leading to more efficient ad spending.

4. Enhances affiliate program management

Adthena identifies fraudulent affiliates, empowering brands to remove those who misuse guidelines, creating a fair and transparent affiliate environment.

How Adthena’s technology works

Adthena’s Ad Hijacking Detection tool is designed with powerful, automated features that continuously monitor and identify instances of ad hijacking across some of the most popular affiliate networks. Here’s how it helps brands maintain control:

  • Continuous brand monitoring
    Adthena’s algorithms crawl search results, flagging ads that are run by hijackers
  • Affiliate and imposter detection
    Adthena’s detection system identifies suspicious redirects and affiliate links, gathering the necessary evidence to trace each hijacker.
  • Detailed reporting
    Access comprehensive reports, including affiliate IDs and SERP screenshots so you’ll have the information you need to respond swiftly.
  • Take-down support
    Adthena provides actionable evidence for reporting to search engines, helping brands remove unauthorized ads.
How to track and monitor Ad hijacking

Why choose Adthena?

Industry expertise

As leaders in preventing affiliate fraud and ad hijacking, Adthena brings unmatched expertise in protecting brands from these specific threats, ensuring your affiliate program remains transparent and secure.

Precise detection

Adthena detects all forms of ad hijacking, from direct linking to complex redirect masking, ensuring no hijacker goes undetected.

Adthena affiliate hijacking prevention

  • Brand ad: Directs to the brand’s site with a few cents per click.
  • Affiliate ad: Redirects to the brand’s site via an affiliate’s link, stealing commissions and increasing costs for branded terms.
  • Hijacker ad: Sophisticated affiliate using redirects to mask referrals, earning unearned commissions while evading detection, harming the brand’s affiliate program.

Data-driven insights

Adthena’s intuitive dashboard displays hijacking instances, offering filters for easy tracking across affiliates and devices.

Enhanced brand protection

Integrating seamlessly with brand protection strategies, Adthena helps brands monitor trends and enforce stronger affiliate guidelines.

Long-term cost savings

By reducing CPC on branded terms and ensuring genuine affiliate commissions, Adthena protects brands from unnecessary costs.

Take control of your brand with Adthena

Ad hijacking can quietly undermine your brand and finances. With Adthena’s Ad Hijacking Detection, brands can confidently secure their affiliate programs, protect their reputation, and maximize revenue potential.

Are your branded keywords at risk? Book a demo with Adthena to experience comprehensive protection and see Ad Hijacking Detection in action.

Frequently asked questions

  • What is affiliate hijacking?

    Affiliate hijacking occurs when unauthorized affiliates intercept traffic intended for legitimate affiliates, redirecting it to their own links to earn commissions fraudulently.

  • How does Adthena prevent affiliate hijacking?

    Our technology monitors traffic continuously  and applies advanced algorithms to detect and block hijacking attempts, ensuring only authorized affiliates receive credit.

  • How easy is it to integrate Adthena’s technology with my current system?

    Our solution is designed for seamless integration with popular affiliate tracking platforms and can be customized to meet your specific needs.

  • Can I track attempted hijacking incidents?

    Yes, our system provides detailed reports on all hijacking ads we’ve identified, helping you analyze and understand threats to your affiliate program.

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