Brand protection for affiliate programs

Someone is buying your brand on Google. We show you who.

Affiliates bid on your brand name, catch the customers who were already looking for you, and collect a commission on sales you would have made anyway. PoachSearch finds them in every market, reads the affiliate code inside their ads, and hands you evidence your network can act on.

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https://www.yourbrand.com/?utm_source=affiliate&ranSiteID=Ab12cDeF-9xK2pL&gclid=… ✓ Rakuten Advertising · publisher Ab12cDeF
About this advertiser
Advertiser identity verified by Google
Location · Hong Kong
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115,000+real Google searches run
170+countries covered
50,000+ads recorded and decoded
330affiliate advertisers caught bidding on brands

Your first 100 searches are free

See what is hiding behind your brand searches.

Choose up to five countries and your search depth. See every advertiser, affiliate code and available source of evidence we find. No access to your business accounts required.

USD 2 per 1,000 searches
First 100 free · prepaid packs from USD 10

  1. Tell us where to lookYour business brand, website, up to five markets and 12, 24 or 48 searches per country in 24 hours.
  2. Verify your emailFirst 100 searches free, once per verified email. Review the estimate before you confirm.
  3. Pay for the searches you runConfirm the estimate to reserve searches from your balance. Complete results are always included.

You pay for searches run, whether or not affiliates are found. This is a single check, not ongoing monitoring. Daily capacity is limited; we show an estimated start date if your check is queued for a later day.

Check your brand

Your complete results stay private. Start with your business details.

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First 100 searches free per verified email. No subscription. See our privacy notice for account and check retention.

The problem

Brand bidding hides where you are not looking.

From your own Google Ads account you see your ads, not theirs. In your affiliate reports it looks like normal sales. The ads run in other countries, at night, on mobile, and they look exactly like you.

It looks like you

Your name in the headline, your domain as the display URL, “official site” in the copy. Customers can’t tell the difference, and they click.

It avoids your office

Often geo-targeted to markets you don’t check and scheduled for hours when nobody on your team is searching. One country, one city, a few hours a day is enough.

You pay twice

The customer was already yours. You pay the affiliate a commission for the sale, and your own brand clicks can get more expensive because someone is bidding against you.

How it works

Real searches, in every market, around the clock.

Our search fleet checks your brand as customers in the selected markets see it. We record sponsored results and inspect the available advertiser and tracking information.

01

Search like a customer

Your brand, your domain and relevant search variations, localised to the markets you choose for this check.

02

Read the ad without clicking it

We open Google’s own “About this advertiser” panel to see who paid, and decode the final URL behind the ad to extract the affiliate network and the publisher’s code.

03

Document everything

Each available sighting is recorded with its source, date and market. Get complete private results with advertiser identities, affiliate codes and the evidence collected during your check.

The evidence

Built to be forwarded to your network.

Every affiliate gets its own file, with the proof an affiliate manager or a network compliance team needs to act, and nothing they need to take on trust.

  • Who paid, in Google’s wordsThe advertiser name and location from Google’s own panel, and whether Google verified their identity.
  • The network and the codeRakuten, Impact, Awin, CJ, Partnerize and more: the exact parameter and publisher ID inside the ad.
  • Every sighting, datedDate and time in UTC, country, city, search term and position, with the screenshot of the ad and of the panel.
  • Recorded search evidenceAvailable screenshots and source records connect each finding to the search where it appeared, without clicking the ad.
  • A fixed reportA private snapshot of the completed check, with the observations and evidence available at that time.
Example Digital LtdHong Kong · verified by Google
14 sightings · 4 countries
NetworkRakuten Advertising
Identifier in the adranSiteID=Ab12cDeF…
First / last seen12 Sep → 28 Sep 2026
Typical position1st, above your own result
Date (UTC)Country · citySearchPos.
28/09 21:14GB · Manchesteryourbrand1
28/09 06:02DE · Hamburgyourbrand.com1
27/09 23:41NL · Utrechtyourbrand official site2
27/09 04:18FR · Lyonyourbrand1

Pricing

Stop paying twice for your own customers.

Two options for brand owners and affiliate managers. Both use the same real searches and the same evidence your network can act on.

US$390

Brand-bidding dossier

One-time. Every affiliate ad we find on your brand: who paid for it, the affiliate network and the publisher code, with the searches, screenshots and recordings by country and date. A private evidence page and a PDF you can forward to your network. Usually delivered within 5 business days. Credited in full if you start monitoring within 30 days.

Order the dossier

US$249

Monitoring, per brand per month

Ongoing searches in the markets you choose, a weekly report, and an alert when a new affiliate ad appears on your brand. Each case comes with its evidence, ready for your network. Cancel anytime.

Start monitoring

USD 2

Self-service check

Prefer to look first? Run a one-off check yourself: USD 2 per 1,000 searches, with your first 100 searches free. Your AI agent can do it too, through our API and MCP server.

Check your brand

Prices in US dollars, excluding taxes, for businesses. Billing and refunds. Questions or several brands: reports@poachsearch.com.

Principles

Evidence, not accusations.

We report what anyone in that market could see on Google, and we let the facts do the talking.

Public results only

No logins, no access to your Google Ads or affiliate accounts. Just what customers see.

We don’t click your ads

We inspect public search results and decode available ad URLs without clicking the ads.

Google names the advertiser

We use the name from Google’s own advertiser panel, exactly as shown. No guessing, no labels.

Private by default

Evidence pages live on unlisted links, are not indexed, and are shared only with the brand.

Coverage

We read the codes of the networks you work with.

Plus in-house tracking and cashback redirects. Advertiser panels are read in dozens of languages, from Polish to Thai.

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For agencies and networks

Check every brand you manage from one account.

Affiliate management agencies, networks and in-house teams run the same check for each brand they look after. Your prepaid credits work for any brand, and every result is a private page your client or network can act on.

01

One account, every client brand

Run a check for each brand with the same credits, up to five countries per check. Same price for everyone: USD 2 per 1,000 searches.

02

Evidence you can forward

Each result names the advertiser, the affiliate network and the publisher code decoded from their ads, and shows the searches run in each market. Ready to send to the brand or the network.

03

Regular checks and volume

Want the same brands checked every week or month, or a larger volume of searches? Write to reports@poachsearch.com with the brands and markets.

FAQ

Questions brands ask us.

Do you need access to my Google Ads or affiliate accounts?

No. Everything comes from public search results. If you want to match what we find against your affiliate list, you can do that on your side with the codes we report.

What does a check cost?

USD 2 per 1,000 searches, first 100 free once per verified email, prepaid packs from USD 10. Choose 12, 24 or 48 searches per country in 24 hours. We show the estimate before confirmation. You pay for searches run, whether or not affiliates are found. Complete results are always included. Credits are valid for 12 months; unused reservations return to your balance automatically.

Which countries can you check?

Choose up to five countries from the available markets in the form. Your results shows the countries actually covered by your check.

How soon will I see results?

After you verify your email and confirm the search estimate, your check joins the queue or eligibility review. Timing depends on available capacity; we email you when your complete results are ready. A check can find no affiliate activity. It is a snapshot, not a guarantee or ongoing monitoring.

Is it a problem if you click on the ads?

We do not click ads. We inspect the public result and the destination information available in it.

Can I cite the evidence page in an email to my network?

Yes. Your complete results is a fixed snapshot. Keep its private access link secure: anyone you share it with can view the report. Review observations against your own program terms before taking action.

Want to know who is bidding on your brand?

Send us your brand and the markets you care about. We’ll start searching and show you what we find.

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