a single source, nothing corroborates it
Stop paying for traffic you already owned
Affiliates bidding on your own brand name in search collect commission on buyers who had already decided, which can quietly be a fifth to a third of revenue. Forbid it in the terms, and watch who ranks organically for your name plus discount code, because that page is intercepting the same people.
The method
- 01
Forbid affiliates from bidding on your own brand name in search ads in the programme terms, or you will pay commission on sales that were already yours.
- 02
Watch who is ranking organically for your brand name plus discount code, because that page intercepts buyers who had already decided.
What it returned
- 20
Estimated at 20 to 30% of revenue handed over for traffic you already owned.
Sources
- Strangers made me $30,000 last monthTibo Louis-Lucas · tmaker.io · The scam nobody warns you about · 2026-07-23
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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