AffiliateWP - Fraud Prevention

Affiliate fraud costs money and weakens trust in your program. Affiliates may refer their own purchases, send visits from sites they never listed, or produce conversion rates that look wrong. Checking all of this by hand takes time. This add-on moves those checks into AffiliateWP, where you set the rules once and let the plugin monitor referrals as they arrive.

You manage everything from the AffiliateWP settings page. You choose whether a rule flags activity, allows it or rejects it, and you set the ranges that count as normal. Because it works with the AffiliateWP core plugin, it suits stores and sites that already run their affiliate program there and want tighter control over which referrals earn a commission.

Features

• Self-referral controls: Flag or block referrals that come from an affiliate's own account, so affiliates cannot earn commissions on their own purchases.
• Unlisted website monitoring: Flag, allow or reject referrals and visits that come from websites the affiliate did not specify, which helps cut spammy or unauthorized traffic.
• Conversion rate thresholds: Set an expected range for affiliate conversion rates. Affiliates with unusually high or low rates get flagged, which can point to credit card fraud or spam traffic.
• Customizable fraud settings: Adjust every fraud prevention parameter from the AffiliateWP settings page, so the protections match how your own program works.
• Automated referral flagging: The add-on keeps monitoring affiliate traffic and flags suspicious referrals automatically, without requiring you to review each one by hand.
• Flag, allow or reject choices: Decide how each rule responds to a match. You can mark activity for review or turn it away, depending on how strict you want to be.
• Built for AffiliateWP: It works with the AffiliateWP core plugin and runs from the same dashboard, with no third-party tools needed for its fraud checks.

Best for

• Site owners running an affiliate program on AffiliateWP
• Store managers who want fewer fraudulent commissions
• Agencies managing affiliate programs for clients