R05: Code owned by another publisherVoucher rules
Stop paying coupon sites for creator codes.
Add your codes and the publisher each one belongs to. When a network reports a sale by a different publisher using that code, AffCheck flags it as unauthorised voucher use.
Nº 01The problem
Leaked codes turn regular customers into commission
Merchants in Shopify reviews say it plainly: coupon extensions “scrape codes and hijack regular customer sales”, and a network “cannot guarantee” a brand code won’t be used. Unauthorised voucher use is a valid decline reason, but only if you can show it.
Nº 02How it works
How voucher rules works
- Step 1List your codesImport codes from Shopify discounts and assign each to a publisher, or to “no affiliate” for staff and email codes.
- Step 2Import transactionsAffCheck reads the discount code from the Shopify order behind each transaction.
- Step 3Decline misuse with proofCode, owner and claiming publisher side by side, with a reason line ready to paste.
Nº 03Without and with AffCheck
The same job, in minutes.
Typical times for about 400 transactions. Illustrative: we’ll replace them with real numbers from early users.
Without: a spreadsheet
- Pull discount codes per order
- 15 min
- Look up who owns each code
- 20 min
- Match to the claiming publisher
- 25 min
- Total
- 60 min
With AffCheck
- Keep the code → owner table
- 2 min
- Review flagged sales
- 4 min
- Total
- 6 min
Nº 04On your network
Each network, in its own words.
- AwinAwin calls it “decline”; the deadline is the auto-validation period (avp).Awin validation rules
- CJ AffiliateCJ Affiliate calls it “correction (full) or cancellation”; the deadline is the locking (locked / closed status).CJ Affiliate validation rules
- impact.comimpact.com calls it “reversal (amount 0)”; the deadline is the action locking date.impact.com validation rules
Nº 05Line items
What you get
- Code → publisher, once
- A simple table, not a rule builder you have to learn.
- Proof from your own orders
- The code comes from the Shopify order, not from the network’s report.
- Works with your leak blocker
- A checkout blocker stops the next leak. AffCheck deals with this month’s commission.
Questions
Which plan includes voucher rules?
Growth and Pro. Starter covers refunds and cancellations on one network.
Does AffCheck block codes at checkout?
No. It works on the commission side. Checkout blockers stop codes being used; the two work well together.
Is unauthorised voucher use a valid reason to decline?
Awin lists unauthorised voucher use among legitimate decline reasons. Check your programme terms: they should say which publishers may use which codes.
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