Affiliates paid commissions on self-referred or fake orders
Affiliate programs pay commissions on self-referred and fraudulent orders with no check or block before payout
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
9 public reports · first reported 21 December 2023 · last reported 25 July 2026
What's going wrong
Merchants on several Shopify affiliate apps report that affiliates collect commissions on sales they did not drive.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 9 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.