Agentis Solution
Stop Leaked Influencer Codes From Shipping Orders Below Cost
When an influencer or affiliate discount code gets shared beyond its intended audience, Agentis still checks every resulting order against your profit floor and flags or holds the losers before they ship.
The Problem
Influencer and affiliate codes are usually priced assuming a specific audience size and an attached commission cost. Once a code is posted to a public coupon site or forwarded outside the original audience, order volume on that code can multiply well past what the economics were built for, and the merchant is often still paying the affiliate commission on top of the discount, compounding the margin hit.
How Agentis Solves It
Agentis does not monitor the web for code leakage; that is a brand-protection or affiliate-network monitoring function. It evaluates the order in front of it: the discount applied, the affiliate commission if tracked, current COGS, freight, fees, and FX, together, within 60 seconds of the order being placed. An order that would ship below your profit floor is flagged or held before fulfillment, regardless of how the code reached the customer who placed it.
Key Benefits
- Protects margin on influencer and affiliate programs regardless of code distribution
- Accounts for combined discount plus commission cost, not discount alone
- No dependency on tracking where a code was shared
- Keeps affiliate programs running without a blanket code freeze after a leak
Platform Features
- —Per-order profit-floor check that can factor in affiliate commission cost
- —Live COGS, freight zone, fees, and FX per order
- —Configurable floors per code, campaign, or affiliate tier
- —No changes required to existing affiliate or influencer platforms
Built for
DTC brands running influencer or affiliate discount programs on Shopify Plus
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Agentis detect when an influencer code has leaked?
Not by monitoring coupon sites or social platforms; that is a brand- or affiliate-monitoring function. Agentis focuses on the financial outcome: whatever volume a leaked code drives, orders that fall below your profit floor are flagged or held before they ship. Each order Agentis checks carries the discount applied, the affiliate commission if it is tracked, current COGS, freight, fees, and FX, evaluated together within 60 seconds of the order being placed. A code that has multiplied past its intended audience does not need to be identified as leaked for its below-floor orders to be caught, though a sudden rise in flagged orders on one code is often the first sign of a leak. Floors can be set per code, campaign, or affiliate tier, so a high-commission partner's code can carry a tighter floor. Monitoring tools tell you where a code went; Agentis makes sure that wherever it went, it does not ship orders below cost unnoticed.
Does Agentis account for affiliate commission cost, not just the discount?
Yes, where commission data is available with the order, it can be factored into the margin calculation alongside the discount, COGS, freight, fees, and FX. This matters because influencer and affiliate codes are usually priced assuming a specific audience size with a commission attached, and once a code spreads beyond that audience the merchant is often still paying the commission on top of the discount. Evaluating the discount alone would understate the true cost of each order on a leaked code. When commission data is present, Agentis treats it as another cost line, so an order that clears the floor on discount alone can still be flagged or held if the commission pushes it under. Floors can be set per code, campaign, or affiliate tier to reflect different commission structures. If your affiliate platform exposes commission per order, connect it so the floor reflects the full cost of the sale.
Do I need to shut down a leaked code once I notice it?
Not necessarily. Because Agentis is already catching below-floor orders on that code before they ship, many merchants can leave a leaked code active and let the profit floor handle the excess volume, rather than disrupting the legitimate affiliate's traffic. A blanket code freeze punishes the influencer or affiliate whose audience was converting legitimately, and it can damage a partnership that was working. Agentis evaluates each order on the discount applied, the affiliate commission if tracked, current COGS, freight, fees, and FX, so orders that arrive through the leak are held to the same floor as orders from the intended audience. Profitable orders from unexpected buyers still ship; below-floor orders are flagged or held for review. Floors set per code or affiliate tier let you tighten one leaked code without touching the rest of the program, which turns retiring a code into a partnership decision rather than an emergency.
Key Concepts
Profit Governance
Promo Abuse
When customers exploit coupon codes, referral programs, or promotional mechanics beyond their intended use, generating orders that erode margin through illegitimate discounting.
Margin Analysis
Coupon Stacking
The practice, by customers or unintentionally permitted by checkout configuration, of applying multiple discount codes to a single order, typically dropping margin below intended thresholds.
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