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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 enforces that every resulting order clears your profit floor.

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 for code leakage across the web, 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, and FX, together, at checkout. An order that would ship below your profit floor gets blocked or modified 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

  • —Real-time profit-floor evaluation that can factor in affiliate commission cost
  • —Live COGS, freight zone, and FX data 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?

No. Agentis does not monitor coupon sites or social platforms for leaked codes; that is a brand- or affiliate-monitoring function. It focuses on the financial outcome: whatever volume a leaked code drives, orders that fall below your profit floor are blocked or modified.

Does Agentis account for affiliate commission cost, not just the discount?

Yes, where commission data is available at checkout, it can be factored into the margin calculation alongside the discount, COGS, freight, and FX.

Do I need to shut down a leaked code once I notice it?

Not necessarily. Since Agentis is already preventing below-floor orders on that code, many merchants can leave a leaked code active and let the profit floor absorb the excess volume, rather than disrupting the legitimate affiliate's traffic.

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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