Marcode

Marcode is a brand protection tool built for brands that pay affiliates and run paid search. It finds the partners who take your commission or ad budget through tricks, and it helps you stop paying them.

Most brand monitoring tools tell you who is bidding on your name. Marcode answers a sharper question: which of your own affiliates is doing it, and how do you get the money back?

It checks your branded search terms up to 20 times an hour, from many locations, down to postcode level. That matters because ad hijackers often run ads late at night or in one city only. Its anti-cloaking engine is built to reveal the affiliate behind ads that hide their real redirect.

Beyond search ads, Marcode watches over 50 coupon sites for leaked discount codes and over 50 shopping browser extensions that take credit at checkout. When it finds a rule breaker, it can cancel their commission and suspend them through integrations with Awin, Partnerize, Impact and Rakuten.

It can also file trademark complaints with Google automatically when your trademark appears in other people's ad text.

Marcode does not publish prices. Capterra lists it from $850 a month, usage based, with the final price depending on your keywords, countries and program size.

We think it suits retail and ecommerce brands with large affiliate programs. Smaller brands, or teams that only need competitor ad monitoring, may get better value elsewhere. Read our full Marcode review for the pros, cons and how it compares with AdPolice and BrandVerity.