When affiliates say brand bidding was accidental, treat broad match, DKI, and automation expansion as detectable policy events. Prove the SERP with an evidence pack, then enforce.
A publisher self-audit for affiliate brand bidding. Stop commission reversals by checking match type leakage, DKI, and trademark clauses before you spend.
Google and Meta affiliate ad suspensions beyond disclosure: decode vague labels, prevent before spend, mid-restriction stop-list, and appeal without circumvention.
A practical 12-point compliance audit for publishers: FTC disclosure, Amazon rules, GDPR consent, program terms, and tracking hygiene. Stop scaling until you pass this checklist.
Approved affiliate campaigns still die when ad platforms restrict accounts. Build continuity: diversify, document, learn the appeal path early, and hold a cash runway.
Commissions withheld after review? Read holdback and investigation clauses before you scale, document the referral trail, diagnose the freeze type, then escalate on a clock.
Signup-wall handoff break: domain scope, session renew on auth, param strip, email/OTP and social-login variants. Diagnose with merchant new-customer flags and a DevTools hop walk.
