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● Solution
Protect your brand from grey market and abuse.
Unauthorized sellers, counterfeits and hijacked listings erode trust and margin. Actowiz detects them across marketplaces — with timestamped evidence — so you enforce fast and protect your brand.
● Now onboarding a small group of early-access brands
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE
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Possible counterfeits2
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Evidence capturedauto
The definition
What is brand protection?
Brand protection is the continuous detection of unauthorized sellers, counterfeit signals,
hijacked listings and MAP violations across marketplaces, with evidence capture, so brands can enforce
quickly and defend trust and margin.
Every unauthorized seller, fake product or hijacked listing chips away at your pricing, your margin and the trust shoppers place in your brand. Policing dozens of marketplaces by hand is impossible. Brand protection watches your listings and sellers continuously, flags abuse the moment it appears, and captures dated evidence so enforcement is fast and defensible.
Seller & counterfeit
detection
Auto
evidence capture
Real-time
abuse alerts
Capabilities
What you can detect
Every threat to your brand on the shelf, caught early.
Unauthorized sellers
Surface sellers who shouldn't be listing you.
Counterfeit signals
Spot listings that may be fake or diverted.
Listing hijack alerts
Catch hijacked or altered listings fast.
MAP violations
Detect price-floor breaches across sellers.
Evidence capture
Timestamped records ready for enforcement.
Repeat-offender tracking
Link bad actors that keep returning.
The difference
Working blind, or in control?
Without Actowiz
- Unauthorized sellers spotted by chance
- Counterfeits damage trust unnoticed
- No proof ready for enforcement
- Repeat offenders return undetected
With Actowiz
- Continuous unauthorized-seller detection
- Counterfeit and hijack signals flagged
- Timestamped evidence captured automatically
- Repeat offenders linked and escalated
In the real world
What it looks like for teams like yours
Real situations Actowiz is built to fix — see your own in them.
Brand OwnerConsumer goods
Grey-market sellers undercut you and anger authorized partners.
→ Detection and evidence let you enforce before relationships break.
IP / LegalElectronics
You spend hours gathering proof of violations.
→ Timestamped evidence is captured automatically, ready to act.
Channel ManagerBeauty
A listing gets hijacked with altered content.
→ A hijack alert catches it fast so you restore it.
Why it matters
Why unchecked abuse erodes brands
A single rogue seller or fake listing can trigger price wars, anger compliant partners and shake shopper trust — and the damage compounds quietly. Continuous brand protection turns enforcement from a manual scramble into an automated system that catches abuse early and gives you the evidence to act, protecting both margin and reputation.
How it works
How it works
Pick scope
Choose the platforms, markets and SKUs to track.
We track
Relevant signals captured continuously and accurately.
Benchmark & alert
Your position versus rivals, with alerts on every move.
Act
Dashboards, reports and alerts your team can act on.
Who it's for
Who it's for
✓
Brand owners
Defend brand value and trust.
✓
Legal & IP teams
Get evidence for enforcement.
✓
Channel managers
Protect authorized-seller relationships.
✓
D2C brands
Stop grey-market undercutting.
✓
Manufacturers
Police distribution at scale.
✓
Agencies
Run protection across client brands.
Questions, answered
Brand Protection FAQ
It is the continuous detection of unauthorized sellers, counterfeit signals, hijacked
listings and MAP violations across marketplaces, with evidence capture for fast enforcement.
It surfaces signals that a listing may be counterfeit or diverted, so your team can
investigate and act.
Yes — timestamped records and screenshots are captured automatically to support
enforcement.
Yes — it surfaces unknown and unauthorized sellers listing your products across
marketplaces.
MAP monitoring is part of brand protection; protection also covers counterfeits, hijacking
and unauthorized sellers beyond price.
See who's abusing your brand
Join the early-access program and we'll show a brand-protection snapshot for your products.
Request early access →
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