It has been estimated that more than 25% of all branded merchandise sold on the Internet is "fake" or fraudulent. Exploitation of logos or trademarks and misuse of meta-tags can do the brand image much damage and leads to sales revenue losses. For brand owners digital piracy represents today's most serious threat to corporations and brands — right down to the bottom line. Online vigilance in protecting corporate brands and online sales of products is a critical new mandate for companies

Monitoring Online Sales and Counterfeit Detection
Online Sales & Counterfeits monitoring conducts frequently searches for information on online sales and counterfeiting of competitors, distributors or other parties. Delivering hot market intelligence and evidence exposed on internetsites, auctions, marketplaces or in news publications.
Online monitoring can help companies identify unauthorized distributors or merchants. It can also find Web sites that are misusing trademarks or brand names for their own benefit. While text-based Internet monitoring can detect most of all instances of piracy or trademark infringement, it can provide a window into offending Web sites — and a first step in enforcement of digital rights. Newer "digital fingerprinting" technologies now under development will greatly enhance the ability to track infringements on images

Providing information about Point of Sales and Actors
Due to the broadening acceptance of Internet among consumers and customers, online sales is gaining in importance. Often it is unclear where and by whom your products are being sold on the Internet. Pretection is able to provide an overview of this information and collect relevant data. 
Although dissimilar to unwanted associations, information concerning points of sale on  the Internet can be useful. Where and by whom are your products being sold and under what conditions?
This information can be used at the client's discretion.

Securing evidence for future Litigation
In the event that litigation may become necessary to protect your brand we authenticate the evidence we collect. The process we use enables us to certify electronic files, such as infringing webpages and URL's, locking them in time and content for future validation. This gives the material a unique "fingerprint", providing a secure cryptographic link between the copy and the original and securing the chain of custody making it suitable for use as evidence in a courtroom.

Pretection analyses, monitors and reports comprehensive and relevant information about Online Sales and Counterfeits worldwide in the Sales Monitoring Report.