Payment & Ad Disruption
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Most piracy is a business. Illegal IPTV sellers take subscription payments and pirate sites earn from advertising. Ayatii follows that money, documents the payment and advertising services a pirate operation depends on and reports it to the providers whose own rules forbid that use.
METHODOLOGY
Our Follow-the-Money Methodology
Payment and advertising providers act on clear evidence that their service is being used for infringement. Our method is built to produce that evidence and put it in front of the right team.
Map Revenue
We look at how each target makes money: checkout pages, accepted payment methods, reseller payment instructions, donation links and the advertising shown on its pages.
Identify Providers
From public information on the site and its checkout flow, we work out which payment processors, gateways, wallets and ad networks appear to be involved.
Report
We send each provider an evidence-backed report through its intellectual property or acceptable use channel, showing the infringing service and how the provider's service is used to support it.
Track Switches
Operators often move to another payment method or ad partner. We record those switches and report the new providers, so the pressure on revenue continues.
SERVICES
Our Payment and Ad Disruption Services
The service has three parts, covering the two main ways piracy earns money and the reporting that ties them together.
DELIVERABLES
What Is Included
Each engagement is agreed with you, but these are the core outputs of our payment and ad disruption work.
WHY US
Why Choose Ayatii for Payment and Ad Disruption
Revenue cases reward accurate evidence and steady follow-up. Ayatii is a Dubai-based anti-piracy company, and these are the strengths we bring to this work.
Built on Your Enforcement Data
We already know which sites and sellers carry your content, so revenue work starts from verified targets rather than guesses.
Careful About Evidence
We rely on public information and record how each payment or advertising link was found, so providers can check it and act with confidence.
Persistent Follow-Up
Operators adapt. We keep tracking the payment and advertising services they turn to next rather than treating one report as the end of the case.
Honest About Outcomes
Each provider makes its own decision under its own rules. We tell you what reporting can achieve and do not promise that a provider will act.
ABOUT FOLLOW THE MONEY
About Follow-the-Money Enforcement
Follow-the-money enforcement targets the revenue of piracy rather than individual copies of content. The idea is simple: a pirate site or illegal IPTV service that cannot take payments or earn from advertising is harder to run and less attractive to operate.
Pirate operations earn money in a few main ways. IPTV sellers and some streaming sites charge subscriptions through card payments, digital wallets, cryptocurrency or informal transfers. Free sites usually earn from display, pop-up and redirect advertising, often supplied through networks that do not check where their ads appear.
Mainstream payment and advertising providers generally prohibit the use of their services for infringing activity. When they receive clear evidence that a merchant or publisher is breaking those rules, they can investigate and decide whether to stop serving it. That makes well-documented reports an effective lever alongside takedowns and blocking.
Revenue Routes We Look At
- Card payments: merchant accounts and gateways used on checkout pages.
- Digital wallets and payment apps: accounts used to collect subscription payments or reseller credits.
- Display and pop-up advertising: ad networks and exchanges serving ads on pirate pages.
- Affiliate and redirect schemes: programmes paying pirate sites for traffic they send elsewhere.
- Donation and membership links: pages asking visitors to pay for premium access or support.
Because operators switch providers when one route closes, follow-the-money work is most effective when it is kept up over time and combined with other enforcement.
WHO IT APPLIES TO
Who Needs Payment and Ad Disruption
Revenue disruption is most useful against commercial piracy that keeps running despite takedowns. These are the rights holders it suits best.
RELATED SERVICES
Related Protection Alongside Revenue Disruption
Follow-the-money work runs well with IPTV disruption, intelligence reporting and site blocking support. Ayatii covers these areas together so the response is joined up.
Frequently asked questions
Can you get a pirate site's payment account closed?
We cannot close accounts ourselves. We send evidence to the payment provider, which decides under its own rules whether to act. Clear, well-documented reports give the best chance of action.
Do you make test purchases?
Where it is lawful and agreed with you in advance, a test purchase can confirm which payment provider is used. We agree the approach, and any limits, during scoping.
What about cryptocurrency payments?
Cryptocurrency is harder to disrupt, but exchanges and payment services that handle it often have rules against illegal use. We record the payment details shown and report them where a suitable channel exists.
Will you contact advertisers whose ads appear on pirate sites?
Only if you want us to and in the way agreed with you. Many brands are unaware of where their ads appear, and a factual note often leads them or their agency to change placement settings.
Does this replace takedowns?
No. Takedowns remove infringing copies, while revenue disruption makes the operation harder to fund. The two work best together, along with delisting and blocking where available.
