Brand protection before a fake shop copies your company
Fake shops copy the register numbers, VAT IDs and company names of real merchants into their legal notice and look credible as a result. Whoever gets nothing delivered there turns to you. We continuously compare your company data with the shops we check and report every match with its location.
Brand protection from €19.99 / year
Your company data
On file with us
- Commercial-register number
- HRB 00000
- VAT ID
- DE000000000
- Company name and legal name
- Markenoutlet Beispiel GmbH
- Domain
- ihre-firma.example
Proof: commercial-register extract
Someone else’s domain
The same data in the legal notice
Legal notice
Excerpt from the other site’s legal notice
- Markenoutlet Beispiel GmbH
- Handelsregister: HRB 00000matches the number you registered
- USt-IdNr.: DE000000000
- Domain registered
- 4 days ago
- Recorded on
- 28 September 2026, 10:15
Identical company data on someone else’s 4-day-old domain points to misuse.
Fictional example: company, numbers and domains are made up.
Four steps to your report
Your company has been in the commercial register for years. A new domain writes the same data into its legal notice and looks credible as a result. Anyone who orders there and gets nothing turns to you.
Register your company
You provide company, commercial-register number, VAT ID and official domain. Verification uses a commercial-register extract.
We search other shops
We search every shop we check for your commercial-register number, VAT ID and company name.
You get an email
If your identifier appears on someone else’s domain, we send you an email with the details of the match.
You act
Domain, time of capture and our check result for the shop are stored in your account. You can use them to file a criminal complaint, send a cease-and-desist letter or report the domain.
Registered
- Commercial-register number
- HRB 00000
- VAT ID
- DE000000000
- Company name and legal name
- Markenoutlet Beispiel GmbH
Proof: commercial-register extract
Checked shops
- gartenmoebel-24.invalidno match
- sneaker-lager.invalidno match
- markenoutlet-beispiel.invalidMatch: HRB 00000
- kuechenprofi.invalidno match
Email to you
Your register number appears in someone else’s legal notice
- Found at
- markenoutlet-beispiel.invalid
- Recorded on
- 28 September 2026, 10:15
- Domain registered
- 4 days ago
In your account
- Check result
- Report on the shop with all warning signs
Usable for
- Criminal complaint
- Cease-and-desist letter
- Domain report
Fictional example: company, numbers and domains are made up.
We look for these four details in other shops
Commercial-register number
If your commercial-register number appears in another shop’s legal notice, we report the match.
Where it appears in the other legal noticeHandelsregister: HRB 00000
VAT ID
Fake shops often copy the VAT ID into their legal notice. Every location found in the shops we check appears in your report.
Where it appears in the other legal noticeUSt-IdNr.: DE000000000
Company name and legal name
We search for your legal name and trade name in the legal notices and pages of other shops.
Where it appears in the other legal noticeMarkenoutlet Beispiel GmbH
Domain
If we check your company’s domain, we report the hit.
Checked addressihre-firma.example
Fictional example: company, numbers and domains are made up.
The complaints come to you
Your company is named in the fake shop’s legal notice. So the complaints and enquiries come to you.
Your reputation
Whoever the fake shop harmed looks for the name in the legal notice. That name is yours.
Reviews and chargebacks
Complaints, chargebacks and bad reviews can end up with your company.
Legal consequences
Cease-and-desist letters, information requests and official enquiries about a shop you never ran.
Your customers’ trust
People who lost money under your name are less likely to order from you again.
One company check, two building blocks
Brand protection reports when other shops use your company data. The shop seal shows that your own shop has been checked. Both build on the same company check. You submit your company data only once.
Brand protection
We report every match when another shop uses your company data.
€19.99 / year
incl. VAT, €16.80 netequals €1.67 per month
Get Brand protectionShop seal
The live seal for your shop. We check it every day.
€154.80 / year
incl. VAT, €130.08 netequals €12.90 per month
Get Shop sealComplete
RecommendedBrand protection and shop seal in one package.
€149.00 / year
incl. VAT, €125.21 netequals €12.42 per month
Choose Complete
Booked separately, brand protection and the shop seal cost €174.79 a year together. With Complete you pay €149.00 and save €25.79.
Complete costs less than the shop seal on its own, because we check your shop every day for the seal anyway and brand protection runs across the same data.
| Service | Brand protection€19.99 / year | Shop seal€154.80 / year | Complete€149.00 / year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand protection includes | |||
| Comparison of register number, VAT ID and company name | Brand protection: included | Shop seal: not included | Complete: included |
| Email notification for every match | Brand protection: included | Shop seal: not included | Complete: included |
| Shop seal includes | |||
| Live seal for your shop, checked daily | Brand protection: not included | Shop seal: included | Complete: included |
| Public certificate page with history | Brand protection: not included | Shop seal: included | Complete: included |
| Log of the other sites on which your seal was embedded | Brand protection: not included | Shop seal: included | Complete: included |
All packages run for one year and do not renew automatically. Passing the company check is a requirement.
Questions about brand protection
How do I know whether a match is misuse?
We show you the domain, the time and our check result for the shop. You decide whether it is abuse, a typo or legitimate use.
Can the public see that my company is verified?
Yes. Verified shops can receive a seal that is shown to customers during a shop check.
Can I protect several brands or domains?
Yes, additional brands can be added later. Talk to us about volume pricing for multiple companies.
What happens when I get a match?
You receive the details of the hit in one place and can take legal steps yourself. We provide the documentation. We do not provide legal representation.
Set up brand protection
Five steps: account, company details, proof, legal confirmation, payment. The annual fee is only reserved at first and is charged only after our review.