Kyle Hagee
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3 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 2d ago
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That's right.
Ray, if a competing podcast ever tries to poach you, don't give them our trade secrets, okay?
Don't give them our trade secrets.
I just learned about a new term, and it is cookie stuffing.
No, this isn't when you buy a pack of double dark chocolate Milanos and eat the entire bag on a Friday night, speaking for a friend.
Rather, it's when a company or app attaches its affiliate code using computer cookies and
into your browser, which allows the app to claim sales it didn't actually drive.
While the former definition of cookie stuffing sounds a little more fun personally, it's the latter definition that has Fia, the AI-powered shopping plugin company founded by Phoebe Gates, the daughter of Bill Gates, in the news and in a bit of trouble.
That's right, the co-founder of Microsoft's daughter, Phoebe, has the entrepreneurial spirit that her father has as well.
She launched Fia officially in 2025 with her co-founder, Sophia Chiani, and subsequently went on to raise $35 million for the app.
Fia allows users to compare prices for new and used clothing, shoes, and accessories with one click, and it also provides insight into how certain brands hold value in secondary markets to help shoppers discern when to buy secondhand.
However, according to Ben Edelman, an independent researcher in the affiliate marketing space, Fia was using cookie stuffing to claim sales that didn't actually drive, a violation of many digital platforms' policies as well as users' trust.
Essentially, if you had the app installed on your computer and you were shopping online,
Fia would secretly load onto another tab, inject its affiliate code into your shopping experience, and then close.
When you went to make a purchase, it would appear that Fia helped drive the sale when in reality it was unknown and unintended by the user.
Now, Fia has acknowledged the issue saying, quote, within the last 24 hours, we were made aware that in a recent release of our code base was causing misattributions from a subset of users.
As soon as we were notified, our team worked overnight to identify, mitigate, and has since resolved the issue.
But there will still be more damage to be undone by FIA.
For example, Impact.com, a leading partnership and affiliate management platform, said it suspended FIA's account due to this behavior that was, quote, inconsistent with our platform policy.
Ray, very tough news for something that sounds as fun as cookie stuffing to turn out to be actually a bad thing.
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