What is Knockoff and what does it do for Shopify store owners?

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Knockoff is a brand protection service for Shopify stores. It scans for stolen listings, copycat storefronts, and trademark filings that copy your brand name across Amazon, Temu, eBay, Etsy, AliExpress, Facebook, Instagram, and the open web, then builds an evidence package and files takedowns on your behalf. It fits Shopify merchants who sell products with distinctive photography and are seeing their images or brand reused by other sellers. It is a single plan at $799 a month, with no quotes or contracts mentioned.

What Knockoff actually watches for

The service covers four surfaces where a brand gets copied online:

  • Stolen listings — your product photos resold by other sellers. Matches are found by exact image match and confirmed inside the listing's own gallery.
  • Copycat storefronts — stores built to pass for yours, caught the day they go live.
  • Trademark filings that copy your brand name.
  • Open web and social platforms in addition to the major marketplaces listed above.

The distinction that matters: a match only counts when your own photo appears in the seller's gallery. That is what separates a confirmed case from a lookalike product.

How the process works

  1. Connect your store. Install takes about five minutes. Your catalog syncs and every product photo is covered from that moment. Your first scan starts the moment you subscribe.
  2. Knockoff watches. Reverse image search runs across every marketplace where knockoffs sell. Every match shown is backed by your own photo.
  3. Knockoff confirms it. Each match arrives with evidence: archived page, timestamp, and a side-by-side comparison.
  4. Knockoff files it. The takedown is filed as your authorized agent, and the reply is chased. For Amazon photo claims, you send the notice Knockoff prepares from your own Amazon account, which takes about two minutes.

The authorization piece

You sign a Letter of Authorization once, which lets Knockoff file as your authorized agent on covered platforms. You can revoke it at any time. According to the site, weak cases are never filed in your name — so the arrangement does not put your brand behind claims that would not hold up.

What to weigh before subscribing

Reasons it may fit:

  • Your product photos are a real asset and you are finding them on other sellers' listings.
  • You want the filing handled rather than doing takedowns yourself across multiple platforms.
  • You sell on Shopify and want coverage that starts from your existing catalog.

Reasons to look elsewhere or wait:

  • $799 a month is a single flat plan — there is no lower tier for a store with only occasional infringement.
  • If your products are generic and your photos are not distinctive, exact image matching has less to work with.
  • If you only sell on one platform and prefer to file claims yourself, the managed filing is the main thing you would be paying for.

If you are unsure whether it fits, the site lists a direct line to the founder, Josh, at (279) 240-3865 for questions before subscribing.