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Corsearch brand protection review: how it's sold and what it does
By Josh Pigford, founder of Knockoff
Corsearch publishes no price for brand protection. A small brand gets in one of two ways. You book a demo and sign an order, billed a year ahead by default, with fees you can't cancel or cut. Or you join Revenue Recovery 360, where a law firm sues sellers at no upfront cost and Corsearch keeps a share of settlements.
If Google's AI overview quoted you $5,000 to $6,300 a month, that figure doesn't come from Corsearch. Both roads run through legal paperwork: a contract you can't scale down, or a lawsuit run by Corsearch and a law firm. If strangers are selling your product with your photos, you need takedowns filed, not a year's prepayment or a court case. Knockoff files them as your authorized agent for $799 a month, and the price is on our pricing page.
What does Corsearch brand protection monitor and take down?
Corsearch says its platform, Zeal 2.0, covers "300+ platforms, apps, and marketplaces". It doesn't publish the list. None of the brand protection pages we read names a marketplace, and the only one its case studies name is Amazon. If you need a particular site covered, such as Temu or a copycat store on its own domain, ask for it on the demo and get it written into your order.
Detection starts from your images and logos. Corsearch lists image matching, logo detection, and "seller and network clustering", which it says lets you "group related accounts and strike the 'head of the snake'". It says its image recognition uncovers disguised infringements "even those lacking explicit brand identifiers".
Takedowns run on authority you give it at the start. Its online brand protection terms say Corsearch "acts pursuant to the Power of Authority", a signed letter from the rights owner that lets it act on your behalf. Test purchases and investigations are additional services, and where they apply Corsearch signs "an additional Order Form" for them.
That's how a trademark company builds it. Corsearch calls itself "the only partner that connects Trademark intelligence with Brand Protection". It began with trademark search, screening and watching, the work its TrademarkNow product does today, then bought its brand protection arm piece by piece: Pointer, Yellow Brand Protection and Incopro, the last in 2021. If you came here for its trademark watch service, that's a separate product from what this page covers.
How much does Corsearch brand protection cost?
Corsearch doesn't say. Its brand protection pages offer "Request a 15 minute personalized demo" and "Talk to an expert". G2's pricing page says the price "is not listed on G2 by the vendor" and that Corsearch "does not offer a free trial".
Google's $5,000 to $6,300 a month traces to two pages, and neither is Corsearch's. The $5,000 is a "Basic" plan on Techimply, a software directory whose Corsearch listing has no reviews and gives no source. The $6,300 comes from a blog post by Signa, a company that sells trademark search, writing about trademark clearance rather than brand protection, and it gives no source either. AI assistants mostly don't guess. In our October test, Corsearch came up in 103 answers to brand protection questions, and only 3 put a dollar figure on it or on a group of vendors that included it.
What you pay depends on which way you come in.
The subscription
The demo leads to an Order Form. That form sets the start date, how long it runs, the fees and the payment terms, and wherever it differs from Corsearch's posted Master Service Agreement, the form wins. Unless it says otherwise, you're invoiced "on an annual basis in advance", due in 30 days, with late charges that may accrue at 1.5% a month or the legal maximum, whichever is higher.
The posted terms fix the money for the whole term. Fees "are based on Services purchased and not actual usage", payment obligations are "non-cancellable", fees paid are "non-refundable", and "quantities purchased cannot be decreased during the Term". A quiet month doesn't lower the bill. Under the posted terms, the agreement ends early only for a material breach that's still unfixed 30 days after notice, or for insolvency.
Then onboarding. You hand over a signed Letter of Authority, the brands in scope, the people who'll use the platform, and "any information and/or documentation necessary and reasonably requested". Corsearch aims to finish within six weeks, using "commercially reasonable efforts". That last item can mean a lot of paperwork. One reviewer on G2 wrote that "a lot more trademark and product information is required from our company", and Corsearch replied that marketplaces require it. Adding a brand later takes a change order.
None of this is unusual at the top of this market. BrandShield's posted terms make fees non-refundable too, as our BrandShield review covers. If you sign, read the Order Form for the term and what happens at the end of it, because the posted agreement leaves both to the form.
Is there Corsearch pricing for small brands?
Not a published one. The closest thing is Revenue Recovery 360, which has no upfront cost because, in Corsearch's words, "cases are funded through recovered revenue". Instead of a monitoring subscription, you join a lawsuit program.
Corsearch lists five steps. It identifies "high-value counterfeit sellers across priority marketplaces" and makes test purchases to build "litigation-ready evidence packages". Then a Schedule A case is filed: one lawsuit against a list of sellers named by their storefronts or aliases, which Corsearch says "triggers marketplace compliance and asset freezes". Partner law firms negotiate the settlements, and the money "is disbursed after settlements and default judgments conclude". Corsearch's case study puts its fee as "a percentage of the settlement only after the case is won". It doesn't publish the percentage or who qualifies.
Several of its small-brand case studies start the same way, with Corsearch making the first approach. Selah Creative, "Built as a one-woman operation", had its photos and videos taken by hundreds of sellers after a product went viral, and "Corsearch reached out to Dana", the founder. She gave the month and year her photos were taken and paid nothing up front. With Pizza Pack, founded in 2020, Corsearch reached out too. It reports "up to 4,300+ infringing listings" removed and the takedowns "consolidated into three strategic lawsuits" that ended in settlements.
Notice who decides. Corsearch chooses which sellers to pursue, and the case moves at a court's pace. If you're offered it, ask whether the stores copying you would ever be in a case, and what share of a settlement you'd give up.
What do Corsearch reviews say?
Its customers and the sellers it reports rate it very differently. On G2, Corsearch Brand Protection has 4.6 out of 5 from 24 reviews, all four or five stars. On Trustpilot it has 1.2 from 65 reviews, and on the BBB a C- rating with 18 complaints in three years. The low reviews and complaints we read come from sellers on Vinted and Etsy whose listings it reported, saying the reports were wrong. Corsearch answers most BBB complaints, saying it acts for the brand. It hasn't replied to negative reviews on Trustpilot.
If you're one of those sellers, Corsearch has an Infringement Inquiries form. It asks for your shop details, the brand that complained, the listing link, any license or authorization you hold and your proof of purchase, and says Corsearch will "assess the situation". For a copyright notice, the counter notice steps are in our BrandShield review.
Does Corsearch work for Shopify brands?
We found no Shopify app and no Shopify plan, and Corsearch's brand protection pages don't mention Shopify. The closest it comes is a promise to cover "marketplaces, social media, websites, search engines, app stores and more".
Knockoff is built for Shopify brands. We look for copies of your product photos every day and file takedowns on Shopify stores, eBay, Walmart and Temu, plus registrar and web host reports for sites posing as your brand. You sign up on the site for $799 a month, sign one Letter of Authorization, and we file every confirmed copy as your authorized agent. Confirmed means your photo is in the seller's own listing gallery. Weak cases are never filed.
Corsearch's side is from its posted terms, product pages and case studies. Knockoff's is from our pricing page and terms.
| Corsearch subscription | Revenue Recovery 360 | Knockoff | |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you start | A demo, then an Order Form | In several small-brand case studies, Corsearch reached out first | Sign up on the site |
| What you pay | A quote, invoiced a year in advance unless the Order Form says otherwise | Nothing up front, then a share of settlements it doesn't publish | $799 a month, one plan, cancel any time |
| If it isn't working | Fees are non-refundable and can't be reduced during the term | You've paid nothing up front | 30-day money-back from your first payment, until we file your first notice |
| What happens to a copy | Corsearch reports it under the authority you signed | A lawsuit against the sellers, then settlements | A takedown filed as your authorized agent on every confirmed copy |
Want to know whether your photos are being copied before you book anyone's demo? Run a free scan of 20 of your products. For the other vendors in this market, read our reviews of Red Points, BrandShield and Bustem.
