Glossary · Fraud
Click farm— what it means in affiliate marketing
An operation that pays real people to click ads, install apps, leave reviews or follow accounts.
Because the humans and devices are real, the usual bot signals are absent and detection falls back on behaviour and geography. Price per action is low enough that the economics work on even the thinnest payouts.
Related terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Click fraud | Generating clicks artificially — by bots, farms or scripts — to drain a budget or to earn click-based payouts. |
| Bot | A program that performs actions automatically: clicks, registrations, views, form fills. |
Entry updated 29 July 2026. All 276 terms in one page.
