--- title: Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate... description: Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, has been accused of 'cookie stuffing' — a practice where the app opens a background... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didn-t-earn-grenrdwbh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn | daily.dev og:description: Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, has been accused of 'cookie stuffing' — a practice where the app opens a background... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/phia-accused-of-cookie-stuffing-taking-affiliate-credit-on-purchases-it-didn-t-earn-grenrdwbh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/grENrdWBH.png og:image:alt: Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Phia, the shopping startup co-founded by Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni, has been accused of 'cookie stuffing' — a practice where the app opens a background tab during checkout to override other affiliates' referral codes and claim commissions on sales it didn't generate. The Bloomberg investigation led to Phia's suspension from affiliate platform Impact.com. Phia claims to have fixed the issue, though it's unclear if that satisfies affected partners. The case echoes a similar ongoing class action lawsuit against PayPal's Honey extension. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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