Skimbit
Affiliate commerce platform that powers "buy now" links on editorial content sites. Skimlinks automatically converts product mentions and links into trackable affiliate links. When a reader clicks and purchases, Skimlinks fires a conversion event to attribute the commission to the publisher.
Is Skimbit GDPR compliant?
Skimbit typically loads marketing trackers, which are not strictly necessary for your site to work. Under the GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive, non-essential cookies and trackers must stay blocked until a visitor gives clear opt-in consent. So Skimbit can be fully GDPR compliant, but only if your site holds its scripts until consent is granted and lets visitors decline just as easily. Compliance depends on how your site loads Skimbit, not on Skimbit itself.
- Consent required
- Yes, block it until the visitor opts in
- Consent category
- marketing
- Tracker domain
- skimresources.com
Overview
Skimbit operates the Skimlinks platform, which automatically converts product links on editorial and content sites into trackable affiliate links. When a reader clicks a product mention and makes a purchase, the script attributes the commission to the publisher.
What This Script Does
- Scans page content and automatically rewrites product links to include affiliate tracking parameters
- Sets cookies to attribute conversions back to the referring publisher
- Fires conversion events when users click affiliate links and complete purchases
- Sends click and purchase data to Skimlinks servers for commission calculation
Consent & Compliance
- Category: Marketing
- GDPR: Requires consent. Affiliate link tracking involves setting third-party cookies and transmitting user click and purchase behavior to external servers.
- CCPA: Sharing click and purchase data with third-party affiliate networks qualifies as selling or sharing personal information.
- ePrivacy: Requires consent for cookies used to track users across merchant sites for commission attribution.
Should You Block This Without Consent?
Yes. Skimlinks rewrites links and tracks user purchases across third-party merchant sites for monetization purposes. Block until the user grants marketing consent.
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Tracked Domains (1)
Skimbit's trackers are occasionally seen, seen on under 1% of the sites ConsentStack has scanned. Scan your own site to see which of these are firing before consent.
skimresources.comMarketingskimresources.com is a marketing domain operated by Skimbit, used to serve ads, build audiences, and measure ad conversions. Seen on under 1% of scanned sites.
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