To help you as an advertiser assess whether a transaction is valid or not, Daisycon provides as much information as possible during the transaction review process. One such piece of information is the flag of the country where the visitor's IP address is registered (the IP address is anonymized afterward). A foreign transaction sometimes requires extra attention.
However, it may also happen that transactions generated in the Netherlands still show a foreign flag. This can occur for the following reasons:
- Consumers increasingly use privacy-enhancing tools like VPNs or anonymous browsers to hide their real IP addresses. These techniques can cause their IP addresses to be registered as foreign.
- Many mobile networks use international gateways to route internet traffic. As a result, the IP address associated with a transaction may originate from another country, even though the customer is in the Netherlands.
- Companies often use VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) to secure their employees' internet traffic. This means that the traffic may be routed through foreign servers, resulting in foreign flags appearing next to transactions, even if the employees are in the Netherlands.
In general, occasional 'foreigners' are becoming an increasingly common aspect. If there are suddenly many, or they are generated by a specific publisher, it certainly deserves extra attention.