CLICK-FRAUD PROTECTION — VALUE EVALUATION One problem the protection must solve: Primary business outcome and definition: Measurement, lead acceptance and qualification already verified: SCOPE AND ASSIGNMENT Accounts / campaigns / sites / channels in scope: Eligibility and assignment unit: Control condition and protected condition: How treatment stays out of the control: Account-level exclusion lists affecting both arms: Site-wide rules, shared audiences and cross-campaign identity effects: If isolation is unavailable, comparison limitations to report: Other changes held steady / unavoidable changes recorded: Start / end / account timezone: Conversion and business-qualification follow-up cutoff: Predefined sample/duration, stop conditions and decision rule: Owner, legitimate-visitor exception path and rollback: EVIDENCE (keep each stage separate) Observed visit and review reason: Protection decision: Website action, if applicable: Platform exclusion request / synchronization status / scope: Native invalid-traffic reporting: Verified invoice adjustment mapped to the original charge period: Accepted / qualified / closed business outcomes: Legitimate customers affected and resolution: COST INPUTS PER ARM, FOR THE SAME ALLOCATED SCOPE Currency and FX policy if needed (the demo does not convert currency): Contribution from realized customers after product/fulfilment/refund costs, but before ads, tool fees and review costs: Gross ad charges: Verified credits belonging to those selected charges: Net ad cost (gross minus verified credits; do not subtract credits again): Tool/license fee, allocated under a rule chosen before the comparison: Implementation and review time cost, allocated consistently: Unresolved refunds / sales / credits and sensitivity range: Flagged-spend estimate (record separately; not booked savings): DECISION Observed net contribution for control / protected: Observed difference, with uncertainty and contamination limits: Evidence supporting causal interpretation, if any: Enough evidence to continue / revise / stop / remain inconclusive: Next review date and owner: Do not paste customer records into shared notes. A positive arithmetic difference alone is not an experiment result.