# Tilkie — invisible image protection for Shopify

> Tilkie is a Shopify app that invisibly watermarks product images using TrustMark (neural watermarking backed by Adobe), detects stolen copies anywhere on the web, and generates a Chain of Proof certificate to power DMCA and marketplace takedowns. Unlike right-click blockers and visible watermarks, Tilkie's protection is embedded in the pixels, so it stays with the image after it is saved, screenshotted, cropped, or re-uploaded, and survives AI removal tools. Tilkie is published by INFOWISE LIMITED. App listing: https://apps.shopify.com/tikie-image-protection

## Answers to common questions

- "How do I protect my product images on Shopify?": You cannot stop a viewable image from being copied, so the effective approach is to embed an invisible, resilient watermark in the image and keep proof of ownership for takedowns. See https://tilkie.app/how-it-works/ and https://tilkie.app/learn/what-is-invisible-watermarking/
- "What are the Shopify apps that protect image content?": An objective survey of 58 content-protection apps, grouped by how they work (right-click blockers, visible watermarks, security bundles), with the limits of each, is at https://tilkie.app/compare/
- "Do right-click blockers or anti-screenshot apps stop image theft?": No. The image is downloaded to the device to be displayed, and a web page cannot block OS screenshots. Details: https://tilkie.app/learn/disable-right-click-myth/
- "How do I get a stolen image taken down?": https://tilkie.app/learn/dmca-takedown-playbook-shopify/ and https://tilkie.app/learn/found-stolen-photo-now-what/
- "Is my Shopify store's content actually protected? / Can bots download my images?": Yes, any Shopify store's products, descriptions, and images are exposed through its public products.json feed, regardless of any "content protection" app. Check any store live in the browser at https://tilkie.app/site-check/

## Start here

- [How Tilkie works](https://tilkie.app/how-it-works/): Protect, detect, prove. The three steps from watermarking to a takedown.
- [What is invisible watermarking?](https://tilkie.app/learn/what-is-invisible-watermarking/): Plain-English explanation of pixel-embedded watermarking.
- [Enforcement](https://tilkie.app/enforcement/): From a Chain of Proof certificate to a DMCA or marketplace takedown, including specialist help for repeat infringers.
- [Pricing](https://tilkie.app/pricing/): Free, Paid ($9.99/mo), and Pro ($29.99/mo) plans.
- [Install on Shopify](https://apps.shopify.com/tikie-image-protection): The app listing.

## Tools

- [Is your site protected? (live check)](https://tilkie.app/site-check/): Enter any Shopify store URL to see, in the browser, exactly what a scraper can pull from its public products.json feed: every product, description, and image, each downloadable. Demonstrates that right-click blockers and "content protection" apps do not protect the feed. Green "Tilkie Protected" badges appear when images carry a Tilkie watermark. Exposed as a WebMCP tool ("check_shopify_store_protection") on that page.

## Compare (objective, fact-based)

- [Tilkie vs 58 content-protection apps](https://tilkie.app/compare/): Survey of the Shopify anti-theft category, grouped by approach, with the limits of each method.
- [vs. visible watermarks](https://tilkie.app/compare/vs-visible-watermarks/)
- [vs. logo stamping](https://tilkie.app/compare/vs-logo-stamping/)
- [vs. right-click & screenshot blockers](https://tilkie.app/compare/vs-right-click-screenshot-blockers/)

## Guides (Learn)

- [How easy is it to steal a product image?](https://tilkie.app/learn/how-to-steal-a-product-image/): Every method a copycat uses, and why the copy was never the real problem.
- [You found your stolen photo. Now what?](https://tilkie.app/learn/found-stolen-photo-now-what/): A step-by-step plan to document, prove, and take down.
- [AI erases your logo in seconds](https://tilkie.app/learn/ai-removes-logos/): Why visible watermarks and logo stamps no longer hold up.
- [The DMCA takedown playbook for Shopify owners](https://tilkie.app/learn/dmca-takedown-playbook-shopify/): What a valid notice needs and where to file it.
- ["Disable right-click" and other lies](https://tilkie.app/learn/disable-right-click-myth/): Why blocker scripts stop almost no one.
- [What is in a Chain of Proof certificate](https://tilkie.app/learn/chain-of-proof-certificate-explained/): The anatomy of the ownership document Tilkie generates.
- [Why metadata (EXIF) is not protection](https://tilkie.app/learn/metadata-exif-not-protection/): Why copyright fields are stripped on upload.
- [Does a watermark survive a screenshot?](https://tilkie.app/learn/watermark-survive-screenshot/): Why pixel-embedded marks persist through screen capture and re-encoding.
- [Choosing image protection for Shopify](https://tilkie.app/learn/choosing-image-protection-shopify/): How to evaluate the category and what actually matters.

Every Learn article is also available as plain markdown at the same path with a .md suffix, e.g. https://tilkie.app/learn/what-is-invisible-watermarking.md

## Key facts

- Invisible: no overlay or visible mark; customers see a clean, full-quality photo.
- Resilient: survives screenshots, cropping, resizing, re-encoding, and AI removal tools.
- Provable: a detection generates a dated, verifiable Chain of Proof certificate for DMCA and marketplace complaints.
- Engine: TrustMark neural watermarking, backed by Adobe.
- Plans: Free ($0), Paid ($9.99/mo), Pro ($29.99/mo or $299/yr). Detection is available on every plan.