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title: "Lesson 5.5 - Paid Raids"
description: "Don't Reward 5: Paid Raids. Buying raid traffic from raid-services or coordinating with bot networks. How platforms detect paid raids: Raid traffic IPs match known commercial raid services Raid..."
url: https://thestreameragency.com/courses/algorithm-mastery/lessons/algo-5-5-paid-raids/
date: 2026-05-06
modified: 2026-05-06
author: "The Streamer Agency"
type: lp_lesson
lang: en
---

# Lesson 5.5 - Paid Raids

**Don't Reward 5: Paid Raids.** Buying raid traffic from raid-services or coordinating with bot networks.

**How platforms detect paid raids:**

- Raid traffic IPs match known commercial raid services

- Raid viewers immediately leave the receiving stream (the raid bots only stay long enough to register the raid)

- No chat activity from raid traffic (real raids produce chat spam from the visiting audience)

- Pattern of receiving raids without sending raids in return (one-way commercial pattern)

**The cost:**

- Filter layer downgrades the receiving stream's ranking

- Both the buyer (streamer who paid for raid) and seller (streamer providing the raid) get flagged

- Repeat detection results in suspension or permanent ban

**What to do instead:** build organic raid relationships through the strategic raiding pattern in Tactic 5 (Module 4). Send raids to peer streamers. They'll often return raids without you ever asking. The reciprocal pattern is the algorithm-rewarded version.

**The pattern that works:** consistent organic raids both sent and received over 6-12 weeks build the network signal. Paid raids never build this — they're a shortcut that the algorithm catches and discounts.