not getting the best deal is hardly the same as getting scammed, lazy people get a discount, most of them wouldn't have found the best discount available anyway.ncorrect !
Did you watch the video ?
To the consumer, Honey is advertised as ‘it will get you the best price possible’, and ‘it will find you the best coupon available’
It's the same thing for all affiliates? I would personally always edit out the affiliate on a link anywaySigning deals with stores to give them Honey specific codes, likely the code also would give them a commission when used and generate more profit that way too. This will also reduce the end user's discount as it does not give the best code to the user.
I used it but like everyone, never ever got the best price, what I didn't know about was the sneaky referral changing going on, still going to use Paypal though because, what's the other option ?
You're lucky I don't bread dangerous dogs
Well the idea of a free internet being built on the back of advertising is now collapsing. There simply doesn’t seem to be enough ad dollars to support it without scam companies getting involved.Mr Beast, LTT and others have been involved in shady stuff before, so this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Given YouTube's own adverts seem to be scams half the time, I'm not surprised that the advert-in-the-video is also a scam.
Doesn't mean content is paid for by the consumer - Advertising already takes care of that on YT.
But then, what entitles you to make money from putting your opinion on the internet, in the first place?
Well the idea of a free internet being built on the back of advertising is now collapsing. There simply doesn’t seem to be enough ad dollars to support it without scam companies getting involved.
And I have my doubts on the actual effectiveness of those ad dollars. It feels like marketing is an industry built on the success of a few specific successful examples. Dare I say they are the modern day snake oil sales men.
I’ve seen that video and that was all from Google ads if memory serves me right.It depends.
This is this dude who just uploads his twitch gaming streams (4hrs or so) directly to YouTube, with no edits...so no work required really. He got....$84,000 over a 4 month period.
Of course, if the video cost you $100,000k to make, then it's not good. But this cost him nothing and he made $84k (before tax).
It seems there is money to be made, you just need an audience.
Nothing preventing those people from deciding your service ain't worth **** and withdrawing or reassigning their comission-generating referral codes either, it seems.Nothing prevents you from offering a collative and opinion service if people are willing to pay to make it worthwhile.
Some interesting guidance on what is and isn't considered taxable income/advertising content - Includes links to the official ASA guidance for content creators and influencers:Payment in kind - the act of providing the product or the service for free (including vacations). They should pay income tax but how many do?
Do you know how ads work? Doesn't matter what the thing being advertised is, or how much of a scam it may be, the advertiser has to pay in order for you to have seen it.I’ve seen that video and that was all from Google ads if memory serves me right.
Google ads still has scam companies constantly peddling nonsense. I remember seeing ads as I was scrolling for a scam mr beast giveaways in the YouTube app.
Remove all of those ads as well as the buy my course and make 6 figures in 6 weeks and how much money would google ads really bring in?
Google was in hot water because they lied about actual verified eye balls on their ads. They wouldn’t need to do that if the industry was actually healthy.
He showed how a starfield live stream he did make him 100k.This is this dude who just uploads his twitch gaming streams (4hrs or so) directly to YouTube, with no edits...so no work required really. He got....$84,000 over a 4 month period.
Indeed,Paypal as a payment service is fine. There is actual value there. We know they get a cut and a fee. That is up front and transparent.
That is the issue, Honey is not being transparent. It is deceiving on many levels.
You are off on a tangent and I’m not sure how the misunderstanding came about.Do you know how ads work? Doesn't matter what the thing being advertised is, or how much of a scam it may be, the advertiser has to pay in order for you to have seen it.
Companies don't pay for Google ads out of wishful thinking, they do it because that's how you get your product in front of an audience and sell it.
He showed how a starfield live stream he did make him 100k.
it was like a 14hour stream or so, he did a video showing the revenue breakdown and how people watching it as a recording made him the most $$
I have zero symnpathy for any streamers crying about their affiliate links being hijacked after they promoted the thing in the first place..., they make a disgusting amount of money as it is they don't even need to use affiliate links, or paid adverts in the videos.
it's pure greed
If you watch the video, you'll see that isn't true. If you find a better code than they have and use the option in the plugin to submit better codes, they never add them because they have deals with companies to run other less decent vouchers. So they do have the better coupons, but they choose not to share them.Apply all the coupons 'we have'. Simples. That's all I asked for - what was the actual thing you were claiming as deceit and people were too dumb to understand
We've been around this already - under what context are they withholding codes? If it's codes that the retailer didn't want made widely available then that is fair enough. Coupons are incentives to buy not intended to be spammed by some add-on at the point you hit checkout.If you watch the video, you'll see that isn't true. If you find a better code than they have and use the option in the plugin to submit better codes, they never add them because they have deals with companies to run other less decent vouchers. So they do have the better coupons, but they choose not to share them.
We've been around this already - under what context are they withholding codes? If it's codes that the retailer didn't want made widely available then that is fair enough. Coupons are incentives to buy not intended to be spammed by some add-on at the point you hit checkout.