Key insights

• ⚠️ Honey's deceptive tactics involve stealing commissions by replacing affiliate links with their own at checkout, resulting in unearned commissions for creators and influencers.
• 🕵️ Honey openly admits to receiving credit for purchases as the last program used while shopping, leading to accusations of fraud.
• 💳 PayPal's Honey overrides affiliate links, prompts consumers for last-click commissions, and replaces affiliate cookies, resulting in minimal rewards for consumers.
• ⚖️ Honey's practices could lead to a potential class action lawsuit due to poaching affiliate commissions without providing any benefit.
• 📣 Influencers criticize Honey and LMG for lack of transparency, deceptive tactics, and partnership controversies.
• 🛍️ Honey may not share all available coupons with consumers, allowing brands to control which discount codes are shared on its platform.
• ⚓ Mega lag's investigation raises concerns about the legality of Honey's operations and its exploitation of consumers and affiliates.
• ⚠️ Overall, the Honey scandal exposes fraudulent and exploitative practices affecting both consumers and content creators, leading to potential legal ramifications.

Q&A

• How does Honey's partnership with stores affect consumers?

  Influencers criticize the lack of transparency from Honey and LMG, highlighting deceptive tactics, including Honey overriding tracking links and limiting available coupon codes, while offering control to stores. This raises questions about Honey's capability to discourage consumers from seeking out coupon codes.

• What potential legal issues does Honey face?

  Honey's sneaky tactics involve poaching affiliate commissions without providing any benefit, potentially leading to a huge class action lawsuit. Its deceptive practices, including overriding tracking links and limiting available coupon codes, may raise concerns about the legality of its operations.

• What tactics does Honey use to steal commissions?

  Honey uses tracking tags and cookies to replace affiliate links with their own, creates a simulated referral click to claim credit for the purchase without the user's knowledge, and prompts consumers for last-click commissions through its Honey Gold feature.

• How does Honey scam consumers and content creators?

  Honey is using sneaky tactics to steal commissions from influencers and creators by replacing affiliate links with their own at checkout, resulting in millions of dollars in unearned commissions. It also provides fake coupon codes to consumers and engages in deceptive practices to exploit both parties.

• What is the controversy surrounding Honey?

  Honey, the popular browser extension for finding coupons, has been exposed as a scam that steals money from both consumers and content creators. Mega lag's multi-year investigation revealed fraudulent activities, leading to a potential class action lawsuit.

• 00:00 Honey, the popular browser extension for finding coupons, has been exposed as a scam that steals money from both consumers and content creators. Mega lag's multi-year investigation revealed fraudulent activities, leading to a potential class action lawsuit. The scam involves stealing money from content creators through affiliate links and providing fake coupon codes to consumers. The investigation uncovered sneaky mechanisms used by Honey to exploit both consumers and content creators.
• 03:41 Honey, a coupon and deal-finding browser extension, is using sneaky tactics to steal commissions from influencers and creators by replacing affiliate links with their own at checkout, resulting in millions of dollars in unearned commissions.
• 07:35 PayPal's Honey overrides affiliate links, even without offering coupons, and uses Honey Gold to claim commissions by prompting consumers to click a button for points. This incentivizes Honey to be the last click for the commission, often replacing affiliate cookies and leaving minimal rewards for the consumer.
• 11:16 Honey's sneaky tactics involve poaching affiliate commissions without providing any benefit, potentially leading to a huge class action lawsuit. It also engages in deceptive practices, such as prompting PayPal checkout when not needed, and was quietly making huge profits. Some forums had raised concerns about Honey's practices, but it went unnoticed for years.
• 15:18 Influencers criticize the lack of transparency from Honey and LMG, highlighting deceptive tactics, including Honey overriding tracking links and limiting available coupon codes, while offering control to stores. The partnership with Honey is questioned, and Honey's capability to discourage consumers from seeking out coupon codes is discussed.
• 19:21 Honey is accused of withholding the best deals, exploiting consumers and affiliates, and operating fraudulently. The video segment discusses how Honey's practices are problematic and how its operations may not be legal.