Key insights

• ⚠️ Honey accused of scamming creators and consumers
• 🕵️ Posing as the affiliate in online purchases
• 🔄 Replacing discount codes with its own
• 🔙 Erasing the history of other affiliates
• 💸 Referral scams impact Creators and influencers
• 📺 Platforms like YouTube and TikTok are free because they rely on advertising
• 🔖 Attribution is important for creators to get credit for customer referrals
• ⚖️ Class action lawsuit filed against Honey PayPal for harm to creators and businesses

Q&A

• What legal action has been taken against Honey and PayPal?

  A class action lawsuit has been filed against Honey PayPal for harm to creators and businesses, Seeking damages and injunction to stop Honey's practices, Encouraging affected creators and businesses to contact the Law Firm.

• What is the impact of PayPal's ownership of Honey?

  Honey deceived consumers and creators about its offerings, Honey's browser extension allegedly stole attributions from creators, Creators' future sponsorships and affiliate relationships were devalued by Honey's actions, PayPal's ownership of Honey is seen as a drag on the creator economy, Affected creators are urged to reconsider their use of affiliate links and sponsorships.

• How does Honey affect creators' earnings?

  Honey may replace creators' promo codes with its own, affecting attribution and earnings, The extension allegedly swaps tracking data from programmatic ads to take credit and money, Honey presents itself as a money-saving tool but may unjustly enrich itself.

• How does Honey allegedly disrupt the attribution chain for creators?

  Creators' sponsorship and affiliate relationships involve audience using links or promo codes for discounts, Attribution is important for creators to get credit for customer referrals, Honey allegedly disrupts the attribution chain by replacing creator's information with its own and taking credit for referrals, This potentially leads to creators losing out on money they would have otherwise received.

• How are creators and influencers impacted by referral scams?

  Referral scams impact Creators and influencers, Platforms like YouTube and TikTok are free because they rely on advertising, Referral scams take money away from creators, viewers, advertisers, and companies.

• What is the accusation against Honey?

  Honey has been accused of scamming creators and consumers by posing as the affiliate in online purchases, replacing discount codes with its own, and erasing the history of other affiliates. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Honey for its alleged fraudulent business model.

• 00:00 Honey, a popular browser extension, has been accused of scamming creators and consumers by posing as the affiliate in online purchases, replacing discount codes with its own, and erasing the history of other affiliates. A class action lawsuit has been filed against Honey for its alleged fraudulent business model.
• 01:26 Creators and influencers are impacted by referral scams; platforms rely on advertising to be free; referral scams take money away from creators, viewers, advertisers, and companies.
• 02:46 Creators get sponsorships or affiliate relationships, audience gets discounts, creators get credit for customer referrals, but Honey allegedly disrupts this attribution chain by taking credit for referrals and erasing the creator's information.
• 04:05 Honey, a browser extension, may replace creators' promo codes with its own, affecting their earnings. It also allegedly swaps tracking data from programmatic ads to take credit and money. Honey presents itself as a money-saving tool but may unjustly enrich itself.
• 05:21 Honey, now owned by PayPal, allegedly deceived consumers and creators by using their browser extension to steal affiliate attributions from creators' future sponsorships and affiliate relationships.
• 06:43 A class action lawsuit has been filed against Honey PayPal for alleged harm to creators and businesses by diverting revenue. The lawsuit seeks damages and an injunction to stop Honey's practices in the future. Affected creators and businesses are encouraged to reach out to the Law Firm.