“The biggest scam in YouTube history”

  • dance_ninja@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Glad he mentioned Honey/PayPal isn’t the only one operating in this space. Capital One has been trying to push their program on me for quite some time.

    • rustyricotta@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      I haven’t seen anyone mention Rakuten. I see it occasionally on r/buildapcsales giving a sizable cashback (10-15%) on big ticket items like GPUs or monitors. I’ve used to some benefit, but I assume it’s the same shtick as honey.

      • boonhet@lemm.ee
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        3 days ago

        It has to be the same shtick as honey, but unlike honey you’re getting some value from it I guess.

        For a moment after watching the Honey video, I considered setting up a company and a browser addon to do the same, but be upfront about it: You buy items, we get the affiliate fee, but you get half the affiliate fee as cashback in a month or two when it’s been processed and paid out, at least for some large storefronts like Amazon and then other high ticket items like NordVPN which apparently pays a huge percentage out to affiliates because it’s so overpriced they can have outrageous discounts and/or pay affiliates.

        Then I realized it’d be a pain to set up on the legal side of things likely.

      • iopq@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        Same thing, but it pops up with the cashback deal you will actually get. It’s at least splitting the money with you