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It was never a secret that shopping extensions monetized through affiliate. Merchants certainly know what they’re signing up for.
by twostorytower 2y ago
It was never a secret that shopping extensions monetized through affiliate. Merchants certainly know what they’re signing up for.
- josephg 2y ago> It was never a secret Their business model was never explained clearly on their website. Now that how it works has become common knowledge, its absolutely wrecked honey's public perception. Merchants may have known what they were signing up for (if they signed up at all). But the general public had no idea.
- kin 2y agoActually if you check wayback they've been telling us straight up since 2016 they make money off of commissions. https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135216/http://help.joinhoney.com/article/30-how-do-you-make-money https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135216/http://help.joinh... Affiliate attribution wasn't explained in full but MegaLag with all his research still didn't accurately explain it since it's pretty complex. The user doesn't need to know this. Doesn't make sense to explain all the nuts and bolts if it works the same way any other coupon website would.
- eviks 2y agoBut the most important group - users- didn't know, and one they learned about the "never a secret" info, a large chunk of them left