CPM Privacy Litigation Team is investigating allegations that Paypal’s Honey browser extension is stealing referral fees from online marketers such as influencers, creators and publishers who provide product ratings and/or top product lists. Reports detail how Honey swaps out the referral addresses of online marketers with its own referral address, resulting in Honey taking and keeping referral fees that should properly have gone to the creator/online marketer who actually sent the customer to the online store.
If you are an online publisher/marketer/creator who uses referral links to earn commissions, you may be entitled to damages from Honey’s unfair practice that allow it to steal your commissions.
CASE UPDATE
On January 3, 2025, CPM client GamersNexus filed its complaint against PayPal and Honey. You can view the complaint HERE.
On March 25, 2025, CPM was appointed Co-Lead of the litigation against PayPal/Honey. We will lead the litigation along with lawyers from Leif Cabraser and Girard Sharp. We are now working on our amended complaint, which is due May 5, 2025. If you believe that you have lost commissions from PayPal/Honey replacing affiliate link codes, then make sure you have entered your information below so that we know to reach to you.
As the case moves forward, there may be amendments to the complaint and we may need to add additional clients. If you believe PayPal/Honey have captured referral fees that should have gone to you, please use the form below to tell us about your concerns.
We will post updates and relevant case documents to this webpage.
For more information about the allegations, see the below news stories:
https://www.newsweek.com/honey-coupon-browser-extension-mrbeast-youtube-influencer-2007484
https://news.yahoo.com/honey-browser-extension-accused-scamming-041431809.html
MegaTech companies like PayPal, which owns Honey must treat the online marketing community fairly and need to be held to account when they use technology to knowingly steal commissions that should rightfully go to the online creators and marketers who have earned them. Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy Partner, Thomas E. Loeser, is a former federal cyber-prosecutor specializing in technology-related cases. If you are an online marketer/creator who uses referral links to earn compensation, please fill out the form below to make sure your rights are protected, and PayPal and Honey are held to account for stealing your commissions.
