PayPal Honey
American company operating a browser extension
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| March 2025 | Google updated extension terms and conditions to explicitly disallow extensions claiming affiliate commissions without providing discounts. In response, Honey updated their extension to stop claiming affiliate revenue when no discount is available. |
| January 3 2025 | GamersNexus filed a second class action lawsuit against PayPal through law firm Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP, claiming conversion, interference with contract relations, and violation of North Carolina's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. |
| December 2024 | YouTuber MegaLag released a video alleging Honey's unethical affiliate link practices, including modifying affiliate links at checkout and potentially manipulating discount code presentations. |
| December 2024 | YouTuber MegaLag released a video alleging Honey browser extension manipulates affiliate marketing links through a practice resembling cookie stuffing, claiming the extension re-attributes sales and controls discount code presentations. |
| December 29 2024 | A class action lawsuit was filed in United States federal court by three law firms, including one owned by YouTuber LegalEagle, against PayPal over Honey's affiliate marketing practices. Sam Denby of Wendover Productions and Ali Spagnola were named as plaintiffs. |
| June 2023 | Honey concluded its jersey sponsorship with the Los Angeles Clippers at the end of the 2022–23 NBA season. |
| 2022 | Honey's trade name is changed to PayPal Honey. |
| 2020 | The Better Business Bureau initiates an inquiry into a Honey advertisement claim, which is subsequently resolved. |
| December 2020 | PayPal acquired Honey Science Corporation for approximately $4 billion, making it a subsidiary of PayPal. |
| October 2020 | Honey expanded its NBA sponsorship to include game jerseys for the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2020–21 NBA season. |
| December 2019 | Amazon claims the Honey extension is a security risk that sells personal information. |
| October 2019 | Honey became a practice jersey sponsor for the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2019–20 NBA season, marking their entry into sports sponsorship. |
| January 2018 | Honey has raised a total of $40.8 million in venture backing. |
| March 2017 | Honey raises a $26 million Series C funding round, led by Anthos Capital. |
| March 2014 | Honey reaches 900,000 organic users by this time. |
| November 2012 | Hudson and Ruan officially found Honey in Los Angeles, California. |
| October 2012 | Ryan Hudson and George Ruan build a prototype of the Honey browser extension in late October. |
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