I think they are smart and know ways to get around this. It’s blatantly obvious that they feature all kinds of stuff without disclosing it. Whether they are just flat out ignoring the rules or being compensated in some way that makes it so they don’t have to disclose (gift cards? I not clear on whether they have to disclose that.), I don’t know - but I absolutely believe they use product placement in most of their vlogs. (Because who just happens to casually have a Snickers bar in their closet? LOL) Companies send vloggers free product in hopes that it will make an appearance in their vlogs. That’s not a true sponsorship - there’s no formal agreement, they aren’t being paid to advertise or even review it, they are just using it in their vlog.ewitsme wrote:i dont think hatchimals was an ad, there was no disclaimer in the description or comments and no mention of the being sent in the video (and legally they have to acknowledge if it was sent to them by the company or if they were sponsoring) and i think theyre smart enough to know that by now considering their many sponsorship and commercials in the past. so they literally (probably) just spent 120 dollars (give or take) for some useless junk that the kids will enjoy once and then end up in the piles of toys they already have but never play with.cat9480 wrote:Why are they hyping the kids up for Santa at like, 50 days out from Christmas? That is a LONG TIME for a little kid. If it comes up in conversation a couple times, fine...but Christmas onesies every night and talking about Santa landing on the lawn? That makes for a long wait for two very little kids.
And the Hatchimals I know it was just a big ad, but seriously? That’s a “big gift” for most kids, and most kids wait all year for Santa or their birthday to come for that sort of thing.
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I was using “advertisement” to mean they were sent those Hatchimals as a “gift” - with hope that they would make it into the vlog. I definitely think they have a stash of toys they are sent from companies, and they pull them out whenever they need to entertain the boys or they need filler vlog content. I don’t think they made money off of it, just got some free toys for their kids and an easy way to take some “time off” from filming.
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