and the real villain was capitalism all along

I’ve seen SO many KZfaqrs including a lot of KZfaqrs I like promoting betterhelp and omg it’s so frustrating cause I’m sure they don’t know that betterhelp is scummy but it makes me realize a lot of KZfaqrs don’t actually look into the places they are sponsoring

You didn't get your 600, but you can have this for you to still keep your core beliefs. But, honestly if Raid Shadow Legends Sponsored you and the money was like 4000. I'll be real and say, "I will not hate you for that, especially for your size. In fact, I will do the exact same." You have my word on that. To another great video of yours.

I LOVE the art you created in this video Celestia!! 🥰

it's SO disappointing to see creators I liked accepting better help sponsors 😬 especially after people tell them in the comments and those are ignored

Companies are using the manufactured word-of-mouth that influencers have. My protip in for things like that is “If someone’s getting paid to say it, there’s probably something better for cheaper, and local.” A certain mobile game comes to mind XD

My personal pet peeve big sponsor is Raycon. Their audio quality is actually pretty bad and it's easy to find out about that fact with minimal research. There's also a viral YT video by an audio tech guy who thoroughly tested them. It isn't that big of a deal, but this is a kind of product that most viewers are easily able to afford or probably looking to buy anyways, so the potential effect on people is big. The only redeeming fact is that they do offer a refund afaik, but it's still annoying to see a creator harp on about the "superb audio quality".

Honestly I feel very differently when it comes to smaller and bigger creators endorsing bad sponsors. You need that money, someone very big is probably rich already. It's not something I would stop watching someone over, many creators I like have been promoting betterhelp for example, but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don't really buy stuff based on youtubers recommendations so it doesn't affect me personally but it still just feels wrong.

I feel a bit more distrustful of something because it's sponsored. I had this professor in college who used to say, "If they have to advertise a lot, they must not be very good." And although I don't completely believe that, I also think it's sometimes true. And marketing can be quite expensive, so if a product has a lot of marketing behind it, that is going to drive up the cost which makes me wonder, "If I buy this, how much of the cost is going towards the marketing versus actually making a good product." If I see a product sponsoring a lot of youtubers, I tend to think that even though it's not traditional advertising, it must be adding up. And yes, I say this realizing that companies usually need to do some level of marketing because otherwise people might not buy their product at all, but if a company is particularly spammy about marketing, I tend to trust it less. Maybe I'm a bit less naive than many about marketing since I actually saw one of the youtubers I used to watch have their channel severely damaged by a bad sponsorship. Without getting too deep in the details, they endorsed an actual scam. They had to make an apology video and take down the original video. A good chunk of their viewerbase still believed they only retracted because they got caught and that the youtuber had made the endorsement maliciously. Trust is not easily regained, and their channel never really recovered (in terms of subs, views) after that. So if a youtuber takes a bad sponsership, I know they are taking on a risk. Although I also think viewers are a little more jaded now than when that happened a few years ago and are probably going to ignore a lot of bad sponsorships as long as they don't cross the line into actual scams. I've seen a lot of famous actors in commercials for things I find problematic even though I like their performances. I understand the celebrity is there for a payday and maybe didn't even do any research into the company or product or simply didn't find the product objectionable the way I do. Or they view it as the responsibility of the viewer to think for themselves rather than blindly trusting their word. I just don't take the paid celebrity endorsement seriously. I view sponsorships on KZfaq the same way except the youtuber doesn't enjoy the same level of fame and fortune the celebrity does and may be more desperate for the money. If anything, this makes the youtuber endorsement even more suspect.

It's marketing tactics like this that make me not trust sponsorships at all, even if I come away from the segment interested in the product I'm more likely to look up some reviews online before making a judgement call (there's also the slight problem of 0 dollars in my bank account but that's a different problem I'm working on)

Thanks for spoiling us, Celestia. 😊😊😊

I rarely pay attention to youtube sponsorships. I'm usually not interested and when I am, I search for other reviews as well. I won't buy something because one stranger (that's what creators basically are, strangers whose job it is to entertain you) told me it is good. I might consider it if ten different strangers say it's good. I would be more likely to buy something if the person recommending it was a close friend or a family member.

I've basically learnt if it's constantly sponsored in KZfaq videos it's not worth your money and is likely a scam. I don't trust any of these sponsors

My Celestia! You’ve been spoiling us! You honestly deserve that $600, too bad that the sponsor was bad

When I reached 200k a couple years ago on TikTok I got a sponsorship offer for $500. Similar situation but different program😅 At that time I was poor AF but I was known for being very open and often brutally honest to my audience and didn't want my first sponsor to be me making dishonest and misleading content to the audience that had given me the privilege of having a platform in the first place.

i know this is irrelevant to the video topic entirely but i found a shiny pokémon watching this video i don’t know how this happened conveniently while watching this video, but thanks Celestia? lmao edit: btw it was a shiny clamperl in ultra moon!!

This reminds me of when Arteza was going out to a ton of creators and there's another non art related sponsor that's going around right now. When Arteza emerged and went crazy on art channels it made me question the company and their products which makes me leery of most products now. I don't fault creators needing money but it does bring up the interesting side of the integrity of what they are willing to put on their channels/outlet for money.

It's great that you're talking about this, it's always super disappointing when people endorse questionable products, and it's nice to see someone willing to call people out when they're doing something wrong.

*A LOT* of sponsors are like this. There's one at the moment that's making the rounds again, Established Titles. It's been a known scam company based out of Hong Kong, China for atleast 3 years now. But she offers 5k upfront to creators who accept a sponsor from her, and then a comission based off how many people they con *cough cough* uhh I mean, bring onto the website who then go on to purchase a piece of paper for exorbitant fees. 99% of YT'ers don't use the stuff they get paid to sponsor, they just read off a script, and then whinge when their fanbase turns on them for lying.

ironically enough you shouldn't get squarespace ESPECIALY as an artist bcs their TOS reads that ANYTHING you upload to their website will be theirs. meaning that if you upload your art on there, squarespace will claim 100% ownership of them because you agreed to the TOS. EDIT: THIS IS NO LONGER TRUE FOR SQUARESPACE BUT PLEASE STILL BEWARE TEMPLATE BASED WEBSITE MAKERS.

As someone that has a channel (Its tiny, but still. Link in my channel desc), I respect anybody looking into their sponsors first. Its easy to say "Yeah pay me to say good things abt you!" but when they arent a great company, not only are they scamming someone's audience (Not even is it the creator's fault sometimes), but the creator can also get fed lies so the sponsor has a good rep w whatever size audience the sponsored creator has. Its sad, really

I understand not naming the sponsor, but it would've been nice to know what to avoid. Shadiversity did this with kimico (spelling may be wrong) knives, and essentially gave an honest opinion review of them (essentially an overpriced cheap product) on his channel and did a service to the community to steer clear of them.

Three videos this week? You've blessed us! Really glad you stuck to your morals. I can't blame people who promote shitty stuff entirely because...in this economy? You have to get your cash. But I really admire people who actually stick to what they believe in.

If I was set in life had a house and all the other things I need. Then Id never advertise anything. I genuinely believe advertisements should not exist and that is a belief I would have shared with my audiance and would stick to. Since the respect and trust of my audiance is worth more than any money.

it's called fraud and if not illegal should be.

Don't let parasocial relationships get in the way of critical thinking. Do your due diligence when making purchases, it seems rare that KZfaqrs research what they pitch at all, particularly be cautious of the same ad reads spread across many channels!

I find a degree of amusement in that I came to this video today, the day after I'd just ordered an XP-Pen tablet... and the primary reason I wound up with that brand was I remembered someone on youtube (I think it was you, I only watch a couple of art channels and vaguely remember a mention of pink) having something going with them. Long story short, I've found myself in the position of needing a second screen tablet in a hurry, and didn't want to fork for another Wacom as it will be being left in an environment that is unfriendly to electronics. The mental process basically went "I need a tablet > Celestia (if it wasn't you, apologies) did something with XP-Pen, I'll check them out > they have what I want > the reviews on it aren't raising any insurmountable issues > cool, I'll have that". Which is a long way of saying that, even if the initial endorsement isn't enough to get people to go check something out, that association sits around in your head until it becomes relevant. Either way, enjoying the vids as I work my way through them. Keep it up.

three videos in a week????

How many of these have you had lined up? like we are being FED this week

I dont have a big enough channel to have to worry about sponsor but I already have a list of sponsor I want nothing to do with in the possible future, its not worth it to me to deal with a company I dont agree with or wouldnt use myself

it's funny; a few days after i saw this video, a creator i follow did an ad-read for these guys and conveniently left out the lack of customization the program has hmmm

Thank you for your integrity. It's rare these days, and it really should to be people's default rather than the exception to the rule. It's hard to turn down that kind of money, when you really need it. But one has to ask themselves "is my integrity and self worth really worth it?".

It’s kinda funny that a video about bad sponsorships is sponsored 😂

lol when you mentioned the big youtuber who accepted their sponsor, i just realized how few followers you have- your videos look so professional i thought u have like at least 100k lmaooo

Wow I'm so happy you're making more content than usual but don't forget about yourself!

In the profession I'm going into (big scary legal stuff), the trust and confidence others have in me *is* the "product" I'm selling them. No matter the money involved, you can't sell out. Sponsorships may be a much more minor example in comparison with getting slapped with fraud charges, but the same principles of honesty and integrity apply. I've watched a few of your videos recently (gotten into a KZfaq art rabbithole), but this was the one that definitely earned you a subscriber.

Thank you for this! Have so much more respect for you for this.

I once caved in and tried one of the sponsored mobile games, and trust me, that was a damn mistake, as I ended up blindly spending way too much money on it, and the game wasn't even that fun, looing back. I am however glad that I got this learning experience very early and long before I actually need my own money to live

Yooo so many new content?? thank you celestia-

I already told you yesterday your recent work has been so good - now you're just showing off🤣 Thanks for the extra uploads!

Love the video subject and content and the art in background was awesome

Professionals in Sponsorships Have Standards. To become a capitalist i discovered that you need to use other people and forget about all notions of morality. i've only seen corruption in capitalism for some reason. if that sponsor tried to Pay you $600 To lie, then probably the sponsor lie to business partners about prospects of success and pull all in any dirty tricks to get success. actually this is how it works today's capitalism. "Lie to your business partner about prospects of success and pull all in any dirty tricks to get success." precisely, in today's capitalism you must be a cold blooded sociopath.

Yoir videos are very good and informative and intertaining! Thank you!

I love that you have more creative integrity than most KZfaqrs, including me

Could have been worse. Could have been Raid.

I honestly love your content and your art style is just so stunning and gorgeous I love your channel so much keep up the good work, also I’m sorry about that situation I feel sympathy for you, quick request could you do a growing your channel video because I’m trying to start a art channel and I want to know how to get started!

3:23 ohhh now i have a good idea on who you're talking about because i saw an ad that said those exact words on insta

Awesome video! While I don't have any sponsors for my channel (I have a very small KZfaq channel), I'll still be very cautious about what sponsors I get because you never know what the sponsor is actually capable of or whether or not their products are actually good or not. Thanks for making this video!

We love our boy squarespace 😌🤘

Watching this video now I just realized what program and the creator you might be talking about.. this have made me rethink the blind trust I put on creators I admire..

I dont know what to comment but I want this video to be shown to more people, so here I am. :>

CELESTIAAAAAAAA clip studio has changed the situation, can you do an update video over that?

Holy i drew a piece using that specific reference photo

Really, you should say who are spreading lies by accepting those bad sponsorships.

I won't blame smaller creators or mid level creators for needing money or sometimes taking up those deals. I still think they should avoid them when they can, but people gotta eat. But big creators with large followings and plenty of revenue? I feel like they can take a bit more blame

Maybe I'm just a jaded old cynic, but the premise of this video to me is dripping with naivety. The moment that a sponsored segment in a youtube video comes on, I skip it, and part of that is the belief that I'm being shown an advert with the face of the youtuber in question being used more like a puppet than an actual honest discussion of the product that they're about to try and sell me. I don't believe youtubers when they say that they use a product regularly in a sponsored segment, I don't even believe them when they say that they've vetted the product most of the time.

No comersial has ever worked on me. Companies sponcoring creators would be pure charity of the public at large where like me.

in most respects I consider myself a discerning shopper but... when you trust someone's advice, it can make you trust their endorsement of a product/service. I've made a couple purchases blindly based on sponsored content on youtube... sigh

I love how this video shows both the viewers and creators sides on sponsorships. If creators didn’t need to pay rent and need money to eat, then they wouldn’t be picking up so many sketchy sponsorships. Viewers should be given honesty on the products their shown, or at least judge what they see. I think the best thing that could be the answer to these two problems is creators sponsoring something that they’d have used before or would want to outside of a sponsorship.

Good on you for turning down the money I know deep down in my core I would've took it but hey that's why I'm not a KZfaqr ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

KZfaq is only really good for video essays and coupon codes these days.. Sponsorships have gotten so aggressive, sometimes long videos being taken up by more sponsors than there are actual content.

ah yes,I'm sure i know who attempted to sponsor you. Your art is really prettyyy 😁😁

Having a sponsor is probably a thing only valid for the talking-tuber type 😅 It's good that you know your boundaries, having an unreliable sponsor can lead to eventual harm of reputation... Because you connect your name with it. Still, there are enough shameless youtubers that their viewership won't budge no matter what they do. But, it's still a business calculation and risk. For me, my mind switches to off mode when sponsorships comes in youtubers I watch... I am automatically not interested. I know it's needed to keep the channels I watch alive, so, with that in mind, I don't overthink it.

Waiiiiiii!! I think I know what it issss it do suck thooo!! I tried it! 4:07

it would have been useful to know what program you're talking about cause otherwise you can still fall for it when you don't know the name :I

Hello! This is my first video of yours that I’ve watched! I’d like to give a little feedback if that’s okay. The video itself is great! But the thing that bothers me a little is that I don’t know what to focus on when I’m watching this, the speed paint, or your character moving.

Honestly? I find any sponsorship that KZfaqrs keep promoting, to be annoying Like, I'm sure SkillShare and/or SquareSpace are good products (SS is probably a lot better than Weebly). But because KZfaqrs keep promoting them, it makes me want to use them less and less

i think that if multiple youtubers, preferably both on the bigger and smaller sides, endorse a product, its definitely worth a good like 25% trust, and if something doesnt look too sketchy, even if its only promoted on a few channels or only small/only big channels, i’d probably look into the sponsor and see if its sketchy or not, but telling youtubers to lie and mislead their audience is something i feel both viewers and creators need to look out for, to stop yourself being misled on the viewer end and to make sure you’re not promoting falsely advertised things by accident on the creator end. Still, humans can make mistakes and if the sponsors who do this kinda stuff didnt anymore, that’d be ideal, because i dont think every youtuber and viewer can spare possible hours of their life to look into sponsors and see if the company is shady

Have you posted this video before? cause I'm having deja-vu of this

Thanks for the informative video but you should really get some sleep! Take care of yourself Celestia seriously.

Sorry for not being relevant to the topic, but I've recently discovered your channel and I'm in the process of watching all of your videos because of how good they are. Though at this point I just need to ask: could you please switch background music? Listening to the same song over and over honestly became distracting, in the sense that my focus shifts from the video's topic to me going "Oh the song started looping again" or "Oh this part of the song is coming up now". I noticed your effort in lowering its volume in recent videos but I don't think it's quite enough. I get that having to pick and choose different songs for every video you make is another problem to add to the pile, but I just wanted to bring it to your attention at least. Keep doing the good work!

Only 600 hundred? I still say you're selling yourself pretty short. Because someone merely 4 times your size were given the option of being payed 4000 USD, for being sponsored by "Raid Shadow Legends" so, just imagine how much something like "Jontron" was given by being sponsored by them? That money in question I say is tempting for me. Which was the 4000 I stated beforehand. So personally it's easier to say no to a very scummy business that tempts you with 600 to lie about the business they do. Than being payed 4000 to play a game for about two weeks, say it's good, even though it's a Gacha game and most people knows how shit those are. But least most people will only play on it until they get bored of it.

Since your world view is very different from mine I do not trust you very much. I trust that your a good person at heart but I dont think youre so prideful to turn down a massive amount of money so only you yourself know that youve never lied. And I like your content anyway. Honestly its so weird, why do all girls I have real or parasocial relationships with are so... untraditional when I myself am very traditional.

I was so hoping it was raid shadow legends 😔 Its such a shitty game

You got hit in your blind spot. It happens to the best of us. And while hindsight is a beautiful thing, whoever first coined that needs to be locked in a room with their biggest animal phobia. We regardless of our history, or religious views, all want to believe in something and that something may be a person. So when they do something scummy, well, that kills it for you. They may have been the reason you got into a field of work, or an art style, or have a religious view, a show and so much more. Its like finding out Elen DeGeneres is actually a rip-roaring jerk, or why I can't listen to Lost Prophets in good faith, or this or that religion you follow did some horrible thing to kill your faith. And if you have any issues like My Autism or Duchess' Agoraphobia, knowing when to and not to is very much a learn on the job issue.

Man… it’s hard because I want to pretend like I would never advertise a product I didn’t like, (although I’m not even a content creator-) but- money really dose make the world go round. I’m not even technically paying bills yet (though I will be soon) but just- 20,000 dollars. I imagine that being dangled right in front of me.. and I know I’d take the money and do it because well… I have my own stuff to pay for. I may not pay bills yet but I’m learning to drive and have a car that needs upkeep, I try to pay for all my own art supplies, and I want to save up for an apartment or something so I can get some real independents since my emotional well-being just isn’t the best while living with my family. It sucks, well and truly but yeah, I can say with certainty that when faced with the prospect- I would take the money. It really dose put this type of situation in perspective for me, I already knew the world was not black and white, I mean how could I not? But it’s always difficult to remember that I’m not a paragon, that I don’t have to be because I’m only human, but that there ARE things that can make me compromise on my morals. I *can* be bribed and knowing that stings. but it’s how or world is. Like the pinned comment says: capitalism was the real villain all along.

I never got a sponsor before, it may be because I was a relatively small youtuber (I am talking, I had 5k subs when I stopped posting), and because of my age (I'm underage) but I usually look at sponsorships as a "Imma skip" moment. VPN's, video games, software or even art supply's can be good, but in many cases they either need a strong pc/laptop to operate on, or are just purely shitty. One example of a youtuber I can say honestly to god you can trust is Love2drawmanga, she is really honest with her rewievs, in one video (That she wasn't even sponsored for) she mentioned a company sending her quite bad art supplies (I believe they were markers), the company was nice and they just wanted her opinion on the product, she ended up not making a video using the product, but she did mention it. I've seen many people recommend programs or even electronics that honest to god, you don't hear of them outside of youtube or social media. I use CSP, why? Because I like the program and it is relatively simple to use, I use lenovo laptops- why? My uncle who works with tech for a living, heck the entire company he works for uses Lenovo products, he had recommended it to me 5 years ago when I was looking for a laptop, it works well and is still running smoothly. I use my money on stuff people I trust will recommend, heck, before I got CSP I used paint tool SAI and didn't switch until I tested out the program. What I am trying to say, is testing out the product (if possible) before getting it is essential. You don't need to test out most video games because they are free, so downloading them and then deleting them if you don't like them is normal. But for services that are monthly payment or are generally a lot of money need to be tested before actually being used. I personally wouldn't recommend buying a program if it doesn't have a free trial, at least a 7-day one that gives you premium or just general features they are mainly trying to sell you for a time period, if they can't even give you a trial, it's not worth it.

i've seen waaay too many large YTers promoting sketchy sponsors in the WORST ways, thank you for speaking up!! it's one thing if they're a small channel that needs the $, i'm an adult who grew up poor - so yeah, i get it, but i'm talking abt channels who have hundreds upon thousands of subscribers and an abundance of sponsors, aka they can choose what to sponsor w/o sacrificing a good life. it's gotten to the point where i've stopped watching several creators due to it being abundantly clear that they don't care about what their influence sells people - or whether it's even appropriate to promote sponsors on certain types of content. i had to stop watching many true crime & horror creators because they'd use stories of crimes that occurred over the internet as scare tactics to push VPN sponsors. and don't even get me started on ppl claiming to understand/support mental health issues and BEING SPONSORED BY BETTERHELP. oh, and all of the youtubers trying to sell you services that claim to lower your carbon footprint when the reality is 99.99% of their viewers' and their lifestyles aren't even close to being the reason our earth is dying.

I feel like I know who the company is and the youtuber she’s talking about, especially cuz they recently uploaded a video about the vtuber aspect of the program… but I won’t say anything to cause issues 🫤👍