The Terms & Conditions for all my Reviews. THE ISMONO PODCAST
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- In this Podcast epsisode I share my Terms and COnditions for all my reviews.
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FULL DISCLOSURE:
The review part of this video is not sponsored nor did I receive any money to review the item. While I sometimes get bags for free, I have to pay custom fees, shipping fees and all my videos have lots of production costs (e.g. software and music rights). Therefore I invest my own money into all of these videos and I have no intention to be biased towards a product or company. Every review and quicklook is written by me and no company can pay for preferential scheduling or what is said in the video. Furthermore, the company sees the video the same time as all viewers here on youtube. All opinions in this video are my own unless stated otherwise.
ETHICS STATEMENT
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HOW I REVIEW:
As you might know from my „How I make a buying decision“ video: Rather than just looking at the pros, I like to evaluate the cons or flaws of an item and then evaluate if I can live with them. That is why in my video reviews I concentrate more on the cons of an item rather than going over all the features. Therefore everything shown is just a fraction of all the points that go into the verdict and score of an item.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A QUICKLOOK AND A REVIEW:
A Quicklook usually covers pre-production units or items that I only used for a short period of time. While Reviews cover final items that I have reviewed intensively.
AFFILIATE LINKS:
No matter if I like or dislike a product, I want to make it easy for you to check out the product yourself. Therefore I include a link of the productpage. If marked with a star *, that link is an affiliate link, meaning if you buy the product via the link you DO NOT pay more, but you will support the channel.
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I trust your bag reviews, its why I subscribe! Your videos are super high quality and detailed!
Thank you very much. Really appreciate it!
Thank you! I appreciate you and your integrity!
Thank you for watching my content!
i remember a few years ago you made a video something about how you choose a bag, and one of the things you mentioned has stuck with me since, and you said you have to look at the negatives (or cons) and ask yourself if you can live with that.
like you obvs choose a bag that you mostly want, but there's always an aspect or two that will be cons (b/c no bag is perfect unless you design it yourself) and are they deal breakers or can you live with it? that has helped me immensely whenever i purchase not only bags but anything. so yes, it is helpful to know know any negatives b/c it helps in the decision making.
THank you very much. I am happy to read that I was able to help you. And I remember that you have been watching my contetn for awhile. Thank you very much!
Hej Bo!
I think the word you were searching for when someone is secretly in the pocket of the company is a schill* (Scottish spelling).
I really enjoyed listening to your terms and conditions and your reasons behind some of them.
Thanks again for sharing. 👍🏼
That was the word I was looking for. Thank you very much. And thanks for listening.
Your integrity is one of the reason I still watch your videos. I also prefer that you are nitpicky about what you are looking at. Feel better soon!
Thanks, Wiliam. You have been a long time supporter and I am really thankful for that.
Thanks for the vid Bo! As a content creator on Chinese social media and someone who has done plenty of advertising for companies, including bag brands like Bellroy, I can tell you that having the kind of standards that you have Bo, it would be VERY hard to be successful working with brands. The problem with your attitude towards it is that these are companies.. they don't care about anything except money.. simple as that. I totally agree with everything you said - I think your attitude is great... but I don't think it'll lead to success when it comes to working with brands UNLESS you're a massive channel and THEN you have a huge amount of power and the brands want to work with you really badly regardless of whether you say good or bad things about their product because at the end of the day for them: big exposure whether good or bad, is generally good for the brand. Just my 2c - you're a legend Bo.
Thanks for commenting. I get what you are saying. But there is a difference betweeen "advertising" and "review". If it just came down to ads my stance would not be working with brands. But if it is a paid job these TOC would be different. THis is just in regards to reviews and I have been proof for many years that this TOC is working. With all of the reviews on this channel the brands have agreed to my TOC. I think as long as the brand is looking for a review and they trust their products then they are more likely to agree to these terms because most acknowledge that a trustworthy review does have some value.
That being said: I do agree that this type of TOC is much more difficult to work with with brands. If you are a smaller creator this will be much more difficult. I understand that, but I actually made these TOC when my channel had about 20k subscribers. Still a high number, but not as high in the grand scheme of things.
I guess what I try to communicate to smaller creators is: The item that you receive does not cover all of the work that you put into it. Therefore it is important to have some values and morals in place so that you don't shill for the brand that sent you the item. Mak an unbiased and balanced review and clearly communicate what you want to do. And then in the long run put some toc in writing to secure your standing. Hope that makes sense
Thanks for your constructive comment and watching my videos!
@@Youknowthebo My pleasure Bo. Yeah I totally agree with your way of doing things and wish everyone did it like that. My only point is that it would make it difficult for brands to work with you..but that's OK as long as you're OK with YT likely never being really feasible as a full time job. I personally hate bending to what advertisers want but i know i kinda need to do it if i want the pay day. I'm curious though, as an editor surely your job is to basically do what your clients want.. but do you feel like there's a big difference in your relationship to youtube clients (advertisers / brands) and your relationship as an editor to your clients because of the fact that you have an audience that values your credibility as a reviewer?
@divinelyshpongled yeah, I totally understand your point. I really believe that this really comes down to what the brand and you want to achieve : if it is a review, no money exchanges hands and therefore the expectations are totally different. If it is a paid job, obviously the paid Creator has to work on the wishes of the client (in that case the brand) and that is OK. It's a job nevertheless. That is why I think there needs to be a clear differentiation between review and ad.
As a freelance filmeditor in the advertising industry it is very clear and understood that I am being paid to create and support the vision of the client and the brand. In that relationship I have to adhere to the wishes and needs of the client. In that case I obviously don't bring these toc (Tha are only for UA-cam reviews) to the table.
Great stuff Bo 👊🏼
THanks for listening, Mary!
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✌️😊 THanks, Dave!
3:55 what about the money you get from youtube for that video though? is it negligible so you don’t count it? 😅
I get some money from UA-cam monetization. But it actually halved since the pandemic. And even back then it wasn't covering my production costs. For example I pay for the music rights, editing software (to be fair this I need to pay anyways for my job), equipment, podcast services etc. If you subtract that amount from the youtube money and then divide that by all of the hours I need to work for, my hourly wage is laughable. Which is why I c onsider that money as neglible. Still it is something. I guess if I would be in a different niche of YOutube (for example I hear that finance channels receive a lot of money for the youtube monetization) the calculation would be different. But in this small space of bag enthusiasts its not much.
@@Youknowthebo thanks for the response!
@@PotatoSpudRucking you're very welcome. Thanks for watching 😉 ✌️