RetailMeNot class action claims browser extension steals affiliate commissions

RetailMeNot class action lawsuit overview:

• Who: Social media influencers Edgar Oganesyan and Matthew Ely filed a class action lawsuit against RetailMeNot.
• Why: The plaintiffs claim RetailMeNot’s browser extension steals affiliate marketing commissions from influencers, bloggers and other content creators.
• Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.

A new class action lawsuit filed against RetailMeNot claims the company’s browser extension steals rightfully earned affiliate marketing commissions from social media influencers, bloggers and other content creators.

Plaintiffs and social media influencers Edgar Oganesyan and Matthew Ely claim in a Jan. 27 complaint that RetailMeNot steals the affiliate marketing commissions through its browser extension by manipulating affiliate cookies and injecting its own source code.

Oganesyan and Ely are seeking to represent a nationwide class and California subclass of individuals who have participated in an affiliate commission program with a United States online merchant and had their commissions diverted by RetailMeNot via its browser extension.

Oganesyan and Ely argue that RetailMeNot’s browser extension manipulates affiliate cookies by deleting a creator’s unique information and injecting source code with its own information, thereby diverting commissions to itself.

“RetailMeNot is not a ‘party’ to the affiliate marketing strategy, nor does it promote the product, but it swoops in at the last minute to get the ‘last slick’ by manipulating cookies to collect commissions which should have been attributed influencers who did the work to promote the products,” the class action claims.

RetailMeNot class action alleges company’s actions are deceptive, unfair and unlawful

Oganesyan and Ely argue RetailMeNot’s actions are deceptive, unfair and unlawful, and have caused social media influencers and content creators to lose commissions they rightfully earned.

The plaintiffs argue RetailMeNot is guilty of violating the federal Electronic Privacy Act, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, California’s Unfair Competition Law, California Invasion of Privacy Act and the state’s Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, while also being guilty of restitution and unjust enrichment, interference with prospective economic advantage and conversion.

Oganesyan and Ely demand a jury trial and request declaratory and injunctive relief and an award of actual, statutory, punitive and consequential damages for themselves and all class members.

Meanwhile, another new class action lawsuit alleges PayPal uses its Honey web browser extension to steal affiliate marketing commissions from online influencers.

Have you had an affiliate commission diverted by RetailMeNot? Let us know in the comments.

The plaintiffs are represented by Julian Hammond, Polina Brandler and Ari Cherniak of Hammond Law PC.

The RetailMeNot class action lawsuit is Edgar Oganesyan, et al. v. RetailMeNot Inc., Case No. 1:25-cv-00783, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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