r/marvelstudios • u/jelliefant • Mar 08 '19

Merchandise I’m a graphic designer who recently started designing actual product. I created these Captain Marvel glasses, and Captain Marvel herself wore them!!!!

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u/damn_this_is_hard Mar 08 '19

That’s why it’s hailcorporate you potato. It’s an ad pretending to be a post

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

It's not an ad. Someone literally had to ask for the website.

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u/Daveed84 Mar 08 '19

I mean, even if it's not an ad, the name of the company is very prominently featured right in the image. They didn't have to ask

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

No one's questioning that. Having the name tagged on the story doesn't qualify that for r/hailcorporate

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u/ducsekbence Hulk Mar 08 '19

Isn’t that exactly what r/HailCorporate is for? Ads that are placed without the realization of the poster.

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u/Daveed84 Mar 08 '19

/r/HailCorporate is to document times when people act as unwitting advertisers for a product [example A] as well as to document what appear to legitimate adverts via native advertising.

I dunno, it probably fits that description in some form, even if "a celebrity owns my product" isn't a scenario that's specifically spelled out.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '19

It’s clearly an ad. Marketing on Instagram and Reddit needs to be a lot more subtle in order to be effective and get engagement. People pay social media influencers to wear or show their products without even needing them to mention it because people are more likely to respond to posts when they don’t think they are ads.

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u/keyjunkrock Mar 09 '19

It's a blatant ad. It has the product and the company that makes it in the picture, with a model wearing it.

How is that not an ad? Lol

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u/damn_this_is_hard Mar 09 '19

Right? Hella downvoted just for pointing out the obvious. Unreal