Buzzed by Ganz

Ganz, the creator and operator of the children's website WebKinz, has started allowing advertising from outside entities. Ever since my daughters got their first Webkinz a few months ago I have noticed the advertisements for other WebKinz merchandise spread throughout the site. I really have no problem with this since we bought the plush toys to begin with - how else are they supposed to increase sales? They already have an area within the game that cannot be accessed without buying additional products from the company (in the form of charms for a charm bracelet). A lot of the ads in the game are for other features within the game itself, many of them not costing anything extra to utilize, but recently a new ad has started appearing - an ad for Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie.

I not very happy with this decision by Ganz, but I guess it will provide additional learning opportunities for my kids - how to ignore advertisements (something they are not very good at yet).

Apparently you can get free honey and/or a bee costume for your WebKinz if you click on the ad.