YouTube creatorLinus Tech Tips makes technology entertaining by testing it in real builds, repairs and everyday setups. That gives a sponsor more to work with than a talking-point break: a product can solve a problem already unfolding on camera. The Dreo misting-fan segment is strongest when the crew reacts to the cooling effect in their workshop, while other reads use a skit or a clear storage use case.
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BRANDS IN THE VIDEOS
Squarespace leads the sponsor relationships shown here, with 242 sponsored videos. FreshBooks follows with 203.
142 of 258 brands (55%) appear in more than one sponsored video in Sponsorbook’s history of Linus Tech Tips.
The brands, creative choices and product connections worth paying attention to.
The Dreo read in “The Tech House Needs a Workshop…” grows directly out of the workday setting. The crew has been using a larger misting unit at an event, then tests a residential model in the workshop. Their surprise at the fine mist and lack of residue gives the sponsor a visible demonstration instead of a catalogue of claims. The casual enthusiasm works because the product is present in the same hot, busy environment the video has established.
That is a useful brief model for practical hardware: identify a real constraint in the episode, let the creator test the product against it, and make the benefit easy to see. Here the product is part of the filmed activity. A hardware brief can make that role explicit by naming the task, the constraint and what the creator will show.
Odoo takes a different route in “It Took Me 6 Years to Make This.” After the build story reaches a natural transition, the team stages a short doctor-and-patient sketch about a business spread across too many tools. The joke turns the abstract promise of a unified business platform into a recognizable problem, then names the functions Odoo covers and gives a trial call to action.
The contrast with Dreo is instructive: a tangible device benefits from an on-camera test, while software can use a premise and a compressed explanation. A pitch should propose the right format for the product, not force every sponsor into the same creator voice.
UGREEN’s NAS read in “Valve Accidentally Made the Best Desktop PC I’ve Ever Used” starts with storage problems viewers can picture: backing up family videos or retaining security-camera footage. It then explains drive capacity, camera compatibility and setup in concrete terms. That specificity helps bridge from a gaming-PC discussion to a home-storage product without claiming the NAS is part of the reviewed PC.
Omada offers another practical connection: its gateway is introduced as part of a home-network fix, and the later mention frames the giveaway around enthusiast or small-office setups. For a pitch, name the setup and the task the product would handle. A generic ‘tech audience’ fit is weaker than a proposed demonstration tied to the episode’s actual build or troubleshooting.
Watch how the product becomes part of the video.
Sponsor at 17:26
Dreo30 Jul 2026The crew tests a residential misting unit in the workshop after recalling a larger version used at an event. Their live reaction to the fine mist and dry surfaces makes this a strong reference for a product that can be demonstrated in the episode’s real setting.
Sponsor at 10:27
Odoo24 Jul 2026A brief doctor-and-patient sketch turns scattered business tools into a comic diagnosis, then names Odoo’s project, CRM, sales and payment functions. It shows how a software sponsor can earn attention through a format change before a direct trial call to action.
Sponsor at 14:15
UGREEN22 Jul 2026After the PC discussion, the read pivots to backing up family videos and security-camera footage, then explains NAS storage and camera access. Family videos and camera footage give storage a familiar job. The read moves from a hardware discussion into everyday data people want to keep.
Sponsor at 22:23A home-network troubleshooting episode brings the sponsor’s gateway into the setup itself, then returns to a concise offer framed for enthusiast or small-office builds. It is a useful reference for hardware pitches tied to a specific repair or installation rather than a detached feature list.
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