Snapchat is testing a new way to make money — with Hello Kitty

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Snapchat is testing a new way to make money — with Hello Kitty
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Snapchat may soon be introducing a new way for it to make money — with a little help from some furry friends.*

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A tipster sent us a snap taken by Gabe Lehrman, a partnership associate at Snap, that shows a selfie of him surrounded by a bunch of virtual stickers. The stickers are of characters in Sanrio, including Hello Kitty and Badtz-Maru.

Text over the snap reads: "First partnered stickers alert!!"

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Image: snap screenshot/gabe lehrman


Apparently Snapchat is testing more virtual stickers that aren't by their own design or copied from someone else's, as this story from The Ringer exposed (https://theringer.com/snapchat-stealing-filters-ae39a061c274).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/11/snapchat-stickers-partners-hello-kitty/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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