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	'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>		'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|~~website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|~~access~~-date~~=~~5 Nov 2025~~ \|url-status=live ~~\|url-access=registration~~ \|archive-url=https://archive.is/~~Ie4UJ~~ \|archive-date=~~23 Feb~~ 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://nitter.catsarch.com/vontfans \|url-access= \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260324175812/https://nitter.catsarch.com/vontfans \|archive-date=24 Mar 2026 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont ~~\|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/~~hQIJW~~ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont ~~\|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/~~https:~~/~~/www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh~~=~~p_89:Vont~~ \|~~archive~~-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref><!-- All dates are correct. 7 Nov was given for both the latter products since I am in the Pacific and was drafting this article. -Sojourna -->		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|date= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/screenshot-20260324-180924985-1 \|archive-date=24 Mar 2026 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|website=[[Amazon]]}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/screenshot-20260324-181406274-1 \|archive-date=24 Mar 2026 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|website=[[Amazon]]}}</ref><!-- All dates are correct. 7 Nov was given for both the latter products since I am in the Pacific and was drafting this article. -Sojourna -->

	Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>		Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

	Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>		Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260113063651if_/https://consumerrights.wiki/images/3/3f/USPTO_SN_90802832_status.pdf Archived]).</ref>

	In early 2026, PitchBook changed its status entry for the business attached to the defunct website to "Out of Business".<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|website=PitchBook \|date=2026 \|access-date=18 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0319-1112-08/https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|archive-date=19 Mar 2026}}</ref>		In early 2026, PitchBook changed its status entry for the business attached to the defunct website to "Out of Business".<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|website=PitchBook \|date=2026 \|access-date=18 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0319-1112-08/https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|archive-date=19 Mar 2026}}</ref>

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	\|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview \|website=PitchBook \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=~~live~~ \|url-access=limited \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114012533/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview \|archive-date=14 Nov 2025 \|quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6}}<!-- PitchBook changed entry from Private to Out of Business sometime in early 2026 (as of 22 Feb 2026). -Sojourna --></ref>		\|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview \|website=PitchBook \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=dead \|url-access=limited \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114012533/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview \|archive-date=14 Nov 2025 \|quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6}}<!-- PitchBook changed entry from Private to Out of Business sometime in early 2026 (as of 22 Feb 2026). -Sojourna --></ref>
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	Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>		Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>

			In early 2026, PitchBook changed its status entry for the business attached to the defunct website to "Out of Business".<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|website=PitchBook \|date=2026 \|access-date=18 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0319-1112-08/https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|archive-date=19 Mar 2026}}</ref>

	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==

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	===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===		===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===
	Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}~~<!-- Comment unable to be externally archived. -Sojourna -->~~</ref>		Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0319-1027-54/https://www.youtube.com:443/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|archive-date=19 Mar 2026 \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>

	==Products==		==Products==

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	\|Description=Vont (also known as Vont Innovations) is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.		\|Description=Vont (also known as Vont Innovations) is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.
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			[[File:Vont Amazon storefront activity (Nov 2025).png\|thumb\|right\|A compiled history showing activity on the Amazon storefront for Vont.]]
	'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>		'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url=https://archive.is/Ie4UJ \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url=https://archive.is/Ie4UJ \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref><!-- All dates are correct. 7 Nov was given for both the latter products since I am in the Pacific and was drafting this article. -Sojourna -->

	Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>		Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

Sojourna: Undo revision 39287 by Bananabot (talk) Reverting as it's not a valid use in this instance. PreserveTube does not archive the comments, which is what the citation here consists of and is counted as being archived here on CRW anyway. (Bot also misplaced the field, FYI.)

2026-02-25T00:48:20Z

Undo revision 39287 by Bananabot (talk) Reverting as it's not a valid use in this instance. PreserveTube does not archive the comments, which is what the citation here consists of and is counted as being archived here on CRW anyway. (Bot also misplaced the field, FYI.)

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===		===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===
	Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic ~~\|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026~~}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}<!-- Comment unable to be externally archived. -Sojourna --></ref>		Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}<!-- Comment unable to be externally archived. -Sojourna --></ref>

	==Products==		==Products==

Bananabot: Added archive URLs for 1 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

2026-02-23T13:13:44Z

Added archive URLs for 1 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

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	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===		===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===
	Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}<!-- Comment unable to be externally archived. -Sojourna --></ref>		Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic \|archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}<!-- Comment unable to be externally archived. -Sojourna --></ref>

	==Products==		==Products==

Sojourna: I know, it's archive.today. But I want there to at least be a snapshot to compare with once a viable alternative archival service is found (IA and GA error out).

2026-02-23T05:17:18Z

I know, it's archive.today. But I want there to at least be a snapshot to compare with once a viable alternative archival service is found (IA and GA error out).

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	'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>		'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url=https://archive.is/Ie4UJ \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

Sojourna: Some clean-up and re-arranging.

2026-02-23T04:57:48Z

Some clean-up and re-arranging.

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	\|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview \|website=PitchBook \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited \|archive-url= \|archive-date= \|quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6 <!-- ~~Archival is blocked~~. -->}}</ref>		\|Founded=2014<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2025 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding, & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview \|website=PitchBook \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114012533/https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/466184-44#overview \|archive-date=14 Nov 2025 \|quote=Year Founded - 2014, Status - Private, Employees - 6}}<!-- PitchBook changed entry from Private to Out of Business sometime in early 2026 (as of 22 Feb 2026). -Sojourna --></ref>
	\|Industry=Electronics		\|Industry=Electronics
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	'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>		'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=@cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].
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	Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>		Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

	Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. ~~According to~~ the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers/offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>		Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>

	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==
	*'''Requires app download:''' The customer is [[Forced app download\|forced to download the company app]] for some products in order to either activate or use — in whole or in part — said product~~(s)~~. As the Vont Home app and company server have been unavailable starting around early 2024, the affected products have become e-waste ~~and buyers~~ left feeling defrauded due to having no warning and the overall lack of communication that continues to this day.		*'''Requires app download:''' The customer is [[Forced app download\|forced to download the company app]] for some products in order to either activate or use — in whole or in part — said product. As the Vont Home app and company server have been unavailable starting around early 2024, the affected products have become e-waste. Buyers themselves have been left feeling defrauded due to having no warning and the overall lack of communication that continues to this day.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
	{{Ph-C-~~Inc~~}}		===Vont Home app and website disappear (''2024'')===
			Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}<!-- Comment unable to be externally archived. -Sojourna --></ref>

	==Products==		==Products==
	*[[Vont Home app]]		*Vont Home app
	*[[Vont car light strip]]		*Vont car light strip
	*[[Vont digital kitchen scale]]		*Vont digital kitchen scale
	*[[Vont LED camping lantern]]		*Vont LED camping lantern
	*[[Vont motion sensor light]]		*Vont motion sensor light
	*[[Vont smart light bulb]]		*Vont smart light bulb
	*[[Vont smart plug]]		*Vont smart plug
	*[[Vont smart RBG LED strip light]]		*Vont smart RBG LED strip light
	*[[Vont smart security camera]]		*Vont smart security camera

	==See also==		==See also==

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	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~o2hWp~~ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>		Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

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	Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=@cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>		Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=@cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~8DHZ8~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Nov 2025~~}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~GMedU~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Nov 2025~~}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/o2hWp \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/o2hWp \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

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	'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>		'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|~~website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|~~access~~-date~~=~~5 Nov 2025~~ \|url-status=live ~~\|url-access=registration~~ \|archive-url=https://archive.is/~~Ie4UJ~~ \|archive-date=~~23 Feb~~ 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://nitter.catsarch.com/vontfans \|url-access= \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260324175812/https://nitter.catsarch.com/vontfans \|archive-date=24 Mar 2026 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|website=[[X]]}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont ~~\|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/~~hQIJW~~ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont ~~\|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025~~ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/~~https:~~/~~/www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh~~=~~p_89:Vont~~ \|~~archive~~-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref><!-- All dates are correct. 7 Nov was given for both the latter products since I am in the Pacific and was drafting this article. -Sojourna -->		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|date= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/screenshot-20260324-180924985-1 \|archive-date=24 Mar 2026 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|website=[[Amazon]]}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.org/details/screenshot-20260324-181406274-1 \|archive-date=24 Mar 2026 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|website=[[Amazon]]}}</ref><!-- All dates are correct. 7 Nov was given for both the latter products since I am in the Pacific and was drafting this article. -Sojourna -->

	Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>		Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

	Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025.</ref>		Additionally the {{Wplink\|wordmark}}, according to the {{Wplink\|United States Patent and Trademarks Office}}, has been registered to a Hong Kong company since 12 July 2022. In the documents, the earliest first use of the wordmark is 1 June 2014 and the mentioned uses at that time appear to align with the goods Vont offers or offered.<ref>[[:File:USPTO SN 90802832 status.pdf]] - See page 2. Retrieved 6 Nov 2025. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260113063651if_/https://consumerrights.wiki/images/3/3f/USPTO_SN_90802832_status.pdf Archived]).</ref>

	In early 2026, PitchBook changed its status entry for the business attached to the defunct website to "Out of Business".<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|website=PitchBook \|date=2026 \|access-date=18 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0319-1112-08/https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|archive-date=19 Mar 2026}}</ref>		In early 2026, PitchBook changed its status entry for the business attached to the defunct website to "Out of Business".<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors \|url=https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|website=PitchBook \|date=2026 \|access-date=18 Mar 2026 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0319-1112-08/https://pitchbook.com:443/profiles/company/466184-44 \|archive-date=19 Mar 2026}}</ref>

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			[[File:Vont Amazon storefront activity (Nov 2025).png\|thumb\|right\|A compiled history showing activity on the Amazon storefront for Vont.]]
	'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>		'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url=https://archive.is/Ie4UJ \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url=https://archive.is/Ie4UJ \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref><!-- All dates are correct. 7 Nov was given for both the latter products since I am in the Pacific and was drafting this article. -Sojourna -->

	Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>		Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

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	'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>		'''Vont''' (also known as '''Vont Innovations''') is an American company that produces smart electronics for consumers, ranging from headlamps to digital kitchen scales to plugs and security cameras.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations - Sheridan, Wyoming 82801, US Ⅰ about.me \|url=https://about.me/vont \|website=about.me \|date= \|access-date=4 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105013626/https://about.me/vont \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url=https://archive.is/Ie4UJ \|archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

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	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~o2hWp~~ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251106005244/https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

	Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>		Curiously, there is another website using the both the company name and logo under the domain name "[https://www.thevont.com thevont]" — which also has external links to the same social accounts and Amazon storefront ID.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations premium website Ⅰ Vont lighting \|url=https://thevont.com/ \|website=Vont \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106010950/https://thevont.com/ \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> This second website URL was registered 22 January 2025,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Whois thevont.com \|url=https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|website=Whois \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106015333/https://www.whois.com/whois/thevont.com \|archive-date=6 Nov 2025}}</ref> with Spaceship, Inc. — a {{Wplink\|Domain name registrar\|domain registrar}} located in Phoenix, Arizona — acting as the agent.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Spaceship, Inc. - IANA Registrar 3862 \|url=https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|website=who.is \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250806110430/https://who.is/registrars/3862 \|archive-date=6 Aug 2025}}</ref>

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	Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=@cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>		Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking\|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web \|author=ralph_gordon \|title=Vont stopped working? \|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> \|website=[[Reddit]] \|date=27 Jan 2024 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|author=@cs7717 \|title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg \|website=[[YouTube]] \|date=4 Nov 2025 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink\|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref>

	As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~8DHZ8~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Nov 2025~~}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.is/~~GMedU~~ \|archive-date=~~5 Nov 2025~~}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].		As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Innovations \|url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|website=[[Facebook]] \|date=14 Feb 2023 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations \|archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont (@vontproducts) \|url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|website=[[Instagram]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ \|archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web \|author=Vont \|title=Vont (Vontfans) / X \|url=https://x.com/vontfans \|website=[[X]] \|date=23 Nov 2022 \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|url-access=registration \|archive-url= \|archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]].

	Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/o2hWp \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>		Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] \|url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date= \|access-date=5 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/o2hWp \|archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web \|author= \|title=Vont on Amazon.com \|url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont \|website=[[Amazon]] \|date=7 Nov 2025 \|access-date=7 Nov 2025 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont \|archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>