Rakuten Advertising, formerly known as Rakuten Marketing, is an affiliate marketing service provider. The company, in 2005, claimed it was the largest pay-for-performance affiliate marketing network on the Internet.
[Derek Vaughan (July 12, 2005]
Make Money From Your Content Site
'' Sitepoint.com'', retrieved August 12, 2007 In 2005,
Rakuten acquired LinkShare for US$425 million in cash,
[Bloomberg (September 6, 2005]
Rakuten Agrees to Acquire LinkShare for $425 Million
''Bloomberg.com'', retrieved August 12, 2007 making LinkShare a wholly owned U.S. division of Rakuten, Inc., a Japanese shopping portal.
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- Alexa Ranking Rakuten LinkShare was re-branded to Rakuten Affiliate Network in 2014. In 2020, Rakuten Marketing was renamed as Rakuten Advertising.
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Affiliate marketing
Online advertising services and affiliate networks
Companies based in New York City
Marketing companies established in 1996
Rakuten
2005 mergers and acquisitions