affiliate marketing

After going public via a SPAC, Taboola acquires e-commerce marketing network Connexity for $800M

Taboola, the company that operates a popular grid-based advertising and content recommendation network across media properties, today announced an acquisition to expand its reach further into e-commer

Impact raises $150M at a $1.5B valuation as affiliate and other marketing partnerships come into their own

Affiliate marketing may have started as a kind of side hustle for bloggers and others that were making the majority of their revenues through advertising or other channels, but with the rise of influe

Apple launches an affiliate program for paid podcast subscriptions

Apple last month unveiled its plans for paid podcast subscriptions in a newly redesigned Apple Podcasts app. Now, it’s introducing a new program that will help podcast creators grow their subscr

Indian e-commerce deals site CashKaro gets $10 million Series B led by Korea Investment Partners

CashKaro, one of the leading cashback and coupon sites in India, will expand its range of services for e-commerce after raising $10 million in Series B funding, the New Delhi-based startup announced t

A 12-year journey ends as Skimlinks is acquired by retail marketing platform Connexity

Connexity, a lead-gen platform for online retailers, has acquired Skimlinks, a U.K. platform for publishers to make money through affiliate links. Terms of the deal were undisclosed. According to Crun

In a post-cookie world, RTB is key to effective digital marketing

We’re in a privacy panic, but contextual targeting is the answer to the cookie-free, power-to-the-consumer movement.

Princeton study finds very few affiliate marketers make required disclosures on YouTube and Pinterest

Convincing humans to buy products is a massive business called marketing, and few areas of marketing are growing as fast as influencer marketing. Influencers on platforms like Instagram, Pinterest, an

Airbnb eyes expansion with affiliate program for sites with 1M+ users, new API

While Expedia and Priceline roll out ways to encroach on Airbnb’s space with their own private home listings for travellers, the $31 billion venture-backed Airbnb is also looking at new ways to

Kickbooster Will Pay You For Sharing Your Favorite Crowdfunding Campaigns

Affiliate marketing is extremely hit or miss. Most times, participants are being paid to spread the word about products they couldn’t care less about, resulting in a poor experience for all par

Amazon Pilots Visual, Mobile-Only Affiliate Product To Rival Skimlinks and VigLink

Amazon is testing a new service that could help it and its publishing partners drive more traffic (and, importantly, purchases) from customers on mobile devices. The pilot software is called 'Mobile P

Groupon Takes Affiliate Marketing (And Ad Tech) Into Its Own Hands, Launches Groupon Partner Network

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.groupon.com">Groupon's</a> latest step forward in its ambition to become the default network for local commerce is taking the company into ad tech waters. Today, it

Roombeats Raises €500K Seed To Spread Its Ad-Infested Interactive Images Further

Berlin-based startup Roombeats, which offers publishers and bloggers affiliate marketing opportunities via (rights-cleared) pictures -- and brands the chance to drive sales through click-throughs driv