CJ (formerly CJ Affiliate and Commission Junction) is an
online advertising
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company owned by
Publicis Groupe
Publicis Groupe S.A. is a French multinational advertising and public relations company. As of 2024, the company is the largest advertising company in the world by revenue. Based in Paris, it is one of the 'Big Four' advertising commpanies, al ...
operating in the
affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing is a marketing arrangement in which Affiliate (commerce), affiliates receive a wiktionary:commission, commission for each visit, signup or sale they generate for a merchant. This arrangement allows businesses to Outsourcing, ...
industry, which operates worldwide.
Offices
The corporate headquarters is in Santa Barbara, California, and there are offices in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Agoura Hills, CA, and Needham, MA in the US,
and in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, and India.
Timeline
Former Commission Junction competitor beFree, Inc. was acquired by Value-click, Inc. in 2002,
[Internet Retailer (March 11, 2002]
Value-click and beFree to Merge
, ''Internet Retailer'', retrieved May 27, 2007 before Commission Junction.
[Rebecca Lieb (October 10, 2003)]
''Clickz.com News'', retrieved May 27, 2007 beFree was gradually phased out in favor of Commission Junction.
On February 3, 2014 Value-click, Inc. announced it has changed its name to Conversant, Inc., bringing former Value-click, Inc. companies Commission Junction, Dotomi, Greystripe, Mediaplex, and Value-click Media under one name.
Conversant was bought by
Alliance Data in 2014. Commission Junction
continues to be known as CJ Affiliate.
See also
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Affiliate marketing
Affiliate marketing is a marketing arrangement in which Affiliate (commerce), affiliates receive a wiktionary:commission, commission for each visit, signup or sale they generate for a merchant. This arrangement allows businesses to Outsourcing, ...
*
Affiliate network
An affiliate network acts as an intermediary between publishers ( affiliates) and merchant affiliate programs. It allows website publishers to more easily find and participate in affiliate programs which are suitable for their website (and thus g ...
References
External links
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Marketing companies established in 1998
Online advertising services and affiliate networks
Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California
Affiliate marketing
1998 establishments in California