Events

Rakuten International's Optimism event, held in sunny Carlsbad, California, marked a triumphant return with nearly 1,000 global attendees. This year's theme, "Fueling Meaningful Connections," was brought to life through a series of engaging panels, keynote speeches, and networking opportunities. The event celebrated the best in affiliate marketing, offering insights and innovations from industry leaders and fostering powerful partnerships across the globe.

Our inaugural Rakuten Optimism Golden Link Awards were held in Carlsbad, California on May 29th, 2024. Hosted by comedian Preacher Lawson, the event brought together some of the best and brightest in the performance and digital marketing industries. We celebrated their outstanding achievements, their collaboration, creativity, and innovative partnerships that have set new standards in our industry!

We are honored to announce the 2024 Golden Link Award finalists! A huge congratulations to everyone nominated. Rakuten Advertising is thrilled to announce that the Golden Link Awards will be held in person this year at Optimism in May 2024!

The 2024 US Golden Link Award nominations are officially open! Help us honor the best and brightest in affiliate marketing by submitting a nomination today. The Golden Link Awards will take place at Optimism 2024, register today to secure your spot to Optimism and the Golden Link Awards!

DealMaker Canada was a complete success with a record-breaking number of top advertisers, publishers, and agencies coming together for a day of networking and discussions. Attendees enjoyed a day full of meetings, insightful content, and dealmaking in our last DealMaker event of the year. Read the full blog now to hear more!

DealMaker USA 2023 in La Quinta, CA was the affiliate event of the year. Read our recap to hear how the event was a success for all!

Just last week, our teams attended PI Live, hosted by Hello Partner , where we joined changemakers, e-commerce brands, and publishers in the Magic City of Miami. The event featured three jam-packed days of networking, insightful discussions, and networking opportunities where we could work hard while enjoying all that Miami had to offer.

It's time to secure your spot for DealMaker USA. It's going down near sunny Palm Springs, California this year! Don't miss out on the hottest networking, learning, and fun-in-the-sun event of the year.

It’s time! Everyone’s favorite performance marketing conference is back again! We are thrilled to announce that our performance marketing community can connect once again this year at Rakuten Advertising’s DealMaker USA 2023!

The 2023 Golden Link Award nominations are officially open! Help us honor the best and brightest in affiliate marketing by submitting a nomination today. 

This past month in Austin, Texas, the Black Employee Alliance ERG represented Rakuten at AFROTECH™ Conference.

Rakuten Advertising held DealMaker Canada in person for the first time in three years on October 13th, 2022 with the theme “doing business shouldn’t be this much fun.”