Author: <span class="vcard">Rakuten Advertising</span>

The affiliate channel is the perfect low-risk, low-cost model for brands looking to expand internationally. And working with a global affiliate network is the logical solution. With offices across the world, a global network can help launch your brand in new markets, and do it right!

Affiliate marketing is one of the oldest forms of advertising, yet brands are only just beginning to recognise the channel’s true value.

Over recent years, the evolution of privacy and data regulation, combined with tracking prevention technologies, like Intelligent Tracking Prevention, has brought many challenges to the digital industry.

As e-commerce adoption continues to accelerate globally, the number of retail events for brands to consider partaking in has rapidly increased.

Rakuten Advertising Named Best Affiliate Network by mThink for 10th Consecutive Year, Marking a Decade as the Chosen Performance Marketing Leader  

Rakuten Advertising’s network data reveals that Asia-Pacific consumers were well-prepared for a shopping spree ahead of Black Friday and interests in luxury products remains strong beyond Cyber Weekend. 

Today, Rakuten Advertising hosted the 5th annual Golden Link Awards, Asia-Pacific. Valued clients and partners joined the virtual ceremony where we celebrated excellence and innovation in the performance marketing industry.

At Rakuten Advertising, it is our passion for performance marketing that encourages us to drive the industry forward. In doing so, we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the success of the industry, our clients and partners in this region through our annual Golden Link Awards, Asia-Pacific.

Online-to-offline, otherwise known as O2O strategies, have been gaining rapid momentum in the affiliate marketing industry over recent years.

Rakuten Advertising is pleased to share that on Tuesday, 25th August we were voted the Publisher's Choice of Network at the Performance Marketing Awards.

Advertisers are projected to spend roughly eight times more money trying to reach shoppers on mobile devices compared to desktop by 2023 according to data from eMarketer.

We’re now halfway through 2020 and what a wild ride it’s been. In many ways, 2020 has been one of the most transformative years in recent history as the world sought shelter while battling a global pandemic.