“As a fashion site, our readers gravitate towards high end luxury fashion brands. Not only does the Rakuten Affiliate program work with the majority of these brands, but the program also provides all the tools our editors and data analysts need to make informed decisions. Our editors have the ability to create custom links in the matter of seconds while our analysts can pull a variety of reports at a moments notice. This gives our team the power to monitor sales, commissions and industry trends at any given time.”
"Rakuten Marketing has provided strategic recommendations that have helped us to optimize campaigns and test new acquisition strategies with publishers. Their expertise in the vertical and their strong partner relationships have led to a highly successful program."
“Rakuten LinkShare offers an amazing level of service and higher level thinking that’s taking our affiliate marketing program to the next level.”
"The strategy we built with AMDX and Rakuten Advertising has helped us focus our spend on acquiring new customers, while still realizing the impact the affiliate channel has on driving repeat purchases."
"Using Cadence, we have been able to see the true impact of our affiliate programme across the board. Not only has it helped us transform strategy, but further enable us to invest confidently in the affiliate channel with Rakuten Marketing.”
"Our partnership with Rakuten Advertising and Customer First Digital has opened our eyes to the opportunity and returns that can be gained from the affiliate channel. The programme has exceeded our expectations and is now driving a significant source of new customers . We have also been able to use the intelligence to inform our wider business planning across other marketing channels."
“The Rakuten Marketing Search team is a huge asset to Vans e-commerce. They continue to drive sales, stay abreast of industry trends, and provide great support year after year. We consider their search marketing expertise, technology and strategy a critical part of our online success.”
"We are very pleased with the success of our affiliate marketing strategy and as a result, winning the Best Managed Global Affiliate Programme in the International Performance Marketing Awards 2018. Our partnership with Rakuten Advertising played a vital part in the increase of our campaign performance, which drove huge sale growth globally during the year. Our strategy enabled us to retain exclusivity whilst capturing new customers, resulting in the growth of the programme."
"Rakuten Advertising has played a huge part in the success and growth of the Cult Beauty affiliate programme. The market-specific knowledge the team has provided has helped shape the international growth strategy of the programme and has also provided crucial information for the business to inform international strategy. Coupled with the strong account management and service, it’s a delight to partner with Rakuten Advertising."
“Working with Rakuten Marketing has been very rewarding for our brand. They go above and beyond to provide opportunities to gain market insights, new customer data and strategy optimizations that aid us in ensuring our omnichannel marketing efforts are effective. With each learning we see growth in our campaigns.”
"BeFrugal attributes a significant part of its growth and success to our relationship with Rakuten Affiliate Network. Not only have we grown 10x in the past 3 years, we have been able to drive new customers for our retailer partners, making this relationship a true win-win. We look forward to continuing to grow this partnership as we expand our cash back program."
“The new strategy became a great negotiation tool.”
“Our affiliate programme with the Rakuten Marketing Affiliate Network has been going from strength-to-strength and their understanding of the fashion and lifestyle sector has helped us achieve our planned online growth. We are looking forward to further success in 2017 as we move into Rakuten Marketing’s fully managed service and utilise their powerful insights and attribution platform, Cadence, to optimise our programme even further and grow our cross-border commerce on the back of their extensive international presence.”
"Working with our talented Rakuten Advertising team helped us to greatly surpass our targeted goal. The seamless communication and execution across channels enabled us to have clear visibility into how each channel was performing, making it easier to monitor and optimize our initiatives."
“We don’t get that kind of insight on cross-device behavior from any other marketing platform at the moment.”