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CJ’s Loyalty Exemption Solution Addresses a Critical Industry Challenge

CJ is deeply committed to both consumer privacy and tracking integrity. For many years, we’ve promoted the idea of win-win-win for our industry; effective performance marketing must benefit advertisers, publishers, and, most importantly, consumers....
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Plug Into Partnerships through CJ’s Universal Tag

CJ’s Universal Tag offers more than just superior tracking—it’s the key that instantly unlocks a suite of cutting-edge solutions from our strategic ...

How to Use the Deep Link Generator on Mobile

Did you know that CJ's Deep Link Generator tool is mobile responsive? You can easily generate deep links on the go, directly from your phone or ...

Redefine Campaign Success with CJ’s Publisher Audience Commissioning

Gone are the days of rigid, one-size-fits-all commission rates! While flat fees have been a staple in the performance marketing industry, ...

Stop Guessing & Start Growing with CJ’s Advanced Program Forecasting

Making informed decisions is crucial for strategic planning and maximizing ROI, which is why we’re thrilled to introduce our newest advanced analysis ...

Power Up Your GTM Server-Side Tracking with Stape

We’re excited to announce that server-side tracking solution, Stape, is now a CJ integration partner! As ad blockers, privacy tools, and third-party ...

Google Pivots Away from Third-Party Cookie Deprecation to User Choice

Google announced on July 22, 2024, that they no longer plan to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome, instead focusing on enhancing user choice. ...

Expand Your Tracking onto the Big Screen with tvScientific

Over 9M brands make up the digital marketplace. In sharp contrast, a mere 500 brands dominate 80% of the television advertising market. But what if ...

Publishers Now Have Access to Amazon Sellers in CJ

Just in time for Prime Day, CJ’s new Amazon Sellers program gives publishers access to 800+ unique Amazon sellers. This revolutionary program made ...

Streamline GTM Server-Side Tracking with Addingwell

We’re excited to announce that Google Tag Manager server-side tagging solution, Addingwell, is now a CJ integration partner! As ad blockers, privacy ...

Concurrent Tracking Plays a Critical Part in Affiliate’s Future

As ad blockers, privacy tools, and third-party cookie deprecation become the norm, the traditional methods of affiliate tracking are proving to be ...

Jun 13, 2024
Reclaim Your Team’s Time with affiliate.ai for CJ

As a relationship channel, some parts of affiliate marketing rely heavily on the human touch, but there’s always room for a dash of AI magic to help ...

More Advertisers Can Now Get Cross-Channel Insights Thanks to Channel Detection

Introducing Channel Detection! This revolutionary enhancement to our Cross Channel Journey solution makes cross-channel insights instantly accessible ...

Button & CJ Increase Influencer Conversion Rates by over 400%

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the significance of influencer partnerships and mobile commerce cannot be overstated. With 69% of ...

Plug into Growth with CJ's Ecommerce Plugins

Brands are always looking for easy ways to expand their global reach and tap into opportunities. This is why we’ve partnered with top platforms such ...

Feb 21, 2024
Shoplazza Merchants Can Now Easily Integrate with CJ via Plugin

As part of our commitment to continuously expand our service in the APAC market, we’re proud to announce our newest ecommerce plugin with the ...

goop Solved for TV Measurement & Saw 170% Increase in New Customer ROAS with CJ

Lifestyle brand, goop, used CJ’s Clickless Tracking solution to measure sales from a national TV segment, resulting in an impressive number of new ...

Google's Third-Party Cookie Deprecation is Finally Here

Google's first official move to phase out third-party cookies from their Chrome web browser started on January 4, 2024, when they began testing their ...

Expedia Group & FlipGive Shatter Revenue & Social Impact Goals with Unique Partnership Enabled by CJ

Expedia Group, the leading traveler technology platform, sees strong results through an innovative affiliate marketing partnership that powered ...

Your Questions about Creating a CJ Advertiser Account, Answered

Creating and setting up a CJ advertiser account requires attention to detail, an understanding of your business goals, and technical expertise—which ...

Dec 19, 2023
New Report in the CJ Platform Delivers Daily Insight into Q4 Trends

'Tis the season for joy, festivities, and, of course, gift-giving! Knowledge is power, and in the world of digital marketing, it's also the key to ...

Nov 21, 2023
Welcome to the New CJ Platform Experience!

You may have noticed that the CJ platform got a makeover! Designed to make your workflow as effortless as possible, the new platform experience is ...

Aug 22, 2023
Seeing a Drop in Affiliate Revenue in GA4? Here's Why

CJ has been made aware of significant changes in the revenue assigned to various channels within Google Analytics (“GA”), caused by Google’s planned ...

Publishers: Empower Conscious Choices & Increase Conversion with Earthmark

Sustainability is becoming more and more important to consumers. According to eMarketer, at least 45% of global shoppers are interested in shifting ...

Apple iOS 17, Safari 16.4, & the Tale of the Disappearing Link Tracking

Apple recently sent another round of shockwaves through the digital marketing industry when they announced that iOS 17 will have a new privacy ...

The CJ Performer Program Got a Global Glow Up and It’s Better Than Ever

Launched in 2005, the CJ Performer (CJP) program highlights and recognizes the top-performing, most engaged publishers in the CJ network. A lot has ...

CJ x Button Clients See Incremental Value from Improved Mobile Experiences

CJ and leading mobile technology company, Button, have a longstanding relationship. We’ve been leveraging their PostTap product to increase affiliate ...

Streamline Your Data Transfer Process with These New Enhancements

While we’re always working to develop new groundbreaking tech, we also recognize the importance of perfecting our existing tools by making ...

Apr 26, 2023
Introducing Campaigns: Placement Analysis, Evolved!

Media placements are an invaluable tool for both advertisers and publishers. With a multitude of publisher models and placements to choose from, ...

Maximize Seasonal Efforts with Peak Shopping & Holiday Analysis for Publishers

We live in a world with so many reasons to celebrate. From New Year’s Eve to Mother’s Day to Pride, Oktoberfest, Diwali, and beyond—each celebration ...

Level Up Your Affiliate Program with These Data Solutions

Data and insights make the strategies go 'round! Luckily, CJ clients have access to a wealth of tools and metrics that can help them track ...

Build On Your Affiliate Foundation with the CJ Strategy Center

There are opportunities for all brands in the affiliate channel, big and small. But it can feel like there’s a lot to know—the affiliate industry is ...

Jan 12, 2023
CJ Launches the Industry’s First On-Demand Competitive Benchmarking Suite

Data is powerful—the right data answers important questions, informs strategy, and inspires new ideas. But what if you had data and insights at your ...

Dec 8, 2022
Cross Channel Journey is Key to Proving How Affiliate Amplifies All Marketing

When quantitative data on customer behavior is missing, it’s all too easy to fill that information gap with perceptions that may be untrue. The ...

Your Partner in Success: Meet CJ's Agency Solutions Team

In an industry that's all about relationships, teamwork truly makes the dream work. Agencies play a huge part in CJ's affiliate ecosystem and we ...

Publishers: Display Your Diverse-Owned Identity with Sertify

CJ is continuously striving to provide more meaningful and robust opportunities for our small, diverse-owned network partners. It’s no secret that ...

Fintech, Your Time to Drive Revenue and Build Margin is Now and Affiliate is Your Answer

The fintech industry’s democratization of financial services is providing a wave of growth that is shaking the economic foundation of the country’s ...

On Instagram Closing Their Affiliate Program & Why CJ’s the Perfect Fit

With powerful tracking capabilities, deep data, tools, and easy payment and invoicing, CJ and influencers make the perfect pair. With our innovative ...

Google Postponed the Sunset of Third-Party Cookies: Why You Should Still Act Now

On July 27, 2022, Google announced that they were delaying the looming sunset of third-party cookies once again—this time until the second half of ...

Share Your Product Feed with Ease with CJ’s Product Import API

Our top-notch product and engineering teams know that APIs are the way forward—and we have some great ones! In 2020, we released our state-of-the-art ...

Jul 21, 2022
How to Create a Successful Customer Acquisition Strategy in Affiliate

New customer acquisition is an essential piece of many brands’ marketing strategies—without new customers, there is no business! And we think the ...

Measure Shopping Moments that Matter with Peak Shopping & Holiday Analysis for Advertisers

Don’t blink—we're over halfway through the year, which means we're only a quarter away from Q4’s high-volume shopping season. With consumers ...

See the Full Picture with SimilarWeb Metrics in Recruit Partners

CJ is on a mission to make it easier than ever to find the right partners, which is why we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve joined forces with ...

CJ ❤ Publishers and This is How We Show It

We take our relationships with publishers seriously—CJ is committed to listening to, advocating for, and celebrating publisher partners of all shapes ...

May 18, 2022
Innovation Through Strategic Tech Partnerships

The past few years have forever altered the digital marketing landscape, raising the bar for what customers expect from online experiences while ...

Affiliate Customer Journey Data Enhancements: Promotional Model & Property

When we launched Affiliate Customer Journey reporting on-demand for all advertisers and publishers last year, we were ecstatic to provide the ...

Maximizing Affiliate ROI

Managing ROI is a common focus for many advertisers. Luckily, CJ offers a variety of tools to help you determine and manage these targets for your ...

Apr 4, 2022
Complete Mobile Tracking through Button PostTap App Partnership Yields Fantastic Results

When we announced our strategic partnership with Button, we knew that improving the customer shopping experience and enhancing tracking capabilities ...

Make the Most of Your Affiliate Program with CJ

Growth happens when you reach the right customers at the right time, and running your affiliate program is easier with CJ by your side. Join our ...

Accelerate Your Partner Discovery

CJ is home to thousands of prospective partners, so we have a duty to make the important matchmaking piece of program management both efficient and ...

Social Media Engagement Rate Metrics are Now Available in Recruit Partners

Recruit new partners and reach new customers using the metrics that matter. We’re thrilled to announce that social media Engagement Rate metrics ...

The Tech You Should Be Using to Maximize Your Affiliate Program

Preparation is the foundation for success, especially heading into the Q4 shopping season. In this article, we’ll tap into CJ tech, tools, and ...

From Discovery to Purchase: Unlocking the Affiliate Customer Journey

After an enlightening and informative session at CJU21 discussing how to leverage our on-demand Affiliate Customer Journey data, the enthusiasm for ...

Publishers: Get Discovered in CJ's Placement Marketplace

For most publishers, a true affiliate partnership goes further than just sharing links or banners on their sites—they offer a myriad of creative and ...

Publisher Insight into the Customer Journey Is a Partnership Game-Changer

In August 2021, we introduced Affiliate Customer Journey reporting for advertisers on-demand, and now, we’re launching Affiliate Customer Journey for ...

Celebrating Black Business Month

According to the US Census Bureau, Black businesses account for 124,551 of the estimated 2.8 million US businesses, and while the country grows more ...

See & Showcase Social Media Metrics in Platform, Powered by CreatorIQ

CJ’s partnership with CreatorIQ is in full bloom—CJ clients can now harness CreatorIQ’s unparalleled social reach metrics through CJ’s Recruit ...

Gain On-Demand Insight into the Affiliate Customer Journey

We’ve all heard it: There’s an imperative need to understand customer shopping behavior beyond just looking at transactions. (And for good reason!) ...

Google's Plan to Stop Cross-Site Tracking

In a bold privacy-first move, Google recently announced plans to cease cross-site tracking. On March 3rd, citing privacy concerns and an interest in ...

CJ & Button Partner to Transform Affiliate into an App Acquisition Channel 

Global companies such as Albertsons and Overstock leverage reach of new CJ and Button partnership. We're thrilled to announce a new strategic ...

CJ & CreatorIQ Partner to Elevate Award-Winning Content & Influencer Marketing Solutions

CJ continues to push the boundaries of tech and expertise to connect brands worldwide with the full spectrum of content and influencer personas as we ...

CJ's Pay Per Call Enhances In-House Call Program & Delivers Record Success

An international hotel chain migrated their in-house call program to CJ's Pay Per Call solution and achieved greater quality control, streamlined ...

How CJ’s Technical Architecture Strategy Ensures the Lights Stay On

On one of the most critical shopping days of the year, CJ’s disaster recovery plan kicked in due to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud ...

New Partners Are Only a Step Away with CJ’s Recruit Partners Tool

Partnership development is a labor of love—we believe smart, intuitive, and flexible product design goes the distance in making your job easier. ...

Unexpected Announcements from Apple—Here's The Scoop

Hot off of the press! Apple just made some surprise announcements. Editors note: The update to IDFA opt-in functionality went live on April 26, 2021. ...

CJ's Data Science Solution Suite Proves Honey's Ability to Drive Incremental Value

Honey, a subsidiary of PayPal, offers a popular consumer browser extension that automatically finds and applies coupon codes at checkout with a ...

Reignite Brick & Mortar with Site to Store Offers

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s no denying that brands with a strong brick-and-mortar presence have been severely impacted by stay-at-home ...

Power Up Partnerships with Promotional Property Commissioning & Program Terms API

Relationships are the heart of affiliate marketing, and we take them extra seriously at CJ. In October 2019, we introduced Promotional Properties to ...

Product Discovery, Improved! CJ's New Product Search API

It’s an ongoing mission at CJ to improve everyday operations for our advertisers and publishers and to provide richer data sets to optimize ...

Make Yourself at Home with CJ's Publisher Onboarding Experience

We believe in the value of publishers. Which is why we're constantly at work behind the scenes to make sure that the CJ experience is a productive ...

Measure and Meet Consumer Needs with Customer Analysis Insights

As marketers, our worlds revolve around customers—around people. We use data to understand them and design campaigns to reach them. The current ...

Exciting Updates to the Deep Link Generator

A few years back, CJ was the first major affiliate network to introduce a set of publisher tools to make it easier than ever for content creators to ...

Apple’s Move to Block Third-Party Cookies in Safari—What Does This Mean for Brands?

Earlier this week, Apple announced that Safari for iOS, macOS 13.1, and iPadOS 13.4 will block third-party cookies by default. This announcement ...

Mar 26, 2020
Dive Deeper into Program Performance with Insights

CJ's Insights reporting dashboard displays your program data in a way that makes it easy to recognize trends and identify the partners, time frames, ...

Jan 16, 2020
Use Situational Commissioning to Create Data-Driven Affiliate Strategies

For advertisers and publishers alike, data-enriched insights can lead to better business results and stronger, more creative partnerships. Last year, ...

Advertiser Integration Solutions for ITP 2.2 and Beyond

Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) feature, first released in September of 2017, has imposed greater restrictions on cookie-based tracking ...

Jun 6, 2019
How to Use the Deep Link Generator

We know creating content takes time and effort---grabbing affiliate links shouldn't have to. Get the bookmarklet below to streamline your workflow ...

Mar 20, 2019
Introducing Insights by CJ

As a data-driven company, we’re pleased to announce the launch of our Insights platform. Insights provides actionable data on demand in an intuitive, ...

Oct 25, 2018
The Power of Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing is the only marketing channel that engages consumers both online and offline at every point of the customer journey, worldwide. ...

Oct 10, 2018
Affiliate Personalization: A Customer-Centric Approach to Intelligent Growth

The demand for personalized consumer experiences across all marketing channels is no longer a “nice to have”, but rather it is at the center of ...

Sep 10, 2018
Cross-Device: A Year in Review

The era of Cross-Device has arrived. In just over a year since we launched our cutting-edge Cross-Device solution, more than 1,000 Advertisers have ...

Jun 25, 2018
CJ’s Approach to In-App, Cookieless, and Cross-Device Tracking

Tracking affiliate engagement, influence, and transactions across both mobile and web environments is essential for a holistic understanding of true ...

Privacy by Design: GDPR & Digital Advertising

The IAB Europe, IMRG, Conversant, and CJ Affiliate form an expert panel to help you gain clarity into the obligations for Advertisers and Publishers, ...

CJ's Suite of Solutions to Support GDPR Compliance

The GDPR comes into effect on May 25, 2018. With over 96% of our global clients interacting with EU consumers each quarter, we have been hard at work ...

Making the Most of CJ's Shopping Feed Format

A comprehensive product feed, also known as a product catalog, can enable opportunities between advertisers and publishers across all levels and ...

Product Widgets for Publishers

Why display one product when you can showcase several? What is a Widget? A widget is a slideshow, collage or grid that allows a publisher to enhance ...

Mar 21, 2018
Cross-Device Offers a New View into Affiliate Performance

To date, over 1,000 of our Advertisers have enabled Cross-Device tracking, resulting in hundreds of thousands of orders tracked and millions of ...

Feb 27, 2018
Fortune 500 Retailer Drives Incremental Revenue using CJ Customer-Level Omni-Channel Insights

A Fortune 500 retailer drives significant, incremental revenue by leveraging CJ’s Affiliate Customer Insights to understand offline consumer ...

Access Your Most Valuable Customer through Affiliate

Recent data from 2016 and 2017 Affiliate Customer Insights proves that, in comparison to other channels, affiliate consumer behavior and overall ...

Dec 20, 2017
Raise the Stakes on Affiliate Investment: Part 2

In the first part of our deep dive on why affiliate should command more investment, we examined the purchase and brand engagement behavior that makes ...

Dec 18, 2017
Raise the Stakes on Affiliate Investment: Part 1

As a channel, we’ve written about how affiliate has traditionally delivered strong revenue, a very strong ROI, and a healthy, high-value new customer ...

Oct 16, 2017
Bracing for Q4: 3 Strategies to Reach Cross-Device Shoppers

The Q4 shopping season is nearly upon us, and top of mind for many marketers is how to maximize opportunities to reach and convert shoppers. Given ...

Finding the Hidden Shopper with Cross-Device

Shoppers come in all shapes and sizes, with varied motivations to pull out their wallets and finally make a purchase. These purchases can take place ...

Jul 19, 2017
Craft Your Cross-Device Strategy

Since launch on May 24, we’ve shared a lot about what Cross-Device is, how it works, and why it’s valuable to you. But now that you’re informed on ...

Jun 28, 2017
Exploring Cross-Device at AM Days

On May 17th, CJ Affiliate was excited to take part in the Affiliate Management Days (AM Days) affiliate conference in San Francisco. Organized by ...

CJ's Cross-Device Solution: An Affiliate Game Changer

For years affiliate marketers have struggled to see the complete picture of a customer’s path to purchase. It’s known that activity often occurs on ...

CJ Training Success: Something Big is Coming!

Something is brewing here at CJ Affiliate, and staff members across the globe are about to boil over in excitement. Over the past month our Product ...

CJ Affiliate's APIs: 5 Things You Should Know

Recently, one of our publishers said to me, “I didn’t know that your APIs at CJ did that!” After speaking with some other clients, it became clear ...

Affiliate Customer Insights Offers a Competitive Edge

Marketers' spend in the affiliate channel is expected grow to $5.4B in 2017 and $6B in 2018 (on pace for a 10% CAGR between 2016 and 2020)*. It's no ...

Discover the Value of the Affiliate Shopper

In this infographic we outline how the affiliate channel outperforms other marketing channels in several key performance metrics. Learn more about ...

CJ Affiliate’s User Experience (UX) Philosophy

At CJ Affiliate, we believe in user-centered design. Our core mission is to design products that are a natural extension to the workflows and daily ...

Feb 7, 2017
Troubleshoot CJ Tags with New Tool

Are sales starting to look a little off? Maybe you’re not seeing the amount of transactions you saw last week. Or maybe one action has completely ...

Dec 16, 2016
Lifestyle Blogger Sees Revenue Growth through Audience Expansion

Lifestyle blogger Jo-Lynne Shane gained new Advertisers, increased Publisher commissions, and boosted ad sales revenue after a CJ Content-Certified ...

Online Design Marketplace Connects with Influencers to Drive Targeted Traffic

An online design marketplace increased brand engagement and sales by employing CJ's Content Solution and the VIP Influencer Campaign to drive ...

Finance Content Publishers Increase Revenue through New Relationships

Finance content publishers Wealth Bytes and Frugal Rules established new, relevant relationships leading to a year-over-year increase in revenue ...

Success of the Automated Offer Feed

Prior to the launch of the Automated Offer Feed, advertisers within regulated industries—or those with offer sensitivities—needed a better mechanism ...

Global Innovation with Payoneer

With offices in seven different countries and a network of tens of thousands Publishers across the globe, here at CJ Affiliate we are committed to ...

VIP Influencer Campaigns: Affiliate and Beyond

In a survey fielded to 6,000 content creators, 1,200 consumers, and 150 top brand markets, 31 percent of respondents found blogs to be the online ...

Affiliate Customer Insights

Affiliate Customer Insights allows advertisers to tie their affiliate transactions back to 160M+ unique consumer profiles, powered by our parent ...

May 11, 2016
Introducing Affiliate Customer Insights

We're pleased to announce the launch of our most advanced service offering yet: Affiliate Customer Insights. Originally unveiled in September of ...

May 10, 2016
ViewThrough Tracking Gets a Makeover

CJ is pleased to announce enhancements to our ViewThrough tracking technology, which allows advertisers to commission publishers on an ad impression ...

Apr 20, 2016
Advertiser Onboarding Just Got Easier

There's a lot to think about when you're setting up your CJ account. There's technical integration, your network profile, program terms, and more. Of ...

Outdoor Apparel Retailer Increases Revenue During Critical Holiday Sales Season

An outerwear retail company increases YOY sales during the ever-important Thanksgiving sales week by leveraging CJ’s Affiliate Customer Insights to ...

Specialty Retailer Increases NTF Customers & Revenue, Maintain ROAS

A woman's specialty retailer increases new-to-file (NTF) customers—and revenue—while maintaining return on ad spend (ROAS), by tracking and analyzing ...

Earn More with CJ’s Placements Marketplace

If you're reading this, you've likely experienced the long and arduous process of either searching for paid placement opportunities or, as a ...

Product Widgets are Here!

Just in time for the busy holiday season we have flipped the switch to our new “Widgets” tab in the publisher account manager to all English language ...

High Performance Teams

Henrik Kniberg is a prominent thought leader in the software community and runs a software consultancy in Europe. If you haven't had the opportunity ...

Jun 16, 2013
New Updates to Publisher Reporting

Fast, accurate reporting is a key part of a publisher's ability to manage and optimize their business. For years, CJ has led the pack in reporting, ...

Publisher Recruitment Beta

We are pleased to announce the release of a new search tool to make finding and making offers to potential publishers easier than ever. The Manage ...

Top 5 Ways to Grow Your Advertiser Program

I am a huge Boston Redsox fan, so as you can image it was very frustrating watching their 2012 season literally fall apart in front of my eyes. "How ...

Mar 4, 2013
CJ Affiliate is Going Mobile!

I have a confession: I'm a huge "Back to the Future" fan, especially Part II. Yet, for all the futuristic gadgets and life-changing new products the ...

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