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

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

CJU’s Publisher Spotlight Stage gives a curated group of publishers a way to showcase what’s new and noteworthy about their offerings. This year, ...

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

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 ...

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

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

CJ is a partnership ecosystem where thousands of publishers and brands engage billions of consumers worldwide—and we’re growing bigger every day! ...

Ahhhh, there’s nothing better than the feeling of getting the best price! And a large number of consumers agree—according to the results of a recent ...

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

Email is the granddaddy of the digital marketing world. Labeled with (and rightly so!) a bad reputation from the ‘spammers’ of the past, email ...

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 ...

Every customer journey is unique. So, how can advertisers and publishers optimize these journeys to maximize basket value, conversion rates, and ...

Making a list and checking it twice? Make sure to add CJ’s in-platform Affiliate Customer Journey data to your list for a successful Holiday season ...

Activation campaigns are used to encourage newly joined publishers to begin brand promotions and breathe new life into seasoned or inactive ...

Big news from Instagram, just in time for the Q4 peak shopping season – all publishers with Instagram accounts can now earn commissions on purchases ...

CJ knows that both advertisers and publishers need comparative data to understand how their affiliate programs are performing. For this reason, we ...

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

Puffy vests, tall boots, pumpkin spice, and everything nice. All signs point to the start of Q4—we’re officially in spooky season and on our way to ...

Google recently made updates to help ensure the quality of their search results by preventing link spam from damaging the search experience for ...

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

No matter the quarter, it's always peak season for somebody somewhere—meaning endless opportunities for affiliate publishers looking to create ...

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 ...

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

You’ve heard us talk a lot about the importance of optimizing with your publishers—and there are so many ways to go about it. In this article, we’ll ...

The sun is shining, birds are chirping, parents are rejoicing: Back to School is happening this year and it’s in person! After more than a year of ...

A lot goes into managing an affiliate program and the opportunities for growth can feel endless. To zoom in on the best ways to move the needle, we ...

We made it! It’s finally 2021, and with a new year, comes new opportunities to grow and develop your affiliate program. Cultivate a winning approach ...

It’s hard to reach new heights if you don’t hold yourself accountable to an action plan. Luckily, we’ve done the work for you this time with our ...

Through a strategy fronted by the tactical use of cashback rates and adjustments to their referral window, RS Components managed to break their ...

A global home and business services brand leveraged CJ’s Affiliate Customer Journey solution to diversify media partners which resulted in increased ...

At just over halfway through the year, 2020 has been...different. We caught up with Rich Greenwell, Commercial Director at UpSellit, to learn how the ...

New to the ecommerce space, Olympia Sports leveraged the power of affiliate marketing and saw tremendous growth with CJ. Results at a Glance (YOY ...

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

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

As influencer marketing continues to grow and mature, it no longer lives within a single marketing department across brand organizations. This CJ ...

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

Although CJ and Skimlinks have been longstanding partners, we were thrilled when they wanted to take our relationship to new heights by increasing ...

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

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

Publisher Groups allow you to organize publishers into categories or segments within your affiliate program. For example, you can build groups based ...

A key to growing your affiliate program is to understand how to communicate successfully with your publishers, and finding what works best to convert ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

*You must be logged into the CJ Account Manager Support Center for the links in this article to be active. To recap from Part 1 and Part 2, we ...

*You must be logged into the CJ Account Manager Support Center for the links in this article to be active. We're back again with two more affiliate ...

*You must be logged into the CJ Account Manager Support Center for the links in this article to be active. Publisher diversification strategies can ...

Here at CJ Affiliate, we are always preparing for Q4. One great way to do this is to run an activation campaign in Q3 to ensure that you are ...

There are a few ways to go about international expansion within the affiliate channel. Which route to take is dependent on a few variables based on ...

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 ...

Springtime is fast approaching, and whether you're already easing into warmer weather on the west coast or still waiting for that heat wave to hit ...

Drawing from findings by CJ's Strategic Insights Director Sandrine Thompson, see how trends in the areas of mobile, global, audience, and content ...

As a new year starts it's easy to be so focused on rolling out new campaigns that you forget all about your affiliate tracking code. If your account ...

Are you constantly tasked with lowering your cost per action (CPA) while also maintaining or exceeding revenue goals? This can be very frustrating, ...

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

Are you ready for the upcoming holiday season? With Q4 upon us and just 52 days until Black Friday, it's time to start thinking about how to best ...

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 ...

Google celebrates its 15th birthday this year and during their big party last week revealed a new search algorithm change, leaving search marketers ...

We have had several new PayPerCall account launches recently and encourage you to pick them up and start promoting today! InsideUp InsideUp is a ...

Today, I would like to explore how applications can be designed differently if logging were not treated as an afterthought or debugging tool, but as ...

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, ...

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 ...

A few weeks ago, I gave a quick overview of our entire technology stack here at Commission Junction and now it's time to dig deeper into how we ...

To help you better understand the new consumer journey and the important role of affiliate marketing, we've created the following infographic. It ...

Things are cookin' at CJ engineering, and we've decided it's time to get serious about sharing some of the tooling that we've built to enable our ...

Greetings! As Director of Engineering here at CJ Affiliate, I'd like to officially welcome you to the CJ Technology blog series, where we intend to ...

Abandon Cart! Abandon Cart! It's Sunday morning, and you are surfing your favorite online store, adding a handful of items to your shopping cart, ...

Twitter me this: in the vast online social media eco-system, who is the smartest and wisest social media management tool of them all? Ask over 5 ...