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== beFree, Inc. / Value-click, Inc. ==
== beFree, Inc. / Value-click, Inc. ==
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Former Commission Junction competitor beFree, Inc. was acquired by Value-click, Inc. in 2002,<ref name="itailbf">Internet Retailer (March 11, 2002),[http://www.internetretailer.com/internet/marketing-conference/13358-valueclick-be-free-merge.html Value-click and beFree to Merge], ''Internet Retailer'', retrieved May 27, 2007</ref> before Commission Junction.<ref name="vclkcj">Rebecca Lieb (October 10, 2003), [http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3090701 Value-click Snaps Up Commission Junction], ''Clickz.com News'', retrieved May 27, 2007</ref> beFree was gradually phased out in favor of Commission Junction. On February 3, 2014 Value-click, Inc. announced it has changed its name to Conversant, Inc., bringing former Value-click, Inc. companies Commission Junction, Dotomi, Greystripe, Mediaplex, and Value-click Media under one name. Conversant was bought by [[Alliance Data]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/epsilon-ceo-conversant-buy-boost-cross-channel-chops/294957/ |title=Alliance Data to Acquire Conversant, Formerly ValueClick, for $2.3 Billion |publisher=AdvertisingAge |date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> Commission Junction<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webcrazies.com/commission-junction-review/|title=Commission Junction: The Best Place For Affiliate Marketers|date=2016-08-30|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> continues to be known as CJ Affiliate by Conversant.
Former Commission Junction competitor beFree, Inc. was acquired by Value-click, Inc. in 2002,<ref name="itailbf">Internet Retailer (March 11, 2002),[http://www.internetretailer.com/internet/marketing-conference/13358-valueclick-be-free-merge.html Value-click and beFree to Merge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004758/http://www.internetretailer.com/internet/marketing-conference/13358-valueclick-be-free-merge.html |date=2007-09-27 }}, ''Internet Retailer'', retrieved May 27, 2007</ref> before Commission Junction.<ref name="vclkcj">Rebecca Lieb (October 10, 2003), [http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3090701 Value-click Snaps Up Commission Junction], ''Clickz.com News'', retrieved May 27, 2007</ref> beFree was gradually phased out in favor of Commission Junction. On February 3, 2014 Value-click, Inc. announced it has changed its name to Conversant, Inc., bringing former Value-click, Inc. companies Commission Junction, Dotomi, Greystripe, Mediaplex, and Value-click Media under one name. Conversant was bought by [[Alliance Data]] in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/datadriven-marketing/epsilon-ceo-conversant-buy-boost-cross-channel-chops/294957/ |title=Alliance Data to Acquire Conversant, Formerly ValueClick, for $2.3 Billion |publisher=AdvertisingAge |date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> Commission Junction<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://webcrazies.com/commission-junction-review/|title=Commission Junction: The Best Place For Affiliate Marketers|date=2016-08-30|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-13}}</ref> continues to be known as CJ Affiliate by Conversant.


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 15:55, 28 July 2017

CJ Affiliate by Conversant
(formerly Commission Junction)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAffiliate Marketing
Performance-Based Marketing
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Santa Barbara, California
HeadquartersSanta Barbara, California
Key people
Waleed Al-Atraqchi, President
ParentAlliance Data
Websitecj.com

CJ Affiliate by Conversant (formerly Commission Junction) is an online advertising company owned by Alliance Data operating in the affiliate marketing industry, which operates worldwide. The corporate headquarters is in Santa Barbara, California, and there are offices in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY San Francisco, CA Westlake Village, CA and Westborough, MA in the USA,[1] and in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden and South Africa.[1]

beFree, Inc. / Value-click, Inc.

Former Commission Junction competitor beFree, Inc. was acquired by Value-click, Inc. in 2002,[2] before Commission Junction.[3] beFree was gradually phased out in favor of Commission Junction. On February 3, 2014 Value-click, Inc. announced it has changed its name to Conversant, Inc., bringing former Value-click, Inc. companies Commission Junction, Dotomi, Greystripe, Mediaplex, and Value-click Media under one name. Conversant was bought by Alliance Data in 2014.[4] Commission Junction[5] continues to be known as CJ Affiliate by Conversant.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Contact page". Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Internet Retailer (March 11, 2002),Value-click and beFree to Merge Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Internet Retailer, retrieved May 27, 2007
  3. ^ Rebecca Lieb (October 10, 2003), Value-click Snaps Up Commission Junction, Clickz.com News, retrieved May 27, 2007
  4. ^ "Alliance Data to Acquire Conversant, Formerly ValueClick, for $2.3 Billion". AdvertisingAge. September 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "Commission Junction: The Best Place For Affiliate Marketers". 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-09-13.