CJ (formerly CJ Affiliate and Commission Junction) is an online advertising company owned by Publicis Groupe operating in the affiliate marketing industry, which operates worldwide.
Offices The corporate headquarters is in Santa Barbara, California, and there are offices in Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Agoura Hills, CA, and Needham, MA in the US, and in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, and India. The Czech and Polish offices are part of VIVnetworks, a subsidiary affiliate network covering all of Central and Eastern Europe.
Timeline Former Commission Junction competitor beFree, Inc. was acquired by Value-click, Inc. in 2002,Internet Retailer (March 11, 2002),Value-click and beFree to Merge , Internet Retailer, retrieved May 27, 2007 before Commission Junction.Rebecca Lieb (October 10, 2003), Value-click Snaps Up Commission Junction, Clickz.com News, retrieved May 27, 2007 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. Commission Junction continues to be known as CJ Affiliate.
See also Affiliate marketing Affiliate network
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CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction) CJ taps Tyroo to offer APAC advertisers access to premium inventory VIVnetworks affiliate network for Central and Eastern Europe