{{Short description|Online advertising company}} {{Infobox company | name = CJ <br>(formerly CJ Affiliate and Commission Junction) | logo = Cj logo green rgb.png | logo_size = 200px | type = Subsidiary | foundation = {{start date and age|1998}} | location = Santa Barbara, California | key_people = Santi Pierini, (CEO) | industry = Affiliate marketing <br> Performance-Based Marketing | parent = Publicis | homepage = [http://cj.com cj.com] }}
'''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,<ref name="cj.com-contact">{{cite web | url=https://www.cj.com/contact-us | title=Contact page | accessdate=January 4, 2024}}</ref> and in the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, and India.<ref name="cj.com-contact" />
==Timeline== 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.
==See also== * Affiliate marketing * Affiliate network
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== {{portal|companies}} * [http://cj.com CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)] * [https://www.campaignasia.com/article/cj-taps-tyroo-to-offer-apac-advertisers-access-to-premium-inventory/491836 CJ taps Tyroo to offer APAC advertisers access to premium inventory]
Category:Marketing companies established in 1998 Category:Online advertising services and affiliate networks Category:Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California Category:Affiliate marketing Category:1998 establishments in California
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