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CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software vs. CJ Affiliate

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    CAKE Affiliate Marketing Software

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ACAKE’s Affiliate Marketing Software is offered to ensure accurate measurement, data security and support to attract new partners and build profitable relationships. CAKE's solution is designed to allow users to optimize an affiliate marketing program through real-time insights into partner and campaign performance, customizable alerts, granular data and unique commission structures to reward partners. CAKE is a Perseus Group company, of Constellation Software.N/A

    CJ Affiliate

    Score4.3 out of 10
    N/ACJ Affiliate, formerly known as Commission Junction, is an affiliate network and online advertising agency headquartered in Santa Barbara and owned by the Publicis Groupe, a French PR and advertising company. CJ Affiliate's technology offers affiliate personalization, cross-device customer journey campaign management, and a content monetization suite of products for publishers.N/A
    Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    User Ratings
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareCJ Affiliate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    7.3
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    User Testimonials
    CAKE Affiliate Marketing SoftwareCJ Affiliate
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CAKE
    CAKE is great for affiliates, but not the best for a large company with different types of offers and traffic
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    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    CJ would be a great place for any publisher looking to monetize their blog or social media accounts. Products that have broad targeting or rely on bargain hunters would perform really well as there are tons of coupon sites and fashion blogs. Niche products would have a harder time growing as they would probably still need to do a lot of outreach.
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    Pros
    CAKE
    • Reporting across multiple verticals
    • Conversion data
    • Tcpa
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    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    • their portal is easily usable
    • communication within the system is supper easy
    • searching for new affiliates is really great
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    Cons
    CAKE
    • It’s a little outdated in terms of UI
    • There’s a bit of a learning curve
    • Refreshing from the browser tab
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    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    • It's a great platform but have selected countries.
    • Sometimes loading speed is too slow in my experience.
    • Customer service needs to be improved in my opinion.
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    Alternatives Considered
    CAKE
    There’s no comparison between the two, Looker is amazing and blows CAKE out of the water
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    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    CJ definitely has the largest pool of publishers and is well built out in terms of features. However, it does appear that they have a lot of dead weight in their pool which is something that their competitors claim they have solved. We ultimately selected CJ because we had previous experience with the platform and wanted to tap into their affiliate pool.
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    Return on Investment
    CAKE
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    CJ Affiliate (formerly Commission Junction)
    • we have been able to make a good amount of money
    • we just share the link and then the companies do the rest
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