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Rakuten Advertising

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What is Rakuten Advertising?

Rakuten Advertising (recently Rakuten Marketing), includes the former DC Storm and its services, and is an affiliate marketing network and solution for publishers and advertisers including programmatic display and retargeting technology.

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Get paid to shop for things you are going to buy anyways

Mary BRANDT, M.A.View profile
Certified AI Consultant LinkedIn Strategist in Professional Services at Mary Fain Brandt Career Consultant/LinkedIn Strategist (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's so easy to use and unlike some other "cash back" platforms it works on items and stores that you regularly shop at. I just told my husband it's the best and he should sign-up to start saving some cash for new golf clubs! We both do a lot of on line ordering so why not get paid for it!

Pros

  • easy to use
  • mobile friendly
  • lost of options of where to shop and items to choose from

Most Important Features

  • Mobile app
  • Diversity of products and vendors

Other Software Used

StreamYard, Gamma Networks., Airtable, ClickUp

Rakuten, a must have advertising software!

Incentivized
Kevin Villaluz
Project Manager in Marketing at Fabfitfun (201-500 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We mainly use Rakuten in advertising our product and we also use this software to monitor the numbers and the daily progress of our promo. This is one of the most efficient software we have ever used as it is one of the most user-friendly tools. It made our lives easier by monitoring our company's acquisition.

Pros

  • Detailed reporting
  • User-friendly interface
  • Data accuracy

Cons

  • Option flexibility
  • Customizable tables

Alternatives Considered

VWO and Oxford Abstracts

Other Software Used

VWO, Oxford Abstracts, Roku OneView

Excellent results with the software

Daniel CuerdasView profile
Project Manager. in Marketing at Why Transformation (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is a system that you can trust, they are a good way to monetize your blog, in a few steps you can generate a code yourself, you can choose in each advertising area the business model that interests you, they allow you to promote your products and services through If you want to increase your online sales, the affiliate campaign will only pay if you get direct and measurable results.

Pros

  • Setup is also very easy. on-time payments and responsive support
  • They make sure to offer means to the difficulties of each entrepreneur.

Cons

  • Check the pages on the advertiser's website.
  • It is important that you think about the doubts and objections of the users about that product.

Most Important Features

  • It is possible to consider both the understood niches and the public niches.
  • Allows to improve the positioning in the exploration engines

Return on Investment

  • Reliable tools to facilitate its promotion and optimize conversion, for the promotion of products through your websites, it is the most recommended
  • If a product has a good approval, it will give you more chances to get sales through the system

Alternatives Considered

ATOMIZED Marketing Visualization Platform and Amdocs MarketONE

Other Software Used

Agiline CRM, Avature CRM, Acoustic Campaign

Rack it up with Rakuten!

Incentivized
Verified User
Director in Marketing (501-1000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

No issues at all. Super simple to use and it is literally FREE money, no strings attached. And we're buying things that we would literally buy anyway in the course of a week. Why would anyone NOT want to get free money?

Pros

  • Communication
  • Regular payouts
  • Exceptionally friendly floor staff (at least the ones I've interacted with).

Cons

  • Too many emails in my opinion.
  • Nothing else, really. They are pretty cool!

Most Important Features

  • Clear communication
  • Fast quarterly distributions
  • Easy to use

Return on Investment

  • Free revenue
  • Extra cash
  • Makes it fun to purchase ordinary business supplies!

Other Software Used

HubSpot Marketing Hub, Classy, Constant Contact, SharpSpring from Constant Contact

Rakuten Advertising

Verified User
Executive in Marketing (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It allows businesses to reach a wider audience at a lower cost by choosing the most suitable influencer. Furthermore, it also lets influencers find companies to work with. You will be asked to provide some financial information for some details. You need to share relevant information for you to be connected to advertisers. I think that can become a security issue at times.

Pros

  • Run Reports on The Program Progress
  • The platform provides weekly payments

Cons

  • Reporting and Analytics

Most Important Features

  • Strategic Counsel from Digital Marketing Experts

Return on Investment

  • Secure Platform
  • Customer Support