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What is LinkShare?

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Published on July 30, 2017

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What is LinkShare?

Link-share is a subsidiary of Rakuten Marketing LLC

Owned by Rakuten, Linkshare is an affiliate marketing service provider.

Claiming to be the Internet largest pay-for-performance affiliate marketing network.

Headquartered in New York City, NYC

Founded in 1996

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Rakuten CEO: Hiroshi Mikitani

Parent Organization Rakuten

Subsidiaries: Media Forum Inc. > Rakuten DC Storm Limited > Linkshare International, LLC

Rakuten, Inc. is a Japanese electronic commerce and internet company based in Tokyo.

E-Commerce: Largest e-commerce site in Japan and among the world's largest by sales.

Stock 4755 (TYO)

Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan

Revenue: 713.5 billion

Founded : 1977

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