internet marketing founded new york new york 1996 headquarters new york new york key people yaz iida president ceo products affiliate marketing website rakutenmarketing.com rakuten linkshare is an affiliate marketing service provider . the company claims it is the largest pay for performance affiliate marketing network on the internet . 1 linkshare was founded in 1996 by stephen messer and heidi messer and is headquartered in new york city with offices in san francisco chicago tampa tokyo and london . in 2005 rakuten acquired linkshare for us 425 million in cash 2 making linkshare a wholly owned u.s. division of rakuten inc. a japanese shopping portal . 3 rakuten linkshare was re branded to rakuten affiliate network in 2014 . references edit derek vaughan july 12 2005 make money from your content site sitepoint.com retrieved august 12 2007 bloomberg september 6 2005 rakuten agrees to acquire linkshare for 425 million bloomberg.com retrieved august 12 2007 top japanese shopping portals alexa ranking external links edit rakuten affiliate network website v t e rakuten internet services ebates kobo inc. overdrive inc. ozon.ru priceminister rakuten.com rakuten.co.uk rakuten linkshare viber viki wuaki.tv software aquafadas sports tohoku rakuten golden eagles vissel kobe other rakuten institute of technology retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rakuten linkshare & oldid 737182282 categories affiliate marketinginternet advertising services and affiliate networkscompanies based in new york citycompanies established in 1996rakuten navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 06 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view