History Of Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate Marketing Timeline As the affiliate marketing industry continue to evolve, we take a look back at the popular A.M. progrmas that made this industry the most profitable business on the internet. 1989 Affiliate marketing was first started by "William J. Tobin" who owned "PC Flowers & Gifts". 1994 CDNOW CDnow, Inc. NCOORAO LNO ELA o T COonA In November 1994 Buy Web Program launched by CDNOW. 1996 1. In 1996 Epage started an affiliate program. EPAGE COM Youa GATENAY TO THE EWORLD 2. In July 1996 Amazon launched its associates program. amazon.com. 3. BeFree was established in 1996 by Johnson and Samuel Gerace 1997 (brothers). In 1997, Wayne Marciano released 'Refer-it.com', 4. LinkShare was also established which became the first "Affiliate Program Directory". in 1996 by Stephen and Heidi Messer (brother and sister). Rakuten Inc. acquired it in 2005. LinkShare ORokuten compeny 1998 1. DoubleClick was established in 1998 as an Application Service Provider for Online promotion. deuble click 2. In 1998, Allan Gardyne released AssociatePrograms.com', and many others such as 'AffiliateGuide.com' and 'ReveNews.com' also established in 1998. 2000 AssociatePrograms.com In Feb 2000, Amazon declared that it had been granted a patent on components of affiliate program. AffiliateGuide.com ar proft partner on the web reve news by N SUMMIT 2002 In 2002 BeFree was obtained by ValueClick. ValueClick 2003 AFFILIATE SUMMIT 12008 Google acquired DoubleClick in 2008 and it was re-branded as the "Google Affiliate Network (GAN)'. Google Affiliate Network Brought to you by Click Cabin