Affiliate Roundup: Yahoo’s New Era, Amazon’s Payment Option and More

Amazon Gears Up, Yahoo Enters New Era

Yahoo has been acquired by Apollo Global Management. Meanwhile, Amazon gears up for the busy shopping season with Affirm integration. Stay up to date on the latest news affecting affiliate!

 

Best Practices, Explainers, and Predictions

Are Cashback Sites Legit? Here’s how they work

It’s helpful to remember that a lot of consumers don’t understand cashback sites. Many anticipate that more education will mean more sign ups. Here’s an example of such for a consumer audience.

Source: azcentral

 

M&A, New Entrants and Features

Apollo completes its $5B acquisition of Verizon Media, now known as Yahoo

The once and now-again Yahoo monetizes in part through affiliate.

Source: TechCrunch

 

Case Studies, Profiles, and Awards

Onsite shopping is adopted by The Strategist.

Martech Record on publisher The Strategist launching online shopping with Bonsai. This trend is an important one for merchants and networks to pay attention to.

Source: Martech Record

 

Say hello to Student Beans, your gateway to Gen Z: A Q&A

Student Beans profiled by impact.

Source: impact

 

Events, Webinars, and Podcasts

The Long-Awaited PI LIVE London 2021 Agenda is Here

PI Live’s agenda for their show in October.

Source: PerformanceIN

 

Affiliate Adjacent

Amazon selects Affirm for pay-in-installment options

Buy Now Pay Later vendor (and affiliate) Affirm to be integrated on Amazon.

Source: Digital Commerce 360

 

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