Affiliate Roundup: Cross-Border E-Commerce, Malicious Chrome Extensions, and More

This week in FMTC’s Affiliate Roundup: Watch out for these malicious Chrome extensions that modify cookies in e-commerce websites to profit off affiliates. In better e-commerce news, we’ve included an article that addresses why you should take advantage of cross-border e-commerce. Find these articles and more in our roundup!

Best Practices, Explainers and Predictions

How to Use Affiliate to Drive Cross-Border E-Commerce

Tips on how to take advantage of cross-border e-commerce (CBE).

Source: Martech Record

The Best Niche Research Tools for Affiliate Marketers in 2022

Six tools to help you improve your SEO.

Source: Geniuslink

Case Studies, Profiles and Awards

Experts Find Malicious Cookie Stuffing Chrome Extensions Used by 1.4 Million Users

Be aware of these five Chrome extensions that allow attackers to profit off affiliate links on e-commerce sites.

Source: The Hacker News

Events, Webinars and Podcasts

You’re Invited: Partnership Day NYC

Reserve your seat for Partnerize’s Partnership Day NYC, a virtual event on September 21.

Source: Partnerize

Affiliate Adjacent

Back-to-school consumers are holding out for discounts

Consumers seem to be waiting for Labor Day coupons and deals to stock up on back-to-school supplies.

Source: Retail Dive

Path To Purchase Shortens – Average Time Now 30 Minutes From First-Page View

Criteo’s report finds changes in US and UK consumer habits.

Source: MediaPost

Pinterest Wants To Be A Performance Channel

An interview with Bill Watkins, CRO of Pinterest.

Source: Ad Exchanger

Retail Media: Advertising’s Third Big Wave

Industry experts predict retail media will outpace search and social media.

Source: MediaPost

Taboola Claims Free ‘Wallpaper’ Service Will Drive 500M Visits To Sites, Bypassing Search Engines

Taboola predicts its News Wallpaper feature will boost it past its $50 million revenue goal by the end of the year.

Source: MediaPost