LinkShare Corporation provides ecommerce businesses with a range of online marketing services including Search Marketing (SEM), Lead Generation and Affiliate Marketing. LinkShare boasts that it has created the largest network of affiliate partners of any program provider—over 10 million partnerships—in addition to becoming the first affiliate network provider to achieve sustained profitability. LinkShare also lays claim to being a pioneer in online affiliate marketing. The LinkShare network is touted by the company as the largest pay for performance affiliate marketing network on the Internet. LinkShare clients are Fortune 500 and prominent companies doing business online, and include J.C. Penney, 1-800-Flowers.com, American Express, Avon Products and many others.
LinkShare offers a number of services to online merchants. The primary services are:
- LinkShare Affiliate Marketing Network – Affiliate Program Management and Tracking platform which uses LinkShare’s patented enterprise grade tracking technology
- LinkShare Lead Advantage, a Lead Generation solution which offers Advertisers looking for customer leads LinkShare technology and services
- LinkShare Search Advantage, which includes Paid Placement, Paid Inclusion and Search Affiliate Management Services
- LinkShare MediaTracker, which provides tracking and reporting beyond affiliate marketing, including email campaigns and display advertising campaigns