Buy.com Shifts Its Affiliate Program to Commission Junction.SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , Calif. & ALISO VIEJO, Calif. -- ValueClick, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:VCLK VCLK Video Clock VCLK Virtual Clock VCLK Value Click ) Commission Junction Commission Junction is an online advertising company owned by ValueClick. They are specifically in the affiliate marketing industry. Commission Junction is the largest affiliate network in north America, powering almost 50% of the top 500 web retailers affiliate marketing , a provider of advanced online performance marketing solutions, and Buy.com(R), the Internet Superstore su·per·store n. A very large retail store that stocks highly diversified merchandise, such as groceries, toys, and camera equipment, or a wide variety of mechandise in a specific product line, such as computers or sporting goods. , announced that Buy.com has selected Commission Junction to power its performance marketing program and to drive sales through the affiliate marketing Affiliate marketing is a method of promoting web businesses (merchants/advertisers) in which an affiliate (publisher) is rewarded for every visitor, subscriber, customer, and/or sale provided through his/her efforts. channel. Per the agreement, Buy.com moved its affiliate program to Commission Junction in early June, and has implemented CJ Vantage(TM) and CJ Associate(TM) to capitalize To regard the cost of an improvement or other purchase as a capital asset for purposes of determining Income Tax liability. To calculate the net worth upon which an investment is based. To issue company stocks or bonds to finance an investment. upon Commission Junction's affiliate expertise and program management services. "We were attracted to Commission Junction's dedicated and specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. management team and network of high quality publishers," said Neel Grover, president of Buy.com. "It is extremely important for us to keep our close working relationships with our affiliates, and we are excited about our ability to now offer more dynamic tools to our affiliates in an effort to save time and maximize conversions. We are looking forward to a strong partnership." Buy.com's decision to switch to Commission Junction was based on Commission Junction's advanced strategic relationship management solution, CJ Vantage; comprehensive, dedicated account management solution, CJ Associate; CJ's network of 70,000 productive publishers; and its dominance in a range of industry categories. Commission Junction will partner with Buy.com in an effort to grow its publisher base by accessing Commission Junction's large network of publishers. Buy.com will tap into Commission Junction's experience across multiple industries to expand its affiliate marketing program into new product categories. In order to increase publishers' promotional effectiveness, Buy.com will also use Commission Junction's product catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. functionality, which provides publishers up-to-date data on approximately two million Buy.com products. "Buy.com is a stellar example of a market leader who understands the power of pay-for-performance marketing and we're very pleased to have them as a client," said Tom Vadnais, senior vice president, Commission Junction and Mediaplex. "The remarkably smooth migration to our network is proof of Buy.com's dedication to its publishers and Commission Junction's extensive experience in adjusting to advertisers' unique needs." About Buy.com Buy.com is a leading e-commerce company focused on providing its customers with a positive shopping experience and a broad selection of high-quality technology and entertainment retail goods at competitive prices. Buy.com offers approximately two million products in a range of categories including consumer electronics, computer hardware and software, cell phones, books, music, video, games, digital music downloads A music download refers to the transferring of a music file from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment if required. , toys and sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport . Individuals and businesses can shop quickly and easily at Buy.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Buy.com, founded in June 1997, is located in Aliso Viejo, California Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, Aliso Viejo population was 40,166. Aliso Viejo became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, and has been the only city in Orange County to incorporate since 2000. . Buy.com(R) and The Internet Superstore(TM) are trademarks of Buy.com Inc. Cautionary Statement from Buy.com This news release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that are based on our current beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "proposed," "should" and "will" and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this news release, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly, even if new information becomes available in the future. About ValueClick ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq:VCLK) is the single-source provider of media, technology and related services that enable advertisers, agencies and publishers to reach consumers in all major online marketing channels, through three business units: --ValueClick Media (http://media.valueclick.com) provides brand advertising and direct marketing solutions for advertisers, agencies and publishers. Through its ValueClick Brand, ValueClick Direct, ValueClick Search and Web Clients groups, ValueClick Media offers marketers a wide range of distribution methods, including web-based advertising, co-registration, pay-per-click search, and a variety of email marketing options. ValueClick Media also includes PriceRunner.com (www.pricerunner.com), a leading global provider of online comparison-shopping services. --Commission Junction (www.cj.com) provides advanced performance marketing solutions that help marketers increase online leads and sales. By facilitating strategic relationships between advertisers and publishers, Commission Junction leverages its proven expertise in affiliate marketing and search marketing to drive measurable results for its clients. --Mediaplex (www.mediaplex.com) provides technology and services that help advertisers, agencies and publishers manage their online advertising and permission-based email campaigns. Additionally, Mediaplex provides the AdVault suite of software and services that help advertising agencies and other companies operate their businesses more efficiently, through effective agency management, media management, and content management solutions. For more information, please visit www.valueclick.com. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, trends in online advertising spending and estimates of future online performance-based advertising. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements are detailed under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by ValueClick, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed on March 31, 2005, recent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and current reports on Form 8-K Form 8-K The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock. Form 8-K See 8-K. . Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risk that market demand for online advertising, and performance-based online advertising in particular, will not grow as rapidly as predicted. ValueClick undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or after the date hereof here·of adv. Of this. hereof Adverb Formal or law of or concerning this Adv. 1. hereof - of or concerning this; "the twigs hereof are physic" or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. |
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