Acceleration Partners’ Annual Affiliate Benchmark Report Cites 42% Revenue Growth for Brands Through 2017

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Crenshaw Communications

Feb 08, 2018, 10:00 ET

BOSTON (PRWEB) February 08, 2018 -- Acceleration Partners, the leading global performance partnerships agency, today announced its annual affiliate program benchmark report examining data from more than 11,000 active retailer/affiliate client partnerships between Q4 2016 to Q4 2017. The report evaluates deep insights outlining channel growth, affiliate revenue, commission rates and more for brands, as well top 20 partners in the content, coupon & deal and loyalty categories.

Key findings from the report include:

For retailers -

  • Q4 affiliate channel revenue grew 42.1% YoY
  • Q4 accounted for 36.2% of total affiliate revenue for retailers YoY
  • Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekends drove 7% of total 2017 revenue
  • Affiliates’ average Q4 commission rate increased 24.6% YoY

“Affiliate marketing has seen a rapid growth over the past few years as companies realize the unmatched transparency and ROI offered by a well-managed program and an increasing base of performance based publishers and partners. For this reason, we predict that performance marketing will grow to 40% of all digital marketing spend in the next few years,” said Robert Glazer, Founder & Managing Director, Acceleration Partners. “Acceleration Partners’ quarterly Benchmark Reports provide insights and convey larger affiliate marketing trends that drive performance for the world’s leading brands. These brands are increasingly leveraging their affiliate programs to drive increased engagement, better conversions and higher revenue with better technology and more transparency than ever before.”

For publishers -

  • Content publishers continue to be valuable partners for retailers and in the highest demand. In Q4 2017, this partner segment was up 98.8%
  • Revenue driven by coupon and deal publishers was up 43.7%
  • Loyalty publisher revenue was up 8.1% against last year

“Affiliate marketing continues to be one of the most effective marketing models for driving profitable growth for retailers while giving affiliates unique content to offer consumers. Retailers are increasingly creating next generation programs that combine their traditional affiliate marketing with partner marketing and business development, allowing them to manage many more relationships at scale and control their brand. This change represents a significant growth opportunity for the industry,” added Glazer.

To download the full study, please click here.

About Acceleration Partners
Acceleration Partners is the leading global performance partnerships agency focused on delivering brand-aligned, affiliate marketing programs for the world’s largest brands. We work with clients to design strategies and execute transparent, high-value programs that bring more customers, incremental sales, and faster growth. Our Performance Partnerships ® approach is a powerful framework for standardizing partner relationships and managing them at scale. Acceleration Partners’ growing global reach, deep industry expertise and relationships with performance-driven partners has led to a client roster that includes adidas, Gymboree, Reebok, Target, TechStyle, Warby Parker and many other brands.

Michael Stoylar, Crenshaw Communications, 212.367.9740, [email protected]