Shareasale
American affiliate marketing network
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::summary American affiliate marketing network ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | ShareASale |
| logo | Shareasale.png |
| type | Private |
| foundation | Chicago, Illinois (2000) |
| location | Chicago, Illinois |
| products | Affiliate network |
| industry | Affiliate marketing |
| homepage | ShareASale.com |
| :: |
| name = ShareASale | logo = Shareasale.png | type = Private | foundation = Chicago, Illinois (2000) | location = Chicago, Illinois | products = Affiliate network | industry = Affiliate marketing | homepage = ShareASale.com | revenue =
ShareASale was an affiliate marketing network based in the River North neighborhood in Chicago, IL USA. ShareASale serviced two customer sets in affiliate marketing: the affiliate, and the merchant.
Affiliates used ShareASale to find products to promote, and earn commission for referrals on those products. Affiliates used their own website, blogs, social media, PPC campaigns, SEO campaigns, RSS and email, as well as a number of other means.
Merchants used ShareASale to implement, track, and manage their affiliate program.
Company history
ShareASale was founded in 2000 by Brian Littleton, and to date had over 16550 merchant programs hosted on its network platform. ShareASale was primarily targeting small and mid-size merchants. ShareASale was among the largest U.S. affiliate networks in terms of number of advertisers who were using an affiliate network to manage their affiliate program.
After many years with the company Brian and Michael Littleton left in 2018.
On October 6, 2025 Awin shut down ShareASale.
Ownership
ShareASale was a privately held Chicago, Illinois; USA Corporation when it was founded in 2000.
ShareASale was acquired by Awin that is part of Axel Springer Group on June, 10th 2017 for an undisclosed amount.
References
References
- [http://www.affstat.com/survey.shtml AffStat Report 2007] {{webarchive. link. (2007-05-24 . Based on survey responses from almost 200 affiliate managers from a cross-section of the industry)
- [http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=21924 Affiliate networks shrink], ''Internet Retailer'', Issue April 2007, Page 80 and online
- (2025-08-14). "Awin and ShareASale unite to power global growth". Awin.
- [https://www.shareasale.com/info/about-us/ ShareASale About Us]
- [http://blog.shareasale.com/2017/01/12/straight-from-the-top-information-on-shareasales-acquisition-by-affiliate-window-from-shareasale-ceo-brian-littleton/ ShareASale owner Brian Littleton announces sale to Affiliate Window.] ShareASale Blog Retrieved June 10, 2017
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