Impact vs. Rakuten Advertising

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Impact
Score 6.7 out of 10
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Impact Radius is a partner management platform from the company of the same name in Santa Barbara, California. The platform touts tag management without technical assistance for marketers, tracking of all media channels for multi-channel and mobile marketing, call tracking for inbound calls, and affiliate / partner program management capabilities. Central to the platform is the Partner Manager, with its pay-for-performance affiliate management capabilities.N/A
Rakuten Advertising
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Rakuten Advertising (recently Rakuten Marketing), includes the former DC Storm and its services, and is an affiliate marketing network and solution for publishers and advertisers including programmatic display and retargeting technology.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ImpactRakuten Advertising
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Impact
6.8
2 Ratings
3% below category average
Rakuten Advertising
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Ratings
Dashboards6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Standard reports6.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom reports6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Partner performance analytics6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
Impact
6.3
2 Ratings
5% below category average
Rakuten Advertising
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Ratings
Content management5.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Content sharing6.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Partner collaboration tools6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Partner Lifecycle Management
Comparison of Partner Lifecycle Management features of Product A and Product B
Impact
6.4
2 Ratings
5% below category average
Rakuten Advertising
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Ratings
Lead distribution6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Co-op advertising6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Partner discovery and onboarding7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Referral tracking6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Journey builder6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Score 8.2 out of 10

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Enterprises
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Salesforce Experience Cloud
Score 8.2 out of 10

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User Ratings
ImpactRakuten Advertising
Likelihood to Recommend
6.5
(21 ratings)
9.4
(6 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
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Support Rating
1.0
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
ImpactRakuten Advertising
Likelihood to Recommend
Impact
Any publisher looking to monetize their blogs would be a great fit. The size of the publisher probably doesn't matter. They have a wide selection of advertisers and publishers can sign up for free. Advertisers that are looking for great partners for their affiliate programs would be good fits. One of the benefits is that Impact really focuses on recruiting high-quality publishers.
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Rakuten Group
Great company, clear communications, fast quarterly distributions and a fun way to get paid for shopping that you are already doing. I highly recommend this service. Why would you pass up the opportunity for free money? And the Chrome extension is a wonderful add-on! Great way to remind yourself when you are on a site that Rakuten honors.
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Pros
Impact
  • There are no hidden charges and tracking is instant and automated.
  • As an affiliate, Finding relevant offers and managing the programs is quite easy.
  • It has a great user interface which is quite easy to use and manage.
  • There is nearly zero downtime, which makes it much more efficient and reliable.
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Rakuten Group
  • Setup is also very easy. on-time payments and responsive support
  • They make sure to offer means to the difficulties of each entrepreneur.
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Cons
Impact
  • User interface could be improved a little, as it is a quite difficult task to find the content or links
  • Approval from the advertisers sometimes takes a huge amount of time. If they can somehow reduce the response time, it will be great
  • New affiliates might find the onboarding process a little difficult
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Rakuten Group
  • Analytics could be more graphical instead of just a bunch on tables with numbers.
  • After sale services can be improved to take detailed customer feedback.
  • More options to customize currently available marketing solutions.
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Usability
Impact
Impact has had a major impact on our business. It is pretty easy to use if you don't have multiple accounts with them, so be sure you keep things streamlined. Otherwise, it can be confusing if you have to bounce between different accounts you've applied to. While they are managed under a single login, they can be difficult to distinguish between when trying to see how successful your campaigns are.
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Rakuten Group
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Support Rating
Impact
We've been reaching out requesting support for two months and no one has responded. They completely ghosted us. We've emailed the original sales rep, our account manager, our sales rep and account manager's bosses, and others. Still no response, though I can see the emails have been opened multiple times. I've never experienced worse support.
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Rakuten Group
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Alternatives Considered
Impact
First promoter has been a phenomenal affiliate platform to use. It has everything I need from a reporting perspective. It has everything I need from a payout perspective. It has all the links, tips, and tools I need for promoting products. Overall it is a far better tool to use
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Rakuten Group
Rakuten has more features and when it comes to pricing, Rakuten Advertising is really worth its price because of its functionality and also the customer/client support is superb!
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Return on Investment
Impact
  • By using Impact we were able to increase the number of advertisers on our platform.
  • Delayed payments on the part of advertisers or Impact creates so many execution issues.
  • Multi regional campaigns helped us to increase our presens in the market.
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Rakuten Group
  • Reliable tools to facilitate its promotion and optimize conversion, for the promotion of products through your websites, it is the most recommended
  • If a product has a good approval, it will give you more chances to get sales through the system
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