# CostPerNews

> CostPerNews is the premier intelligence destination for affiliate program managers, performance marketers, CMOs, and growth professionals. We cover affiliate networks, recruiting tactics, OPM agencies, software tools, and industry strategy — written for brands and advertisers running real programs at scale.

CostPerNews publishes original editorial reporting, network-by-network analysis (CJ Affiliate, Impact.com, ShareASale, Awin, Rakuten Advertising, Everflow, TUNE), agency reviews, software comparisons, and breaking-news coverage of structural shifts in the affiliate and performance marketing industry.

Audience: affiliate managers, performance marketing directors, OPM agencies, in-house e-commerce growth teams, and CMOs at brands and advertisers (DTC, SaaS, retail, B2B).

Editorial lead: [Evan Weber](https://costpernews.com/author/evan-weber), a digital and affiliate marketing practitioner with more than 20 years of experience. Professional profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/worldsgreatestmarketer/

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## Core sections

- [Strategy](https://costpernews.com/category/Strategy): Scaling, attribution, incrementality, commission structure, first-party data, AI's impact on affiliate.
- [Affiliate Recruiting](https://costpernews.com/category/Affiliate%20Recruiting): How brands find, recruit, and activate high-quality affiliate partners and super-affiliates.
- [Networks](https://costpernews.com/category/Networks): Coverage of CJ Affiliate, Impact.com, ShareASale, Awin, Rakuten, Everflow, TUNE — platform comparisons and growth tactics.
- [Tools](https://costpernews.com/category/Tools): Reviews of affiliate discovery platforms, tracking software, compliance tools, and recruitment SaaS.
- [Agencies](https://costpernews.com/category/Agencies): Reviews and rankings of top OPMs (Outsourced Program Managers) and performance marketing agencies.

## Featured reports

- [Impact.com and Rakuten Merge Forces: What It Means for Your Affiliate Program](https://costpernews.com/article/impact-rakuten-partnership-what-it-means-for-your-affiliate-program)
- [AI Is Breaking Affiliate Attribution — Here's How to Protect Your Program](https://costpernews.com/article/ai-is-breaking-affiliate-attribution-how-to-protect-your-program)
- [Meta Enters Affiliate Marketing: What the Shoptalk Announcement Means for Brands](https://costpernews.com/article/meta-enters-affiliate-marketing-what-it-means-for-brands)
- [US Affiliate Marketing Spend Hits $13.81 Billion in 2026](https://costpernews.com/article/us-affiliate-marketing-spend-hits-13-billion-in-2026)
- [The End of Third-Party Cookies: Building a First-Party Data Strategy for Your Affiliate Program](https://costpernews.com/article/the-end-of-third-party-cookies-first-party-data-affiliate-strategy)
- [Honey Browser Extension Suspended: What Affiliate Managers Need to Know](https://costpernews.com/article/honey-browser-extension-suspended-what-affiliate-managers-need-to-know)
- [Top Affiliate Program Management Agencies for 2026](https://costpernews.com/article/top-affiliate-program-management-agencies-for-2026)
- [How to Find Affiliates for Your Affiliate Program in 2026](https://costpernews.com/article/how-to-find-affiliates-for-your-affiliate-program-in-2026)
- [The Best Software for Recruiting Super-Affiliates](https://costpernews.com/article/the-best-software-for-recruiting-super-affiliates)

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