Our History
| March 1996 | Establishes Transpacific Inc., predecessor to ValueCommerce |
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| November 1999 | Renames ValueCommerce Co., Ltd Develops proprietary e-commerce marketing program and launches performance-based Internet Ad distribution service |
| April 2005 | Yahoo Japan Corporation（currently LY Corporation）acquires 49.71% stake in the Company by Tender Offer Bid, making the Company an equity-method affiliate of Yahoo Japan Corporation |
| July 2005 | Starts to provide “Affiliate Marketing” for Yahoo!Shopping |
| July 2006 | Lists on the Mothers Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| November 2006 | Starts to provide “StoreMatch”, pay-per-click advertising, for stores in Yahoo!Shopping, online mall operated by Yahoo Japan Corporation(currently LY Corporation) |
| November 2007 | Acquires 20.3% shares of Web-based services provider JP21, Inc., making it an equity method affiliate (Sold all shares the Company own to JP21 on September 2018) |
| January 2011 | Acquires master patent for iTrack, an e-commerce transaction system that tracks user activity |
| March 2012 | Introduces Executive Officer System |
| October 2012 | Acquisition of the Company’s treasury shares boosts Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LY Corporation)’s holding of voting rights above 50%, making the Company a consolidated subsidiary of Yahoo Japan Corporation（currently LY Corporation）and SoftBank Group Corp. |
| November 2012 | Transfers from the Mothers Section to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| February 2013 | Expands access of its online shopping mall service with loyalty program site, “Value Point Club”, to “Affiliate Marketing” members |
| January 2014 | Jin Kagawa becomes President and CEO; kicks off new management regime comprised of executives who are expert in advertising distribution technologies |
| September 2014 | Renews corporate logo and identity |
| October 2014 | Starts to provide “ADPRESSO”, a pay-per-performance Internet Ad distribution service for smartphones (Closed the service on September 2017) |
| December 2014 | Starts to provide “Gift Smart”, a social gifting service that enables users to easily send gifts via SNS or online (Closed the service on April 2017) |
| April 2015 | Agrees to launch Inbound CLS (card-linked-offer) with MasterCard. (End contract with Master Card on October 2016 ) |
| November 2015 | Starts to provide “ADALAS”, a story-form app install Ad distributing platform (Closed the service on November 2016) Starts to provide “PAS+(PASTAS)”, digital loyalty card service (Service transferred on October 2017) |
| December 2015 | Acquires all shares in DIGIMIHO Co., Ltd, develops CRM business, making it a consolidated subsidiary Starts to provide “R∞”, the marketing automation service (Closed the service on March 2018) |
| March 2016 | Makes the transition to a Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee from a Company with the Audit & Supervisory Board |
| August 2016 | Relocates head office to Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo. |
| September 2016 | Starts to provide “STORE’s R∞ (Store’s R-eight)”, CRM tool for stores in Yahoo!Shopping, online mall operated by Yahoo Japan Corporation |
| October 2017 | Starts to provide tracking system using statistical device-recognition technology in “Affiliate Marketing”（Closed the system on September 2021） |
| January 2018 | Mission changed to “Building Together” |
| March 2018 | Starts to provide “Report by Browser App” for advertisers and the media operators in “Affiliate Marketing” |
| November 2018 | Starts to provide “iPush,” a free new function for advertisers that provides a function to display content such as coupons that improve conversion after customer attraction in “Affiliate Marketing” |
| June 2019 | Starts to provide “MyLinkBox,” a new function for media operators in “Affiliate Marketing” |
| September 2019 | Acquires all shares in Dynatec inc., a leader in online reservation systems dedicated to official sites of hotels and inns, making it a consolidated subsidiary |
| January 2020 | Acquires all shares in B-SLASH Corporation, provides necessary solutions for EC operation solutions for EC operation, making it a consolidated subsidiary. |
| July 2020 | Merger of B-SLASH Corporation |
| May 2021 | Relocates head office to Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |