Our History
| 1996 | March | Establishes Transpacific Inc., predecessor to ValueCommerce |
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| 1999 | November | Renames ValueCommerce Co., Ltd Develops proprietary e-commerce marketing program and launches performance-based Internet Ad distribution service |
| 2005 | April | Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation) acquires 49.71% stake in the Company by Tender Offer Bid, making the Company an equity-method affiliate of Yahoo Japan Corporation |
| July | Starts to provide “Affiliate Marketing” for Yahoo!Shopping | |
| 2006 | July | Lists on the Mothers Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| November | Starts to provide “Storematch”, pay-per-click advertising, for stores in Yahoo!Shopping, online mall operated by Yahoo Japan Corporation | |
| 2007 | November | 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) |
| 2011 | January | Acquires master patent for iTrack, an e-commerce transaction system that tracks user activity |
| 2012 | March | Introduces Executive Officer System |
| October | Acquisition of the Company’s treasury shares boosts Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation)’s holding of voting rights above 50%, making the Company a consolidated subsidiary of Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation) and SoftBank Group Corp. | |
| November | Transfers from the Mothers Section to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange | |
| 2013 | February | Expands access of its online shopping mall service with loyalty program site, “Value Point Club”, to “Affiliate Marketing” members |
| 2014 | January | Jin Kagawa becomes President and CEO; kicks off new management regime comprised of executives who are expert in advertising distribution technologies |
| September | Renews corporate logo and identity | |
| October | Starts to provide “ADPRESSO”, a pay-per-performance Internet Ad distribution service for smartphones (Closed the service on September 2017) | |
| December | 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) | |
| 2015 | April | Agrees to launch Inbound CLS (card-linked-offer) with MasterCard. (End contract with Master Card on October 2016 ) |
| November | 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) |
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| December | 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) |
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| 2016 | March | Makes the transition to a Company with Audit and Supervisory Committee from a Company with the Audit & Supervisory Board |
| August | Relocates head office to Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo. | |
| September | Starts to provide “STORE’s R∞ (Store’s R-eight)”, CRM tool for stores in Yahoo!Shopping, online mall operated by Yahoo Japan Corporation | |
| 2017 | October | Starts to provide tracking system using statistical device-recognition technology in “Affiliate Marketing”（Closed the system on September 2021） |
| 2018 | January | Mission changed to “Building Together” |
| March | Starts to provide “Report by Browser App” for advertisers and the media operators in “Affiliate Marketing” | |
| November | 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” | |
| 2019 | June | Starts to provide “MyLinkBox,” a new function for media operators in “Affiliate Marketing” |
| September | 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 | |
| 2020 | January | Acquires all shares in B-SLASH Corporation, provides necessary solutions for EC operation solutions for EC operation, making it a consolidated subsidiary. | July | Merger of B-SLASH Corporation |
| 2021 | May | Relocates head office to Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |