mThink Blue Book Names Avangate the Leading Network Focused on Software and Digital Goods for the Third Year in a Row

ATLANTA, Feb. 07, 2017 -- Avangate, the global eCommerce and subscription billing platform that maximizes revenue for software, SaaS and digital solutions, today announced that the Avangate Affiliate Network was named the leading CPS network focused on software and digital goods and ranked fourth overall in the annual mThink Blue Book survey.

Avangate #1 Network Focused on Digital Goods mThink Blue Book 2017, 3rd year running!

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In maintaining the top position as “the most popular ‘digital downloads’ network by some margin” for the third consecutive year, Avangate continues building its strong reputation in the affiliate community, staying ahead of Amazon, ClickBank and RevenueWire and proving once again its leadership and focus on software, SaaS and other digital goods.

“Being the popular choice for thousands of experts and industry figures validates once again our more than 10 years of constant efforts to deliver a top-quality experience in the affiliate marketing field for all partners involved.  The news offers us yet another opportunity to thank our advertisers and publishers for choosing us for a reliable and growing collaboration,” said Adriana Iordan, Chief Product Officer at Avangate.

The Blue Book Top 20 is managed by mThink and takes into account the reputation, clientele, popularity and scale of more than 400 affiliate networks worldwide.  An important part of the ranking process is a survey of over 20,000 industry figures, in addition to research, aggregated views from experts, traffic data and measures of industry influence.

In addition, in a recent survey by AffStat, the 2016 Affiliate Marketing Benchmark Report on research and insights on affiliate marketers' methods, preference and strategies, Avangate ranks, for the second year in a row, as the fifth Publishers’ Choice of Network overall, and the first network specialized on software and digital goods.

The Avangate Affiliate Network contains a growing database of 22,000+ software products and some of the industry's highest commissions of up to 75% per sale.  To learn more about how to leverage the network, publishers are invited to join a webinar hosted by Avangate on how to start using the Avangate Affiliate Network. The online event is taking place on February 15, 2017 and is free to attend.  Joining instructions are available on the event page: How to start using the Avangate Affiliate Network.

About Avangate
Avangate, a Francisco Partners portfolio company, is the digital commerce provider that helps Software, SaaS and digital solution providers to sell their products and services via multiple channels, to acquire customers across multiple touch points, to increase customer and revenue retention, to leverage smarter payment options, and to maximize sales conversion rates. Avangate's clients include ABBYY, Absolute, Bitdefender, FICO, HP Software, Kaspersky Lab, Telestream and many more companies across the globe.

More information can be found on www.avangate.com.

Global Media Contact for Avangate
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