Announcing the Commerce Awards for Publishers 2019

Skimlinks is delighted to announce the return of the Commerce Awards for Publishers.

Back for a second year, this is the only industry awards program dedicated to excellence in commerce content journalism and recognising commerce teams at publishers, who produce excellence product-related pieces that improve their readers’ lives.

Fifteen awards will be up for grabs on the night of the awards ceremony on September 4 in New York City.

Eleven categories will be awarded by a panel of independent judges.

Returning to the judging panel for a second year are esteemed industry journalists Allison Schiff from AdExchanger and Max Willens from Digiday.

They’ll be joined by Rakhee Jogia – VP Strategic Partnerships & Supply at Rakuten Marketing – who will bring her expertise in affiliate marketing to the table during the judging process.

Three further categories will be awarded based on revenue and growth data from Skimlinks: Best Mobile Article – for articles published using Skimlinks’ AMP solution, Fastest Growing Newcomer – for fastest revenue growth by a publisher using our platform for less than year and Fastest Growth – for fastest revenue growth by a publisher using our platform for more than one year.

Finally, the CAP for Weirdest Product Sold returns for a second year, and will be awarded by a panel of Skimlinks employees.

The categories are as follows:

By judges:

Best Fashion Article
Best Technology, Gadget & Smartphone Article
Best Evergreen Article
Best Digital Native Publisher
Best Dedicated Commerce Brand
Best Editorial Publisher
Best Beauty Article
Best Travel Article
Best Homeware & Furniture Article
Best Black Friday Article
Best Holiday Campaign

From Skimlinks data:

Best Mobile Article
Fastest Growing Newcomer
Fastest Growth

By Skimlinks Employees:

Weirdest Product Sold

The awards will be hosted by Skimlinks’ CEO Sebastien Blanc. Submissions are closed but publishers can still RSVP by talking to their account manager.