Rakuten wesentlich besser als Rocket

Rakuten ist auf dem deutschen Cash-Back inzwischen ein wichtiger Akteur

Hast du schon Cashback oder zahlst du noch Vollpreis?

Was ist „Cashback"?
Cashback steht im Englischen für „Geld zurück". Indem du über Rakuten.de zu beliebten Online-Shops weitergeleitet wirst - und dort wie gewohnt einkaufst - kannst du einen Teil deines Bestellwertes zurückbekommen. Diese Art des Sparens wird als Cashback bezeichnet.

Wann kannst du Cashback auszahlen lassen?
Sobald dein Einkauf vom Shop bestätigt wurde, überweisen wir dein Cashback direkt auf dein Bankkonto. Vergiss nicht, deinen Bankanschluss zuvor zu verknüpfen, sonst musst du das Geld manuell über dein Rakuten-Konto überweisen.

Ist Cashback sammeln bei Rakuten.de kostenlos?
Cashback sammeln ist bei Rakuten.de komplett kostenlos. Wir verlangen keine Gebühren und du musst keine kostenpflichtigen Abos abschließen.

Wieso kann Rakuten.de Cashback auszahlen?
Für jeden deiner Einkäufe erhalten wir eine Provision vom jeweligen Shop. Einen Teil davon geben wir an dich weiter, sodass du für deine Einkäufe Geld zurück bekommst

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Leider konnte ich da bisher über Umsätze, die über Rakuten.de aquiriert werden, bisher nichts in Erfahrungen bringen. Aber vielleicht kann mir da ja ein Leser weiterhelfen.

Rakuten Viber debuts, launches toolkits for all businesses

November 10, 2023

Rakuten Viber, the global leader in private and secure messaging and voice-based communication launches a new suite of business tools for small and medium-sized businesses. Aimed to expand its overall strategy to empower businesses of every size to build their digital presence and boost customer engagement, and drive sales, Rakuten Viber has introduced diversified business solutions as a communications hub for businesses to supporting marketing goals and enabling local users to discover services.

The first solution to launch on the platform is a free, self-serve communications hub for small and micro businesses to conveniently engage with local customers, manage incoming queries, enhance a business’s discoverability, and drive sales. Additional value-added services for medium-to-large business accounts will also be available soon.

Currently, the new features include public business profile where businesses can create a public, searchable business page featuring all essential information that can be shared with customers inside the app or even with people who are not Rakuten Viber users yet.

Rakuten Viber’s new self-serve business accounts are currently available in Greece and the Philippines and will launch in additional countries soon. The company also plans to introduce features like broadcast messages, voice calls, and quick and automatic replies that will take communications for small business owners to the next level. Tailored pricing plans will be offered soon based on market feedback to expand the initial set of free self-serve business solutions.

www.rmanews.net/2023/11/10/...es-toolkits-for-all-businesses/

Cash Back ist häufig mit Affiliate Marketing verknüpft

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In our fintech services, achievements included Rakuten Card surpassing 30 million cards issued, Rakuten Bank going public and surpassing 14 million customer accounts, and Rakuten Securities surpassing 10 million general securities accounts. The synergistic efforts of these mobile and fintech services with the Rakuten Ecosystem significantly boosted total domestic e-commerce transactions on Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten Travel and other core services, and our internet service business continued its strong performance.

Notably, our Japanese professional soccer club Vissel Kobe, in its 29 year, achieved its first-ever J.League championship – a significant milestone for the Rakuten Group. Our annual global gross transaction volume across the Group is forecast to reach 40 trillion yen, our global membership is expected to reach 1.8 billion, and our annual revenue is projected to exceed two trillion yen. It has been a strong year in terms of both revenue and improvements.

AI and the future

As we step into 2024, AI’s role in these businesses will undoubtedly grow. We will continue working with our strategic AI partner OpenAI to deliver state-of-the-art AI experiences to consumers and businesses in both Japan and worldwide.

The Rakuten Group aims to further the growth of our internet services, fintech services and mobile services, expanding synergies while leveraging services and data within the Rakuten Ecosystem, augmented by AI. Our new “Triple 20” project seeks to boost productivity for marketing, operations and clients by 20%.

rakuten.today/mickeysvoice/...es-and-looks-ahead-to-2024.html

NBA Team Partnership of the Year: Rakuten & Golden State Warriors

JANUARY 5, 2024

Rakuten and the Golden State Warriors have been named the NBA Team Partnership of the Year following their year-long "Empowered" campaign. Only one team is chosen from the 30 in the NBA to receive the award, which recognizes teams for setting new standards of excellence in fan engagement, creative partnerships, and innovative programming. Campaign highlights included the Rakuten Future Leaders Program, and an Empowered Clinic for local high school girls coached by WNBA players, as well as a multi-day basketball camp, at the Warriors Basketball Academy in Oakland.

global.rakuten.com/corp/innovation/rnn/2023/2309_014/

NBA Team Partnership of the Year: Rakuten & Golden State Warriors (youtube.com)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qIzP1f8FA4

Rakuten Umaimono Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary in Nagoya!

January  05, 2024

The Rakuten Umaimono (gourmet) Festival in Nagoya is Rakuten Ichiba's signature event that boasts a total of over 1.3 million visitors and 2.59 billion yen in sales over its history. For the 10th edition of the event, 66 Rakuten Ichiba merchants gathered, offering over 1,000 different gourmet treats from items exclusive to the event to popular long-time favorites at the bustling venue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmo0-UQJc-0

Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Slovenia
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Rank 6 in Algeria
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Very strong position of Rakuten Viber in Serbia
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Rank 5 in Ukraine
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Rank 4 in Armenia
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Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Moldova
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Rank 4 in Hungary
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Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Belarus
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Rank 4 in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Macedonia
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Rank 4 in Croatia
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Rank 5 in Lithuania
www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/lithuania/communication/

Very strong position of Rakuten Viber in Greece
www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/greece/communication/

Rank 5 in Phillipinnes
www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/...pines/communication/

Strong position of Rakuten Viber in Bulgaria
www.similarweb.com/de/top-apps/google/bulgaria/communication/

Rank 4 in Russia
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The results of the successful demonstration were presented at PlugFest Fall 2023, an event to share the results of multi-vendor connectivity verification organized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE, a world-wide community of mobile operators, vendors, and research & academic institutions with the mission to re-shape Radio Access Networks to be more intelligent, open, virtualized and fully interoperable.
Rakuten Symphony will continue to promote Open RAN to facilitate the creation of an Open RAN ecosystem built with diverse vendors, while providing the most advanced solutions to the telecom industry.

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The synergistic efforts of the mobile and fintech services with the Rakuten Ecosystem significantly boosted total domestic e-commerce transactions on Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten Travel and other core services, and Rakuten’s internet service business continued its strong performance.

In Europe, the revenue in the Free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) market) market is projected to reach US$490.20m in 2024.

It is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2024-2027) of 9.20%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$638.40m by 2027.

In Europe, the rise of FAST platforms like Pluto TV and Rakuten TV has revolutionized the way viewers consume free ad-supported streaming TV, creating a new era of digital entertainment.

www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/...rted-streaming-tv-fast/europe

January 05, 2024

Users who referred the most people to Rakuten Mobile were invited to Rakuten Crimson House in Tokyo for lunch and an awards ceremony with Mickey. Check out this video for a recap of the event and clips from RNN's interview series with award recipients!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_n31rIRAPs

The second-biggest e-commerce site in Japan is called Rakuten Ichiba. In addition to eCommerce, the Rakuten Group manages more than 70 companies with 1.7 billion global clients. With over 100 million customers, Rakuten Ichiba represents around 79.6% of Japan’s population. Rakuten has had a firm hold on the Japanese eCommerce business since its founding in 1997. Since its launch in 2002, Rakuten’s reward program has awarded over $23 billion in Rakuten Points. The Rakuten Marketplace is another significant option that allows foreign vendors to use Rakuten Ichiba.

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Rakuten Life Insurance Launches "Rakuten Life Well Smile," a New Medical Insurance Plan That Encourages Customers to Enjoy Good Health

- Policyholders can earn Rakuten Points every month by linking a record of their physical activity with the health management app Rakuten Health Care.

Tokyo, November 24, 2023 – Rakuten Life Insurance Co., Ltd. announced today that they will launch "Rakuten Life Well Smile" (official name: Medical Insurance Based on Health Conditions (no surrender value)), a new medical insurance product that encourages healthy living, on November 25, 2023. This product is a medical insurance plan that allows the insured to receive refunds of premiums in the form of Rakuten Points or cash, with a maximum refund rate of up to 20% when they maintain good health, in addition to coverage for surgery, hospitalization and home medical care after being discharged due to illness or injury. This is the first medical insurance product in the industry to offer a refund in the form of Rakuten Points based on the insured’s health conditions. This product can be applied for both in-person via insurance agents and online starting November 25, 2023.

global.rakuten.com/corp/news/press/2023/1124_01.html

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Open RAN everywhere, peak “Open RAN-washing”

January 9, 2024

One of the amazing things that's happened in 2023 is a complete flipping of the existing vendor community from saying "Open RAN will never work, it's not secure and it's more expensive," to now competing to claim Open RAN leadership.

This will continue in 2024 and reach peak “Open RAN-washing” where all the major vendors will state “we are Open RAN leaders,” while claiming market and technology leadership by their own definition. These companies are already throwing accusations in each other’s direction.

The danger of this to telecom is that we as an industry “adopt Open RAN” but nothing changes. As said many months ago, “Open RAN is not the answer, but it is essential help.” The goal of the industry needs to be to change entirely how we plan, deploy and operate networks.

Most people in telecom believe that it’s better to build networks that are open, which allows more alternatives, more choice, and more new vendors that can provide innovative solutions depending on different needs.

Open RAN-washing is similar to when everyone in IT decided that cloud was the answer. Then suddenly all the vendors had cloud solutions. And of course, they were the same solutions as they had before. They just stuck cloud in front of their name for marketing purposes. And again, adopting cloud was never the answer, improving how applications are deployed in a very flexible and programmable way is really what the IT world was trying to do.

Get ready, because we haven't heard the last of large vendors flipping the narrative on Open RAN from “it will never work” to “I am the leader.”

symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...uses-on-efficiency-customer-care

Accelerating efficiency will be a radical focus for MNOs. This is important because no telecom business metric looks particularly good today. Costs for 5G networks versus 4G networks have gone up 10%. Revenue, depending on which report you read, is either predicted to increase by only 1% or to go down 5% over the next five years.

From a competition perspective, none of the promises of 5G technology as the industry savior are being realized because 5G is a technology, not a business. And too many MNOs have not really changed how they do business.

None of this is good from a financial investment perspective. Every MNO recognizes the one thing they can control is efficiency, including business and network OPEX.

symphony.rakuten.com/blog/...uses-on-efficiency-customer-care

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