Digital River Announces Call for Entries for its 2005 ICE Awards
Recognizes client for Internet Commerce Excellence
MINNEAPOLIS, March 16, 2005-- Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing , today announced a call for entries for its 2005 ICE Awards SM an acronym for Internet Commerce Excellence. The awards recognize Digital River clients that are putting its e-commerce best practices to work in creative new ways to attract customers, build loyalty and drive revenues and efficiencies through their online stores. Digital River 's ICE Awards will be presented to clients during a ceremony at the company's Network Summit, which is being held at the Hyatt Huntington Beach Resort and Spa in Huntington Beach, Calif., on May 3-5, 2005.
Today's successful online merchants are smart and strategic multi-channel marketers, said Joel Ronning, Digital River 's CEO. They are experts in gathering and analyzing data, building relationships with their customers, and optimizing their sites to ensure maximum return on their investment. Our ICE Awards recognize companies that are disciplined in their approach to e-commerce and continue to set new standards for online excellence.
Digital River clients, ranging in size from small businesses to large enterprises, can enter the ICE Awards by completing and submitting a nomination form. Entries will be accepted and awards presented in the following categories: Best Product Launch, Best Network Sales Performance, Best Promotional Performance, Best International E-Commerce Strategy, Best Online Performance by a Retailer and Best Direct Marketing Performance.
We were pleased to be selected as one of the 2004 ICE Awards recipients for our network marketing efforts, said Lisa Gilbreath, Tenebril's director of e-commerce. Through networking opportunities at Digital River 's Network Summit, we established important third-party relationships that opened new marketing and distribution access to portals and content publishing sites. As a result of these channel partnerships, we have been able to create more market excitement and drive more sales for our software products.
Nomination forms and qualification rules for the Digital River ICE Awards are available online at http://www.digitalriver.com/corporate/ice/. All entries must be received at Digital River by April 11, 2005. For more information, e-mail iceawards@digitalriver.com.
About Digital River, Inc.
Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.
Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices in major U.S. and European cities. For more details about Digital River , visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.
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