Digital River Launches oneNetwork Affiliate Program for e frontier
Adds e frontier to its oneNetwork online sales channel for software publishers
MINNEAPOLIS, September 13, 2005 -- Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced it launched a new affiliate software program for e frontier, Inc., a developer and publisher of 3D computer graphics programs and creative Web and desktop multimedia products. To help e frontier expand the exposure and sales of its popular software, Digital River is providing e frontier with access to the Digital River oneNetwork Affiliate Program, which is an established online network of software affiliates. Digital River is providing marketing support and administering e frontier’s affiliate program as part of its oneNetwork™ online sales channel.
The Digital River oneNetwork Affiliate Program supports an established base of tens of thousands of software resellers. In addition, it allows software vendors the capability to recruit, sign up and support new affiliates, dedicated to the online marketing and sales of their products.
“Our oneNetwork Affiliate Program is one of several online sales programs that we offer to connect software publishers with resellers - whether they are affiliates, online retailers or Internet entrepreneurs,” said Joel Ronning, Digital River’s CEO. “Our network is designed to not only establish valuable business alliances and expanded sales opportunities, but also provide our partners a world-class e-commerce infrastructure that manages the online transactions, sales reporting and product delivery for them.”
e frontier is marketing and selling several products through its new Digital River oneNetwork Affiliate Program, including its Poser 6, Shade Standard 7 and MotionArtist 2.0 titles. Affiliates that drive software sales for these products through the e frontier online store can earn attractive commissions. Online sales are managed, tracked and fulfilled via Digital River’s e-commerce system. For more information about the e frontier software affiliate program, go to www.e-frontier.com/go/affiliate.
“The oneNetwork Affiliate Program offers a no-risk, revenue generating opportunity for thousands of online businesses and communities, especially those in computer graphics,” said Mark Leitch, e frontier’s vice president of sales. “This program is attractive because we’ve already done the work for our affiliates, they simply drop in the banners and they’re off and running.”
About e frontier, Inc.
e frontier, Inc., and its subsidiary companies develop and publish a diverse range of software products worldwide, produce quality computer graphic content and publish software-related books and magazines. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, go to www.e-frontier.com or call 831-480-2000.
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. cities as well as London and Cologne, Germany. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.
Digital River is a registered trademark and oneNetwork is a trademark of Digital River, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners.
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