Digital River Expands Online Retail E-Commerce Agreement with PCWorld.com
Delivers thousands of downloadable software titles through popular content site
MINNEAPOLIS—March 7, 2007 - Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it signed an expanded online retail agreement with PCWorld.com, a trusted online resource for management-level buyers and users of technology products. Under the new agreement, PCWorld.com is selling buy-now, full versions of software titles from Digital River’s extensive downloadable software catalog. These additional products complement PCWorld.com’s existing trial software offerings, which also include titles from Digital River’s downloadable catalog.
“As part of our ongoing commitment to our clients, we are continually looking for ways to offer them greater value by expanding the services we provide for their e-commerce sites,” said Dave Rech, Digital River’s vice president of account development. “Building upon an already strong foundation with PCWorld.com, we were able to further extend our relationship and help the company cost-effectively expand its online business with a highly relevant catalog of buy-now digital products for its technology-savvy user base.”
The recently-launched PCWorld.com software download store, built by Digital River, features a wide range of products from Digital River’s downloadable catalog, including brand name virus protection, Internet security and digital imaging software, as well as DVD/CD authoring tools, utilities and operating systems. For the online store, Digital River is providing end-to-end e-commerce services, including site hosting, payment processing, fraud prevention, software downloads and customer service support.
“Expanding our product offering with Digital River’s catalog of buy-now software was a natural progression for our business,” said Brian Buizer, senior manager, business development, PCWorld.com. “Because our users have a high level of interest in technology products, including software, we had a unique opportunity to create a convenient location for them to shop for and purchase these products. By taking advantage of more of Digital River’s services, we were able to not only quickly launch our store as part of our site, but also begin selling a large catalog of buy-now software titles without having to build relationships with every publisher.”
About PC World Communications, Inc.
PC World Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of IDG, is the publisher of PC World, PCWorld.com (www.pcworld.com), and home of the PC World Test Center. The winner of the 2005 Maggie Award for Best Computer Magazine/Consumer, PC World has a readership of nearly 4.3 million total purchase influencers (IntelliQuest CIMS, Fall 2006: Total unduplicated, combined Average Issue Audience: Business, Home, and Dual Studies). With an average of over 7.1 million unique visitors per month (HitBox, December 2006-February 2007), PCWorld.com, winner of the 2005 Neal Award for Best Web Site, is a leading online resource for technology product buyers and users.
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 Cologne, Germany; London, England; Shannon, Ireland; Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Taipei, Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan. 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 of Digital River, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective owners.
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