Digital River Launches Domestic and European Union Online Stores for Curious Labs
21 October 2004
MINNEAPOLIS -- Oct. 21, 2004 -- Digital River, Inc. (Nasdaq:DRIV), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it recently built and launched domestic and European Union (EU) online stores for Curious Labs, Inc. Based on the agreement, Digital River is not only hosting the stores, but also is providing e-commerce support and e-marketing expertise to drive site traffic and online sales of Curious Labs' popular three-dimensional figure design, animation and modeling software programs. Shoppers can enter the new online stores by selecting the "Web Store" at http://www.curiouslabs.com/go/purchase.
"Drawing on a decade of e-commerce and e-marketing expertise, we can help companies reduce the risks and barriers involved in entering international online markets," said Dave Alampi, Digital River's vice president of marketing. "In today's competitive online marketplace, companies increasingly are looking for more sophisticated and targeted strategies for cultivating customer bases and generating revenues in international geographies. By leveraging our site optimization services, customer acquisition programs and international e-commerce capabilities, we work with our clients to create strong returns on their online channel investments."
Curious Labs' international online stores support preferred payment methods such as credit cards, debit cards, checks, money orders, Giro and wire transfers. It also provides digital and physical software delivery, Value Added Tax remittance, euro transaction capabilities, 24X7 customer service, and fraud prevention screening. Available for multiple operating systems, the online stores feature English and German versions of Curious Labs' software products, including Poser 5, Shade 7 designer LE, Shade 7 standard and Shade 7 professional software. The company plans to expand its online software offering in the future.
"By outsourcing our online stores to Digital River, we can leverage its e-commerce and e-marketing expertise to help us meet the needs of our expanding domestic and international online businesses," said Richard Smolen, e-commerce manager of Curious Labs. "Now with Digital River's help, we can further extend our international online presence as well as cater to our global client base by offering them a user-friendly, localized shopping experience. Our partnership with the company also allows us to maximize our online market potential while continuing to focus on our core competency of developing leading-edge 3D drawing and modeling software programs."
About Curious Labs, Inc.
Curious Labs, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of e frontier Inc., designs, develops, and publishes 3D software tools for artists, illustrators, designers and animators. The company's headquarters is in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, go to http://www.curiouslabs.com.
About e frontier, Inc.
e frontier, Inc. and its subsidiary companies develop and publish a diverse range of software products worldwide, produce quality CG content, and publish software-related books and magazines. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. For more information, go to http://www.e-frontier.co.jp.
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, site merchandising, advanced reporting and analytics, product fulfillment, e-marketing and multi-lingual customer service.
