Dotster Launches New Hosting Product Line

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Oct. 5, 2005 -- Dotster, Inc., one of the world's largest ICANN-accredited domain registration and hosting companies, today announced that it has launched new hosting options designed to provide customers with greater reliability, more flexible price points, and a wider range of premium services.

Dotster launched its new offerings on October 3, 2005, with the goal of delivering the best hosting value on the Internet. The offering includes five hosting packages (available on both Windows and Linux platforms) starting at $5.95 per month. Package details are available online at http://www.dotster.com/webhosting/?campn=pr_20051005.

The new hosting packages include advanced features such as web analytics, Microsoft Front Page plug-ins, and unlimited MySQL or MSSQL databases. They also include unique value-added services that allow even novice users to add advanced functionality to their websites, including e-commerce and payment processing, content management, chat, search, galleries, polling, ecards, blogs, and games.

The new mid-level package (traditionally Dotster's best-selling host package level) hosts up to fifty domains and includes 2GB storage, 50GB transfer, and 150 e-mail accounts. Additional packages are available with up to 5GB of storage, 200GB transfer, and unlimited e-mail and domain capacity. Dotster also offers a Starter Package, which hosts one domain and includes 500MB storage, 25GB transfer, and five e-mail accounts.

Already an award-winning hosting provider, Dotster invested in a dramatic upgrade of its hosting platform and packages to deliver state-of-the-art products that lead the industry in security and reliability. Clint Page, CEO, underscored the company's emphasis on delivering the best value to customers: "The aim is to pack each hosting package with tremendous space, speed, and technology while keeping the price aggressive. I'm confident what we've created is the greatest hosting value on the Internet."

About Dotster

With nearly three million Internet domains, Dotster is one of the largest ICANN-accredited domain name registrars in the world. Launched in 2000, Dotster was among the first to offer long-term registrations and discounted pricing. Customers now turn to Dotster for its ability to deliver marketable domain names through its proprietary Domain Discovery System and NameWinner auction service. The company's services include web hosting, DNS management, website development and marketing services, and partner programs. http://www.dotster.com