Released on = December 11, 2006, 7:37 am

Press Release Author = Delia Ene

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Avangate BV, shareware registration service and e-commerce
provider for online software sales rolls-out new service designed to boost software
sales and enhance customer satisfaction: the Avangate Backup CD.

Press Release Body = Avangate BV, shareware registration service and e-commerce
provider for online software sales rolls-out new service designed to boost software
sales and enhance customer satisfaction: the Avangate Backup CD.

The on-demand, customizable product brings added value to vendors\' commercial offers
and increases software revenues at no cost for the software authors.

For this new service, Avangate partnered with CustomCD.us, a company specialized in
solutions for on-demand fulfillment of personalized CDs and DVDs with high levels of
customization.

\"We believe that the Backup CD service we're offering in conjunction with
CustomCD.us will be an unrivaled marketing tool for all software vendors due to its
high-presentation quality, the degree of customer-personalization, and the targeted
promotional opportunities\", says Dragos Stanescu, Sales manager at Avangate BV.

\"Also, Avangate has clients located world wide who also sell world wide; it is a
global environment we provide for. And since CustomCD.us will be processing orders
from 3 fulfillment centers in the USA and Europe, the end-user customers located all
over the world will enjoy faster delivery of their Backup CD orders\", added
Stanescu.

\"Avangate is focused on serving the needs of its clients and strives to provide them
with flexible sales and marketing tools. We are very happy to team-up for this
project and we\'re looking forward to further service enhancements\", says Jeff
Bianco, CustomCD.us President.

The Avangate Backup CD service provides software vendors with a competitive
advantage as they can supply clients with a physical copy of the purchased software
as well as make use of a marketing tool where customization is complete, both in
terms of content and cover layout.

Each backup CD sold can include trial copies of the publisher\'s other software,
special offers or presentations. No set-up fees, no inventory and no minimum order
volumes are required.
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About Avangate

Avangate provides solutions for electronic software distribution and reseller
management, assisting software authors worldwide in successfully selling their
products online and at the same time efficiently managing a distribution network.

The Avangate eCommerce solutions for electronic software distribution incorporate an
easy to use and secure online payment system plus additional marketing and sales
tools such as an affiliate management system, automated cross selling options,
promotion management, software marketing services as well as consultancy on how to
increase online software sales.

The myAvangate reseller management system is specifically designed for software
sales and helps vendors manage partner relationships, view end-customer information,
build license schemas, manage product information, initiate or confirm orders, issue
invoices, check detailed centralized sales reports and much more from an easy to use
administration interface.

More information can be found on the corporate website, at: www.avangate.com


Web Site = http://www.avangate.com

Contact Details = Avangate B.V.
Van Heuven Goedhartlaan 937
1181 LD Amstelveen
Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
The Netherlands
Office: +31 20 890 8080
Fax: +31 20 203 1309