| Web Commerce Communications Limited
(WEBCC), a leading provider of business-to-business
(B2B) outsourced registration services
for domain names, has announced that
it has formed a strategic partnership
with Sedo.com (SEDO), an established
worldwide leader in the domain name
secondary market.
Sedo has assembled the world's largest
database of domain names for sale,
with over 1.6 million listings and
has a global membership base of over
200,000 domain professionals. Buyers
and sellers are brought together through
a searchable online marketplace, and
conduct negotiations anonymously using
an offer-counteroffer system.
Under the agreement, WEBCC will enhance
its secondary domain names and PPC
services to its network of reseller
and customers across Asia Pacific
through Sedo's worldwide marketplace.
This initiative will enable WEBCC
to further value-add and empower its
resellers and customers to generate
additional revenue from the existing
B2B outsourced registration services
for domain names.
WEBCC is a leading regional ICANN
Accredited Registrar with over 700
resellers in 30 countries and the
first to offer these services in Asia.
"We are delighted to form a
partnership with Sedo to further expand
our services through this collaboration
which will benefit our partners to
list domain names in the world's largest
database of secondary domain name
market. It is imperative for us to
continuously deliver the best in services
and solutions to our network of resellers
and customers.", said TK Tan,
CEO of WEBCC.
Tim Schumacher, CEO of Sedo added:
"WEBCC is one of the fastest
growing registrars, and operating
the largest reseller network among
domain providers in Asia. We are glad
to partner with WEBCC and we are confident
that our partnership - together with
WEBCC' dba WebNIC.cc brand, strong
reputation and customer relationships,
will accelerate the adoption of our
domain selling, domain parking and
domain acquisition in the Asian market.
"
The latest report issued by VeriSign
Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN) shows strong new
domain registration growth throughout
2004 continued in the fourth quarter
with 6.4 million new domain names
registered. This growth is driven
by key factors including an increasing
population of Internet users globally,
an improving global economy and the
continued importance of domain name
registrations for use in the Pay-Per-Click
(PPC) advertising market and the impact
of increasing number of domain name
auctions where users are able to bid
for domain currently registered or
that have not been renewed in the
Internet industry.
According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers
study conducted for the Interactive
Advertising Bureau, U.S. revenues
for the first six months were $4.6
billion (3.79 billion), compared with
$3.3 billion for the same period in
2003. The Internet advertising revenues
jumped 40 percent in the first
half of this year is driven largely
by the growing popularity of keyword
ads tied to search results.
About Web Commerce Communications
Limited
Web Commerce Communications Limited
(WEBCC) an MSC-status company is a
leading provider of Internet Services
in the region. An ICANN accredited
registrar, WEBCC is the pioneer in
Asia to focus on its Internet Services
which consist of B2B outsourced domain
name registration services, secondary
domain name and pay-per-click services,
hosting automation software and other
related Internet service for resellers.
Under its WEBNIC Premier Partner Program
(www.WebNIC.cc), WEBCC have successfully
launched the services in major Asian
countries through hundreds of channel
partnerships with dominant hosting
service providers, domain name registrars.
IDCs, ISPs, and solution providers.
Today, WEBCC has over 700 resellers
in over 30 countries.
About SEDO GmbH
Sedo is the world's largest domain
marketplace, completing several hundred
domain transactions worldwide every
month. As well as having a database
of more than 2 million domains, Sedo
offers additional services such as
domain appraisals, domain marketing
and the extremely popular paid parking
program. For more information about
SEDO, visit: www.sedo.com
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