EANS-News: asknet Adds Brazil´s Boleto Bancário To Its International Ecommerce Shopping Cart Payment Options

Localized e-shops provider enables digital publishers of software,
games, videos, and music to increase their global revenue with
additional localized services

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Subtitle: Localized e-shops provider enables digital publishers of
software, games, videos, and music to increase their global revenue
with additional localized services

Karlsruhe, San Francisco (euro adhoc) - asknet, a leading provider of
global eCommerce solutions that increase sales and expand markets for
software and digital media companies, announced today it now offers
Boleto Bancário to its customers as an online payment option in
Brazil. The most recent addition to the growing list of payment
solutions offered by asknet allows merchants to expand their
ecommerce presence in international markets with popular local
payment options that regional purchasers know and trust.

Brazil has the largest internet population in Latin America and is
ranked 9th across the globe. Boleto Bancário is a credit transfer
service that is accepted by most major brands and accounts for
approximately 20 percent of all online transactions in the country.
The option enables customers to make convenient and secure payments
without the use of a credit card and offers sellers an irreversible
risk-free form of payment. Once payment is made, asknet receives
real-time confirmation and products can be delivered.

"Think global but act local, if you want to sell effectively and grow
revenue in other countries," said Michael Scheib, CEO of asknet.
"Customers are always ready to buy with familiar and known services
and brands - payment options are no exception. Publishers and
merchants that want to maximize global revenue need to have a local
presence, product, website, shopping cart and a familiar payment
process and options. Adding Boleto Bancário to asknet´s growing
portfolio of local payment options enables asknet merchants to more
effectively sell products in a way the local consumer is comfortable
with, which leads to increased online sales particularly in BRIC
countries where potential for expansion opportunities are prevalent."

While established markets are saturated, the BRIC countries, Brazil,
Russia, India and China, have great economic potential with 40% of
the world's population and are among the biggest and fastest growing
emerging markets. Brazil alone was experiencing impressive internet
user growth rates of 23% in 2008.

asknet´s global eCommerce platform enables businesses to access these
and other international markets with 31 shop languages, 40 billing
currencies, 38 payment options and 12 customer service languages.
Customers can extend their global reach without compromising local
customs and preferences with fully localized carts for countries
including Russia and China with localized customer service and
billing currency in Russian rubles and WebMoney, one of the most
common secure payment systems in Russia, as well as Alipay, the
leading online payment method in China. In addition, asknet localizes
registration pages for regional standards and offers customer service
by native speakers in all time zones. asknet´s extensive localized
e-shop portfolio provides international online buyers with an easy,
satisfying online shopping experience, leading to higher conversions,
sales and retention rates, and lower abandonment issues. Within a
short timeframe, global eCommerce can be deployed to generate sales
from virtually all countries in the world.

For software and digital media companies, the secure and scalable
global platform offered by asknet transcends international obstacles
and allows for successful marketing and selling of digital products
worldwide. The proprietary Vendor Interaction Process (VIP) quickly
and easily provides solutions tailored to meet each user´s needs and
the extensive sales and eMarketing capabilities enable flawless
execution across the full range of eCommerce services, from order
management and local payment options to worldwide customer service.
For more information on how asknet can accelerate your online digital
media downloads internationally, please visit www.asknet.com

About asknet asknet is a leading provider of global eCommerce
solutions that increase sales and expand markets for software and
digital media companies. asknet solutions enable publishers to expand
their international reach while maintaining localized services to
customers in the US, Europe, Asia and new emerging markets. The
asknet Digital Index (ADI), Vendor Interaction Process (VIP), and
Shop Cockpit provide quick and easy solutions tailored to meet each
customer´s needs and enable flawless execution across the full range
of eCommerce services, from order management and local payment
options to multi-lingual customer service. Founded in 1995, asknet
today offers localized e-shops in over 170 countries. The company is
based in Germany and has headquarters in San Francisco and Tokyo.
For more information about asknet, visit www.asknet.com.

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Further inquiry note:

Martina Oerther
Director Corporate Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0)721 96 458-6369
Email: martina.oerther@asknet.com

Branche: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005173306
WKN: 517330
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