Digital River Provides E-Commerce Operations for Puzzoo

Supports multiple online sales channels for Puzzoo's gaming software

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Friday, December 19, 2003; 12:00 AM

MINNEAPOLIS, December 19, 2003 -- Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV ), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it signed an e-commerce agreement with Puzzoo, a premier creator of high quality, original games for personal computers and mobile phone devices. Based on the agreement, Digital River is providing Puzzoo with a multi-channel e-commerce solution to support the online marketing and sales of its recreational software. The recently launched initiative includes a branded online store at www.puzzoo.com, access to a channel of 600 online retailers and joint e-marketing opportunities across Digital River's e-commerce network of nearly 34,000 companies.

"Our e-commerce network continues to grow as more companies see the efficiency gains and increased revenue opportunities that can be generated by working with one e-commerce partner to access multiple e-commerce channels," said Dave Alampi, Digital River's vice president of marketing. "We can save companies time, expense and resources in creating a multi-pronged approach to marketing, selling and delivering their products in an online environment. We look forward to working with Puzzoo in our e-commerce network."

Digital River is not only providing Puzzoo access to multiple online sales channels, but also handling all of the services necessary for running its new online store, located at www.puzzoo.com . In addition to implementing, hosting and managing the site, Digital River is providing order management, fraud prevention, customer service, e-marketing and digital product fulfillment. Visitors to Puzzoo's online store can choose from the publisher's popular software game line, which includes Pix Wiz™, Looper Puzzle™, Exor™, Fortune Pond™, TriQ™ and other titles.

"We were interested in creating more online traffic for our store, increasing exposure for our software titles and growing our online business," said Tracey Vanik, Puzzoo's vice president of market development. "We decided to outsource our e-commerce services to Digital River because the company's e-commerce solution offered us a low-risk path to a well-established e-commerce network, complete e-marketing program and revenue upside. We look forward to working with Digital River and its channel partners to maximize the availability of our games worldwide, thereby getting our products into the hands of more people in more markets."

About Puzzoo, Inc.
Puzzoo, Inc. ( http://www.puzzoo.com ) is a premier creator of high quality, varied, original games. Based on over 25 years of game development experience, Puzzoo's challenging strategic games and puzzles appeal to a wide demographic base of users. Offering a unique selection of stimulating brain games, educational fun, and a variety of amusing play, Puzzoo™ is dedicated to being a creative and innovative source for exceptional recreational games for PCs, Macs and mobile phone devices. Puzzoo's mobile games are currently distributed through wireless carriers in Latin America, Asia Pacific, and North America.

About Digital River
Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for nearly 34,000 companies worldwide. Its e-commerce solution and infrastructure are designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as cut the costs and reduce the risks associated with running an e-commerce operation. The Digital RiverŪ international e-commerce suite includes site development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, site merchandising, reporting and analytics, product fulfillment, e-marketing and multi-lingual customer service. Digital River's clients include 3M, ACT!, Autodesk, H&R Block, Motorola, Novell, Staples.com and Symantec.

Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices throughout the United States and in Europe. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.

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