Turbine Picks Digital River for E-Commerce Support

HostReview.com
Wednesday, July 6, 2005; 02:33 PM

Digital River, Inc. (www.digitalriver.com), a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it is providing e-commerce support for Turbine, Inc., a premier producer, publisher and operator of online games. Based on the agreement, Digital River will focus on e-store management for Turbine.

“The increasing adoption of broadband is making it more efficient and convenient for consumers to purchase and download large games over the Internet,” said Tom Venable, Digital River’s senior vice president of retail sales.”

Digital River is hosting Turbine’s direct-to-consumer e-commerce site, which can be accessed through the “Store” link at http://www.turbine.com. In addition to providing electronic downloads, Digital River is processing orders, shipping boxed products, managing fraud prevention screening and providing 24 X 7 customer service for Turbine on this consumer site.

“Turbine is focused on creating, publishing and distributing premier online games,” said Tom Nichols, vice president of marketing at Turbine, Inc. “By partnering with Digital River, we can leverage its world-class e-commerce infrastructure to provide an easy online shopping experience and deliver Turbine’s games to a broader customer base.”

Turbine, Inc. is a premier producer, publisher and operator of online subscription entertainment and is headquartered in Westwood, Mass. With studios on two coasts, the company is the largest privately-held online games company in North America.

Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing, builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers.