1&1 Announces Contest to Send Top Affiliate Partners to America's Cup Race

PHILADELPHIA – 1&1 Internet, Inc., the world's largest Web hosting company, today announced the 1&1 America's Cup Affiliate Competition --  a unique contest in which the company’s top three affiliate partners for the months of January and February will receive a three-day, expense-paid trip to Valencia, Spain for the 2007 America’s Cup Race.

The 1&1 America’s Cup Affiliate Competition requires the company’s affiliate partners to promote 1&1 through their affiliate links during January and February. The three affiliates with the highest sales during that time period will travel to Valencia for the America’s Cup races scheduled from April 20 through 23. The prize includes flights to and from Valencia, three nights’ hotel accommodations and the chance to meet members of the United Internet team, along with other top 1&1 affiliate partners from the United Kingdom, Germany and France.

“1&1’s continued success in the United States is due in large part to the hard work and dedication of our affiliate partners,” said 1&1 Chairman Andreas Gauger. “We are rewarding those who are most successful with a truly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. They will experience firsthand the world’s ultimate sailing event.”

Gauger added that he felt it was important for 1&1’s affiliates to see the investment the company has made to promote itself in a unique and sophisticated international event like the America’s Cup. “As our brand continues to build in the U.S. and across the world, our affiliate partners will share in the success of 1&1.”

1&1’s parent company, United Internet, is sponsoring the first-ever German entry in an America’s Cup event, which is being held in Europe for the first time in more than 150 years. Skippered by two-time Olympic gold medallist Jesper Bank, United Internet Team Germany is currently ninth in a field of 11 overall entries that have been participating in preliminary races since June 2006.

The 1&1 America’s Cup Affiliate Award Competition is open to both new and existing 1&1 affiliate partners. Some terms and conditions apply. For more information about the contest, visit http://valencia.1and1resources.com

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