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buySAFE Partners with E-Commerce Storefront Solutions Provider 3dCart

buySAFE Partners with E-Commerce Storefront Solutions Provider 3dCart

   

3dCart merchants can integrate the buySAFE trust seal and bonding services to boost consumer confidence and conversion rates

       

ARLINGTON, Va. (February 23, 2007)— buySAFE, Inc., the leading trust and safety company for e-commerce transactions, today announced that it has partnered with e-commerce solutions provider 3dCart (www.3dCart.com), allowing merchants that use 3dCart’s shopping cart software to seamlessly integrate the buySAFE trust solution into their websites. 3dCart provides completely hosted storefront and checkout solutions for more than one thousand small-to-medium businesses.

   

buySAFE certifies and monitors online merchants – identifying qualified merchants with the buySAFE Seal – and uses surety bonds to guarantee merchant transactions for online shoppers. The buySAFE trust solution will be available to 3dCart merchants – completely free of charge – as an integrated feature for the company’s Basic, Standard and Standard Plus editions of its software. Merchants using 3dCart need simply qualify for buySAFE and activate a control in their administrative dashboard in order to begin using buySAFE. Once activated, merchants will display the buySAFE Seal on their websites – which boosts customer confidence and improves e-commerce site conversion rates – and will also be able to offer their customers the ability to bond their purchases at checkout.

   

“We are thrilled to partner with 3dCart in offering their merchants a powerful solution for increasing website conversion,” said Jeff Grass, buySAFE CEO. “By integrating the buySAFE trust solution, 3dCart merchants can let shoppers know that they are trustworthy and reliable, which makes these shoppers more likely to buy. This higher conversion rate results in greater revenue and greater profits for merchants every single month. Best of all, the solution is completely free to 3dCart merchants.”

   

“Helping our clients succeed in an increasingly competitive online world is our mission,” said Gonzalo Gil, president of 3dCart Shopping Cart Solutions. “Partnering with buySAFE gives our clients an additional way to differentiate themselves and build trust and confidence, while at the same time increasing their conversion rates.”

   

To qualify for a buySAFE Seal, merchants must pass the rigorous buySAFE certification process, which ensures they are trustworthy, reliable and committed to delivering on the terms of the sale. Consumers that make a bonded purchase from a buySAFE Merchant receive a surety bond backed by Travelers®, ACE USA® and Liberty Mutual® that guarantees – up to $25,000 – that all terms and conditions of the sale will be met. The buySAFE Seal helps ensure that online shoppers will have a safe and worry-free shopping experience.

   

buySAFE will be available to 3dCart customers beginning in April 2007. Current 3dCart customers interested in being considered as beta testers for buySAFE should send an e-mail to 3dcart@buysafe.com.

   

About 3dCart
3dCart is a complete e-commerce solution for new or existing web sites. The company’s services include the tools, advice, support, and technology to manage an entire online operation, so clients can focus on managing their orders. 3dCart is able to design and implement innovative web solutions to meet a company’s specific requirements. Whether clients are looking to update their existing web store or develop a completely new design, 3dCart maintains a flexible approach to ensure they provide the right solution for the company. One monthly fee pays for the store setup, security, design, and maintenance. For additional information on 3dCart, please visit www.3dCart.com.

   

About buySAFE
buySAFE, Inc. helps to create a safe and stress-free online shopping environment. buySAFE certifies merchants, identifies reputable online businesses with the buySAFE Seal, and uses surety bonds to provide broad protection for individual buyers from online transaction risks. buySAFE has issued more than 11,000,000 surety bonds on individual online purchases. buySAFE also benefits online merchants by increasing trust and confidence of their shoppers, thereby increasing profit opportunities. There are currently more than two million items bonded with buySAFE that can be found at www.buysafeshopping.com. buySAFE is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.

MIVA Small Business Goes Live With buySAFE Trust Solution

MIVA Small Business Goes Live With buySAFE Trust Solution

   

Starting today, MIVA merchants can improve consumer trust and Website conversion rates at no cost

       

ARLINGTON, Va. (February 20, 2007)—buySAFE, Inc. (www.buysafe.com), the leading trust and safety company for e-commerce transactions, today announced that the buySAFE Certified Merchant program is now available – free of charge – to online merchants using MIVA Merchant 5 software. Starting today, MIVA Small Business merchants can add buySAFE to their Websites, boosting consumer confidence and helping them compete with larger, more established brands. MIVA Small Business is a leading supplier of e-commerce software solutions to small and medium-sized businesses.

   

buySAFE certifies and monitors online merchants, identifying qualified merchants with the buySAFE Seal and using surety bonds to guarantee online transactions. The buySAFE Seal indicates to shoppers that the merchant is trustworthy, reliable and committed to delivering on the terms of the sale. By displaying the buySAFE Seal on their sites, MIVA merchants can lift their Website conversion rates, resulting in higher revenue.

   

"Today's launch gives thousands of MIVA Small Business merchants a simple yet powerful way to better compete online," said Jeff Grass, buySAFE CEO. "buySAFE is free for merchants, it takes only minutes to apply for, merchants get free reports that show the conversion lift the buySAFE Seal provides, and they actually earn money – the Merchant Revenue Bonus – every time one of their customers bonds a transaction. There is absolutely no reason for a MIVA Merchant 5 store not to use buySAFE."

   

"We are pleased to offer MIVA Small Business merchants a conversion solution as proven and powerful as buySAFE," said James Harrell, vice president and general manager of MIVA Small Business. "By incorporating the buySAFE trust solution directly into our software, we believe we’re providing our customers with a tool that creates more confident shoppers, can improve site conversion rates, and helps them ensure their online success."

   

The buySAFE trust solution is being distributed as an add-on module streamed with the latest update of the MIVA Merchant 5 software. MIVA Small Business merchants that would like to add buySAFE to their sites must simply install and assign the module from their MIVA merchant administration panel to get started.

   

The buySAFE Seal is one of the strongest trust signals in ecommerce. To qualify for a buySAFE Seal, merchants must pass the rigorous buySAFE certification process, which ensures they are trustworthy, reliable and committed to delivering on the terms of the sale. Consumers that make a bonded purchase from a buySAFE Merchant receive a surety bond backed by Travelers®, ACE USA® and Liberty Mutual® that guarantees – up to $25,000 – that all terms and conditions of the sale will be met. The buySAFE Seal helps ensure that online shoppers will have a safe and worry-free shopping experience.

   

About buySAFE
buySAFE, Inc. helps to create a safe and stress-free online shopping environment. buySAFE qualifies merchants, identifies reputable online businesses with the buySAFE Seal, and uses surety bonds to provide broad protection for individual buyers from online transaction risks. buySAFE has issued more than 11 million surety bonds on individual online purchases. buySAFE also benefits online merchants by increasing trust and confidence of their shoppers, thereby increasing profit opportunities. There are currently more than one million items bonded with buySAFE that can be found at www.buysafeshopping.com. buySAFE is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. More information can be found at www.buysafe.com.

   

About MIVA Small Business Solutions, Inc.
MIVA Small Business facilitates e-commerce through its leading MIVA Merchant shopping cart software. MIVA Small Business is owned by MIVA, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIVA) which operates across North America and Europe.

   

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buySAFE Continues Expansion, Adds Three New Enterprise Customers

buySAFE Continues Expansion, Adds Three New Enterprise Customers

   

Online merchants ACityDiscount, Carter’s Fine Jewelry and CompSource add buySAFE trust solution to increase buyer trust and site conversion rates

       

ARLINGTON, Va. (February 5, 2007)— buySAFE, Inc. (www.buysafe.com) today announced that online merchants ACityDiscount (www.acitydiscount.com), Carter's Fine Jewelry (www.cartersfinejewelry.com), and CompSource (www.compsource.com) are now using the buySAFE trust solution on their Websites to achieve greater consumer confidence and higher site conversion. buySAFE is the leading trust and safety company for e-commerce transactions.

   

buySAFE certifies and monitors online merchants – identifying qualified merchants with the buySAFE Seal – and uses surety bonds to guarantee merchant transactions for online shoppers. As buySAFE Merchants, ACityDiscount – a food service equipment seller, Carter’s Fine Jewelry, and CompSource – a seller of computer hardware and software, display the buySAFE Seal throughout their Websites, and offer their shoppers the ability to guarantee their purchases with a buySAFE bond at checkout.

   

“ACityDiscount, Carter’s Fine Jewelry, and CompSource have all achieved tremendous success in their industries, and we are very pleased to be working with such high-caliber businesses,” said Jeff Grass, buySAFE CEO. “By adding buySAFE to their Websites, these merchants can now achieve an even greater level of buyer trust, allowing them drive more revenue and increase site conversion rates.”

   

To become buySAFE Merchants, all three merchants had to pass the comprehensive buySAFE business Certification Process, and agree to allow buySAFE to monitor all of their transactions to ensure they keep their promises to buyers. Additionally, each merchant is authorized to offer its customers the ability to guarantee their purchases up to $25,000 with a bond from buySAFE and its surety partners – Liberty Mutual, Travelers and ACE USA. buySAFE is the world’s first and only company to use surety bonds to protect consumers in online transactions, issuing more than 10 million surety bonds on individual purchases to date.

   

“When purchasing jewelry and other luxury goods online, shoppers want to be absolutely certain that the retailer is trustworthy, reliable and safe,” said Carter’s Fine Jewelry founder Rudy Gonzalez. “By adding one of the strongest trust signals in e-commerce to our site, we make shoppers more comfortable by signaling that their transaction will be safe and worry-free.”

   

 

   

About buySAFE
buySAFE, Inc. helps to create a safe and stress-free online shopping environment. buySAFE qualifies merchants, identifies reputable online businesses with the buySAFE Seal, and uses surety bonds to provide broad protection for individual buyers from online transaction risks. buySAFE has issued more than 10,000,000 surety bonds on individual online purchases. buySAFE also benefits online merchants by increasing trust and confidence of their shoppers, thereby increasing profit opportunities. There are currently more than one million items bonded with buySAFE that can be found at www.buysafeshopping.com. buySAFE is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. More information can be found at www.buysafe.com.