JACKSONVILLE, Fla. and PORTLAND, Maine, Oct. 28, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Web.com (Nasdaq:WWWW), a leading provider of online marketing for small businesses, and PowerPay, a rising star in the electronic payments industry, today announced a partnership that will provide PowerPay's payment processing solutions to Web.com's eCommerce customers. Under the agreement, Web.com will offer its eCommerce customers payment processing solutions, coupled with enhanced fraud detection and card security compliance features, which can significantly lower their credit card processing fees by up to 25%.
"As a strong advocate for small business merchants, Web.com is determined to provide solutions that not only help grow our customers' businesses, but also saves them money, especially in these challenging economic times. As such, Web.com is excited to offer merchants a wide variety of flexible and cost-saving payment processing solutions through our partner PowerPay," said Jeff Stibel, President of Web.com. "Through this partnership, our eCommerce customers can enjoy substantial savings on merchant processing fees which could add up to hundreds or thousands of dollars in savings annually."
Through this partnership, Web.com's customers gain access to PowerPay's suite of payment processing services including credit, debit, loyalty and gift cards, business-to-business and government purchasing cards; electronic check verification; high-speed and wireless point-of-sale (POS) solutions, as well in-depth eCommerce payment capabilities. Embedded in all these services are unique risk monitoring and secure processing solutions to provide the utmost protection to businesses and customers.
"Web.com's eCommerce customers will have access to our complete suite of merchant processing solutions," said Stephen Goodrich, CEO of PowerPay. "Web.com has earned its market-leader status by constantly improving the scope and quality of the online marketing and eCommerce solutions it offers small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). We share their philosophy and commitment to helping the SMB market increase their revenue stream through ease of doing business at the point of sale and adding to their bottom line with savings in transaction fees and processing costs."
To learn more about these payment solutions, call 1-877-238-3063 for a free rate analysis conducted by a PowerPay rate specialist.
About Web.com
Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: WWWW) is a leading provider of online marketing for small businesses. Web.com offers a full range of online services, including Internet marketing and advertising, local search, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, lead generation, home contractor specific leads, website design and publishing, logo and brand development, and eCommerce solutions, meeting the needs of small businesses anywhere along their lifecycle. For more information on the company, please visit http://www.web.com/ or call 1-800-GETSITE.
About PowerPay
PowerPay offers a broad portfolio of payment processing solutions for merchants via several channels including: e-commerce, software developers, financial institutions, direct response marketers, affiliate/affinity relations and direct merchant-level sales. The company's internal management of underwriting, risk management, customer service, technical support, information technology, and product development are key to the quality of services. The Portland, Maine-based company supports all major credit and debit cards, recurring bill payments and a variety of other card-based and electronic or web enabled payments. PowerPay was named to the 2008 Inc500 list of America's fastest growing privately-held companies. www.powerpay.biz
CONTACT:
Web.com, Olga Gikas, 904-680-6679, ogikas@web.com
PowerPay, Lisa Valentine, 877-877-3737, lvalentine@powerpay.biz