March 12, 2004 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — E-commerce outsourcing provider Digital River (digitalriver.com) announced earlier this week that it has signed Appligent, a developer of PDF-related software applications, as a customer.
Through the deal, Digital River built and launched an e-commerce site to support the online sales and marketing of Appligent’s product line. In addition to hosting the site, Digital River is providing order management, digital fulfillment and fraud prevention.
“We are pleased to add Appligent to our growing list of software clients,” says Dave Alampi, vice president of marketing for Digital River. “We continue to see a growing opportunity in the software and computer peripheral markets. Our e-commerce platform, digital download capabilities and revenue-share business model are strongly suited to meet the requirements of these categories and have helped us define and create a solid leadership position in the e-commerce industry.”
In addition to purchasing and downloading software, the site created by Digital River also includes links to downloadable product demonstrations.
