Web Services Celebrating Anniversaries with Free Offers.CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- MyStoreCredit, Inc., the company offering the MyStoreRewards and MyStoreMaps marketing tools to online and eBay sellers, is joining a growing list of online web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. offering free giveaways to celebrate an anniversary. To celebrate its three-year anniversary, MyStoreCredit is giving away free 90-day subscriptions to its popular MyStoreMaps service (www.MyStoreMaps.com) to any eBay seller registering during September, 2006. The free subscription has a value of $17.00 and is automatic at sign-up. Free offers made during anniversary celebrations are becoming a tried-and-true marketing tactic in the online space. To celebrate its tenth-year anniversary last September, eBay offered buyers a coupon code for 10% savings on an eBay purchase. Tens of thousands of buyers used the coupon code which was sent around the world from buyer-to-buyer. Not to be outdone out·do tr.v. out·did , out·done , out·do·ing, out·does To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel. , Amazon celebrated its anniversary by using well-known film stars like Michael J. Fox and Minnie Driver, along with Tennis superstar Anna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova (Russian: Анна Сергеевна Курникова (listen to deliver Amazon purchases to its customers. Likewise, Yahoo celebrated its anniversary by giving away free ice cream. "Celebrating an anniversary is meant to be fun," said Brian Lawe, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MyStoreCredit, Inc. "Nothing screams fun like a free deal. You just can't beat free." MyStoreCredit, Inc., has much to celebrate in reaching its three-year anniversary. It was incorporated in 2003 and was named one of the first certified See certification. solution providers on the eBay platform in 2004. More recently, the company won PayPal's Star Developer award for the "Most Innovative Application" of 2006. The company is growing at a rate greater than 200% a year and currently serves over 1,000 online sellers in more than 28 countries around the globe. "If someone wants to give me something free for their anniversary, you bet I'll take it," said Michelle Davenport Davenport, city (1990 pop. 95,333), seat of Scott co., E central Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1836. Bridges connect it with the Illinois cities of Rock Island and Moline; the three communities and neighboring Bettendorf, Iowa, are known as the Quad Cities. , an eBay seller operating under the seller ID Shellqc. "With recent eBay fee increases, I'm willing to try MyStoreMaps for free to attract more higher-paying international buyers." One tongue-in-cheek free-anniversary web service offer came from Weird Al Yankovic when celebrating the anniversary of his website: Yankovic.org. Weird Al gave away a free secret family recipe for ice cubes cubes See QQQ. , which included placing a tray of water next to an open window in Chicago during Winter. He added the important disclaimer to allow to cool before serving. Anniversary marketing on the web is shaping up to be priceless price·less adj. 1. Of inestimable worth; invaluable. 2. Highly amusing, absurd, or odd: a priceless remark. . |
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