New
Tool Enables Alabanza Hosting Resellers to Target Untapped
Market of Users, Grow Revenues [April 12, 2004]
BALTIMORE,
Apr 12, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Alabanza Corporation,
a leader in automated web hosting solutions, today announced
the release of a new website building tool, SiteXpress(SM).
Created exclusively for Alabanza's web hosting reseller
clients, SiteXpress(SM) empowers users of any skill
level to build professional websites in minutes. The
tool will allow Alabanza resellers to tap into a new
market of less technically sophisticated users, resulting
in increased sales and better customer retention. Developed
in response to requests from its resellers' customers
for an easy-to-use, professional tool for creating websites
quickly, SiteXpress(SM) is yet another value-add from
Alabanza to help its hosting resellers grow their businesses.
SiteXpress is a web-based, GUI software
product that requires no web design skills. A prospective
customer for an Alabanza hosting reseller can begin
to build a website with the intuitive SiteXpress(SM)
interface immediately after signing up for a 30-day
trial account. The prospect chooses a template, then
selects from a gallery of images, text, tables and pages.
An attractive footer navigation bar allows for quick
and easy editing and previewing. Importantly, the prospect
can save their work and return to modify their site
whenever they please, or proceed directly to publishing.
During the 30-day trial period, SiteXpress(SM) can easily
convert trial users into paying hosting customers by
sending them customizable, automated special offer messages.
Thus, SiteXpress(SM) provides Alabanza resellers with
a potent prospecting tool and gives their end users
the convenient option of hosting and building their
websites with their hosting company.
"SiteXpress(SM) is incredibly intuitive
and simple to use, allowing even the most casual Internet
user to build his own website, literally within minutes,"
says Jerry DeGroot, Senior Partner with Internet Planners,
LLC, a web hosting company. "There's no question
that our ability to offer this tool will seal the deal
with potential customers looking to build their own
websites."
The launch of SiteXpress(SM) punctuates
one of the most extensive product development schedules
in Alabanza's history. This aggressive development activity
underscores the company's commitment to ensuring that
its reseller clients have the best technologies and
marketing tools to successfully compete. In the last
12 months alone, Alabanza has added over 25 new products,
major software upgrades or features to its already robust
functionality. The company promises even more upgrades
and new products in 2004.
"SiteXpress(SM) will open up a
huge new market for our web hosting reseller clients,"
says Eric Rice, Vice President of Marketing, Alabanza.
"Any reseller offering SiteXpress(SM) will be very
attractive to users seeking a hosting provider. This
valuable tool, coupled with the numerous new products
and services we've unveiled, is another example of our
commitment to doing everything possible to give Alabanza
resellers an edge in today's competitive web hosting
market."
The benefits of SiteXpress(SM) include:
-- Point-and-click building and editing
-- A built-in royalty-free image gallery
-- Ability to add pages, tables and images
-- Professionally designed templates
-- Easy previewing and navigation
-- Simple publishing capabilities
-- Ability to save website work in-progress and resume
building later
SiteXpress(SM) integrates with Alabanza's Domain System
Manager and Control Panel, with an added administrative
panel for custom configuration and settings. If resellers
make SiteXpress(SM) available only after a prospect
signs up for hosting, the software can be made available
in the hosting control panel utilizing the same packaging
standards as other control panel applications. Suggested
retail price for end users of SiteXpress(SM) is $49.95.
Through our highly popular Momentum Marketing(SM) Program,
Alabanza also offers customizable supporting marketing
materials to help its reseller clients promote SiteXpress(SM)
to their users. SiteXpress(SM) also features built-in
branding opportunities. For more information on the
exclusive SiteXpress(SM) tool, visit www.alabanza.com/SiteXpress.shtml.
A live Alabanza support team is available for consultation
about SiteXpress(SM) at no charge for current Alabanza
reseller clients.
About Alabanza
Alabanza is an award-winning provider
of turnkey Web hosting solutions founded in 1995. With
more than 400 customers in 54 countries hosting over
200,000 Websites worldwide, Alabanza's high-performance
Linux-based servers, comprehensive hosting automation
software, secure, high-speed Internet connection, and
24x7x365 support power the Web's most profitable hosting
businesses. Alabanza's automation software addresses
the demands of hosts, resellers, and Webmasters, delivering
functionality for host administration, billing, site
deployment, and e-commerce, all in English, Spanish,
French, and German. For more information, visit www.alabanza.com.
SOURCE Alabanza Corporation
Kent Streeb, HT News, Inc., +1-412-244-9970
or
kent@htnewsinc.com, for Alabanza; or Deborah Barnett,
Alabanza Corp.,
+1-410-735-3423 or dbarnett@alabanza.com
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