Uplinkearth Launches Two New Services Designed to Help Businesses Make Money On The Internet [September 29, 2004]

Merchant Account Services and Shopping Cart Tools Part of Expanded Services to Small-and Medium-Sized Businesses

Somerset, NJ (September 29, 2004) – uplinkearth, a leading provider of web-hosting services, announced today two new initiatives to help small to medium sized businesses make money on the Internet – uplinkearth merchant accounts, powered by Card Services International and ulexpress shopping cart services, powered by CartManager.

“These two initiatives are the cornerstone of our expanded offerings to the business community,” said Michael Yablonowitz, founder and CEO of uplinkearth. “When you add this to all our other business services, our customers will find we are a valuable “one-stop” partner to help them sell products and services on the Internet.”

An uplinkearth Internet-ready merchant account allows companies to accept credit cards as a form of payment through their online store. This system is a specialized merchant account that handles Internet transactions in real-time without any human intervention. Companies are able to process all major cards, including MasterCard®, Visa®, ATM/debit cards, American Express®, Diners ClubSM, Discover® and JCBSM.

ulexpress is a simple, safe and secure online shopping cart solution from uplinkearth and powered by the industry leading CartManager. There is no programming required. Customers simply complete the 8 steps in the Cart Settings and then use the Button Builder section to create the Add to Cart buttons into their existing product pages. ulexpress does all the programming so you do not have to. Integration in to an uplinkearth merchant account is easy. Simply input the merchant account gateway login information into the Payment/Gateway Settings. No further programming is required.

“CartManager is excited to be partnering with Uplinkearth to help provide their secure shopping cart solution,” said Justin Hill, Sales and Marketing Manager for CartManager. “Combining our shopping cart service with uplinkearth’s best of breed hosting solutions, it is our goal to provide the most efficient, secure, and robust real-time shopping cart service possible. We anticipate this product to be a successful addition to any online merchant attempting to e-commerce enable their business on the web quickly, easily, and securely.”

For more information about uplinkearth Merchant Accounts, please visit(http://www.uplinkearth.com/merchant.cfm) and for more information about ulexpress, please visit (http://www.uplinkearth.com/ulexpress.cfm).

New Jersey-based uplinkearth is a fast-growing, award-winning and commercially successful web hosting company providing a full range of email solutions, data management services and Internet marketing solutions. uplinkearth services Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and thousands of small to medium-size businesses (SMEs) in more than 50 countries. The company is recognized as a reliable and easy-to-use Internet solution for SME’s.