Digital River Launches Games on the River E-Commerce Solution for eCOST.com; E-Commerce Site Delivers Downloadable Games for Cas

Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a global leader in
e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it launched a Games on
the River e-commerce solution for eCOST.com, a leading online discount
retailer of brand-name merchandise. As part of this solution, Digital
River launched an interactive online game store branded for eCOST.com.
Via this site, eCOST.com is reselling hundreds of PC and casual game
titles from Digital River's downloadable software catalog. Gamers
shopping on the site will have access to some of the market's newest
downloadable game titles as well as back catalog and well-known,
classic games from leading game publishers.
   eCOST.com's downloadable game site represents a new addition to
the company's downloadable software line and an extension to its
original e-commerce agreement with Digital River. In addition to
hosting and merchandising the site, located at www.eCOST.com under the
Software tab, Digital River is managing the transactions,
merchandising, fraud prevention screening and digital product
delivery.
   "We are pleased to be able to expand our relationship with
eCOST.com beyond our traditional hosted e-commerce services to include
our new downloadable gaming solution. eCOST.com is one of our first
channel partners to implement Games on the River as part of its online
retail strategy," said Tom Venable, Digital River's senior vice
president of retail sales. "Through Games on the River, we can offer
channel partners like eCOST.com access to a high traffic, high demand
product line and the opportunity to further tap some of the fastest
growing categories for online retail sales - PC games and computer
software."
   Digital River's Games on the River offers a ready-made e-commerce
solution for online retailers, affiliates, content publishers and
portals interested in providing gamers a shopping experience designed
exclusively for them. In addition to providing these resellers access
to a growing downloadable game catalog that they can deliver on a
play-for-free and buy-now basis, Games on the River features gaming
reviews, trailers, cheats and news, as well as the technology to take
preorders and promote digital sales of front-line game releases.
   "By launching our new online game store, we have been able to both
create a new product category and expand our downloadable software
product line by hundreds of titles," said Adam Shaffer, CEO of
eCOST.com. "Digital downloads represent the next generation of
delivery for gaming software. We are excited to offer our customers a
larger selection of products, more reasons to visit our site, and some
of the leading-edge services available in the online gaming market."

   About eCOST.com

   eCOST.com is a leading multi-category online discount retailer of
high-quality new, "close-out" and refurbished brand-name merchandise
for consumers and small business buyers. eCOST.com offers over 100,000
different products from leading manufacturing partners primarily with
online (http://www.ecost.com) and direct marketing campaigns.
eCOST.com is a NASDAQ listed company (Nasdaq:ECST).

   About Digital River, Inc.

   Digital River, Inc., a global leader in e-commerce outsourcing,
builds and manages online businesses for more than 40,000 software
publishers, manufacturers, distributors and online retailers. Its
multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and
indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize
online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an
e-commerce operation. The company's comprehensive platform offers site
development and hosting, order management, fraud prevention, export
controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment,
multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic
marketing services.
   Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis
with offices in major U.S. cities as well as London; Tokyo; Taipei,
Taiwan; and Cologne, Germany. For more details about Digital River,
visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call
952-253-1234.

   Digital River is a registered trademark and Games on the River is
a service mark of Digital River, Inc. All other company and product
names are trademarks, registrations or copyrights of their respective
owners.