Digital River Signs eCOST.com as an Online Retailer in its Sales Network; Enables Retailer to Sell Downloadable Software Catalog

Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a global leader in
e-commerce outsourcing, today announced that it signed an online
retail agreement with eCOST.com, a leading online discount retailer of
brand-name merchandise. As a new addition to Digital River's Sales
Network, eCOST.com joins more than one thousand online retail, content
and portal sites in selling buy-now and trial versions of products
from Digital River's extensive downloadable catalog.
   "Our end goal is to market our downloadable product catalog in as
many online venues as possible," said Tom Venable, Digital River's
senior vice president of retail sales. "We continue to build
relationships with online retailers and affiliates. By working with
us, they gain access to an already-established, robust downloadable
catalog that they can immediately sell to their customers. The value
position we provide to our channel partners and software publishers
alike is that we can help them cost-effectively open new incremental
revenue streams."
   The new eCOST.com online software download store features a wide
range of products from Digital River's downloadable catalog, including
brand name virus protection, Internet security and digital imaging
software, as well as DVD/CD authoring tools, software games, utilities
and operating systems. The downloadable software store, built and
hosted by Digital River, expands the eCOST.com product offering by
providing customers with software that they can immediately begin
using after their purchase. For the online store, Digital River is
providing end-to-end e-commerce services, including payment
processing, fraud prevention, trial downloads and customer service.
   "We are delighted to expand our product offering in conjunction
with Digital River. By making available this exciting new category of
downloadable software to our customers, we will enjoy the benefit of
adding thousands of digital products without adding physical
inventory," said Adam Shaffer, CEO of eCOST.com. "Digital River helped
us save time and simplify the process of creating a new service for
our customers. By working with Digital River, we also can leverage its
relationships with software publishers to drive more revenue for our
company."

   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. and European cities. For more details about
Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or
call 952-253-1234.

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