XOOM.com Surpasses 10 Million Registered Members
PR Newswire, Monday, September 13, 1999 at 09:36
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- XOOM.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:XMCM), a
leading direct e-commerce company, today announced that it has registered more
than ten million members since it began offering its free Internet services in
October 1997.
XOOM.com currently attracts approximately 23,000 new members per day as a
result of its strategic partnerships and acquisitions, and by offering a broad
range of free community services, such as unlimited Web space for homepage
building, chat rooms, fax-to-email services, online greeting cards, clip art,
downloadable software and more. By continually adding features that attract
new members to XOOM.com's Web site, XOOM.com has been able to drive the
traffic, reach, membership and revenue growth that is critical to its direct
e-commerce business model.
"This latest milestone is a testament to the popularity of the compelling
free Internet services that we offer consumers." said Chris Kitze, Chairman of
XOOM.com. "This membership growth is critical in fueling our direct
e-commerce business." |
