Business Websites Tune Into CDnow's C2 Business Network
Corporate or Business Websites Can Earn Up to 15% Commission on Sales
Generated Through Their CDnow Link
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- CDnow (Nasdaq: CDNW), the Internet's number one music store, announces the launch of C2, a new CDnow automated business network program. The new network allows corporate or business websites to offer their visitors direct access to CDnow's more than 300,000 music-related items, contests, promotions and sales.
The C2 network is based on the same successful formula that propelled CDnow's Cosmic Credit Program membership numbers to over 130,000. Cosmic Credit is the fastest-growing, music-focused affiliate program, allowing sites to link to CDnow and create an instant-retail capability. Over the past 20 months, Cosmic Credit has become the number one online customer- building program for CDnow. Focused on building relationships with business and corporate websites, the C2 network will provide all the same benefits and commission rewards that the popular Cosmic Credit Program offers its music fan websites.
By simply joining the network and posting a link to the destination of their choice within the CDnow (cdnow.com) store, C2 members will receive a commission on each sale generated through their link. Members can attract repeat visitors by publicizing CDnow promotions, contests and sales with tips from the C2 Online Resource Center. C2 members can also monitor their account activity with detailed online reports that show how many CDnow visitors originated from the member site, the number of new customers they have accrued, the dollar amount of all purchases made by the new customers, and the total commission earned.
"We believe that our C2 program will become the Internet's fastest growing business network because of its value to both members and users of the program," says Jason Olim, president and co-founder of CDnow. "We expect the program to help businesses increase traffic and drive new customers to CDnow."
Joining the C2 network is simple and free of charge. All you need to do is access the C2 website at cdnow.com and fill out the registration form. After you sign up, you will receive a user ID via email from CDnow. Now you are ready to visit the C2 Resource Center to retrieve your unique tracking code used for tracking all sales generated through your link to CDnow. In addition, URLs that contain your designated tracking code are automatically produced, so that setting up the links to the destinations of your choice is as easy as click, copy, and paste. Destination choices include: the CDnow homepage, genre specific homepages, any artist or album page and movie pages. Next, choose from a variety of graphics, which feature different shapes, sizes, colors and messages for your link button. Now you are ready to sit back, relax and start collecting your commission!
"I joined the C2 network because CDnow is the Internet's largest music retailer, which gives me the ability to offer my animalhouse.com members direct access to all the hottest new releases at discount prices," says Dan Goldberg, Director of animalhouse.com for iMALL. "In addition, the ability to link to specific sections of the CDnow store is helpful in my marketing efforts."
About CDnow
CDnow, Inc. (cdnow.com), the Internet's number one music store, offers more than 300,000 music related items -- ten times the size of the average music store. Founded in 1994 by twin brothers Jason and Matthew Olim, CDnow is building a better music store through intelligent album recommendations, custom CDs, music samples, a vast library of reviews and features from top music writers and exclusive editorial content from Rolling Stone Network, MTV/VH1 and CMJ New Music Monthly. CDnow (Nasdaq: CDNW) is the premier online music store on Yahoo!, Lycos, Lycos-Bertelsmann, Webcrawler, Tripod, Geocities, MTV/VH1 and Rolling Stone Network.
This release contains statements relating to future results of the Company (including certain projections and business trends) that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, changes in political and economic conditions, demand for and market acceptance of new and existing products, as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE CDnow, Inc.
CO: CDnow, Inc.
ST: Pennsylvania
IN: CHM MLM
SU: PDT
12/02/98 09:18 EST prnewswire.com |
