Tuesday March 30, 7:29 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Multiple Zones
Zones(TM) Selected as an Amazon.com
Auctions Charter Merchant
RENTON, Wash., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiple Zones
(Zones(TM)) (Nasdaq: MZON - news), is one of the first companies selected to be a charter
merchant in Amazon.com Auctions, the new shopping service from Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN -
news), the No. 1 online video, music, and book retailer. With almost 8 million customers, Amazon.com
is the premier destination for Zones to reach qualified and experienced online shoppers and have
auctions featured across millions of Amazon.com's pages.
''Our presence in Amazon.com Auctions is a win for Zones.com customers,'' said Phil Lalji, CEO of
Zones. ''This is a very powerful tool, a storefront that reaches millions of Amazon.com's e-commerce
friendly customers worldwide.''
Amazon.com Auctions is a customer-friendly destination for shoppers. Zones will benefit from special
advertising opportunities on the Amazon.com Auctions home and category pages and from a variety of
management tools. Because of Amazon.com's familiar design and easy-to-use features, buyers will
enjoy the very best online auction experience.
''Zones played a key role in the development of our online auction marketplace,'' said Jeff Blackburn,
director of merchant services at Amazon.com. ''With the help of Zones and other merchants, we are
driving to reach our goal of allowing customers to find, discover, and buy any products they want at
Amazon.com.''
Zones, a direct marketer of Wintel and Mac based computer products, announced last week that it has
launched its new strategy aligning all of its marketing vehicles behind two brands, Zones.com(TM) and
Zones Business Solutions(TM). Zones.com, an e-commerce driven technology portal dedicated to the
individual consumer and SOHO customer, leverages the company's traditional marketing efforts
together with new e-vehicles behind its growing e-commerce business. At that time, Zones also
announced the launch of customized Web stores for its largest business customers, and a new
e-catalog program targeting both businesses and consumers via e-mail transmissions containing
dynamic product images linking to Zones.com.
Amazon.com Auctions is the premier destination for people to search for and discover great deals on
their favorite collectibles, hard-to-find items, and other goods, such as computer products. The
Auctions site will offer items in a safe and secure environment, with the buyers' experience backed by
the Amazon.com Auctions Guarantee. The guarantee program sets a new online auction safety and
security standard, by providing buyers up to $250 against misrepresentation or non-receipt of goods.
Some restrictions apply; guarantee details are available by visiting the Amazon.com Auctions site.
Amazon.com is offering $10 gift certificates for all first-time winning bidders as an incentive to
discover and purchase items at Amazon.com Auctions, including a wide assortment of CPU's,
peripherals and accessories from Zones. At the same time, Zones will benefit from having
Amazon.com Auctions automatically promoted on millions of Amazon.com's book, music, and video
product pages.
About Multiple Zones
Multiple Zones International, Inc. is a leading direct marketer of brand name microprocessor-based
hardware, software, peripherals and accessories for users of the PC/Wintel and
Apple/Macintosh-compatible computers through its Internet store, Zones.com. A dedicated direct sales
force serves the needs of the business, education and government markets through Zones Business
Solutions. Products are also available through the Company's flagship catalogs The PC Zone and The
Mac Zone. The Company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Renton, Washington. Orders
can be placed or catalogs can be received at www.zones.com or by calling 800-258-2088.
About Amazon.com, Inc.
Amazon.com, Inc., the Internet's No. 1 video, music, and book retailer, opened its virtual doors on the
World Wide Web in July 1995. Today, the Amazon.com store has expanded to offer more than 4.7
million book, music-CD, video, DVD, computer-game, and other titles, plus online auctions, secure
credit-card payment, personalized recommendations, and streamlined ordering through 1-Click(SM)
technology.
SOURCE: Multiple Zones |
