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We are delighted to welcome our new Platinum Industry Partner BuySAFE to the Magento family!

Magento's partnership with buySAFE was announced in a press release Tuesday, Nov 29 and they have already co-hosted their first webinar. buySAFE's commitment to online security has really made its mark on our community since officially becoming a partner in September.

buySAFE transactional guarantees are used by thousands of online retailers to increase conversion and customer satisfaction. buySAFE works by providing tangible benefits that address the three primary concerns of online shoppers – identity theft, transaction integrity and the assurance that they are getting the lowest price. Merchants can experience the conversion and customer satisfaction benefits for themselves with a 30-day free trial by installing the buySAFE extension on Magento.

Do you spend your valuable time dealing with sales tax when you could be growing your business?  Are you constantly updating rules and trying to make sure you’re in compliance with your local tax codes?  Magento is proud to announce that we’ve teamed up with Avalara (www.avalara.com), the leading provider of web-based sales tax automation solutions for businesses of all sizes, to enable Magento merchants to easily and affordably manage sales tax calculation, compliance, and exemption certificates.  As of today, Magento will offer seamless integration with Avalara’s AvaTax™ service.

Through its AvaTax service, Avalara offers the fastest, most accurate, and affordable Web-based tax compliance service available. AvaTax operates as a module, providing a fully integrated and automated sales tax management system that includes functionality to protect against audits, obsolete data, and changing tax laws. With point-and-click ease, sales tax is figured in tenths of a second, with unequaled accuracy, transaction after transaction.

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Partnership Focused On Supporting Global Sales Visions of Online Merchants Through e-Payment Processing

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Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Los Angeles, CA – December 16, 2009 – GlobalCollect, the world’s premier payment service provider for local e-payments and Varien, the Magento company, announce today their strategic partnership aimed at empowering online retailers to meet their global sales objectives. The Magento e-commerce platform, developed by Varien, is based on open source technology that provides merchants with high levels of flexibility and control over the user experience, content, and functionality of their e-commerce channel. By joining forces with GlobalCollect, Magento’s clients gain access to an unrivalled portfolio of local, alternative, and international payment methods in over 200 countries and for 170 currencies.

“Our partnership with GlobalCollect certainly allows us to continue to empower retailers’ dreams and visions for growth in a unique way,” said Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien. “GlobalCollect’s flexibility to work with a wide range of currencies and payment methods makes it easy for retailers to focus on the day to day operations of their shop without needing to worry about how to collect and process payments. Any partnership which helps to increase retailers’ efficiency is a partnership worth making.”

The proven correlation between the number of payment options and increased customer conversion rates is compelling retailers to find solutions for accepting multiple types of payment and international currencies. Many e-commerce merchants now offer various preferred payment methods and have begun accepting foreign currencies in order to help turn online browsers into buyers.

Jan Manten, CEO of GlobalCollect, continued: “We are very pleased to partner with Magento, the fastest growing e-commerce platform in the marketplace. Marrying the strength of Open Source Magento platform with our comprehensive offering as a global Payment Service Provider makes perfect sense as we compliment each others’ core competencies. It will help online merchants across the world realize their growth objectives and speed up their time to market. ”

About GlobalCollect
GlobalCollect is the world’s premier Payment Service Provider of local e-payment solutions for international Customer Not-Present (CNP) channels such as internet, mail and telephone orders, and specialized in a wide range of industries such as travel, ticketing, telecommunications, retail, publishing, portals, online gaming, and digital content. While most providers limit their services to a technical link with payment acquirers, GlobalCollect is a full service partner consulting clients on how to increase transaction volumes, expand distribution channels, and reduce costs by streamlining back office processes. Through a single-interface online payment platform, we offer access to an unrivalled portfolio of local and international payment methods in over 200 countries, including all major credit and debit cards, direct debits, bank transfers, real-time bank transfers, eWallets, cash at outlets, prepaid methods, checks, and invoices. http://www.globalcollect.com

About Magento
Magento is a feature-rich, professional Open Source eCommerce platform solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento is the ultimate eCommerce solution. For more information about Magento, visit http://www.MagentoCommerce.com.

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Koby Oz
Marketing Director
Varien, Inc.

Official Module Provides Integration with One of the Leading European Payment Services

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Los Angeles, CA and Brusells, Belgium—December 10th, 2009 - The Magento team, creators of the world’s fastest growing eCommerce platform, and Ogone, a leading European Payments Service today announce official integration of Ogone payment processing with the Magento eCommerce platform. Starting immediately, operators of Magento online shops can use the payment solutions offered by international payment service provider Ogone.

The integration is achieved via an add-on extenstion to the Magento software which was developed jointly by Varien and Ogone. The module is available to merchants free of charge at http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/2212/official-ogone-extension. Compatible with all versions of Magento, the plug-in is quick and easy to install and requires no special knowledge outside of general Magento administration skills. Currently, Magento is the platform of choice for over 30,000 online retailers and is tremendously popular within European markets.

With Ogone’s payment solutions, Magento retailers can utilize all of the international and local payment procedures that are commonplace in major European markets. Ogone works with more than one hundred acquirers. The company’s well-engineered fraud-detection procedures make it possible for online retailers to verify the authenticity of buyers and set various parameters to configure the level of risk they are willing to accept during their transactions. “Our high standards of quality and the wide range of payment options were key criteria for our collaboration with Ogone,” explains Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien. “This functionality makes our platform even more attractive for European retailers.”

The Magento eCommerce platform is the world’s fastest growing eCommerce platform with more than 1.2 million downloads in just a year and a half. The Magento Connect platform, a marketplace for the distribution of community and commercial Magento products and services has also given rise to a vibrant community of users and third party developers, who are constantly contributing new extensions, expanding Magento’s functionality. More than 240 payment-related extensions are currently available; however, only seven of these, including the Ogone plug-in, are part of the core Magento application developed by Varien, which guarantees error-free performance in the current and all future editions.

“Of Magento’s seven core payment solutions, Ogone is the only true pan-European operator,” reports Ogone CEO Peter De Caluwe. “We see this as a testament to the quality of our solutions. We are expecting a significant upswing in business as a result of the connection with Magento.” Currently, more than 20,000 online shops in 35 countries use Ogone as their payment service provider.

About Ogone
Ogone is a European payment service provider with more than 20,000 customers in 35 countries, including Notesbookbilliger.de, Conrad Electronics, Nespresso, Pro idee, carbookers.de, iBOOD.de, ThomasCook, Bayreuther Festspiele, BOSE and Hilton. Founded in 1996 and headquartered out of Brussels, it offers e-commerce payment solutions, and its portfolio includes both business-to-consumer and business-to-business solutions (e.g., purchasing cards). Ogone’s payment services are some of the most comprehensive on the market and include highly developed transaction technology and back-office solutions.

Ogone has subsidiaries in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, the UK, Austria and Switzerland. It is connected to more than 100 banks and financial service providers over certified interfaces and processes common international payment methods (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Diners Club) as well as a large number of local payment methods. These include ELV electronic debits or giropay in German, ideal and Machtiging in the Netherlands, Solo and Maestro UK in the UK, Bancontact/Mister Cash in Belgium, Carte Bleue in France, Dankort and eDankort in Denmark and many more.

About Magento
Magento is a feature-rich, professional Open Source eCommerce platform solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento is the ultimate eCommerce solution. For more information about Magento, visit http://www.MagentoCommerce.com.

Press Contacts
ReComPR GmbH for Ogone
Thomas Rentschler
Herderplatz 5
55124 Mainz
Tel.: 06131 / 216320

Koby Oz
Marketing Director
Varien, Inc.

Magento Platform’s Flexibility, Enhanced User Experience Provide Competitive Advantage for Tool King

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Denver, CO and Los Angeles, CA—December 4th, 2009 – Tool King, a premier Internet tool retailer whose website www.toolking.com was named in the TOP 50 Best of the Web by the industry trade publication Internet Retailer, has upgraded its e-commerce solution with Magento Enterprise Edition eCommerce platform.

The new Tool King website was designed with custom integration of the Magento Enterprise Edition platform by Denver-based Unleaded Software (www.unleadedsoftware.com), a Magento Professional Solutions Partner. The new, enhanced Tool King website launched in November, 2009.

“After a lot of research we became convinced that the best way to improve our shopping experience and site administration for today and tomorrow was to integrate the Magento e-commerce solution,” said Don Cohen, president of Tool King. “We selected Unleaded Software to customize it with our own unique set of needs because of their Magento expertise and status as a Professional Partner. The upgrade couldn’t have been smoother and the Magento solution has proven to be everything that was promised.”

The Magento eCommerce Platform, developed by Varien, is built on open source technology that provides merchants with high levels of flexibility and control over the user experience, content and functionality of their ecommerce store. Its modular architecture, industry-leading features and powerful marketing and merchandising tools have quickly made the Magento eCommerce Platform the fastest-growing ecommerce platform on the market.

“We are excited that Tool King is running Magento Enterprise Edition,” said Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien. “It’s always great to see a rapidly growing eCommerce company flourish as Tool King has, and by delivering their online channel through Magento Enteprise Edition, Tool King has definitely positioned themselves for a continued surge of growth. We are pleased that Magento is a valuable part of helping make their goals a reality.”

The Tool King website is a high-availability/high-volume website retail store requiring a platform to manage sales and growth now and into the future. The website features more than 200 top tool brands, with thousands of power tools, cordless tools, air tools and even basic tools, and caters to everyone from professionals in every tool-driven craft to do-it-yourselfers and the occasional handyman. Plus, Tool King not only carries new tools, it also features a full line of Guaranteed Factory Reconditioned tools for up to 75% off of new tool prices.

Launched in 1978 with a small retail store in Denver, Colo., Tool King expanded to a chain of six retail locations in Colorado, and then gained national exposure with the addition of three retail outlets in Wisconsin in 1987. Seizing the new opportunity of the emerging Internet, the company launched its first website in 2001, and it met with so much success that the focus changed: in 2004, the firm consolidated all of its retail outlets into one 10,000-foot super store in Lakewood and concentrated its national ambitions on the strength of http://www.toolking.com. Today that lone super store remains as the foundation of an efficient fulfillment and distribution system based on a single warehouse and a network of drop shippers that powers the company’s e-commerce expansion.

In addition to its TOP 50 Best of the Web designation, ToolKing.com has also been recognized as a Top 500 Retailer by Internet Retailer and the Top 28th fastest growing e-commerce company.
To maintain that success and momentum, the management of Tool King recognized the need to upgrade its e-commerce platform and turned to the Magento Enterprise Edition eCommerce solution. Shoppers now have a greater ability to inspect and investigate the tool products they are interested in purchasing, and the selection and check-out procedures have been streamlined to make tool shopping an easy and pleasant experience. In addition, the integration of the Magento solution enables Tool King to greatly reduce its workload to accomplish such common tasks as adding, deleting and upgrading inventory, accounting functions, shipping, returns, and customer service.

About Unleaded Software
Unleaded Software, founded in 1998, is a Denver-based website design and development firm specializing in delivering experience-driven custom websites. Unleaded became a Magento Commerce Silver Partner in 2007 and upgraded its Magento relationship to Professional Solutions Partner in 2009, all part of the firm’s growing specialization in developing e-commerce shopping cart websites. Unleaded Software also provides such website services as content development, Search Engine Optimization, blog integration and writing, content management, video and audio production, and website hosting.

About Magento
Magento is a feature-rich, professional Open Source eCommerce platform solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento is the ultimate eCommerce solution. For more information about Magento, visit http://www.MagentoCommerce.com.

Press Contacts
Nancy Clark
The Unleaded Group/Blonde Productions Group

Koby Oz
Marketing Director
Varien, Inc.

Marketing and Technology Agency Uses Magento’s Enterprise E-commerce Platform to Build Better Online Shopping Experiences

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Boston, MA and Los Angeles, CA—November 25, 2009 – One Pica, a marketing and technology agency, and Varien, creators of Magento, the world’s fastest growing eCommerce platform, today announced One Pica’s participation in the Magento enterprise partner program. One Pica is helping its clients market their products and sell more effectively through their e-commerce channel by leveraging Magento’s recently released advanced enterprise functionality.

One Pica specializes in leveraging the power of Magento’s open source technology to address clients’ specific needs around e-commerce performance and operations. One Pica has developed two highly successful custom extensions – one that connects Magento to major Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) to help sites load quickly, and another that integrates Avalara, a leading sales tax automation platform to make recording sales tax easier and more accurate.

Gregory Segall, president of One Pica said, “As a Magento enterprise partner, we focus on creating fully tailored end-to-end solutions for retailers requiring e-commerce experiences that are fast, integrated with back-end processes, and in-synch with creative merchandising and promotional strategies.”

“We’re thrilled to welcome One Pica as a Magento enterprise partner” said Scott Dahlgren, director of channel development at Varien. “Partners like One Pica clearly understand how to help clients realize all the benefits of an enterprise-level marketing and e-commerce engine.”

One Pica is in the process of developing additional custom extensions for the enterprise platform and the Magento community. A series of joint webinars by One Pica and Varien start in December.

Press Contacts
Sharon Barclay
Blue Trumpet Group for One Pica

617-571-1233

Koby Oz
Marketing Director
Varien, Inc.

A Holistic Perspective of eCommerce and Considerations, Guidance, Tactics and Tools to Accelerate Online Success

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Los Angeles, CA and Dallas, TX − FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE − Varien, the Magento Company, creators of the world’s premier and fastest growing eCommerce platform, and RAZOR 360, an end-to-end eCommerce consultancy, providing strategic guidance, digital and interactive marketing, technology services, and customer care and fulfillment, today announced plans for a joint webinar entitled “7 Tips to Accelerate your eCommerce Evolution.”

Scheduled to take place on Thursday, November the 12th at 10AM Pacific Time, the webinar targets small and medium-size businesses either considering or with an already established eCommerce presence, and for manufacturers looking to establish a direct-to-consumer online channel. “Quite often, we see organizations making mission critical decisions about aspects of their online presence without considering the effects on the whole channel. These mistakes can be fatal to your brand and your business.” said Douglas Hollinger, Managing Director of RAZOR 360. The webinar aims to provide a holistic, 360-degree view of the truth about going online and to educate retailers about what that truly entails, including 7 key tips on how to cut through the clutter of options and select the right tools, models and tactics to accelerate online success.

“There can be a fundamental misunderstanding on the part of retailers when it comes to establishing an online channel and what needs to be taken into consideration when doing so,” said Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien, the Magento Company. “As our partners at RAZOR 360 like to put it, ‘one weak link breaks the chain,’ and we need to do all that we can to educate retailers and anyone else considering going online to ensure they achieve success.’’

The webinar will present 7 tips on a wide and diverse range of key factors for online success, including requirements that need to be in place in the back office, non-online operations which may need change or enhancement, and other considerations such as customer acquisition and marketing costs and how to choose the best platform and tools to run, maintain and manage an eCommerce site.

“We are incredibly excited to be Enterprise Partners with Varien. We at RAZOR 360 believe Magento is much more than a leading eCommerce technology,” said Hollinger. “We see it signaling a paradigm shift in the marketplace. Now small and medium sized businesses can have the tools to compete with retail Goliaths. However, this level playing field makes planning and execution even more crucial for success.”

“RAZOR 360 is a clear leader when it comes to consulting with retailers and providing full circle guidance on all the diverse requirement for going online properly and successfully,” said Rubin. “We are glad to present this webinar with them.”

About Razor360
RAZOR 360 is an end-to-end eBusiness agency, focused on optimizing the web presence and online capabilities of their clients. RAZOR 360 provides a comprehensive set of solutions and services to help companies drive transactions while creating the optimal consumer experience. They specialize in strategy development, user experience, creative design, digital marketing, technology implementations, and product fulfillment. RAZOR 360 can provide your company with a complete, end-to-end Magento solution, built to thrive in today’s digital economy. Please visit www.razor-360.com to find out more.

About Magento
Magento is a feature-rich, professional Open Source eCommerce platform solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento is the ultimate eCommerce solution.  For more information about the Magento Enterprise Edition subscription, visit www.MagentoCommerce.com/product/enterprise-edition. To keep up with Magento news, please visit http://www.magentocommerce.com/company/press-releases and www.magentocommerce.com/blog.

Inquiries
Koby Oz
Director of Marketing
Varien, Inc.

310-954-8012

Solution to Offer On Demand Integration with Best-of-Breed EDI, Webstore, CRM and Accounting Suites

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Los Angeles, CA and BURLINGTON, Ontario, Canada—October 19, 2009—Varien, the Magento Company, provider of the premier Open Source eCommerce Platform and eBridge Software, a world leading provider of accounting software integration solutions announced today their partnership aimed at providing best of breed back office software integration to users of the Magento Enterprise eCommerce platform.

Although the number of retailers deploying eCommerce platforms continues to grow world wide, many eCommerce platforms do not easily connect with other, and often critical operational systems. This requires many deployments to depend upon custom solutions for a wide range of needs which along with being costly, places extra strain on resources.

“Integration with backend systems is a critical part of an eCommerce platform deployment and we are committed to making the process as seamless as possible,” said Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien. “With this partnership, Magento Enterprise retailers will get immediate access to standardized integration components for the leading, best of breed third party ERP, CRM, SCM and accounting packages. Magento Enterprise’s BridgeConnect module will facilitate quick integration and with minimal hassle, allowing merchants to realize harmony between back office systems.”

The eBridge software currently supports connectors for over 35 of the world’s most popular accounting packages, including products from Microsoft, SAP, Sage and Intuit.

“Enabling e-Commerce store owners to concentrate on their businesses and not the manual entry of orders removes and enormous obstacle for them,” said Colin Brown “In addition, having integration touch points into over 35 major accounting packages will help Magento provide a solution to their client base”.

A joint informational webinar will be scheduled shortly. Please check back for more information soon.

For more information about Magento, visit www.MagentoCommerce.com. To keep up with Magento news, please visit www.magentocommerce.com/company/press-releases and www.magentocommerce.com/blog.

About eBridge
Since 1993 eBridge Software has been enabling data integration with EDI, CRM, SCM, and web store front systems for small to medium sized businesses. With thousands of customers and trading partners, and integration with over 35 accounting packages and back office software systems eBridge has emerged as the leader in providing quality integration solutions. For more information visit www.ebridgesoft.com

About Magento
Magento is a feature-rich, professional Open Source eCommerce platform solution that offers merchants complete flexibility and control over the presentation, content, and functionality of their online channel. Magento’s intuitive administration interface features powerful marketing tools, a catalog-management engine and is SEO optimized to give merchants the power to create sites that provide an unrivaled and rich online shopping experience for their customers, tailored to their unique business needs. Designed to be completely scalable and backed by an extensive support network, Magento is the ultimate eCommerce solution.

Inquiries
Koby Oz
Director of Marketing
Varien, Inc.

310-954-8012