PressReleases.com and eReleases.com to Be Auctioned at the Upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. logoMoniker.com Granted Exclusivity to Broker Sale of eReleases.com and Its Online Assets Including over 1,900 Domains and Trademarks

eReleases.com, an online press release distribution service targeted at small businesses, today announced that it has granted Moniker.com the exclusive right to broker the sale of e-commerce company eReleases.com along with the premium domain PressReleases.com and additional associated trademarks and assets.

The online asset portfolio will hit the auction block at Moniker’s live auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2007 in Hollywood Beach, Fla. at the Westin Diplomat Resort on October 12, 2007 beginning at 2 p.m. E.T. The opening bid for the portfolio is US$1 million.

Presented by the World Association of Domain Name Developers, Inc. (WADND), T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is the domain industry’s signature conference series. Steve Forbes, CEO of Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine and former presidential candidate, will keynote T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2007 in Hollywood, Florida.

The eReleases.com package contains 150 trademarks including Automobile Wire, Box Office Newswire, Investment Newswire and Politics Newswire. The asset portfolio also contains:

  • PR Fuel, a newsletter with approximately 13,000 subscribers and over 200 archived articles on the Web
  • A database of customers and media that is independently hosted
  • Relationships with freelance writers for press releases writing services

“As small businesses seek to further expand their marketing reach, many are turning to public relations to further elevate their business and services within the public eye,” said Monte Cahn, co-founder and CEO of Moniker.com. “eReleases.com has proven that it is a successful online business with million dollar revenues, making it an attractive online asset. This unique pairing of an e-commerce business and premium domain name portfolio represents a natural extension of the domain name sales arena, and we are pleased to be at the forefront.”

In addition to the eReleases.com portfolio, premium domains such as FantasySports.com, Kuwait.com, WallStreet.com, Taxes.com and Computers.com will all be on the auction block. To view the complete auction inventory visit http://marketplacepro.moniker.com/auction/detail.html?auction_id=181.

Domain Financing on Site and After

Moniker, along with its partner Domain Capital, will offer domain financing to leverage domain purchases made at this event or for other transactions. Moniker and Domain Capital have been pioneering the same concept for virtual real-estate for years in a fashion similar to real estate mortgage financing.

About Moniker

Moniker (http://www.moniker.com) is the first and only provider of Domain Asset Management, a complete set of business services that provide companies a single-point-of-access to help manage and maximize the value of their domains. These services include name creation, registration, acquisition, portfolio management, appraisal and escrow services, traffic monetization and after-market sales – all backed by unsurpassed customer service and security.

With more than a decade of experience, Moniker is a top 10 domain registrar, holds the industry’s highest customer retention rate and pioneered the industry’s first domain appraisal formula. It is considered the industry’s premier marketplace to buy and sell domain names.

Customers include savvy investors, Web entrepreneurs and forward-thinking global companies, including Marchex, Nokta, Future Media Architects, AOL, Yahoo, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, Lions Gate Films, Bank of America, Microsoft, Jupitermedia, Geosigns, Mainstream Advertising and many others.

Moniker, with headquarters in Pompano Beach, Florida, is an operating unit of Seevast Corporation (http://www.seevast.com), a company of marketing services firms that drive sales, build brands and leverage core assets for their clients.

About T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

Presented by the World Association of Domain Name Developers, Inc. (WADND), T.R.A.F.F.I.C. is the domain industry’s premier conference. Three times per year T.R.A.F.F.I.C. (Targeted Redirects and Financial Fulfillment Internet Conference) brings together domain owners, search engine companies, leading registrars, pay-per-click aggregators, sponsors, Wall Street investors, the banking, financial and advertising communities as well as analysts, developers and experts on targeted traffic. An invitation-only event, conference attendees collectively control over 10 million domain names and host tens of millions of unique visitors to their websites every day. The Internet’s biggest companies support and participate in T.R.A.F.F.I.C., including Google, Yahoo!, Sedo.com, Moniker.com, Marchex, TrafficZ, Fabulous.com, DomainSponsor.com and many others. Legendary “domain king” Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu, a prominent Intellectual Property attorney and former three-term mayor of North Miami, Florida co-founded and manage the event through their company, the World Association of Domain Name Developers, Inc. (WADND). Corporate headquarters are located at 1152 N. University Drive, Suite 201, Pembroke Pines, Florida, 33024. For more information, send email to admin@targetedtraffic.com or visit us at http://www.targetedtraffic.com.

About eReleases.com/PressReleases.com

eReleases was founded in 1998 with the idea that press release writing and targeted press release distribution shouldn’t be out of the reach of small business owners. The company’s website (http://www.ereleases.com) features tips and resources for visitors who want to learn more about press releases, including how to write and distribute their own press release. eReleases also publishes a free, weekly newsletter titled PR Fuel that showcases advice and articles from experts in the public relations field. Details on the company and its offering, including a detailed fact sheet, can be found here: http://www.estartup.com