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Conduit Network for SMBs
Worldwide Adoption of Apps Surges - Conduit Drives 2.14 Billion Interactions with Branded Apps Every Month

More Than 19 New Users Join the Conduit Network Every Second, Making the Conduit App Marketplace the World's Largest with More Than 100 Million Active Users.

SAN MATEO, Calif.--Conduit, the company enabling SMB publishers to distribute their offering directly and through its global network of publishers, today released growth figures for the Conduit Network and the Conduit App Marketplace. According to the company, the Conduit Network of more than 220,000 publishers and 100 million active users is now growing by 19 new users per second, many of whom are SMBs (small to medium sized businesses). The company attributes this tremendous growth to an increase in the number and quality of web publishers of all sizes that are now leveraging its platform, including hundreds of large brands such as Major League Baseball, Travelocity, Fox News, Time Warner Cable, the National Hockey League, and thousands of smaller communities in more than 120 countries. 

The Conduit App Marketplace was launched in June 2009 to enable content providers and developers to distribute their apps to members of the Conduit Network. Ten months later, the Conduit App Marketplace is driving impressive results: Web publishers using the Conduit Marketplace deliver new apps to more than 75 million users on average each month. And in fact, more than 40 apps have more than one million active daily users. 
"Conduit is transforming the way online content is being shared and consumed," said Adam Boyden, president of Conduit. "The rapid growth of the Conduit App Marketplace and the Conduit Network is a testament to the power of instant communication and marketing based on constant engagement with users. Conduit is the world's largest platform for the creation and deployment of browser apps, and publishers of all sizes are seeing the economic advantages that this distribution method offers." 

Publishers that leverage the Conduit Platform to offer custom apps are reporting record high levels of engagement: Each month, Conduit web publishers are getting more than 21 additional unique activities from users of their branded apps; in total, over 2.14 billion user activities and brand interactions are generated across the network of 220,000 web publishers monthly. These actions are driving a variety of economic opportunities through increases in website traffic, ecommerce, search, subscriptions, affiliate marketing, and more. 

A few examples that demonstrate successful engagement and viral reach, for big brand and long-tail online marketers alike, include: 

1. Coke Zero/Avatar App: 24 hours after the first activation, this app was distributed to 1 million users in the Conduit Network. 10 days later the campaign had reached 8 million people in over 30 countries and generated nearly 1 million minutes of total viewing/engagement time. 
2. Users of Pitsi, a virtual pet mini-game that can be played from the chrome of the browser interacted with the game more than 66,000,000 times in the first ten weeks of the year. 
3. The eBay App in the Conduit App Marketplace generated more than 1 million active users in less than 3 weeks after launch. 
4. Mako, a production company that franchises the Big Brother TV show, reports that in the first 24 hours after deployment of the Big Brother Network App, more than 100,000 viewers added it to their browser. In addition, app users spent 90% more time on the site, had a 50% higher click-thru rate, and a much lower bounce rate than non-app users. 

The Conduit Network continues to be a hallmark of diversity, comprised of publishers that represent almost every vertical market segment -- from entertainment and retail to health and finance. For more information on how Conduit can help your organization increase exposure of your brand and acquire new customers, visit us at www.conduit.com or write to us at info@conduit.com.

Contacts 
Conduit
Dayna Verstegen, +1-650-340-1550 #101
dayna@conduit.com 


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SMB Marketing: Main Street Revolution ...

Overstock.com Announces Launch of its 'Main Street Revolution' Initiative

Initiative to start April 27, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY — Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) today announced the launch of its Main Street Revolution Initiative, a partnership between Overstock.com and small and minority-owned business (SMBs) owners across the United States.  This initiative creates a national marketing and distribution channel for producers of consumer products by providing the opportunity to sell their products on Overstock.com and O.biz (our B2B website).  To learn how to become a part of the initiative visit www.overstock.com/mainstreet 

According to Overstock.com Chairman and CEO Patrick Byrne, "The Main Street Revolution Initiative is designed to increase the visibility of small and minority-owned businesses which currently lack exposure to national markets."

"By joining our network these small businesses can reduce their supply chain costs, and opens their products to a mass audience," Byrne added. "We will work closely with local chambers of commerce and small business administrations across the country to connect with local businesses and kick start the Main Street Revolution Initiative.  In the beginning, these businesses' products will simply be posted in their appropriate shopping categories on Overstock.com. Once a critical mass of partners and products has been reached, the products will be consolidated into a 'Main Street' store on Overstock.com. This represents a grand opportunity for producers and consumers nationwide to participate and contribute to the national recovery effort. Main Street can be the engine that lifts us out of the recession that Wall Street created."


About Overstock.com
Overstock.com, Inc. is an online retailer offering brand-name merchandise at discount prices.  The company offers its customers an opportunity to shop for bargains conveniently, while offering its suppliers an alternative inventory distribution channel.  Overstock.com, headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Market System and can be found online at http://www.overstock.com. Overstock.com regularly posts information about the company and other related matters on its website under the heading "Investor Relations."

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Overstock.com® and O.bizTM and Main Street Revolution InitiativeTM are  trademarks of Overstock.com, Inc. 

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding creation and size of the distribution channel, the potential benefits of the initiative to those participating in the initiative and to the company, and the creation of a 'Main Street' store on the company's web site. Our Form 10-K- for the year ended December 31, 2009, and our other subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission identify important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections, estimates or forward-looking statements. 


Roger Johnson
Overstock.com Public Relations 
801-947-4430
Rojohnson@overstock.com

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