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Press Room Archive: August
2006
GoDaddy.com & Fast
Transact GIVE E-Commerce BIG BOOST
New Partnership Gives Strategic Retailers
Ability to Increase Customer Reach
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.
(Aug. 11, 2006) - ® and ® have forged a partnership
to offer credit card processing for specialized
and international online businesses - making
it easier and safer for their customers
to pay for products and services on the
Internet.
By teaming with Fast Transact, Inc., Go
Daddy now offers credit card processing
for international and specialty-industry
retailers. Go Daddy again shows its commitment
to online businesses by providing easy,
affordable access to merchant accounts
that can help increase sales, cut paperwork
and reduce risk for e-businesses.
"Merchant accounts provide a secure, convenient
method for customers to make an electronic
payment for goods and services and help
e-commerce Web sites increase sales while
reducing paperwork and financial risk, " said
Bob Parsons, CEO and founder of The Go
Daddy Group, Inc. "Partnering with FAST
TRANSACT and expanding our merchant-account
services to international and specialty-industry
retailers further establishes GoDaddy.com's
commitment to e-commerce - in the U.S.
and beyond."
For businesses, merchant accounts provide
a secure, convenient method for customers
to make an electronic payment for goods
and services. In addition, merchant accounts
offered through Go Daddy and FAST TRANSACT
help e-commerce Web sites increase sales
while reducing paperwork and financial
risk.
"We believe that U.S., Canadian and international
merchants will be absolutely delighted
with our single-source credit card processing
solution," said David Solomon, CEO of Fast
Transact, Inc. "The integration of FAST
TRANSACT's global payment authorization
system provides Go Daddy merchants with
the very best in fraud prevention, data
security, billing and reporting capabilities.
Perhaps most importantly, merchants can
be assured that they are backed by some
of the world's best processing acquirers
including Bank of America, Wells Fargo
and the Nova Corporation."
GoDaddy.com merchant accounts make e-business
simple. Accounts are available for standard
U.S. merchants, specialty merchants and
international merchants to fit the needs
of a wide variety of online businesses.
Transactions are processed through partners,
like FAST TRANSACT, who then deposit proceeds
into the business' account. It's an easy,
cost-effective and secure offering for
online businesses to expand their customer
reach.
About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
Go Daddy is a leading provider of services
that enable individuals and businesses
to establish, maintain and evolve an online
presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of
domain name registration and Web site hosting
services as well as a broad array of on-demand
and other services. The Go Daddy Group
is the world's largest domain name registrar,
with approximately 14.6 million domain
names under management as of June 30, 2006
and North America 's largest shared Web
site hosting provider. During the final
six months of 2005, The Go Daddy Group
registered approximately one-third of all
domain names registered in the top five
generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including
.com, .net, .org, .biz and .info.
About Fast Transact, Inc.
FAST TRANSACT is a registered trademark
of Fast Transact, Inc. Founded in 1995,
and privately owned and operated, Fast
Transact, Inc. is a registered ISO/MSP
(Merchant Service Provider) of Bank of
America and Wells Fargo Bank. The company
provides nationwide integrated electronic
payment technologies for accepting, authorizing,
securing, and processing credit and debit
cards, ACH check services, and gift/loyalty
card payments for retail and Internet merchants.
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