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Hostway Unveils New Popular Standard for Domain Name Registration

$6.95 per Year Pricing Lowest Domain Name Registration Available

CHICAGO - May 29, 2003 - Hostway Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of Web hosting services, today announced that it will register new Internet domain names for $6.95 per year. Hostway’s new price for .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz domain names is the first offer of its kind without restrictions. It requires no other purchase and is available with just one year of domain name registration.

At $6.95, Hostway’s full-featured domain name registration is less than one-fifth of the cost of most domain name registrars and is the lowest domain name registration ever made available to the public.

In the past, there have been other attempts to lower the cost of domain name registration. These efforts, however, usually entailed restrictions such as the domain name belonging to the registrar instead of the person registering the name. Such offers often ended up causing legal headaches for customers. With Hostway, customers own the domain name completely, not the registrars. They also receive free domain name forwarding, a Web-based control panel, renewal protection, and an advertisement-free under construction page.

“We believe that domain name registration and ownership will become an increasingly important issue for everyone, especially businesses,” said Lucas Roh, chief executive officer and a founder of Hostway Corporation. “Having a Web presence is no longer an option for businesses. It’s a must-have. Registering a domain name is the first step in establishing a professional Web presence. The next logical step is to have a fully functional Web site and email under your own domain name. Hostway’s commitment goes beyond simple domain name registration, but is a concentrated strategy to cost-effectively deliver total Web presence solution to the market.”

According to Dailychanges.com, domain names are being registered at more than 1.3 million per month despite the economic downturn. Names with the .com extension remain the most popular, comprising 79 percent of all new registrations. As a result of this rapid growth, the new .info and .biz were created to expand the available domain name inventory and enable people to choose names that better reflect the purpose of their Web site.

With Hostway, one of the most trusted names in Web hosting, people can register domain names with Hostway in complete confidence about ownership and stability. With offices in the US, the UK, the Netherlands, Australia, and Korea, Hostway is a truly global, full-service hosting provider, allowing customers can quickly and easily upgrade to professional email plans or to award winning Web hosting and ecommerce plans.

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“Hostway has always provided customers with innovative Web presence solutions backed by award winning support at affordable prices,” said John Lee, director of marketing for Hostway.  “We are thrilled to be able to make it even easier for customers to establish an online presence with our new low price, fully-featured domain name registration service and plan to launch these new lower domain name prices in all of Hostway’s international locations in the coming months.”

About Hostway

Hostway Corporation is a provider of award-winning Web hosting services and tools, supported by superior customer service. Working primarily with small- and medium-sized businesses, Hostway provides the best of hosting technology with innovative online tools to help customers broaden their reach and grow their business. Hostway offers a wide range of shared and dedicated server plans to partner with their customers – from the launch of a Web site through every stage of online growth.

Founded in 1998, Hostway established an initial customer base by acquiring a two-year old company that was one of the industry’s first pioneers in Web hosting. It then began an aggressive program of accelerated growth compounded by technical innovation. Today, the company supports more than 100,000 Web sites worldwide and facilitates millions of dollars in e-commerce transactions each month. Hostway has steadily expanded its global reach during the last three years by opening offices in Seoul, Korea, London, Amsterdam and, most recently, Sydney, Australia.

 

For more information on Hostway Corporation please visit www.hostway.com or call 1-888-290-5170.

 

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