Columbus, Ohio, September 28, 2009: 2Checkout.com, Inc., a leading provider of e-commerce and payments processing solutions for merchants, announced today the appointment of Tom E. Dailey as president of the company. Dailey is a 25+ year credit card and payments industry veteran who has held a number of executive and corporate board roles, most recently as head of Discover Card’s global merchant business.

Alan Homewood, founder of 2Checkout.com, stated, “we are happy to have Tom onboard as part of the 2CO family. Tom’s experience and leadership will be key as we take an already successful company to a new level.”

Established in 2000, and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, 2Checkout.com (2CO) is a full service e-commerce solution servicing thousands of web-based businesses throughout the world. 2CO provides online businesses a merchant account alternative and a fully automated suite of backend services. In addition to a fast and secure checkout system accepting a wide variety of payment methods, 2CO offers built-in fraud protection, 24-hour customer care, PCI data storage compliance, an automated shopping cart and easy to use plug-n-play code.

There is only one more week left for South Africans to take advantage of 2Checkout’s no-risk free sign up offer.

The offer, which was recently extended through September, will expire Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EST. South African businesses anxious to integrate a new e-commerce solution and try our system on for size, are encouraged to signup as soon as possible and enjoy the $49 USD savings.

Detailed information highlighting 2Checkout’s international advantages, as well as a link to the free signup offer for South African-based businesses is still available.

In related news, 2CO will soon be announcing the integration of five additional international currencies to its purchase routine, including the South African Rand. Stay tuned for more details.

2Checkout representatives are on the road and we would love having the opportunity to meet and treat our vendors!

We are going to be in Tampa Florida, August 10th through 12th for the Direct Response Forum (DRF). If you are in the area, please email reservations@2co.com to schedule a time for one of our representatives to take you out for lunch or dinner. This is one of many ways to show our appreciation and personalize your partnership with 2Checkout.com.

We look forward to meeting you!

We really do love our pets here at 2CO, and I bet you do too! I also know that we have some very talented artists who visit here. You can help us find our new mascot by sending us a picture of your pets or some of your art! Personally, I can’t wait to see the dogs and cats and birds and other assorted animal-friends as well as some really excellent art.

Guidelines:

• All photos/drawings must have a proper logo (2Checkout.com, 2Checkout or 2CO).
• Please keep all photos/drawings tasteful (no nudity/illicit behavior).
• Only one entry per person.
• You may submit your entry via email or mail.
• Entries must include your name, email address, supplier id (if applicable) and mailing address in your email or mailed entry.
• Only entries received on or before July 30, 2009 will be accepted.

Please submit all entries by mail to:

2Checkout.com
Attn: Mascot Contest
1785 O’Brien Rd.
Columbus, OH 43228

Or by email:

Mascot@2co.com

For all you business owners out there relying on contracted help to run your businesses – which is pretty much all of you – it’s time to reevaluate the quality of your partnerships to ensure you are getting the most bang for your buck.

In times of economic uncertainty, the small business owner is often stuck in a position where they are at the mercy of a number of different businesses. Suppliers, distributers, and banks all need paid for their services. For folks selling online, web hosts, ISPs, and affiliates also weigh down the expense column.

As part of effectively running a small business, budgeting for the costs associated with “doing business” is a crucial job of its own that robs precious time from what most managers consider the most crucial business task — marketing and selling their products. So when one of your suppliers or business partners changes distribution standards or increases pricing, balancing costs versus revenue is an immediate challenge.

Within the vast e-commerce marketplace, we are proud of what we have accomplished. 2Checkout prides itself on the fact that in nearly 10 years of doing business, we have never increased our fees, nor cannibalized our service offering to make ends meet.

Businesses that opened 2Checkout accounts in February of 2000 pay the same fees today that attracted them to our e-commerce service nearly a decade ago and continue to benefit from the upgrades we make to our system. We have never added scaled fee structures or tacked on additional costs for the businesses enjoying increased sales and as a result are more reliant on the labor intensive portions of our service — such as our 24/7 customer care center and screening orders for fraud. Growth and the increase in responsibility for appropriately handling your increase in online sales, comes with the territory of being a service-centric business. And when your business succeeds, we are more than happy to grow to meet your needs and demands. That’s our promise.

You know the old adage — you get what you pay for! It’s very true. It’s important to note it doesn’t mean you need to expect an increase in fees to coincide with each year’s cost-of-living increase or be forced to manage more of the responsibilities associated with your online sales. In the world of business, you can compete on price or you can compete on service. Very rarely can you find a business that can do both. We are proud of the fact we have remained a consistent provider of quality e-commerce services at a steady price for nearly a decade. Dependability is a good quality in a friend, but crucial in a partner for your business!