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Yahoo! Australia & NZ and NetRegistry to Offer Free Domains Yahoo! Australia & NZ and NetRegistry to Offer Free AU.COM Web Addresses to New Users of Yahoo! Store SYDNEY, October 17, 2001 Yahoo! Australia & NZ and NetRegistry today launch a free web address service worth $160, available to the first 2,000 customers who trial a local Yahoo! Store. The web address eg: www.CompanyName.au.com, will point to the online store free for 12 months. Yahoo! Store (http://store.yahoo.com.au) is an economical, easy to use store building and hosting tool, currently used by more than 12,000 businesses around the world. In Australia, it is used by retailers both small and large including The Body Shop, Gowings, EzyDVD and Jan Logan Jewellery. "Setting up an online store using Yahoo! is priced from just $AU80 a month and incurs no set up fee," said Peter Crowe, Commerce Producer, Yahoo! Australia & NZ. "Now with a free web address for one year, it's even more economical for businesses to open up shop on the web." Typically customers who trial a Yahoo! Store receive a website address like http://au.store.yahoo.com/CompanyName. As part of the new offer, NetRegistry will also map http://www.CompanyName.au.com straight to the store, giving store owners an easy to promote website address. "This agreement is a perfect example of the power of the AU.COM domain. Web addresses are one of the few Internet products that are not normally available free, so providing free addresses to Yahoo! Store merchants is a valuable, added bonus for businesses wanting to trial online commerce," said Larry Bloch, CEO. As part of the promotion, Australian customers will receive $160 of free services from NetRegistry for test-driving a Yahoo! Store. The test drive allows people to use Yahoo! Store free for 10 days after which a small monthly fee for the use of the store applies. To take advantage of the offer, people should go direct to store.yahoo.com.au (there is no need for a www). Additional Information: TheRedirector Services being offered to owners of a Yahoo! Store allows the registration of a web address, which is then pointed to another Web address, but remains in the Web browser so the underlying address is hidden. Customers looking for http://www.CustomerChoice.au.com are instantly redirected to http://au.store.yahoo.com/customerchoice, however customers will not see the Yahoo! Store Web address. The usual cost of this service is $162.80. * ends * About Yahoo! Australia & NZ Yahoo! Australia & NZ is one of the most recognised Internet brands in the region. www.yahoo.com.au and the online auction site SOLD.com.au are part of the global network of Yahoo! sites. By working with leading local companies, Yahoo! Australia & NZ provides comprehensive and localised media, commerce and communication services to over four million Australians and New Zealanders each month. For marketers, government and businesses, the company offers intelligent, innovative and integrated marketing, selling and Internet broadcast solutions for maximum impact. Yahoo! Australia & NZ has offices in Sydney and Melbourne and can be found on the Web at www.yahoo.com.au and www.yahoo.co.nz About Yahoo! Inc Yahoo! Inc. is a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company that offers a comprehensive branded network of services to more than 210 million individuals each month worldwide. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the leading guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach. Yahoo! is the No. 1 Internet brand globally and reaches the largest audience worldwide. The company also provides online business and enterprise services designed to enhance the productivity and Web presence of Yahoo!’s clients. These services include Corporate Yahoo!, a popular customised enterprise portal solution; audio and video streaming; store hosting and management; and Web site tools and services. The company’s global Web network includes 24 World properties. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Yahoo! has offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Australia, Canada and the United States. ### Yahoo!, Yahoo! Australia & NZ, and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. For further information, photos or interviews, please contact: Anna Featherstone Yahoo! Australia & NZ Tel: 02 8925 0100 or email: pr@au.yahoo-inc.com Copyright © 1994-2001 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.