Getplugged.com: Robust Growth And Industry Acceptance Fuel Expansion

20-Apr-00

GetPlugged.com - a wholly owned subsidiary of KnowledgeLINK - is the industry's premier marketing Web site for specialty consumer electronics. Working in collaboration with key manufacturers and retailers nationwide, GetPlugged.com has achieved exceptional growth and industry acceptance in the six months since its launch. Here are the highlights of recent events:Over the last 30 days, KnowledgeLINK has been pleased to announce that Nakamichi America Corp, and Denon Electronics have authorized their respective dealer networks to display product on www.GetPlugged.com in compliance within the terms of their current dealer agreements. Each manufacturer will evaluate and authorize, on an individual basis, retailers who wish to align themselves with the GetPlugged.com site. To ensure the highest level of customer service, each GetPlugged.com affiliated dealer will have the required dedicated hardware, software, and in-house electronic sales personnel (ESP). The consumer will have the option of obtaining the product/system themselves at their local retailer's location or can arrange for the dealer to personally deliver and install the product(s).""Our alliances with these highly respected manufacturers are a cornerstone to our commitment to provide the very best product offerings and customer service to every visitor of GetPlugged.com."" states Sunil Mehrotra, CEO of KnowledgeLINK, ""We anticipate working closely with each manufacturer in the coming months to establish new benchmarks for on-line marketing for the specialty sector.""In addition to these key manufacturer alliances, GetPlugged.com signed-on seven new specialty retailers with exemplary reputations. That brings the total of specialty storefront locations across the country to 66. The new dealers are:- Audio Concepts, Houston, Texas - Audio Craft, Cleveland, Ohio - Classic Stereo & Video, Grand Rapids, Michigan - Harvey's, Lyndhurst, New Jersey - San Francisco Stereo & Theater Systems, Berkeley, California - Stereo Barn, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania - Stereo Exchange, New York, New YorkGetPlugged.com is establishing its unique, tightly affiliated network of specialty retailers - all nationally respected - to provide products, installation services, and unparalleled customer support to online consumers. The site combines the ease of shopping on the Internet with the best available in-store expertise and assistance through its retail partners.Since its launch in September 1999, GetPlugged.com has experienced exponential growth in traffic. The numbers to date: - Over 1,600,000 unique visitors - Over 14,000 unique visitors per day - Consumers average more than 5.9 minutes per session - Over 9.4 million total page views since launch - More than 46,000 registered site members - Recently surpassed Circuit City in terms of Site Traffic, making GetPlugged.com the 2nd most trafficked site in all of consumer electronics, and the No. 1 site in the specialty audio and AV sector (source: PC Data Online)Continuing, Mehrotra says, ""We continue to work very hard to ensure that the needs of both our affiliates and the discerning consumer are given the highest priority. To have come this far in such a short period of time is very gratifying - it reaffirms our pledge to offer the best Internet shopping experience available to the consumer.""KnowledgeLINK is committed to delivering a unique, interactive retailing solution, emphasizing education and customer service - both online and offline - and is poised to influence the future of ""e-tailing"" for the specialty audio/video marketplace. KnowledgeLINK invites you to visit their premier specialty Internet marketing site, www.GetPlugged.com.

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