Leading Web Services Provider, Register.com, to Award Professionally Designed Web sites During Month of December

Register.com, Inc., a leading provider of global domain registration and Web business services, today announced plans to spread its own style of cheer this holiday season in the form of domain names and professionally designed Web sites at no charge to lucky recipients. For some, a new, professionally designed Web site will be just the gift they were hoping to find under the tree this year. For others, Register.com and Santa's gift offerings will provide the impetus for a New Year's resolution to get that idea, business plan, or even family photo album on the Web. Whatever their dreams may be, Register.com will help make wishes come true for hopeful Web site owners to-be everywhere.

"This season at Register.com we thought a Web site and domain name would be the perfect unique gift for that aspiring entrepreneur, the small business owner who wants a refreshed, professional Web site, or even moms and dads who wish to share the family exploits with relatives across the country," said Monica Hodges, general manager of retail for Register.com. "We know that small business owners specifically need these tools to bolster their businesses and what better time than the holidays to offer such rewards?"

The Gift of Giving
The company invites small business owners and other aspiring Web site users to enter to win a professionally designed Web site. Each week, Register.com will select among submitted entries and professionally design a Web site, valued at $250, for one lucky entrant. Drawings for the winners of the professionally designed Web sites will be held on Fridays during December at 12 p.m. EST. Additionally, beginning December 6th and lasting until Dec. 23rd, each weekday three randomly selected email addresses will win: one year's registration of either a .com, .net, .info, .org, .us, or .biz domain name (subject to availability) valued at $35, plus a 5-page do-it-yourself Web site for a year valued at $59. Names will be selected randomly at 12 p.m. EST each day.

Rules for Eligibility
To be considered for daily and weekly prizes, entrants must provide a valid email address. All entry forms must be completed online at www.registerwithsanta.com, where rules for eligibility are posted.

Register.com is bestowing the gift of the Web this season based its own recently commissioned survey that found 47 percent of U.S. adults have taken initial steps toward starting their own businesses or supplementing their incomes; 31 percent of U.S. adults have crafted business ideas; and 24 percent have at least researched their ideas online. Armed with this knowledge, Register.com recognizes the need to spread holiday cheer among small business owners and consumers this season by helping them get online.

Current Register.com customer Gina Jackson, a personal fitness instructor, touts the benefits of her online presence during the holidays. "Every year around the New Year people begin to think about what is important to them and that includes getting into better physical shape. As a personal fitness trainer, I see my business spike around the holidays and it's during times like these I'm most grateful to have an online presence for my business. I've found that giving the gift of health and fitness to a loved one, or even oneself, is among the best possible gifts to give."

RegisterWithSanta.com Sweepstakes Abbreviated Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. The RegisterWithSanta.com Sweepstakes runs from Dec. 6, 2005 to Dec. 23, 2005. Open to US residents over the age of majority. You may enter by visiting the RegisterWithSanta.com Web site located at www.registerwithsanta.com or by sending a 3" by 5" postcard to Register With Santa, Register.com, Inc., 575 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018. Prizes: Three(3) Daily Prizes awarded each day during Term for a one-year registration of available domain name plus a WebSiteNow(TM) Web site, or One (1) Weekly Prize awarded each week during Term for a Build it For Me Web site; For official rules, visit www.registerwithsanta.com or send a request to Register.com at the address above. Sponsor: Register.com, Inc. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.

About Register.com
Register.com, Inc. (www.register.com) is a leading provider of global domain name registration and Internet services for businesses and consumers that wish to have a unique address and branded identity on the Internet. With approximately three million domain names under management, Register.com has built a brand based on high-quality domain name management services for small and medium sized businesses, large corporations, as well as ISPs, telcos and other online businesses. Register.com's call center was certified in 2005 by J. D. Power and Associates for providing "an outstanding customer experience." The company was founded in 1994 and is based in New York.

Contacts
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Peter Girard, 212-798-5480
pr@register.com
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