EANS-News: asknet AG
asknet Unveils New Online Service to Validate Eligibility
for Student Pricing
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Company Information/New Products Subtitle: asknet Verify solves online retailers need to quickly authenticate student status before closing the sale Karlsruhe (euro adhoc) - November 8, 2012 - asknet, a leading provider of eCommerce solutions for software publishers, today announced that online retailers can now check a student's eligibility for academic discounts using its on-demand service, asknet Verify. The service, which can be connected to existing online shops via a standard interface, will help expedite sales for products including software, computers, insurance, mobile phone contracts, or tickets for local and long distance travel. The authentication service will be available at the start of 2013. Many companies offer products to students at discounted rates. But unlike brick and mortar storefronts, it is not a simple process for Internet retailers to examine documentation to authorize student discounts. asknet's Verify solution addresses this issue by offering an online verification platform for the online retailer. Verify offers two verification methods for retailers. Real-time verification is available using a student's digital identity. When this is not an option, asknet's Verify can complete the query validating an uploaded student ID manually. The quick verification process works with all types of ID formats and will be available in more than 10 languages to serve the most important markets in Europe, the USA and Asia. With its unique combination of digital and non-digital verification methods, asknet's Verify enables a nearly 100%-verification rate. For more information about asknet and Verify, visit www.asknet.com/verify About asknet: asknet offers its clients customized outsourcing solutions for global software sales via the Internet. Founded in 1995 as a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, formerly the University of Karlsruhe), the company has become a leading independent global provider for electronic software distribution. In addition to its fully integrated shop solutions for software publishers, the company develops and maintains portals for software distribution and supplies software products to around eighty percent of German universities. In 2011, asknet posted sales of approximately EUR 65.4 million. asknet's clients include numerous providers of specialty software including CyberLink, F-Secure, IS3, Nero, NetObjects, Norman, and Panda Security. Further inquiry note: Martina Oerther Vice President Corporate Marketing Tel.: +49 (0)721 96 458-6369 Email: martina.oerther@asknet.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: asknet AG Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3 D-76131 Karlsruhe phone: +49 (0)721 96 458 6369 FAX: +49 (0)721-96 45899 mail: info@asknet.de WWW: http://www.asknet.de sector: Electronic Commerce ISIN: DE0005173306 indexes: stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Open Market / Entry Standard: Frankfurt language: English
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