<Houston, Texas – (The Hosting News) – July 18, 2008 – The Planet has made enhancements to the commission structure of its affiliate program, wherein registered affiliates will receive a one-time, 100 percent commission on the referred customer’s total monthly recurring order value.

James P. Treuting, Vice President of Sales and Operations with The Planet noted, ”Since our January launch, our affiliate program has seen tremendous success. Making these improvements to our already competitive commission structure is another way to thank our partners for referring customers to The Planet.”

In May, The Planet announced the addition of Internet-products company Directi, as its largest affiliate. Share-A-Sale is The Planet’s affiliate network partner. The Planet is also shortening the commission-payout waiting period for affiliates. Down from three months, affiliates will now be paid 45 days after a referred customer places an order with The Planet.

Affiliates earn money by referring customers to The Planet on a commission basis, without having to bear the costs of owning and managing the customer relationship. The Planet has optimized its Web site for affiliate-related traffic, and a dedicated team provides affiliates with marketing materials and promotions. Affiliates can also easily track their conversion statistics through a specialized administrative portal.

Registration has been designed to be easy and simple for participants:

1. Affiliates register on Planet Alpha’s affiliate program page located at www.theplanet.com/affiliates.

2. Affiliates gain access to a full-featured management portal, which provides marketing materials, product information and a personalized HTML code to embed on their site.

3. Partners place links on their sites using the marketing materials.

4. Visitors to the affiliate’s Web site click on The Planet links, and a cookie is implanted to designate the source. Concurrently, The Planet Web site integrates with the affiliate vendor to make sales.

5. Affiliates can log into the affiliate portal to monitor sales conversions.

6. Share-A-Sale issues payments to affiliate partners.

Ultimately, The Planet endeavors to provide the following:

• High level of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performance
• Instant scalability to handle even the largest spikes in network traffic
• Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to assure reliability and stability
• Multiple layer network security that prevents Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses
• Knowledgeable experts with a passion for excellence and a commitment to operate the best networks in the business

The Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small and medium size businesses and 7.6 million web sites worldwide, using the best choice of servers, software tools and support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and network connectivity.

To learn more about the affiliate program, please visit: www.theplanet.com/affiliates.

For more information about The Planet, please visit: www.theplanet.com.

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