Pivotal Payments Taps WebHosting Prospector for Qualified Leads

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 5, 2005 --
Montreal, Canada -- June 20, 2005 -- Netvention, a provider of e-business information from the Web, announced this week that Pivotal Payments has selected WebHosting Prospector as their tool of choice for generating targeted leads to grow their business.

WebHosting Prospector (www.webhostingprospector.com), which was introduced by Netvention earlier this year, is a one of a kind search engine that allows web hosting companies and other online solution providers find their best prospects by searching through the online database of over 2 million North American online companies. What makes this subscription based search engine unique are the exclusive search criteria made available to users, allowing them to pinpoint exactly what type of prospects they want to pursue. Searching by hosting type & provider, DNS & IP, and identifying e-commerce sites and online advertisers are among the over 30 search fields available.

Lucy McGarr, VP Marketing & Communications at Pivotal Payments (www.pivotalpayments.com) explains why they chose the site and how it has helped them in their direct marketing efforts. �At Pivotal Payments we have been using WebHosting Prospector�s leads to target e�commerce businesses for payment processing services. We use the data for both telemarketing and direct mail activities and have found the data obtained to be quite accurate. The query tools are simple to use and our sales staff now has a valid source of leads for reaching e-commerce businesses. We certainly expect to be using WebHosting Prospector�s leads for a long time to come.�

�We�re pleased that the site has been successful for Pivotal Payments�, says Netvention�s Sales & Marketing Director, Tarik Qahawish. �Contrary to its name, WebHosting Prospector is not only intended for Web Hosting companies. Any business looking for new sales opportunities for their Internet-related products or services can benefit from using this extraordinary sales tool�, adds Qahawish.

About WebHosting Prospector

WebHosting Prospector provides access to a comprehensive database of over 9 million active North American domains refreshed every month with over 2 million organizations and over 2 million executive contacts. The subscription based site, which relies on web extraction technology developed by Netvention, is used by Web hosting companies as well as other online solution providers to research their market and gain insights about the characteristics of the online presence of their clients, prospects, and their industry as a whole.

About Pivotal Payments

Pivotal Payments provides a full suite of services for small and mid-sized retail businesses, chain stores, franchises, restaurants and dealerships including: nationwide credit & debit card processing, electronic check conversion, loyalty/gift card programs as well as terminal management solutions. Pivotal Payments is also a major provider of Internet merchant account solutions providing credit card processing and gateway services to both large and small e-commerce and mail order/telephone order merchants.

For more information

Tarik Qahawish, information@webhostingprospector.com
1-877-WE-REACH (1-877-937-3224)

Lucy McGarr
VP Marketing & Communications
Pivotal Payments
(514) 227-6872