iWon Celebrates Two Year Anniversary
Named “Best of the Web” By US News & World Report
(Irvington, NY - October 5, 2001) – iWon, the Internet’s leading loyalty-based portal, marks its second anniversary today by being named “Best of the Web” by US News and World Report.
Launched in October 1999, iWon has enjoyed unprecedented success and growth during its first two years of operation. A late entrant in the portal race, iWon launched in October 1999 and quickly became one of the leading sites on the Web. By the end of 2000, iWon had been named the stickiest portal and the fifth most trafficked site on the Internet in terms of page views (Nielsen//NetRatings). During its first year, iWon also won a series of awards and accolades including:
- #1 in user satisfaction - NPD Group – June 2000 and December 2000
- Best dot com Idea for 2000 – Associated Press - December 2000
- Marketer of the Next Generation – BrandWeek – November 2000
In the same year, iWon brought ad serving and sales in-house, opening offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York City. iWon then launched a proprietary suite of new and revolutionary advertising products including iWon Click, iPersonalize, iCustomize, and iAttract, all of which employ an unprecedented combination of reach and targeting capabilities.
With a large and loyal following, iWon began 2001 by extending its loyalty program so that every single iWon user became a “winner”. iWon Reward Points, like iWon entries, are accumulated for virtually everything users do on the site and are redeemable for deep discounts on electronics, music, jewelry, flowers, vacations, books and more, in the iWon Reward Points Store. iWon also created Cash Back a program that gives real money back to users just for shopping online in the iWon Cash Back store. Merchants in the store include, J. Crew, Barnes & Noble, Nordstrom, The Gap, David’s Cookies, and many more.
iWon also expanded its Sales department, opening offices in Seattle, Dallas and Detroit. Awards bestowed upon iWon in 2001 included:
- #1 in user satisfaction - NPD Group – March 2001 and August 2001
- Best of the Webt – US News and World Report - October 2001
About iWon
iWon (www.iwon.com), the Internet’s leading loyalty-based portal (Jupiter Media Metrix) combines world-class search, content and functionality with the Internet's largest guaranteed cash giveaway. iWon gives users a chance to win prizes and cash, ranging from $1,000 up to $25 million, and has awarded more than $49 million to over 260,000 users to date. iWon is the sixth most trafficked site on the Internet (Nielsen//NetRatings) and has been voted #1 in User Satisfaction among leading portals for four consecutive quarters (NPD Group). Additionally, iWon was named ”Best of the Web” by US News and World Report (October 2001).
Founded in 1999, privately held iWon is headquartered in Irvington, N.Y, and operates offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Seattle, and New York City.
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