WILMINGTON, Del.—January 15, 2008—This Valentine’s Day is shaping up as one of the sweetest ever, thanks to eBillme. Between Jan. 15 and Feb. 14, every shopper who uses eBillme to checkout at featured retailer sites will get a free 8 oz. box of Harry London® assorted gourmet dark chocolate truffles, made exclusively for eBillme merchants and customers, which 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC. (NASDAQ: FLWS) will ship to any address in the continental US, along with a personalized note, free of charge. This promotion is being offered by several featured eBillme merchants.
“Valentine’s Day is the holiday for giving and showing how much you care which is why we decided to team with 1-800-FLOWERS.COM to help give shoppers something special for their Valentine,” says Marwan Forzley, President and CEO of eBillme. “This promotion is a great way for consumers to try eBillme on our featured retailer sites and experience how safe, secure, and convenient checking out with online bill pay can be.”
During the promotional period, every shopper who pays with eBillme at the featured merchants’ checkout will receive a special order confirmation form in their e-mail. The form will allow them to write a personal note to their Valentine, and specify a shipping address. When they e-mail the form back, eBillme and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM will ship a complimentary box of chocolate truffles to the address, with the personal message attached. Shoppers can send the truffles to any address in the continental US. Both the chocolates and the shipping are free.
“Valentine’s Day is one of our biggest holidays and we are dedicated to ensuring that all of our customers are able to make this holiday a special day for those they love,” says Eric Gehnrich of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. “We’re simply delighted to be working with eBillme to spread the love—and the chocolate—this Valentine’s Day. We hope that shoppers will take advantage of this limited-time offer and choose to checkout and pay using eBillme so that we can help make the holiday a little extra special for the ones they love.”
The eBillme Valentine’s Day promotion runs from Jan. 15 to Feb. 14 at featured eBillme merchants. A complete list of featured merchants can be found at http://www.ebillme.com/index.php/promos/valentines. Shoppers must make their purchases, pay their eBills, and submit their personal message and mailing address forms by Feb. 7 to guarantee arrival of the free Harry London truffles by Valentine’s Day. The promotion is limited to one box per customer.
When shoppers choose eBillme at checkout, their order is confirmed with an eBill that’s sent to their e-mail address. Shoppers simply pay the bill through their online checking or savings account, the same way they pay other e-bills. The transaction occurs securely, bank to bank, with no personal or financial information required or transmitted over the Internet. In fact, because it takes advantage of the inherent security of the U.S. banking system, eBillme is the safest way to pay bills online. And, because every transaction is paid with cash, consumers don’t increase their debt burden.
ABOUT eBillme
eBillme™, brought to you by MODASolutions, is the only online payment solution that extends the convenience of online banking to the merchant’s checkout, reducing the security risks of shopping online for both consumers and retailers. No financial data is exposed over the Internet to the retailer, and the payment transaction is securely transferred from the customer’s bank to the retailer’s bank. Consumers can shop online, by catalog or through call centers, and pay for their purchases at their bank, credit union, or bill pay portal, with the security and convenience of online banking. eBillme allows retailers to access the over 84 million Americans who use online banking. For more information, please visit us at.www.MODASolutions.com and at www.eBillme.com.
About 1-800-FLOWERS.COM
For more than 30 years, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc. has been providing customers around the world with the freshest flowers and finest selection of plants, gift baskets, gourmet foods, confections and plush stuffed animals perfect for every occasion. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM(R) offers the best of both worlds: exquisite, florist-designed arrangements individually created by some of the nation's top floral artists and hand-delivered the same day, and spectacular flowers shipped overnight from its “Fresh From Our Growers(sm)” collection. Customers can “call, click, or come in” to shop 1-800-FLOWERS.COM twenty four hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-356-9377 or www.1800flowers.com. Sales and Service Specialists are available 24/7, and fast and reliable delivery is offered same day, any day. As always, 100 percent satisfaction and freshness are guaranteed. The 1-800-FLOWERS.COM collection of brands also includes home decor and children's gifts from Plow & Hearth(R) (1-800-627-1712 or www.plowandhearth.com), Problem Solvers(R) (www.problemsolvers.com), Wind & Weather(R) (www.windandweather.com), HearthSong(R) (www.hearthsong.com) and Magic Cabin(R) (www.magiccabin.com); gourmet gifts including popcorn and specialty treats from The Popcorn Factory(R) (1-800-541-2676 or www.thepopcornfactory.com); exceptional cookies and baked gifts from Cheryl&Co.(R) (1-800-443-8124 or www.cherylandco.com); premium chocolates and confections from Fannie May(R) confections brands (www.fanniemay.com and www.harrylondon.com); gourmet foods from Greatfood.com(R) (www.greatfood.com); wine gifts from Ambrosia(R) (www.ambrosia.com); gift baskets from 1-800- BASKETS.COM(R) (www.1800baskets.com) and the BloomNet(R) international floral wire service, which provides quality products and diverse services to a select network of florists. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. stock is traded on the NASDAQ market under ticker symbol FLWS.
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