SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28 -- Gigex today announced a marketing relationship with eBay, The World's Online Marketplace(TM). Gigex has a video game download link on eBay's video games category page, giving users free access to the top 20 broadband video game trailers and demos. Gigex's collection of Xbox, PC, Playstation 2 and other game previews can be accessed from Ebay's video game category at http://pages.ebay.com/catindex/catvideogames.html.
Gigex's service includes the top full screen console trailers and PC demos. All titles are available for free download to both dial up and broadband users without waiting times. "The addition of Gigex's downloads to eBay's expanding video game marketplace will help the eBay community make smart buying choices," said Gigex CEO Mark Friedler. "Trial drives purchase and the eBay community will be able to get free tastes of top games by viewing a trailer or playing a demo at which point they can decide to purchase or keep looking. We look forward to providing eBay's gamers with all this free fun."
"Gigex's game downloads are a perfect fit for our videogame channel by providing previews of many of our top selling games," said Jennifer Janssen, senior manager of the Video Games category for eBay.
eBay is a winning proposition for buyers looking for value and selection on gaming items, and for sellers, eBay offers a low-cost-of-entry, convenient way to sell gaming items to a large audience. More than 100,000 gaming related items are available on eBay daily ranging from new, vintage and hard-to-find games in all genres. Adding pre-sale game offers to the eBay marketplace and the opportunity to download games via Gigex, eBay's video games category is among the leading destinations for new and used, and online video gaming.
About Gigex Inc.
Gigex is the leading advertising and promotions company specializing in free distribution of video game demos and trailers to the largest audience of consumers on the Internet. Gigex is a download destination and syndicates its broadband video game demos and trailers across over 75 leading portal, entertainment and lifestyle websites. According to a Media Metrix December 2002 audit, Gigex reaches 23.2 million unique users. Gigex has promoted hundreds of major game titles for leading publishers including 3DO, BAM!, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Gotham Games, Infogrames, Microsoft, SEGA, Sierra, Sony, Take Two, THQ, UbiSoft, Vivendi Universal, the US Army and others. Founded in 1995, Gigex http://www.gigex.com is privately held with offices in San Francisco and New York City.
About eBay
eBay is The World's Online Marketplace(TM). Founded in 1995, eBay created a powerful platform for the sale of goods and services by a passionate community of individuals and businesses. On any given day, there are millions of items across thousands of categories for sale on eBay. eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis with customized sites in markets around the world.
