Online Gift Market gets a Boost

DUBLIN, 22 July 2008,. Web development firm SitesToGo InternetLAB today announced the acquisition of online gift voucher portal www.giftgallery.ie from GG Vouchers Limited
More than just an online gift voucher shop, GiftGallery provides merchants with a low cost entry into the online lucrative gift voucher market and the facility to sell their own gift vouchers through their website without further development costs. This is of great benefit to GiftGallery merchants like Dublin based Buff Day Spa

SitesToGo InternetLAB, the Offaly based e-business provider, offers a full range of updateable websites which help more than 600 SMEs, community groups and organisations to have an effective e business presence.

Maggie Bowen, Managing Director of SitesToGo InternetLAB says, “Our clients stand to benefit from this acquisition by increasing revenue and profitability from their online presence, and all merchants on the site will benefit from increased marketing spend in the important pre-Christmas season for gift buying”

“Gift vouchers account for about 10% of the gift market in Ireland and are projected to be worth €1.3bn this year” she adds “As lifestyles dictate convenience and online purchases reach record growth in Ireland, it’s a ‘no-brainer’ to capitalise on this by adding online gift voucher purchasing to a business website and to take advantage of added distribution through GiftGallery.ie”

About SitesToGo InternetLAB

The innovative updatable website builder SitesToGo (www.sitestogo.biz) powers more than 500 websites in Ireland, the UK and Holland, from complex B2B sites like www.isme.ie and www.offalyceb.ie to online shops www.vintagepostcardsirelend.com, www.nationwidecellular.ie and showcase sites like www.ledwithshopfitting.com www.twistedspirit.com and www.hotelreviewsireland.com

The company also builds bespoke sites and specialises in facilitating communities such as www.talktourism.ie and www.lshapedroom.com

These services are complemented by the provision of e-business training through County Enterprise Boards and LEADER + companies. During 2006, the company implemented a FETAC standard QA system for all training.

The work undertaken within Ireland is complemented by ongoing study of best practice in e business throughout Europe and further afield. Their website evaluation systems are used globally by the World Tourism Organization web evaluation scheme, Destination Web Watch, and in Ireland for the ISME WebCheck.
In September 2005 the company won the Offaly CEB 'Enterprise of the Year' Award, and earned the ‘Excellence Through People’ (ETP) award for the first time. In 2007 the company was awarded the coveted two-year award for ETP and Maggie Bowen, Managing Director, SitesToGo has been nominated for the O2 'Women Mean Business' Awards.

In September 2008 the company acquired the business of Kildare competitor InternetLAB

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For further information, please contact:

Maggie Bowen or Rose Cullen
SitesToGo InternetLAB
at 0469730147 or 087 2245405