Directi Crosses 100,000 Customers Milestone

Directi (http://www.directi.com),
a leading global Web Services provider and ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar,
today announced that it has crossed the 100,000 Customers mark.

Directi, founded in 1998, has as-on-date 100,319 Customers
and 3780 Resellers spread across 188 countries, who depend on it for various Web
Services. The company deals in various Web Infrastructure Services, such as Web
Hosting, Domain Registration, Payment Gateway Services, Colocation, Dedicated
Servers. From a modest beginning of a handful of servers, Directi currently
manages hundreds of servers across several datacenters, globally.

“More importantly, our focus is continuously shifting from
being a Web Services Provider ourselves, to enabling other Web Service Providers
worldwide,” says Bhavin Turakhia, Chairman & CEO, Directi, “We currently have
3000+ Web Hosting companies worldwide who are using our private-label domain
registration control panel. We have developed the most comprehensive suite of
automation solutions for Web Hosts and Domain Registrars by working closely with
thousands of Web Service providers worldwide to imbibe best practices, and
business process automation, in the Web Hosting Industry”

“Our strategy is to accumulate global market share in the
hosting industry as technology enablers, by assisting other Web Hosts to provide
exceptional services at a low cost”, says Divyank Turakhia, President, Directi,
“Our software division is actively working on an array of Web Hosting Automation
Products and Solutions, slated to launch in the first Quarter of 2004. Ranging
from Web Hosting Control Panels, to Mail Anti-Virus solutions, Directi has
products that encompass the entire Hosting Automation landscape”

Directi has been continuously gaining position as one of
the fastest growing Domain Registrars and Hosting Companies. The last year has
resulted in exponential growth and progress. With the various web hosting
automation software that it has been developing since almost 2 years, being at
near-completion dates, and the successful launch of its patent-pending,
one-of-its-kind statistics portal,
www.webhosting.info, Directi has laid the foundations for its future.

“Going forward, we plan to focus on several key areas to
accelerate revenue growth and strengthen our market leadership position”, said
Namit Merchant, Business Head, Directi, “We will be rapidly expanding our sales
force and launching new strategic marketing programs in the coming year”

“Our next target is a million Directi Customers
worldwide,” says Bhavin Turakhia “and based on our current growth rate and the
slew of Products that we are shortly launching, we will achieve this in the next
2.5 years. We are already adding 20+ Resellers on a daily basis, all of whom are
actively selling our Products and Services to their Customers”

About Directi
Directi a privately held Web Services company founded in 1998 is one of the
fastest growing Domain Name Registration Service Providers worldwide. DirectI’s
strategy focuses on Resellers and Low Prices. Directi’s Service Portfolio
includes Domain Name Registration, Web Hosting Automation Products, Payment
Gateway Services, Colocation, Digital Certificates, Managed DNS Services, Domain
Forwarding, Mail Solutions and various other services.