Intuit Launches QuickBooks Affiliate Program; Empowers Accountants and Small Business Associations to Generate Additional Revenue by Offering QuickBooks Software on Their Web Sites

Business Wire, Oct 17, 2000

Business Editors

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2000

Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU) today debuted the QuickBooks(R) Affiliate Program, a third-party sales program for its best selling QuickBooks(R) software products. The program allows qualified individuals and organizations to sell QuickBooks via their Web sites and earn a percentage of the revenue generated from each sale. Ideal affiliate partners include professional accountants,(1) small business associations, and vertical market service providers.

Approved QuickBooks Affiliates feature a special QuickBooks logo and product information on their Web sites, allowing customers/members to purchase the product directly from their sites. Affiliates may also qualify to receive special product discounts to be passed along to their clients and members.

"There is great demand for this type of affiliate program in the small business and professional accounting communities. These organizations have expressed interest in offering QuickBooks software to their clients and members and now, thanks to the power of the Internet, we can empower them to do so," said Dan Nye, vice president and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Division. "With the QuickBooks Affiliate Program, these organizations can generate additional revenue and provide more complete services to their clients and members."

Accountant John J. Vento, CPA, PC, The World Wide Web CPA said, "The QuickBooks Affiliate Program has been a great opportunity for my firm to extend the service we provide to our clients. As a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor firm, we have been actively providing both technical support and training for QuickBooks software. Now, through our Web site, www.WWWCPA.com, we offer our clients a convenient and efficient way to purchase QuickBooks software and save up to 20 percent. Plus my firm receives incremental revenues from each sale."

Companies and individuals that would like to participate in the QuickBooks Affiliate Program simply complete an application on the QuickBooks Web site (www.quickbooks.com/affiliate). After receiving notification from Intuit that they have been accepted for the program, the QuickBooks Affiliate selects the QuickBooks logo and the content they would like to feature on their site. Approved QuickBooks Affiliates simply copy the HTML and paste it into their Web site.

About QuickBooks

QuickBooks(R), with more than 80 percent of retail unit sales for small business accounting software for more than the last year according to PC Data, and nearly 3 million users, is the leader in small businesses accounting and business management software. QuickBooks 2000 offers the quickest and easiest way for small business owners to manage accounts payable and receivable, and invoicing. Via the QuickBooks Internet Gateway, QuickBooks 2000 also helps small businesses automate and streamline critical business activities by delivering best-of-breed Internet-connected business services such as online postage, merchant accounts, payroll and a professional-quality Web site builder (separate fees may apply).

About Intuit

Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU) is the leader in e-finance, including financial software and Web-based financial services for consumers and small businesses. Intuit develops and markets QuickBooks(R), the most popular small business accounting software; Quicken(R), the leading personal finance software; and TurboTax(R), the best-selling tax preparation software.

An innovator in delivering Web-based financial tools, Intuit is the leading provider of online tax preparation and filing and online mortgages. Intuit is also breaking new ground as a leader in online bill presentment and payment, and in the delivery of its QuickBooks Internet Gateway platform of connected e-services for small businesses.

Intuit's Quicken.com(TM) Web site (www.quicken.com) is a leading financial site, offering a comprehensive set of financial news, information and tools, including insurance, mortgage, investment and tax preparation services. Intuit's products and services enable individuals, small businesses and financial professionals to better manage their financial lives and businesses.

Note to Editors: Intuit, Quicken, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Pro, TurboTax and ProSeries, among others, are registered trademarks and/or registered service marks of Intuit Inc. Quicken.com and QuickBooks.com, among others, are trademarks and/or service marks of Intuit Inc. Other parties' trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners and should be treated as such.

(1) Due to regulations in some states, some accounting professionals may not be able to participate in the QuickBooks Affiliate Program.