LONDON, May 28 /PRNewswire/ --

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Mr Site and PayPal today announce joint plans for a year-long campaign of customer events with the first being called 'Roots To Business Success.' These will take place throughout 2008 and 2009 at locations throughout the British Isles including London and Dublin (other locations to follow)...

The launch event will take place in Richmond, Surrey on June 17th at 14.00h and will see Dragon's Den Slayer Levi Roots sharing the secrets of his considerable business success. Levi set up a website and began selling his famous Reggae Reggae Sauce using Mr Site and PayPal with phenomenal results. The launch seminar will also feature speeches from senior Mr Site and PayPal Directors, Stuart Spice and Cameron McLean. This will be followed by a Q & A session and light refreshments.

Each subsequent invite-only event will feature a panel of at least two business experts keen to share their knowledge with the Mr Site community and their guests. Panel discussions will feature hot topics including SEO, The Future of Online Payments, Top 10 Tips for Web Success, Attracting Visitors To Your Site and more.

Bea Hatherley, Mr Site Co-founder, says: "This programme of events will enable the Mr Site community to get face-to-face with leading industry/business experts and represents a superb opportunity to network with like-minded individuals. Who knows... the next Alan Sugar could be a Mr Site customer and via these seminars, he (or she) will acquire enough insider information to get on the fast track to business success."

Cameron McLean, General Manager PayPal Merchant Services, says: "These events are a great opportunity for people to understand the benefits of the PayPal and Mr Site package and how to increase sales for their business. With online consumers preferring to pay with PayPal* merchants should see a notable increase in their conversions simply by switching on PayPal within Mr Site."

Notes to Editors:

- Since their launch in 2004, Mr Site has become the UK's leading website creation tool with over 60,000 customers using the Takeaway Website Standard (RRP GBP34.99) or Professional (RRP GBP99.99); 60% are business sites, 40% are leisure sites.

- Mr Site was created by Founders, Stuart Spice and Bea Hatherley; Mr Site works with the Princes Trust providing websites for young entrepreneurs.

- Mr Site is available from PC World, WHSmith or http://www.mrsite.co.uk

For more info, contact Shiv Underhill at +44(0)870-803-1495, shiv@mrsite.co.uk

About PayPal: PayPal is a safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows anyone to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts or account balances, without sharing financial information. With more than 141 million accounts in 190 markets and 17 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company. More information about the company can be found at https://www.paypal.co.uk or https://www.paypal-press.co.uk *According to independent Forrester research, 23% of European online shoppers prefer paying with PayPal.

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For further information contact: Helen Thomson - Lansons Communications paypal@lansons.com +44(0)20-7566-9777

For more info, contact Shiv Underhill at +44(0)870-803-1495, shiv@mrsite.co.uk; For further information contact: Helen Thomson - Lansons Communications, paypal@lansons.com, +44(0)20-7566-9777