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San Ramon , CA :: June 11, 2008
SellPoint Announces Syndication of Active Product Tours for Celestron
Online Shoppers benefit from dynamic, on-demand video tours
SellPoint, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand video product tours, announced today that the company has been selected by Celestron to produce and syndicate Active Product Tours for Celestron's SkyScout Personal Planentarium and the VistaPix IS70 digital spotting scope. Through SellPoint's industry-leading retail syndication network, the digital video product tours appear on popular retail sites that sell these Celestron products.

SellPoint’s Active Product Tours combine dynamic video with a wide array of printable user guides, brochures, and other product information that provide an engaging and interactive look at the product they are researching. SellPoint provides manufacturers with a direct conduit to deploy enhanced product presentations consistently across all online points of sale. Additionally, SellPoint’s graphical dashboard provides Celestron with a detailed analysis of shopper behavior that is updated daily, giving manufacturer’s valuable insight into how consumers interact with their products.

SellPoint’s on-demand platform powers the industry’s largest retail syndication network - from nationwide chains to regional specialty online stores. The Celestron Active Product Tours are currently running on retail sites including Amazon.com, Adorama Camera, B&H Photo, Brookstone, Circuit City, Hammacher Schlemmer, J&R Computer World, Optics Planet and REI. To view an example of a SellPoint Active Product Tour, visit http://syndicate.sellpoint.net/Syndicate/SynMaster?Tentoe=69TXBQ-25550.

In addition to providing Active Product Tours to online shoppers, Celestron is utilizing  Active Product Tours on digital picture frames in the Toys ”R” Us Times Square store. The company also incorporates the tours into their exhibit space at industry tradeshows and uses them as educational tools for retailers and dealers. “Providing Active Product Tours to consumers shopping both offline and online has helped us tremendously in assisting consumers to make better, more educated buying decisions, “ said Vicki Croucier, marketing manager for Celestron. “Consumers are now able to do their homework in advance by watching a helpful and dynamic video product tour, educating them with all the latest information they need to make the best purchase decision possible. 

About Celestron
Celestron is a leading designer, manufacturer and importer of high-quality optical products including computerized and non-computerized telescopes and related accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes and microscopes.  Since manufacturing its first telescope in 1960, Celestron has grown to become one of the world’s leading telescope makers, and enjoys brand-name recognition among serious amateur astronomers for superior optics, outstanding design, and innovative technology. Celestron’s innovative products continue to receive numerous industry and consumer media accolades, adding to an already impressive list that includes awards for product innovation from Reader’s Digest, Popular Science, PC Magazine, Popular Mechanics, the Consumer Electronics Association and more.  Celestron sells and markets its products worldwide through a variety of specialty retail outlets and international distributors. Celestron is a privately held company with corporate offices and manufacturing facilities, in Torrance, CA.  For more information about Celestron please visit http://www.celestron.com

About SellPoint, Inc.
BBased in San Ramon, Calif., SellPoint, Inc. is the leading provider of on-demand video product tours, providing manufacturers of consumer products with controlled, consistent, and highly engaging product presentations syndicated across all of their online points of sale. SellPoint's patented Active Product Tours combine rich and engaging product images and video with a customizable array of sales support materials, transforming today's static product pages into an active selling presentation that is proven to motivate shoppers to buy. The SellPoint Dashboard delivers graphical market intelligence updated daily that reveals shopper interest and activity by product and sales channel. SellPoint's clients include Canon, Fuji, SanDisk, Panasonic, TiVo, Brother, Magellan, and more. SellPoint's Retail Syndication Network includes over 100 of the top online retailers, including Amazon.com, Best Buy, Buy.com, Circuit City, Costco.com, Wal-Mart, OfficeMax, Sears, Staples, Toys“R”Us and more. For more information, visit www.SellPoint.net.

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