Onet signs million dollar deal with Allegro auction site

Onet, the most popular Polish portal, owned by Optimus S.A., can earn up to $1 million for including auction website Allegro to its range of services. Both companies signed an agreement concerning cooperation yesterday. According to the Public Opinion Polling Center (OBOP) almost 60% of Polish internet users visit Onet. In July, its pages were visited 115 million times. Allegro is the biggest Polish language auction service which is owned by British internet company QXL and serves about 75% of all auction transactions on the Polish internet. Allegro currently has 20,000 registered users. Wojciech Wrzaskala from Allegro says due to cooperation with Onet, the number of users should increase to 200,000 after the end of the one year agreement. The whole $1 million amount will be paid if during that time Allegro achieves a certain number of registered users, however, that number remains secret. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 1, 14) A.D.