Vice President Dickson Chu of PayPal, an eBay Company, Joins Shopster e-Commerce Board

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Calgary, Canada – December 02, 2009.

Shopster.com announced today that Dickson Chu, Vice President of Global Product Experience at PayPal, an eBay company, has been appointed to Shopster's Board of Directors.

"PayPal has been a pioneering force in e-commerce. They have created accessibility to the internet and online commerce in a way no other company has done and Dickson has been on the front lines of this effort for the past 5 years. The experience and insight into e-commerce that Dickson brings to Shopster's Board of Directors will be invaluable in helping guide the next stage of Shopster's growth and development," says Sarath Samarasekera, CEO and co-founder of of the dropshipping company Shopster. "Like PayPal, Shopster.com is focused on building industry changing solutions for e-Commerce."

"I'm excited to be joining Shopster's Board of Directors. I have been impressed with the Shopster platform." Says Dickson Chu, "There hasn't been a real evolution in e-Commerce in more than a decade, and Shopster has the potential to change this."

Dickson has been a senior-level executive in the financial services and technology industries for more than 23 years. Previous to his current role at PayPal, Dickson served as Vice President, Product Management Consumer and Merchant Services, responsible for managing the growth of the company's 'off-eBay' business. Prior to joining PayPal, Dickson was general manager for Yahoo! PayDirect, where he was responsible for transforming the domestic person-to-person (P2P) payments business unit into an international money-transfer business in partnership with MoneyGram.

Dickson has also held top-level management positions at innoVentry, a consumer financial services network, I-Impact, a predictive analytics start-up; Wells Fargo, a financial services company; and CSC, a global information technology services company.

About Shopster

Founded in 2004, Shopster.com is an official eBay Solutions Partner that offers a suite of e-Commerce solutions for small to medium sized business. Thousands of merchants who sell products online from around the world rely on Shopster as it simplifies the complexities of online retail, allowing merchants to manage their online store, transactions, and supply chain relationships in one easy to use place. Joining the Network is free, so merchants can focus on growth and relationships, not on costs.

SOURCE Shopster E-Commerce