SolidSignal.com Named One of the Top 500 Internet Retailers in America

SolidSignal.com, an online electronics retailer based in Novi, Michigan, has been named one of the Top 500 internet retailers in America by Internet Retailer magazine for the second consecutive year.

Internet Retailer's definitive ranking and analysis of America's 500 largest e-retailers is based on annual 2008 Internet sales, researched by Internet Retailer and confirmed by retailers. This report includes company financial, operational and performance data, as well as vendors in key categories. This year’s results can be found online at www.top500guide.com.

Solid Signal’s Rankings
Solid Signal’s fiscal sales in 2008 rose to $14.6 million, a 104% increase from 2007 total sales of $7.15 million. The dramatic increase in business this year spurred the company’s overall ranking to #412 on Internet Retailers’ Top 500 list, up from #493 in 2008. In the Computers/Electronics category, SolidSignal.com now ranks #46, up from #56 in 2008.

Additionally, SolidSignal.com is the eighth fastest growing e-tailer on Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide. Compared to other online retailers headquartered in Michigan that made the Guide, Solid Signal is the second fastest growing company in the state; it was also the only Michigan company in the Computer/Electronics category.

“Not many online retailers can say they grew by 104% in 2008, but SolidSignal.com can,” says Internet Retailer editor-in-chief Kurt Peters. “They serve their niche market particularly well and that’s helped them achieve a ranking as one of America’s 500 largest web merchants.”

“We’re very proud to again be recognized as one of America’s Top 500 internet retailers, and are extremely grateful to our customers and vendors who helped us accomplish this tremendous goal,” said Jerry Chapman, CEO of Solid Signal. “Competition in the online marketplace increases daily, so we work very hard to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction as well as our valued business relationships.”

In addition to its prestigious ranking in Internet Retailers’ Top 500 Guide, SolidSignal.com made the Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest growing companies in the United States in both 2007 and 2008.

About Solid.Signal.com
With 50 employees, SolidSignal.com specializes in distributing the latest in high-tech equipment and product research to professional media installers and the tech-savvy consumer. Items sold by the e-retailer include over 25 different models of digital TV converter boxes, HDTV antennas, satellite equipment, cellular gear and accessories, video security, Sirius satellite radios, LCD televisions, GPS navigation systems, cable and wire supplies, installation tools and professional supplies.
SolidSignal.com offers thousands of products from some of the most trusted and recognized brands in the world, including DIRECTV, Eagle Aspen, Terk, Wireless Extenders, Winegard and Channel Master. Solid Signal is the largest online retailer of over-the-air antennas.

In addition to selling name-brand products, SolidSignal.com provides stellar customer service with friendly and tech-savvy employees manning the call center. Support staff offers installation guidance and troubleshooting assistance, in addition to detailed product information.

For more information about Solid Signal, please visit www.solidsignal.com.

About Internet Retailer
Published by Chicago-based Vertical Web Media LLC, Internet Retailer is a monthly national business magazine that is at the core of an e-commerce conference and four directories that serve the retailing community.
The Internet Retailer family of products focuses on the Internet's vital role in a wide array of retailing activities, including web merchandising, supply chain management and multichannel integration. Its 42,500 subscribers are senior executives primarily from retail chains, independent stores, catalogs, virtual merchants and brand name manufacturers. Internet Retailer's circulation represents the largest multichannel readership base of any retailing magazine.
The magazine also publishes the most widely read e-mail newsletter in retailing, IRNewsLink, which is distributed four times a week to 30,000+ opt-in subscribers, operates the largest retailing information web site, InternetRetailer.com, sponsors the largest conference in the e-retailing industry and publishes an annual ranking of the 500 largest web sites.