About Us

JourneyEd (owned and operated by Digital River Education Services, Inc.) is the leading multi-channel software marketer to the K-12 and post-secondary academic markets, which include students, faculty, staff, educational institutions and public school districts. JourneyEd was founded in 1990 and is based in Minnetonka, Minnesota with satellite offices throughout the United States. Our Academic eStore Network ("AEN") which includes more than 25,000 online eStores, offers thousands of market-leading software and technology products, including those published by Microsoft and Adobe, at discounts of up to 85 percent off retail prices to verified academic buyers.

Our Mission

Making software and related technology products affordable for students, educators and schools.
Students with access to the best academic tools in their field have a proven advantage when it comes time to further their education or pursue a career. At JourneyEd, helping students achieve a professional edge, at an affordable price, is the top priority. JourneyEd offers qualified students, educators and other members of the educational community software and related technology items at significantly discounted prices. We are also committed to helping colleges and schools obtain technology items they need at an affordable cost with great service.

Our Profile

JourneyEd is based in Minnetonka, MN, and is owned and operated by Digital River Educational Services, Inc. They are the leading multi-channel software marketer to the K-12 and post-secondary academic markets including students, faculty, staff, educational institutions and public school districts. These markets are unique in that they are eligible to purchase academic versions of software and hardware (typically identical to the full price commercial versions) at deep discounts. To protect margins, it is imperative that software/hardware vendors ensure that these deeply discounted products are sold only to qualified students, faculty/staff and educational institutions. JourneyEd is a leader in verifying academic buyers and is also a preferred software/hardware marketer for the largest software/hardware companies, including Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk, Avid, and Corel.

As late as 1990, software/hardware companies marketed discounted software/hardware only to four-year colleges and universities. By targeting such a limited group, software/hardware companies ignored the other academic market segments: individual students, faculty/staff and other institutions such as two-year community colleges, vocational and technical career colleges/school. JourneyEd was founded to help software/hardware companies penetrate and sell to these markets. In the process, JourneyEd became the leading seller in the academic market for most of the leading software companies.

JourneyEd's history of integrity, personal customer service, as well as knowledge of products and licensing has made them a premier partner for the major software publishers. They provide many services to make acquiring product knowledge and information easier for our educational customers including personalized service from their team of sales professionals, and competitive pricing on products from software and hardware vendors. Their Academic eStore Network ("AEN") which includes more than 25,000 online eStores, offers thousands of market-leading software and technology products, including those published by Microsoft and Adobe, at discounts of up to 85 percent off retail prices to verified academic buyers.

Our Partners

College Bookstores

• Follett Higher Education Group
• EMAP
• MBS
• NACS
• Campus HUB
• Hundreds of independents...

Colleges and Schools

• Too many to list. JourneyEd has relationships with thousands of colleges and schools throughout North America.

Manufacturers

• 3D Connexion
• Adobe
• Autodesk
• Avid
• Corel
• Microsoft
• Mindjet
• PTC
• Quark
• Symantec
• Wacom
• ...and many more

Our Subsidiaries

JourneyEd Canada, Corp.

• A wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital River Education Services, Inc.
• Provides a management extension of Digital River Education Services into Canada to better service our growing Canadian market share.
• Incorporated in 2000.
• For more information, visit http://www.JourneyEd.ca.