Just keeping us informed...FlashNet and Intellesale.com Form Joint Marketing, Distribution Alliance
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TO BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS:
FlashNet and Intellesale.com Form Joint Marketing, Distribution Alliance
FORT WORTH, Texas, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- FlashNet Communications
(Nasdaq: FLAS), a national Internet service provider, and Intellesale.com, the
online computer superstore, have agreed to co-promote and distribute PCs
bundled with Internet access, with the goal of making affordable, reliable
Internet service available to everyone who wants it. Intellesale.com is a
subsidiary of Applied Cellular Technology (Nasdaq: ACTC).
For FlashNet the alliance has dual benefits. As the exclusive Internet
service provider of all Intellesale.com computer products, the company can
increase exposure to potential subscribers with an exciting hardware and
service package. It also means expansion through the distribution channels of
an aggressive online retailer. FlashNet believes the agreement is the perfect
marriage of two like-minded Internet companies.
"This is the type of association that increases our exposure exponentially
from day one. Intellesale.com has an impressive track record and an
established customer base. We're proud to associate FlashNet's reliable
Internet access with their quality computer products," said Russell Wiseman,
executive vice president and chief sales and marketing officer for FlashNet.
The agreement is in line with FlashNet's focus on developing
distribution and marketing relationships with emerging and leading online
retailers.
For Intellesale.com, the agreement means offering a value-added
service to customers' purchases and access to FlashNet's 200,000 existing
subscribers, many of whom may be in the market to buy new equipment or
upgrade their PC.
"We're impressed with FlashNet's aggressive approach to marketing.
There are definite synergies in the audiences we both want to reach and the
type of services we want to provide," said Marc Sherman, president and
chief executive officer for Intellesale.com.
"This agreement has the potential to expand our customer base and
will add another important distribution channel for our products," Sherman
adds.
Intellesale.com offers a novel concept in online shopping, providing a
multi-faceted "virtual showroom" of new original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
product offerings and refurbished items. Intellesale.com's product catalogue
offers more than 100,000 products for sale and can be found at
www.Intellesale.com.
With more than 650 points of presence, FlashNet Communications is
one of the largest Internet service providers in the U.S., serving more
than 200,000 subscribers. FlashNet is a leader in providing a safe Internet
service for families, businesses and schools with its exclusive Clean Net
family option. Based in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX area, FlashNet can be
found at www.flash.net.
SOURCE FlashNet Communications
/CONTACT: Tricia Coghlan of Richards/Gravelle, 214-891-2896, for
FlashNetCommunications/
/Web site: intellesale.com
/Web site: flash.net
Jun-08-1999 08:48 GMT
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