Tuesday June 22, 8:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release iChargeit, Inc. to Launch Slide Show Search Engine Multimedia Slide Show Format Geared to Auction, Barter, e-Commerce Shopping HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- iChargeit, Inc. (OTC BB:ICHG - news) announced today that it is unveiling a multimedia Slide Show Search Engine in the iChargeit.com mall. The search engine will be in a slide show format which will move from product-to-product automatically allowing the shopper to pause, go back or forward among merchandise being shown. Viewers may peruse products by category for all products in the database, buy and/or barter for products and services and completely control the time they wish to spend on any one product and/or service.
Additionally, the Company plans to offer this service to websites that store their products in a database. Utilizing the iChargeit Slide Show Search, merchandise can be viewed by product level, category and a number of other parameters providing Internet users with a new level of customer-controlled e-commerce.
Jesse Cohen, CEO, stated, ''We plan to continue to build on the forward-momentum we have created to provide unique and expeditious services to Internet users. Our previously announced KidSafe program allows parents to control the usage of the Internet by children - Slide Show Search will allow customers to control their usage of the Internet and, the time and money they spend. It is with the end-user in mind that we continue to build unparalleled services.''
iChargeit previously announced the Company has secured funding and has contracted with Netgateway Inc. to use portions of the Netgateway Internet Commerce Center to drive the iChargeit Auction and Classified Advertising Site to be deployed in the iChargeit.com Cybermall and Virtual Arcade. The projected launch date is scheduled for July, 1999.
iChargeit, Inc., is an internet based company whose iChargeit.com Cybermall and Virtual Arcade began Phase I deployment on March 1, 1999. Through a previously announced agreement with the Total Entertainment Network iChargeit will launch iChargeit Classic Games by TEN, an interactive gaming site. iChargeit is launching traditional ISP access in 500+ Cities in the US and Canada. The Company will also offer high speed access in selected cities by month's end. iChargeit's key partners and anchor tenants include, among others, Preferred Voice International (OTCBB:PFVI - news), Winners Internet Network (OTCBB:WINR - news), Innovative Holdings and Technologies (OTCBB: IHTL - news), Pacific Medical Group (OTCBB:PMGI news) Massimo Da Milano (OTCBB:MDMI - news) and Homecom.
Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, financial results, market growth and other projections, events or anticipated results are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors including competitors with more resources available to them.
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CONTACTS: iChargeit, Inc., Huntington Beach 888/815-4390 or DeMonte Associates, New York Cynthia DeMonte or Sean Leous, 212/473-3700 cdemonte@demonte.com
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