(COMTEX) B: Website-Funding.com and SearchHound.com Partner on Co-Branded Financing Site
SAN BRUNO, Calif., Nov 14, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Online financial resource
company Website-Funding.com (www.website-funding.com) and SearchHound.com
(OTCBB:SRHN) (www.searchhound.com) have launched a co-branded e-Business
financing site.
The shared product page, which will be utilized as a product of SearchHound.com
for its users, will bring the ease of the search engine together with the
financing capabilities of Website-Funding.com for those interested in funding
their Web sites and virtual business environments.
"We're enthusiastic about the partnering of Website-Funding and
SearchHound.com," said Scott Kelly, president and CEO of M&A West Inc. (OTCBB:
MAWI), the technology merchant banking company that owns Website-Funding.com.
"Bringing the ease of Website-Funding to the users of SearchHound that are eager
to begin the Internet-based portions of their companies is something this
co-branded page will accomplish for anyone out there wanting to get on the Web
that needs financing. It's a fantastic match and one that is a win-win for
anyone interested in succeeding in e-Commerce today."
"Our goal is to provide relevant and targeted products and services to our
ever-growing community of Webmasters," said Dave L. Mullikin, chief executive
officer, SearchHound.com Inc. "By partnering with Website-Funding.com, we are
providing our more than 600,000 members with access to products that support
their business model and their clients' websites while generating an important
revenue stream for SearchHound.com."
The new co-branded Website-Funding page may be found at:
webfunding.searchhound.com.
About Website-Funding.com
Founded in 2000 as an online subsidiary of technology merchant bank M&A West
Inc., Website-Funding.com offers flexible financing for the clients of Web
developers.
Its Web Developer Program follows a successful example set within the sales
industry by offering lease/loan options. Website-Funding.com helps expand a
client's customer base and enhances the sales process by reducing up-front
development costs.
Website-Funding.com opens doors for businesses that would like and need a Web
site but are hesitant about the initial investment.
Additional news and information on Website-Funding.com may be found on the
company's site at www.website-funding.com.
About SearchHound.com
SearchHound.com Inc. is a 3-year-old Internet business focused on providing
Websites and Webmasters relevant marketing tools, products and services. The
site maintains a targeted E-mail-based member community of more than 600,000
Webmasters and a search engine, which provides real-time relevant results. The
search engine scours the Internet, other major search engines, as well as the
multi-million URLs that have been registered directly with SearchHound.com.
SearchHound.com has developed an integrated site with a keyword-bidding feature
for sponsored search results to be listed on the top half of the site, while
real-time results that are ranked by relevance are listed on the second half of
the site. SearchHound.com is known for developing strong revenue-sharing
Affiliate Programs; a twice-weekly newsletter, "HOWL," delivering discounted
marketing tools, products and services to its members; and a customizable
intelligent search engine software package.
Additional information can be found at www.searchhound.com.
About M&A West Inc.
M&A West Inc. has several business objectives. The company is a technology
merchant bank that acquires, invests in and develops technology companies into
cohesive units that can be either taken public or sold off within six to 18
months. M&A West also provides various mergers and acquisitions related
consulting services and helps smaller publicly traded Nasdaq and
Over-the-Counter companies to raise capital they need. Through a network of
related companies, M&A West can also offer both its portfolio companies and
other developing companies a full line of business services to increase the
awareness of their business.
M&A West Inc. sees itself as an alternative to traditional incubators and
financial companies such as CMGI (Nasdaq:CMGI) or Internet Capital Group Inc.
(Nasdaq:ICGE), or Safeguard Scientifics Inc. (NYSE:SFE). M&A West Inc. is
currently conducting some of its services in the Internet and traditional
Business-to-Business sector, which has seen good exposure for companies such as
Sapient Inc. (Nasdaq:SAPE), Scient Corporation (Nasdaq:SCNT), Ariba Inc.
(Nasdaq:ARBA), Commerce One Inc. (Nasdaq: CMRC), and webMethods Inc.
(Nasdaq:WEBM).
Recent news releases and additional information about M&A West Inc. may be found
on the company's home page at www.mawest.com.
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historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation
improvement Act of 1995. The company intends that such statements about the
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CONTACT: M&A West Inc.
Scott L. Kelly, 650/588-2678
Info@mawest.com
or
SearchHound.com Inc., Kansas City, MO
Dave L. Mullikin, 816/960-3777
dave@searchhound.com
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