Online shopping growth continues (FDX mentioned):
Friday October 30, 8:16 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Z.Com
Z.Com Shopping Guide Showcases Hundreds of
Online Stores
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Z.Com today announced the debut of
the Z.Com Holiday Shopping Guide (http://Z.Com). Hundreds of stores selling
merchandise online are listed in over 40 categories. The guide includes stores selling
books, clothing, computers, music, sporting goods and thousands of other items.
''As web commerce grows, people need an easy way to find what they are looking
for,'' said Jeff Gold, CEO of Z.Com. ''Our Holiday Shopping Guide makes it easy for
people to find everything they need in one place.''
The Holiday Shopping Guide is built into Z.Com and over 1500 Z.Comaffiliated radio station web sites known as the
World Network. Z.Com also includes easy access to shopping guides from other online services including Yahoo Inc.
(Nasdaq: YHOO - news), Excite Inc. (Nasdaq: XCIT - news), America Online Inc. (NYSE: AOL - news), and HotBot
by Lycos Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS - news).
In order to ensure that holiday packages arrive on time, Z.Com features integrated tracking of packages shipped by
Federal Express from FDX Corp. [NYSE:FDX - news], Airborne Express from Airborne Freight Corp. [NYSE:ABF -
news], United Parcel Service, and the U.S. Postal Service. For shoppers who are not sure of someone's address,
Z.Com has established a relationship with Switchboard by Banyan Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BNYN - news) to provide
directory assistance including street addresses and zip codes.
Z.Com is the latest project from high-tech entrepreneur Gold. Prior to launching Z.Com, Gold founded several other
successful internet businesses including FM Net, Musictown, Go Chat!, and Go.Com. The Walt Disney Co. [NYSE:DIS
- news] acquired the Go.Com domain from Gold earlier this year for a joint venture with Infoseek Corp [Nasdaq:SEEK
- news].
Advertising is sold by MediaRep (http://www.mediarep.com), the new ad sales division of Z.Com, providing services
similar to those offered by DoubleClick Inc. [Nasdaq:DCLK - news] and 24/7 Media Inc.
Custom Z.Com versions of Communicator and Navigator products, from Netscape Communications Corp.
[Nasdaq:NSCP - news], are available for free download. Z.Com also functions well with Internet Explorer from
Microsoft Corp. [Nasdaq:MSFT - news], and is fully compatible with browsers running on Macintosh and iMac
computers from Apple Computer Inc [Nasdaq:AAPL - news].
About Z.Com
Z.Com is a service of A Lasting Impression Music Corp., a California corporation. A Lasting Impression was founded
by Jeff Gold in 1991 and has offices in Atlanta and the San Francisco Bay Area.
NOTE: Z.Com, Z.Com World Network, MediaRep, Go Chat!, Z Chat, FM Net, Cyberlearn, Barnaby 2000, and
Musictown are trademarks of A Lasting Impression Music Corp. Other company and product names herein may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Z.Com |
