(COMTEX) B: iChargeit Inc. Announces Agreement With Winners Internet B: iChargeit Inc. Announces Agreement With Winners Internet Network, Inc. FORT WORTH, TEXAS (Feb. 19) BUSINESS WIRE -Feb. 19, 1999-- -Company to Launch Series of Internet-based Global Shopping Malls Utilizing Winr Credit Card and Proprietary Currency Conversion and Processing Software- Para-Link (OTC BB:PLNKD), a Texas corporation who recently announced an agreement in principle to merge with iChargeit Inc., today announced that iChargeit has signed an exclusive two year agreement with Winners Internet Network (OTC BB:WINR) to build and maintain a series of Global Shopping Malls utilizing the WINR credit card processing and proprietary currency conversion software. This partnership with WINR, empowered by Netgateway (OTCBB:NGWY), will enable iChargeit Inc. to reproduce the iChargeit.com and Cyberswapmeet.com cybermall sites thoroughly translated and priced in the targeted country's language and monetary system. Coupling these features with WINR's powerful global currency conversion features and the anticipated mass appeal of the iChargeit sites should allow the Company to meet their goal of opening 1,000 e-storefronts during the life of their previously announced agreement with Netgateway. Jesse Cohen, CEO of iChargeit, stated, "This agreement with a fine-tuned organization like WINR represents a significant milestone in the Company's development and in making global shopping a simple and cost-effective process. iChargeit and WINR have already identified several key areas for potential joint ventures which are presently being explored." "Our software was developed for diversified applications. This venture opens the "global door" for the utilization of our proprietary software products and furthers WINR's reach into Internet shopping," concluded David C. Skinner, Jr., CEO of WINR. iChargeit Inc. is an Internet based company whose iChargeit.com Cybermall and Virtual Arcade, as well as the iChargeit Cyberswapmeet.com web sites, are set to launch March 1,1999. iChargeit Inc.'s key partners and anchor tenants include, but are not limited to, Preferred Voice International (OTC BB:PFVI), Winners Internet Network (OTC BB:WINR), Internet Media Corp. (OTC BB:USRF), Innovative Holdings and Technologies Ltd. (OTC BB:IHTL) and Pacific Medical Group (OTC BB:PMGI). iChargeit has several key agreements in place with Netgateway which utilize Netgateway's talented and diverse staff of programmers and web site designers to incorporate many of the unique features of Netgateway's ICC (Internet Commerce Center) into iChargeit's web sites and product lines. Statements made in this news release that relate to future plans, financial results, market growth, or 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 o the Securities and 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. -0- tia/ny* CONTACT: Investor Contacts: DeMonte Associates Cynthia DeMonte/Sean Leous 212/473-3700 or iChargeit Inc. 888/815-4390 E-mail: ichargeit@netgateway.net KEYWORD: TEXAS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET BANKING RETAIL MERGERS/ACQ Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com *** end of story *** |