CNBC mentioned this morning that Amzn might be entering the Auction business. This companies new and move in price today just might be the connection. UBUY-- $2.00 up 43% today.
AuctionAnything.com Enters Into Amazon.com
Associates Program
Business Wire - March 25, 1999 09:26
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1999-- AuctionAnything.com, Inc.
(OTC BB:UBUY) announced today that it has been accepted into the Amazon.com
(Nasdaq:AMZN) Associates program.
AuctionAnything.com, Inc. is to earn a commission on orders placed through Amazon.com's
web site (www.Amazon.com) from AuctionAnything.com's SportsAuction web site located at
www.SportsAuction.com.
This announcement follows AuctionAnything.com, Inc.'s March 22nd announcement of its
acceptance into the CBS SportsLine (Nasdaq:SPLN) affiliate program.
On March 22, 1999 AuctionAnything.com, Inc. announced that its stock had begun trading
under the new symbol (OTC BB) UBUY. The new symbol was chosen to be more indicative
of the nature of the company's core business (Internet-based auctions). The company had
previously announced on March 10, 1999 that it had acquired North Orlando Sports
Promotions, Inc., an on-line auction company, and changed its name from the Lawton-York
Corporation to AuctionAnything.com, Inc.
AuctionAnything.com presently runs its SportsAuction (www.SportsAuction.com) web site
and is developing other complementary auction sites designed around specific
"micro-community" themes. AuctionAnything.com, Inc. plans to continue to enhance and
improve its SportsAuction division while leveraging its existing customer database to expand
the entire range of AuctionAnything.com services. AuctionAnything.com's services will likely
be in competition with other Internet companies such as eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY), uBid Inc.
(Nasdaq:UBID), Onsale Inc. (Nasdaq:ONSL), Excite Auction (Nasdaq:XCIT), and Yahoo
Auction (Nasdaq:YHOO).
SportsAuction No. 89 is currently running and offers a group of lots from which all proceeds
will go to benefit the Leukemia Society.
This release contains forward-looking statements with the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and assumptions upon which
forward-looking statements are based are reasonable it can give no assurance that such
expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct.
CONTACT: AuctionAnything.com Inc., Orlando
Martin M. Meads, Investor Relations
407/673-5600
marty@AuctionAnything.com
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