Sales OnLine Direct Enters Into Shades.com Affiliate
Program
WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1999--Sales OnLine Direct, Inc. (OTC BB:PAID) announced today that its Auction Inc. division has been accepted in the affiliates program of Shades.com.
Sales OnLine Direct is to earn a commission on any orders placed by shoppers who go to the Shades.com site from Auction Inc.'s website located at www.auctioninc.com. The company expects this to add to its current revenue stream. Sales OnLine Direct is proud to offer Shades.com products to our more than 3 million visitors.
This announcement follows Auction Inc.'s announcement of its acceptance into agreements with; K-Tel International Inc.
(Nasdaq:KTEL - news), The Dick Butkus Football Network, Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN - news), Dell Computer (Nasdaq:DELL - news), Cyberian Outpost (Nasdaq:COOL - news), Borders GRP (NYSE:BGP - news), Mastro Fine Auctions, and Brookstone (Nasdaq:BKST - news).
Sales OnLine Direct Inc. is developing other complementary e-commerce sites designed around specific ''vertical markets.'' Sales OnLine Direct is developing a new portal site that will be a launching point for our 3 million yearly visitors to hundreds of sites. The site will launch Thursday, April 29, 1999. This new website will improve navigation, and make shopping easier. The site will also encompass banner advertising for select sites.
''Our personnel have worked for weeks to prepare for the expected influx of web hits for the upcoming website launch. The additional traffic will be handled by Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW - news) Ultra SPARC servers, running in parallel. The company is using multiple T-1 lines to respond quickly and smoothly to browser requests. The company has also completed an upgrade to new Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO - news) routers,'' said Marc Stengel, Vice President of Sales OnLine Direct.
Auction Inc. Division- A public person-to-person trading community that offers sellers a vehicle for listing items for sale.
Buyers can browse for items, which are topically arranged and bid for through a fully automated, exciting, and easy to use online service. The web-site is located at www.auctioninc.com. Auction Inc. feels it's important for eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY - news) and Onsale Inc. (Nasdaq:ONSL - news) customers to know that we offer an alternative way to buy or sell merchandise over the Internet. ''We aim to reduce charges to sellers through our 'No Sale - No Fee' policy.''
This release contains forward-looking statements with the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of 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.
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