Got any locations that would give us some on-line space like
inktomi.com or any other place that we could gain things like air miles or partnering locations w/ other companies?
How about sharing a few ideas if you get some locations.
Here is what Inktomi says, in general... (And they don't expect a company to pay until and unless a sale is generated by their site search engine! How about some air miles?)
inktomi.com
<<Company Contact:
Kevin Brown
Inktomi Corporation
(650) 653-2800
kebrown@inktomi.com
Agency Contact:
Wendi Taylor
Access Communications
415-904-7070 ext. 272
wtaylor@accesspr.com
Inktomi Extends Momentum for
Shopping Engine
Prominent Merchants, New Portal and Destination Sites Sign
on to Inktomi's Online Shopping Platform
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 7, 1999 -- Inktomi Corp. (NASDAQ: INKT),
developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, today
announced a range of merchant and portal partners for its online
shopping platform, the Inktomi Shopping Engine. Inktomi has signed
agreements extending the Shopping Engine's coverage to include five
new portal and destination sites, over 350 merchants, and more than
two million products from across the Internet.
Inktomi has now forged agreements with 20 leading portal and
destination sites to provide the underlying infrastructure for their
online shopping offerings. New partners include: FreeServers,
FreeYellow.Com, Global DataTel (GDIS), NetGift Registry and Time
Inc. New Media. These add to existing partnerships with Infoseek,
operator of GO Network, CNET and NBC's Snap, and CNNfn among
others.
More than 350 leading online merchants have signed on to offer
products through the Inktomi Shopping Engine. These premier
merchants provide access to more than two million products across
14 categories of products and services. Merchant partners include:
800.com, Art.com, ARTiSANgifts.com, BabyCenter,
barnesandnoble.com, bedandbath.com, Beyond.com, Bluefly
(BFLY), The Bombay Company, BrainPlay.com, The Company
Store, CyberShop (CYSP), Domestications, Egghead.com, Fogdog
Sports, Fossil, Gear.com, GreatFood.com, Gump's, Improvements
Catalog, International Male, Kitchen and Home, MotherNature.com,
Muzic Depot, NECX, Outpost.com, PC Flowers & Gifts, ProFlowers,
Reel.com, REI.com, Silhouettes, Skechers, and Sports Superstore
Online.
Inktomi Shopping Engine
The new Shopping Engine extends Inktomi's offerings in the portal
services area. These offerings, which include Inktomi's leading
Search Engine, leverage the company's scalable core technology to
deliver customizable software solutions to portal sites, enabling them
to rapidly deploy revenue-generating services that enhance user
loyalty and satisfaction.
The Inktomi Shopping Engine delivers the first online shopping
platform integrated with powerful Web searching technology, and is
designed to scale with the growth of users and products on the
Internet. The new product allows portals to immediately integrate
powerful online commerce capabilities into their sites, while also
providing a flexible platform to support customized merchandizing
and content.
Inktomi's Shopping Engine is designed to offer features that provide a
compelling online shopping experience including:
Product and price comparison shopping for a growing list of
merchants and products
Feature comparisons and research across many popular
product categories
Expert content and recommendations from trusted brands
such as Consumers Digest
Universal Order Processing -- shoppers only have to enter
their data once, and all subsequent transactions on any
merchant partner site can default to fill in this data
Tight integration with Inktomi's range of custom portal services
About Inktomi
Based in San Mateo, Calif., Inktomi (pronounced INK tuh me),
develops and markets scalable software designed for the world's
largest Internet infrastructure and media companies. Inktomi's
products include the world's largest search engines, online
comparison shopping solutions, and carrier-class network cache
software. Inktomi works with leading companies including America
Online, @Home Network, CNET, GeoCities, Intel, RealNetworks,
Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo!. The company has offices in North
America, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit
www.inktomi.com.
The statements in this press release regarding full availability of the Inktomi
Shopping Engine, the features to be included in the Inktomi Shopping Engine and
the shopping experience available are forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results discussed
herein. The potential risks and uncertainties include risks associated with Inktomi
Shopping Engine, need to attract and retain portal customers and merchants, rapid
technological change, and substantial competition, all of which are discussed in
greater detail in the section entitled "Factors Affecting Operating Results" contained
in Inktomi's Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 1998 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 1999. >> |
