Beyond.com Partners with pcOrder.com to Create Comprehensive Product Resource for Online Shoppers
PR Newswire - July 19, 1999 07:44
Partnership Expands pcOrder.com's ContentSource Database to Include Software And Enriches Beyond.com's Marketing and Technology Information
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and AUSTIN, Texas, July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Internet software superstore Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) today announced that it has signed an agreement with pcOrder.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCOR), a leading provider of electronic commerce technology and content for the computer industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Beyond.com will use pcOrder's ContentSource(TM), the industry's largest collection of computer industry product information. It will expand the richness of marketing and technical product information, otherwise known as data pages, available on Beyond.com's Web sites. By offering customers access to ContentSource's comprehensive product information at the point of sale, Beyond.com expects to further enhance the online shopping experience of its customers.
As part of Beyond.com's commitment to provide the best shopping experience on the Internet, visitors to beyond.com will now have access to rich marketing and technical information on the most popular of the 1.6 million software and other digital products now available from Beyond.com, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) from major publishers, hardware, computing devices and digital images.
"pcOrder.com gives Beyond.com access to one of the most accurate and comprehensive product content databases available, enabling us to focus on solidifying our position as the leading Internet software superstore," said Beyond.com Chief Operating Officer William E. Headapohl.
"Media Metrix recently listed Beyond.com as the thirteenth most visited shopping site on the Internet, attracting millions of customers per month," said Christina Jones, president and COO of pcOrder.com. "This is a major step for pcOrder.com supporting our goal of becoming the most ubiquitous supplier of computer product information on the Web."
About Beyond.com
Beyond.com sells commercial, off-the-shelf software to government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets, offering its customers a better place to buy software. Visitors to the company's online store beyond.com enjoy a comprehensive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing. Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Inc., IBM/Lotus Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Symantec Corp.; hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file formats including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing alliance with IMSI. The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online Inc., @Home Network, CNET Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Excite Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., Xoom.com Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com offers publishers transaction processing, physical and electronic order fulfillment, customer support, site design consultation, marketing support and reporting. The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
About pcOrder.com, Inc.
pcOrder is a leading provider of Internet-based electronic commerce solutions that enable the computer industry's suppliers, resellers and end users to buy and sell computer products online. pcOrder's industry content and applications enable leading computer companies to create new revenue opportunities and efficiencies through e-commerce. Rapid e-commerce adoption by both consumers and businesses has translated into billions of dollars of orders generated through pcOrder-powered solutions. pcOrder: Moving the computer industry to the Web(TM) pcOrder is located at 5001 Plaza on the Lake, Austin, Texas 78746. Telephone: (512) 684.1100. Fax: 512.684.1200. World Wide Web address: http//www.pcorder.com .
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this press release constitute "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements relating to the anticipated performance and benefits of the joint efforts of pcOrder.com and Beyond.com. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, which include (but are not limited to) the risks that the actual benefits and success of the joint efforts of pcOrder.com and Beyond.com will be inconsistent with those expressed in such forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that the implementation of pcOrder.com's online platform will increase Beyond.com's e-commerce sales or profitability. Further, pcOrder.com's and Beyond.com's business, financial condition and results of operations are subject to general risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by each party.
pcOrder.com and pcOrder are registered trademarks of pcOrder.com, Inc. "Moving the computer industry to the Web" is a registered trademark of pcOrder.com, Inc. All other trademarks and tradenames are the property of their respective companies.
CONTACT: Tiffany O'Brien of pcOrder.com, 512-684-1171, or tiffany.o'brien@pcorder.com; or Lise Olson of Beyond.com, 408-616-4256, or liseo@beyond.com .
SOURCE pcOrder.com, Inc.
/CONTACT: Tiffany O'Brien of pcOrder.com, 512-684-1171, or
tiffany.o'brien@pcorder.com; or Lise Olson of Beyond.com, 408-616-4256, or
liseo@beyond.com/
/Web site: http//www.pcorder.com
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