To: Rick Smith who wrote (1242 ) 12/10/1999 1:37:00 PM From: Kip518 Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4120
Zixi now role model for OTCBB company (and, why not -- pumpin' works as OTCBB's know) December 10, 1999 13:21 -VOYAGER GROUP: X-US Web officer helps launch earnathome.net -- "purchase pro" for home based b2b M2 PRESSWIRE-10 December 1999-VOYAGER GROUP: X-US Web officer helps launch earnathome.net -- the "purchase pro" for home based business to business (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD VOYAGER GROUP LTD (OTCBB:VYGP) recently announced that it has engaged John Witchell as a consultant to provide technical advice and consulting in the creation and design of a new B to B e-marketplace, www.earnathome.net. Earn@Home.net is carving out a niche by launching a B to B portal for small business to provide "everything your home-based business needs to keep growing nonstop". Currently founder and CEO of Redgorilla.com, Mr. Witchell was formerly a managing partner for US Web (Nasdaq:USWB) and has also served as a senior project manager for Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HWP). He has previously served as a director for 1stUP.COM, acquired by CMGI (Nasdaq:CMGI) in 1999 and Cinnect Group--which was acquired by lodgenet (Nasdaq:LNET)--in 1998. "Business to Business e-commerce is ten times larger than Business to Consumer and is expected to expand by nearly 100% annually to $1,300 billion in 2003 from $43 billion in 1998 as businesses seek out new revenue opportunities, cost savings through technology enabled operating efficiencies and stronger customer and supplier relationships." According to Jefferies & Company equity research on Purchase Pro, a leading provider of b to b services for small and mid-size businesses. Voyager's goal may be to become a market leader by carving a niche in an undiscovered Internet category similar to other successful business to business Internet companies such as Zixit (Nasdaq: ZIXI), Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE), Chemdex (Nasdaq: CMDX), Vertical Net (Nasdaq: VERT), Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC), Cybersource (Nasdaq: CYBS), pcOrder (Nasdaq: PCOR), Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA), EarthWeb (Nasdaq: EWBX), and Purchase Pro (Nasdaq: PPRO). For additional information on IBC and its services, please visit www.ibchannel.com. IBC has equity positions in the companies listed in this article. For additional information in accordance with Section 17B of the Securities Exchange Act visit IBC's disclaimer at www.ibchannel.com/info/disclaimer.asp. CONTACT: Whitney Klein, Interactive, Business Channel Tel: +1 949 442 8919 e-mail: Info@ibchannel.com WWW: ibchannel.com