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To: Dealer who wrote (9453)	3/28/2000 8:54:00 AM
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MACR--Ecards.com Launches Online Gift Shop Website to be one of the busiest Easter Holiday Season sites PR NEWSWIRE - March 28, 2000 08:01 TORONTO, Mar 28, 2000 /CNW-PRN via COMTEX/ -- ECARDS.COM (www.ecards.com) today launched its Online Gift Shop as an additional service feature to its already successful free online greeting card site. Website expected to double user numbers before Easter Holidays. The new Online Gift Shop will offer Ecards.com's users an exceptional array of one-stop shopping suppliers from flowers to baby products. Ecards.com's selective but extensive list of suppliers were strategically chosen to offer the sites over 130,000 daily users a wide range of products from some notable online providers such as Gear.com, Flower.com, iBeauty.com, Ingredients.com, Art.com, CDUniverse.com, NewYorkFirst.com and KBkids.com. Vince Commisso, President of Ecards.com, says: "Strategically a precursor to Ecards.com's business to business applications, this new feature places Ecards.com in a key position to seek out or welcome additional business partners. As one of the world's top four online greeting card providers, it is imperative we continue to develop services and features that increases the multi-use capability of the site." With the approaching Easter Holiday Season, Ecards.com's developers, international network of artists, animators and designers are busy creating and upgrading the Website's over 5100 electronic greeting card selection. "The user traffic from members alone, which jumped to over 300,000 last month has surpassed our earlier predictions and has driven us to prepare in advance for holiday season traffic," says Paul Gill, Director of Content Ecards.com. Ecards.com is one of the fastest-growing greeting card sites on the Internet, creating and providing electronic greeting cards. This free online service offers thousands of ecards for every experience and occasion. Ecards.com's vast selection of innovative animated ecards utilizes Flash technology from Macromedia. Our global design network of creative talent gives us the flexibility to create varied design styles, vibrant movement, sound and color providing visitors with a unique interactive experience. Ecards.com has formed solid relationships with key technology and content partners such as Macromedia, Barnes and Nobles, Sprint Canada, and Activision. Ecards.com's leading edge technology has been used to create traditionally motivated greetings, but more importantly, it also is being used as a tool for both direct marketing and e-commerce sales. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. www.ecards.com SOURCE Ecards.com