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To: Rock_nj who wrote (6940)	8/4/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: Frederick Langford	Respond to of 25711

AWEB NEWS Tuesday August 4, 12:43 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release AllnetServices.com Corp. Adds Two More Vendors to its Auction Site CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1998-- AllnetServices.com Corp. (OTC:AWEB - news) today announced the addition of two new vendors to its growing online auction site, GoingOnce.net. The new companies are Chip Shot Golf and B&J Collectibles. Chip Shot Golf Corporation is the Internet's largest retailer of custom-built golf clubs. The company sells clubs that performs like the brand names but cost as little as one-third of the price. Customers are ''fit'' to their own set of custom-built clubs using Chip Shot Golf's proprietary PerfectFit custom configuration technology. In addition to GoingOnce.net, Chip Shot Golf advertises and partners with a host of major on-line groups, including E-Trade (EGRP), SportsLine USA (SPLN), Internet Link Exchange, Lycos (LCOS), and InfoBeat. ''Chip Shot Golf is very excited to partner with a premier and growing auction site like GoingOnce.net which offers an excellent distribution opportunity for our products,'' said Nick Mehta, Vice President of Business Development for Chip Shot Golf. ''Chip Shot Golf feels that the tremendous value that its custom-built golf clubs provide lends itself naturally to an online auction format.'' B&J Collectibles is one of America's largest wholesalers of licensed sports collectibles and the No. 1 Distributor of official Rawlings Major League and Special Edition baseballs. B&J was featured in Beckett as one of the most 'Reputable Dealers of Autographed Memorabilia' and is a member of the Alliance of Professional Collectibles Dealers. The company serves Memorabilia and Collectible Dealers on 6 continents and boasts such stars as Stan Musial, Yogi Berra and Joe DiMaggio on their contract marketing resume, and recently signed an exclusive marketing deal with Yankees pitcher David Wells. Scott DiStefano, President of B&J said, ''This is an excellent opportunity for us to augment our sales and continue to provide quality merchandise to our customers. We are looking forward to growing our online business and adding products to the auction.'' Robert Aubel, President & CEO of Allnet added, ''Allnet is very pleased to be associated with these two established and dynamic companies. We believe we can attract more and more traffic by diversifying our product offerings and adding more non-computer related items to the auction site. We will continue to target large, fast growing sectors of industry such as we have with golf and sports memorabilia. This strategy will allow us to entice a larger consumer base to the auction with the ultimate goal of increasing sales incrementally.'' AllnetServices.com Corp., which was formed in April 1997, spent seven months designing proprietary, fully scalable systems architecture for the Internet shopping marketplace. The Company specializes in the marketing and distribution of a broad range of products and services at wholesale prices to both consumer and trade customers. Its Internet-related businesses include: AllnetDirect.com, which lists over 45,000 computer-related products, similar to Insight.com (NSIT); GoingOnce.net, a 24-hour on line auction, similar to that of OnSale.com (ONSL); AllmonitorMall.com, the first Web site dedicated solely to offering all monitor-related merchandise; and AllnetServices.com, which offers Web hosting, professional graphics design and animation, data base management and site development. To visit AllnetServices.com Corp.: allnetservices.com allnetdirect.com goingonce.net allmonitormall.com Or contact Mark E. Merhab, Chairman mmerhab@allnetservices.com 949/462-3937 To visit Chip Shot Golf: chipshotgolf.com To visit B&J Collectibles: b-j.com To receive an investor packet go to allnetservices.com and link to the company's investor page. There, you can simply fill out and submit a form request on line. ALLNETSERVICES COM CP (OTC: AWEB)