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To: Risky Business who wrote (13331)	11/28/1998 4:35:00 PM
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Thanks!! [ Business \| US Market \| By Industry \| IPO \| AP \| S&P \| International \| PRNews \| BizWire ] Wednesday November 11, 11:50 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Bid.Com Takes Home Top Honours At Canadian Information Productivity Awards TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998--Bid.Com International(TSE:BII. - news) -- Recognizes strength of company's e-commerce solutions -- Bid.Com International Inc., one of North America's leading online auctions, located at www.bid.com, won three Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA) at this week's awards ceremony: a 1998 Award of Excellence; the 1998 Best of Category Award for Small Business; and, the top honour, the 1998 Best of Show Award. Bid.Com was honoured with the Best of Show Award at the sixth annual CIPA Gala Banquet, which included an audience of 1500 senior business and information technology executives. The Best of Show Award recognizes Bid.Com as having the best technology architecture in Canada supporting its innovative approach to business. Bid.Com's work received top honours within a strong group of award-winning IT solutions which included such organizations as GE Capital, IBM Canada, Scotiabank, Air Canada, Revenue Canada, ING Canada, Canadian Pacific Railways, National Bank of Canada, Rogers Cantel and Royal Bank of Canada. In accepting his award, Paul Godin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bid.Com International paid homage to the company's dedicated team of employees, and recognized the invaluable support of the company's key partners, which include Rogers Media, The Toronto Star Newspapers, America Online, and MediaServ Incorporated. ''We're delighted to get the most prestigious technology award in Canada. This positive endorsement by the leaders of the Canadian information technology sector, further validates our pioneering efforts in e-commerce solutions, and clearly recognizes both the viability and unstoppable momentum of online commerce, '' Mr. Godin said. CIPA, now in its sixth year, is Canada's premier national technology awards organization. Its mission is to find visionary individuals and organizations making the most innovative and effective use of information technology, and to motivate Canada's senior executives to follow their example. Bid.Com International Inc. (formerly known as Internet Liquidators International Inc.) was founded in 1995 and listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange in February 1998. With offices in Toronto, Ontario and Tampa, Florida, it is one of the Internet's leading online auction sales organizations. The company offers a compelling, entertaining, and cost-effective method of selling a wide array of goods and services over electronic distribution channels. In addition to its strategic alliances with America Online, The ToroRogers Media Inc., the company enjoys distribution agreements with Yahoo!, Netscape, Metacrawler, and more recently with ComputerShopper.com, a Ziff-Davis property. Bid.Com is strategically positioned to leverage its technological leadership by offering the pre-eminent online auction platform for license to business-to-business markets and for distribution through broadband/cable media. Contact: Bid.Com International Inc. Paul Godin, 905/ 672-7467 ext. 226 pgodin@bid.com or Bid.Com International Inc. Jeff Lymburner, 888/ 750-7467 jlymburner@bid.com bid.com