Cyberian Outpost and Amazon.com Join Forces to Help Consumers "Shop the Web"
Outpost.com is a Featured Computer Products Retailer on Amazon.com's New Shopping Referral Service
Wednesday December 16, 11:03 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
KENT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1998--Cyberian Outpost, Inc. (Nasdaq: COOL - news), a leading global Internet-only retailer of computer hardware, software and peripheral products, from its Web site Outpost.com (http://www.outpost.com/), today announced its inclusion as one of the featured companies on Amazon.com's (NASDAQ: AMZN - news) new ''Shop the Web'' shopping referral service. By clicking on the ''Shop the Web'' icon on Amazon.com's home page, consumers will have instant access to a list of Outpost.com's computer hardware, including descriptions, pricing information and direct links to Outpost.com - where the products can be purchased.
Powered by the Amazon.com-owned Junglee, ''Shop the Web'' enables consumers to comparison shop for products across several categories such as computer hardware, clothing and accessories, electronics, toys and travel.
''Linking two of the Internet's leading shopping destinations will benefit consumers during this hectic holiday season, said Darryl Peck, President and CEO of Cyberian Outpost. ''As part of the new ''Shop the Web'' referral service, Outpost.com is extending its reach online by providing Amazon.com customers with additional product purchasing options.''
Under the terms of the agreement, Cyberian Outpost will receive direct links from Amazon.com to the products featured on Outpost.com. Links to Outpost.com's products are also included on other shopping sites that are supplied with content by Amazon.com-owned Junglee such as HotBot's ShopWired'' area, CNET's ''Snap!'' and Go2Net's ''WebMarket'', Newsweek Online, and The Washington Post's Web site.
About Cyberian Outpost
A leader in global e-commerce since 1995, Cyberian Outpost, operates an Internet only superstore for computer products from its Web site Outpost.com (http://www.outpost.com/), 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Outpost.com provides consumers and small office purchasers of computer products superior selection, quick and easy search capabilities, and product information on over 140,000 hardware, software, and peripheral products at competitive prices. With a safe and secure credit card payment system, fast and direct international shipping, Cyberian Outpost offers exceptional value and service to its customers worldwide.
About Amazon.com Inc.
Amazon.com, the Internet's No. 1 book and No. 1 music retailer, opened is virtual doors on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and quickly became Earth's Biggest Bookstore(SM). Today, the Amazon.com store has expanded to offer more than 3 million books, music CDs, videos, DVDs, computer games, and other titles, plus secure credit card payment, personalized recommendations, and streamlined ordering through 1-Click(SM) technology.
Amazon.com operates two international bookstore Web sites: www.amazon.co.uk in the United Kingdom and www.amazon.de in Germany. Amazon.com also operates PlanetAll (www.planetall.com), a Web-based address book, calendar, and reminder service. It also operates the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com), the Web's comprehensive and authoritative source of information on more than 150,000 movies and entertainment programs and 500,000 cast and crewmembers dating from the birth of film in 1892 to the present.
This release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, especially when measured on a quarterly basis. The Company cautions investors that there can be no assurance that actual results or business conditions will not differ materially from those projected or suggested in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, the following: continued consumer acceptance of e-commerce, the Company's early stage of development, technological uncertainty and product development risks, uncertainty of additional funding, reliance on research collaborations, competition, the Company's ability to protect it patents and proprietary rights and uncertainties relating to commercialization rights.
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