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To: Ga Bard who wrote (5203)	4/8/1999 10:44:00 AM
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(BSNS WIRE) Sales OnLine Direct Anounces Launch Date for New Portal Site Sales OnLine Direct Anounces Launch Date for New Portal Site Business/Technology Editors WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1999--Sales OnLine Direct, Inc. (OTC BB:PAID) announced today that it has set Thursday, April 29, 1999 to unveil its new e-commerce portal site. This new portal site will be a launching point to hundreds of sites and will improve navigation, and make shopping easier for our 3 million yearly visitors. The site will encompass banner advertising for select sites and will add to our current revenue stream. We feel confident that combining this site with our existing Internet divisions gives the company a platform for rapid expansion. "Our personnel have worked for weeks to prepare for the expected influx of web hits for the upcoming website launch. The additional traffic will be handled by Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW) Ultra SPARC servers, running in parallel. We have also upgraded to new Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) routers," said Marc Stengel, Vice President of Sales OnLine Direct. The site will feature major retailers we have affiliate or direct agreements with. Featured sites will include links to; K-Tel International Inc. (Nasdaq:KTEL), The Dick Butkus Football Network, Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN), Dell Computer (Nasdaq:DELL), Cyberian Outpost (Nasdaq:COOL), Borders GRP (NYSE:BGP), Mastro Fine Auctions and SportsLine USA, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPLN). Currently Sales OnLine Direct Inc. has the following entities under its corporate umbrella: Rotman Auction Division - A fully service consignment auction house that has been in business for over 20 years. Rotman Auction provides a full range of services to sellers and buyers including live on-line bidding of premier authentic memorabilia. The web-site is located at www.rotmanauction.com. Auction Inc. Division - A public person-to-person trading community that offers sellers a vehicle for listing items for sale. Buyers can browse for items, which are topically arranged and bid for through a fully automated, exciting, and easy to use online service. The web-site is located at www.auctioninc.com. World Wide Collectors Digest division (WWCD) - Established in 1994, is a premier e-commerce website for dealers in the collectibles community. The web-site is located at www.wwcd.com. Internet Collectibles Division - maintains a substantial inventory of over 1.4 million dollars in memorabilia of popular and historical significance. This release contains forward-looking statements with the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and assumptions upon which forward-looking statements are based are reasonable it can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. --30--mp/bos* CONTACT: Investor Relations: Sales OnLine Penny LaFortune, 508/753-0945 or Press Relations Silesky Marketing Susan Silesky, 410/356-7900 KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMED COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET RETAIL Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com * end of story *