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To: Sir Auric Goldfinger who wrote (314)	4/20/1999 5:15:00 PM
From: Sammy Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361

ECEC news out late in day. Full of fluff and the now common stock symbol list of established companies. Where's the beef? biz.yahoo.com Tuesday April 20, 3:45 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release eCom eCom.com Ad Campaign Creating Heavy Volume for Web Site New Servers Purchased RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 20, 1999--eCom eCom.com, Inc. (OTC BB:ECEC) announced today that its Internet advertising campaign promoting the ECEC Trading Club April 29, 1999 grand opening has paid immediate dividends. ''We are only in the initial phase of advertising on Yahoo (Nasdaq:YHOO - news), Lycos (Nasdaq:LCOS - news), Excite (Nasdaq:XCIT - news), AltaVista, the Doubleclick network (Nasdaq:DCLK - news) and other online venues. The response to the Trading Club has been overwhelming,'' said CEO David J. Panaia. ''Thousands of people are visiting our auction website (www.ecomecom.com), discovering our unique membership concept, listing auction items and registering for the $10,000 grand prize.'' Details of the grand prize cash drawing and other prizes offered can be found on the web site. On Saturday, April 17, due to heavy response to ECEC Trading Club's marketing campaign, auction site visitors experienced slow web site access speeds and web server timeouts. ''We are aware that the heavy traffic is testing our current system,'' said CEO Panaia. ''We have purchased new servers that will go online before our April 29 grand opening. The new equipment, provided by AIT, gives us the server technology and Internet connectivity we need to maximize redundancy, fault tolerance and load balancing.'' AIT is Advanced Internet Technologies, Inc., the nation's largest privately-held hosting company with over 45,000 active Internet domains. The ECEC Trading Club charges a $36 annual seller fee to sell an unlimited number of items through ECEC's auction - a more consumer-friendly approach - while eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY - news) and Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN - news) charge their members listing and value-based transaction fees for every item auctioned. ''We firmly believe that we can operate profitably without charging these fees,'' stated CEO Panaia. The $36 annual seller fee has been waived to celebrate the grand opening. ECEC invites all eBay and Amazon users to take advantage of the Trading Club membership fee concept. Panaia believes that consumers deserve viable options. ''Consumers have always demanded quality products and services at a fair price. I am confident that these same principles will be applied to electronic commerce. ECEC is positioned well in this enormous market.'' About eCom eCom.com, Inc. eCom eCom.com, Inc. develops Internet e-commerce enterprises. The company is the parent of the ECEC Trading Club which is carving its niche in an Internet auction industry that has been projected to reach $52 billion in sales by 2002. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual events or results may differ materially from those discussed in such forward-looking statements. Contact: eCom eCom.com Inc, Riviera Beach David J. Panaia, CEO, 561/622-4395 e-mail: dave@usas.com