France's eBuyClub.com inks Deal With U.S based ePublicEye.com to Provide trust services to its B2B-B2C market place

Los Angeles, CA -- February 3, 1999 -- ePublicEye.com the leading aggregator of reliability and customer satisfaction data on small to mid-sized ebusinesses, has entered into a strategic alliance and co-marketing agreement with eBuyClub.com to add merchant ratings to its Paris based Business to business, business to consumer marketplace. Under the agreement, eBuyClub will introduce ePublicEye's e-business rating services to its network of merchants and will actively promote ePublicEye.com's monitoring system on both its French and English sites. As part of the arrangement, ePublicEye.com and eBuyClub.com will jointly market a suite of e-business services localized for the French market.

ePublicEye.com is the first US based e-business rating company to localize its services for the french market. "We are very pleased to be able to introduce our services to France in partnership with eBuyClub.com. The alliance ensures that our service offerings will accommodate the nuances of the French market and will effectively meet the needs of e-businesses and Internet shoppers in the region." said Errol Smith co-founder of ePublicEye.com.

France ranks ninth globally in total number of Internet users, with almost 5.7 million, according to Computer Industry Almanac's 1999 estimates. Projected online consumer purchases in France for year 2000 are expected to jump to more than 3.8 billion francs (up from an estimated 1.3 billion for 1999).exceeding for the first time sales made via the French Minitel system.

About ePublicEye.com:
ePublicEye.com is the only global e-business rating service that allows buyers to rate e-businesses for reliability, privacy and customer satisfaction in 5 languages. Since 1996, ePublicEye.com has maintained a focus on building confidence between consumers and small to mid-sized Internet businesses. Pioneers in the use of consumer feedback to promote safer e-commerce, ePublicEye.com is the largest aggregator of customer satisfaction data in this market segment, trusted by thousands of small to mid-sized merchants to continually survey their customers. As the only company offering e-business ratings in French, German, Spanish, Chinese and English, ePublicEye.com is uniquely positioned as an enabler of small to mid sized e-businesses worldwide.

For more information contact our office at 818/547-0222 or

wms@epubliceye.com or visit http://www.epubliceye.com

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