Adatom.com Introduces Version 2.0 of E-Commerce Solution Program.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 26, 2000

New AESP Form Offers Additional Merchant Benefits and

Enhanced E-Commerce Solutions

Adatom.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTM), an Internet superstore and electronic marketplace enabler, today revealed a new version of its E-Commerce Solution Program (AESP), which will provide companies with enhanced instant business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce capabilities.

Stemming from the original AESP and powered by the Company's Web site, www.adatom.com, AESP 2.0 will continue to serve as an enabling vehicle, allowing companies to enjoy the luxuries of a full-service e-commerce business and will offer the following new benefits:

1.    Merchant Personalization
        -- Merchant logo
        -- Merchant store name
        -- Merchant tag lines
        -- Merchant welcome paragraph
2.    New welcome page
        -- New merchant branding elements
        -- New page layout
        -- 4 featured products
        -- 1 featured manufacturer
        -- Special order
        -- Online shopping help
3.    Enhanced intelli-search engine
4.    New search results selectors, refined by
        -- Sub-categories
        -- Brands
5.    Simplified shopping cart design
6.    Easy-step check-out process
7.    Thousands of new products, including new major brands

With its recent merchant-benefiting additions, Adatom continues to build upon its reputation as an innovator and favored supplier of e-commerce. Adatom's dynamic multi-channel strategy and vision of providing the shortest, most convenient, cost efficient and satisfying link between the merchandise supplier and the consumer has allowed the Company to establish a powerful presence within a medium that is the fastest growing means of communication and commerce on the globe.

Richard Barton, Chief Executive Officer for Adatom.com, Inc., stated, "Adatom now has three revenue streams in our model, including our Internet superstore, AESP and electronic marketplace with China, all of which greatly increase the value of our Company." Barton continued, "Additionally, our experience as a B2C company has allowed us the expertise to translate a mutable B2B product. The scalablilty and modularity of our e-commerce architecture and business processes position our Company to respond to the ever changing dynamics of the B2B market."

About Adatom.com, Inc.

Adatom.com, Inc. is a fast growing, e-commerce company, which offers over three million items for the home, individual and office and provides e-tailing solutions for other businesses. By leveraging its proprietary e-commerce infrastructure and efficient distribution system, the Company reaches both the business-to-business market with E-Commerce Solution Program (AESP) and the business-to-consumer capabilities to reduce operating costs and provide price savings and increased customer service for consumers. Adatom.com provides a comprehensive product mix of name brand products in 29 product categories.

Statements in this news release that are not descriptions of historical facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Words such as "expect," "intends," "believes," "plans," "anticipates" and "likely" also identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based on current facts and analyses. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors including, but not limited to history of operating losses, anticipated future losses, competition, future capital needs, the need for market acceptance, dependence upon third parties, disruption of vital infrastructure and intellectual property rights. All forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Additional information on factors that may affect the business and financial results of the Company can be found in filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.