Adatom.com Signs Product Fulfillment Agreement With BuyersEdge, Inc.; Adatom To Provide Housewares And Sporting Goods On Open Market Bidding System.

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MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2000

Adatom.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTM) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with privately-held, venture-backed BuyersEdge, Inc. to feature Adatom(1)s housewares and sporting goods products in the BuyersEdge open market bidding system.

"The partnership with Adatom.com is very strategic for our Home & Garden and Sports & Fitness markets as we are seeing increasing demand for these products. Our customers will benefit from the wide range of brand-name Home & Garden and Sports & Fitness products offered by Adatom.com. BuyersEdge is always looking to provide the best quality products and value to our customers through our qualified reseller partners," stated Bill Gaylord, Vice-President, Product & Channels.

Richard Barton, Chief Executive Officer for Adatom.com, Inc., stated, "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. Consequently, exposure on BuyersEdge will offer us enhanced revenue-generating opportunities and numerous ancillary benefits."

About BuyersEdge

BuyersEdge (http://www.buyersedge.com) is an open market bidding system that enables savvy online buyers to save time and money making purchases on high value, considered merchandise. BuyersEdge allows consumers to submit product requests, evaluate merchant responses, select the price, terms or merchant variables they want, and then buy the product on the BuyersEdge Web site. BuyersEdge puts the power of buying in the hands of the consumers and delivers 100% guaranteed customer satisfaction. Merchants, in turn, gain access to thousands of qualified online buyers without any infrastructure or development costs. BuyersEdge is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California and is privately funded by Information Management Associates, CMGI@Ventures, and Wand Partners.

About Adatom.com, Inc.

Adatom.com, Inc. is a fast growing, e-commerce company. By leveraging its proprietary e-commerce infrastructure and efficient distribution system, the Company reaches both the business-to-business market with its E-commerce Solution Program (AESP) and its Global Electronic Marketmaker Solution (GEMS) and the business-to-consumer capabilities through its www.adatom.com Web site. Its Internet Superstore offers over three million items for the home, individual and office with a comprehensive mix of name brand products in 29 product categories.

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