Best3C Selected by D-link as Internet-Based B2B Marketplace Partner; Strategic Partnership Fulfills Global Demand for Streamlined Access to Network and Electronics Products.

Business/High-Tech Editors

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000

Best 3C, a leading global business services marketplace offering comprehensive market information and e-commerce services for buyers and sellers of 3C products worldwide, today announced first of its kind partnership with D-Link Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of networking, connectivity, and data communication products.

The mutually beneficial agreement with Best3C enables D-Link to offer global, instant access to potential buyers of network and electronics products via Best3C's marketplace, 3Cvillage.com.

"D-Link is committed to aggressively introducing products targeted for global networking and electronic products industry to qualified sellers currently trading in the 3Cvillage.com arena," said Steven Joe, president of D-Link. "The partnership with Best3C gives D-Link instant access to an enormous, established Internet audience. We are very excited about this relationship."

"D-Link has been the leading provider of networking products over the last several years," commented Barry J Lebu, Best3C's vice president of sales and marketing for the North American region. "With the explosive growth in the networking products market, our partnership with D-Link affirms our commitment to developing the most comprehensive technology portfolio in the electronic components industry and reinforces our dedication to becoming the leading global market place for network and electronics products. We are honored to have been chosen D-Link's key distribution channel and are looking forward to achieving global market coverage."

With its name brand recognition factor and the availability of its cutting edge products on the Best3C's web marketplace 3Cvillage, the D-Link partnership also enhances Best3C's already rapidly burgeoning worldwide supplier and product base and further positions Best3C in its march towards becoming the leading business-to-business electronic marketplace.

Best3C allows registered 3Cvillage customers to access a wealth of product, pricing and inventory information as well as account status, order history and market trends, etc. in real time, creating a true one-stop shopping experience. Leveraging the power of the Internet, Best3C enables buyers to source, initiate and complete transactions online, quickly and easily. The services offered via 3Cvillage provide as D-Link's clients with significant convenience and timesavings, not to mention confidence in the ordering process.

"We feel our reseller base can benefit greatly from the synergy between the Best3C and D-Link," said Lebu. "By combining the advanced e-commerce capability of 3Cvillage with D-Link's extensive product inventory, we address the strong demand for streamlined access to network and electronics products."

About Best3C

Best3C introduced a revolutionary approach to buying and selling 3C products (Computers, Communications, Consumer Electronics). Best3C operates a proprietary global business services marketplace, 3Cvillage, where businesses profit from old-fashioned service and integrity while benefiting from cutting-edge Internet technology. 3Cvillage offers comprehensive market information and e-commerce services for worldwide buyers and sellers of 3C products and provides buyers and sellers with a dynamic, yet streamlined platform for web-based transactions such as online bidding and auctions, credit approval, payments, real-time logistics tracking and one-to-one marketing management. A one-stop shopping mentality gets important information to the decision makers in order to make solid and sound purchasing commitments.

Best3C is a global company based in San Jose, California, with its Asia headquarters in Taiwan. Branch offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and China are expected to open later this year. Additionally, in October Best3C established its European headquarters in United Kingdom. Best3C is backed by a Goldman Sachs'-led consortium, which includes some of the largest companies in the Pacific Rim. For more information about Best3C, visit our Web site at: http://www.best3C.com. For more information about 3Cvillage, visit our website at: http://www.3cvillage.com.

About D-Link

D-Link is a true manufacturer of networking products with R&D facilities in USA and Taiwan, and five major manufacturing plants in California, USA; Hsin-chu, Taiwan (2); Dong Guan Province, China; and Verna, India. With nearly 500,000 sq. ft of Manufacturing capacity, 1,500 employees, and the volume to deliver networking, data communications and digital electronic technologies for the Small to Medium Business and the Digital Home with four manufacturing plants in the solutions at a price that the average computer user can afford, D-Link has become the largest manufacturer of Networking Hubs in the world and second largest in Network Interface Cards.

D-Link offers a wide selection of Networking and connectivity products. D-Link is well positioned to grow well into the next millennium. D-Link U.S.A., Canadian, and Latin American headquarters are located at 53 Discovery, Irvine, CA, 92618. Phone [phone] or 949/788-0805; FAX [phone]; Internet www.dlink.com.