BizProLink Network Selected to Provide Industry Communities for AOL's Netscape Netbusiness Marketplace Powered by PurchasePro.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001

BizProLink to Provide Content and Tools to Hundreds

of Private-Label Marketplaces

BizProLink Network, the Internet's largest network of industry-specific communities for business professionals, today announced that it has signed an agreement with America Online and PurchasePro (Nasdaq:PPRO) to provide industry-specific content and online tools for the Communities section of the Netscape Netbusiness Marketplace.

The Netbusiness Marketplace is a joint development of Netscape and PurchasePro, a leading enabler of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for companies of all sizes. It offers a one-stop, global e-commerce network of hundreds of communities and is linked to hundreds of marketplaces that allow small and large businesses to buy, sell and interact online. As part of the agreement, BizProLink Network has also been assigned the AOL Keyword "BizProLink."

Fred Singer, SVP of AOL Interactive Services and General Manager of Netscape Netbusiness said, "With the Netbusiness Marketplace we are not only attempting to create a one stop, comprehensive e-marketplace but also a sense of community for those who use it. By providing top industry-specific content, tools and community within the Marketplace, the BizProLink Network offers our users an environment which allows them to conduct business smarter and more effectively based on information and resources tailored to their industry."

This agreement will also enable the hundreds of established Netbusiness Marketplaces and approximately 140,000 businesses linked through the PurchasePro global marketplace to access BizProLink Network's communities, content and tools. To support this initiative, BizProLink Network announced it is accelerating the integration of industry content and nine additional online business tools, services and partner offerings within its communities.

"The BizProLink Network maintains one of the Web's largest assemblages of industry-specific business communities," said Chris Benyo, SVP of Marketing for PurchasePro. "As we continue to drive small businesses into the Netbusiness Marketplace, we expect transactions and business usage to grow."

"We are excited to be working with Netscape and PurchasePro to support the growth of the Netbusiness Marketplace and to extend the reach of the BizProLink Network's continually growing user base," said Steven R. Sponder, Founder and CEO of BizProLink Network.

About BizProlink Network

BizProLink Network (www.BizProLink.com) is the Internet's leading network of industry-specific communities. Each of BizProLink Network's 135 customizable communities serves as a business professional's daily home-page, providing over 90 essential business tools to help companies achieve their sales and profitability goals. Over 40 of the world's leading corporations including IBM, GE, ADP, Siebel Systems, Business Wire, Verisign and Sun Microsystems, leverage BizProLink Network industry communities as a highly targeted sales and marketing channel. In addition to providing ASP services to businesses, BizProLink provides emerging ASP companies with essential infrastructure services including an online billing solution, personalization technology, customer relationship management tools, back-end integration and managed web hosting. BizProLink also private labels and brands its network of 135 industry communities. The Company is the first to create a network of personalizable Industry-focused communities built on a single, scalable technology platform powered by BroadVision. The company is backed by U.S. and Swiss Venture Capitalists led by CrossBow Ventures.