BlindGift.com Adds GourmetMarket.com to Growing Number of E-merchants Embracing 'BlindGift' Exchange.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1999-- Now, Online Friends Can Exchange GourmetMarket.com Delicacies This is a List of national delicacies. This list is sorted from where the food originated from. Many of these dishes may be normal to one culture, however to other cultures may seem bizarre. A delicacy is a food that is particularly prized within a given culture. With Just an E-mail Address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address BlindGift.com, the first e-commerce company that allows online shoppers to send gifts using just the recipient's e-mail address, today announced its partnership with GourmetMarket.com, a leading culinary marketplace for premium, difficult-to-find food, wine and cookware products. "The rapid growth in online friendships and communities has created a large market for Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f who wish to enhance their online relationships with the gift-giving aspect of a real-world friendship," said William C. Mason, BlindGift.com vice president of business development. "BlindGift.com enables them to accomplish this without requiring the sender or the recipient to reveal a street address or other personal information. Our partnership with GourmetMarket.com offers gift givers options for any taste, and all they need to know is their friend's favorite craving craving Psychology A strong desire to consume a particular substance–eg of abuse, or food; craving is a major factor in relapse and/or continued use after withdrawal from a substance of abuse and is both imprecisely defined and difficult to measure. and e-mail address." "Our partnership with BlindGift.com increases our customer reach remarkably," said Bret Baumgarten, director of corporate development. "Now, with the ability to deliver using just an e-mail address, our superior range of gourmet delicacies and gifts will be available to the entire online community. We expect to see a significant growth in traffic and commerce." BlindGift.com is the only Web-based service allowing Internet users to send gifts to their online friends with only an e-mail address. BlindGift.com's technology enables this type of gift exchange without requiring the recipient to reveal personal contact information, such as his or her home address, to the sender. BlindGift.com uses a patent-pending, blind-gift exchange protocol with Secure Socket Layer technology to provide confidential, secure, real-time delivery of shipping details to partner merchants. BlindGift.com is a member of the online Better Business Bureau. "GourmetMarket.com gives BlindGift.com customers access to everything from wine and cheese to chocolates and gift baskets A gift basket, or fruit basket is typically a gift that is delivered to the recipient at their home or workplace. There are different varieties of gift baskets, some which have fruit only, some with dry/canned goods only (such as tea, crackers and jam) although the standard , helping us to fulfill our commitment to delivering the finest selection of gifts available online," said Rob Hansen, BlindGift.com CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "In addition to its exceptional selection, GourmetMarket.com's mission of providing the highest quality customer service and its presence on leading Internet portal sites Noun 1. portal site - a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet; "a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. , makes it the perfect partner for BlindGift.com." About GourmetMarket.com GourmetMarket.com is a leading online culinary marketplace for premium, hard-to-find food, wine and cookware products. GourmetMarket.com provides some of the most comprehensive online culinary content on the Internet today. GourmetMarket.com doesn't just offer products; it offers credible, trustworthy advice and recommendations from world-renowned experts about what to buy and why. San Francisco-based GourmetMarket.com (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:WINE) is publicly held, and currently has more than 150 business and co-marketing partnerships, including a number of leading portals and culinary sites. For additional information, visit the company's Web site at www.gourmetmarket.com. About BlindGift.com Founded in 1999, BlindGift.com is the first service that enables Internet users to enhance their online relationships by sending gifts without needing private contact information. With the patent-pending BlindGift system, gifts can be sent and received using only e-mail addresses. Founded by a team of entrepreneurs and experts from the Internet gift and e-commerce sectors, BlindGift.com is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , which recently closed its initial round of seed funding Seed funding is investing capital to begin a new project, so that it has enough funds to sustain itself for a period of development until it reaches either a state where it is able to continue funding itself, or has created something in value so that it is worthy of future rounds . It has partner agreements with a number of online merchants including flowersandgifts.com, Artisangifts.com, ebear.com, GourmetMarket.com, The Pacific Cookie Company (www.pacificcookie.com), pacifictime.com, Shari's Berries (www.berries.com) and GiveChocolate.com. The company headquarters are located at 777 Tehama Street, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Calif. 94103. For more information, visit www.blindgift.com, e-mail info@blindgift.com or telephone 415/762-2083. |
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