CorpHQ Inc. Forms Strategic Partnership With SmartShip.com; Package Shipping Just Became Easier for this Nation's 43 Million Small-Office/Home-Office Professionals.LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999-- CorpHQ Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:COHQ) has announced the formation of a strategic partnership with Virtran Inc., the creator of SmartShip.com, an online shipping program that allows users to quickly compare services and rates of various package-shipping services. Under the terms of the agreement, CorpHQ will make SmartShip.com available to its growing community of online small-office/home-office small-office/home-office - (SoHo) A term describing the market for certain computer goods. entrepreneurs. The service will be co-branded between the two companies, who will share revenue from the venture. "With SmartShip, we are providing our members yet another service to increase the productivity of their business," said Art Aviles A·vi·lés A town of northwest Spain on an inlet of the Bay of Biscay. It is a port and an industrial center. Population: 80,800. , president and co-founder of CorpHQ. "SmartShip streamlines one of the most tedious aspects of operating from the home or small office -- expediting packages based on service, price and other criteria such as drop-off and pick-up pick-up Noun 1. a small truck with an open body used for light deliveries 2. Informal a casual acquaintance made for a sexual purpose 3. Informal a. deadlines. "One of SmartShip's most impressive features is its rate comparison engine which lets our members quickly find the best shipping price from among many of the best-known Adj. 1. best-known - most familiar or renowned; "Stevenson's best-known work is probably `Treasure Island'" known - apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" package carriers in the country as well as lesser-known, same-day and regional carriers. We think SmartShip is an excellent complement to the CorpHQ portfolio of products and services." In addition to offering instant service and rate comparisons, SmartShip allows users to quickly fill out airbills and shipping labels, as well as track their shipments online. It also arranges pick-ups and records tracking numbers so users can quickly find out the status of a shipment. "We believe CorpHQ holds the potential to radically re-shape the small-office/home-office market by providing key services these businesses need to grow," said Mark Hawkins, vice-president vice president or vice-pres·i·dent n. Abbr. VP 1. An officer ranking next below a president, usually empowered to assume the president's duties under conditions such as absence, illness, or death. 2. of Online Marketing at SmartShip.com. "At the same time, CorpHQ and its online community of entrepreneurs offer a perfect market for SmartShip.com which will vastly increase the efficiency for many who dread the tedium of shopping for low rates, requesting pick-ups and otherwise managing their package shipping." About CorpHQ CorpHQ is the creator and operator of CorpHQ.com, a membership-based, award-winning Adj. 1. award-winning - having received awards; "this award-winning bridge spans a distance of five miles" portal that allows small and home-based business owners to network among themselves, uncover work opportunities and receive significant discounts on a range of products and services they need to operate their businesses. The Web site's reverse auction, V-BUY, allows companies to post work assignments for CorpHQ members to bid on. CorpHQ plans a national launch of its Web site, complete with new user interfaces and improved member functionality in October 1999. The company is publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board OTC Bulletin Board An electronic quotation listing of the bid and asked prices of OTC stocks that do not meet the requirements to be listed on the NASDAQ stock-listing system. . For more information, visit http://www.corphq.com or contact Greg Matusky or Peter Winicov at Gregory Communications Inc., 610/642-8253. For investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , visit http://www.internetstockmarket.com/corpprof/c/cohq.html, or contact: Steven Glazer, VP-Investor Relations at 212/258-2520. This news release contains certain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that may involve certain known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors not under the company's control. Such risks and other factors may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of the company to be materially different from the statements made herein. Such forward-looking statements should not be relied upon by investors in making a decision whether or not to invest in the company. |
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