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FreeRide.com Partners with 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE to Bring Additional Savings, Site Features and Convenience to Consumers.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000

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.com (www.freeride.com), a Web site that offers rewards to consumers and loyalty marketing programs for sponsors, today announced a strategic relationship with 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE, the one-stop shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into  for gift certificates. Through this alliance, FreeRide.com members will redeem FreeRide points for gift certificates from hundreds of the nation's finest retailers, restaurants, travel and entertainment providers and service organizations.

The relationship with 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE significantly increases the number of sites at which FreeRide.com members can spend their points. In addition to the hundreds of sponsors already part of the FreeRide.com network, FreeRiders can now redeem their points for gift certificates from companies such as Bed Bath & Beyond, The Sharper Image, American Airlines American Airlines

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 and Marriott -- just a few of the hundreds of quality retailers available through the 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE network.

"One reason FreeRide.com is the `stickiest' loyalty program on the Internet is due to the quantity and quality of the awards offered," said Jordan Stanley, president and 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.  of FreeRide.com. "Our relationship with 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE further adds to that quantity and quality, and we are pleased to have them aboard."

"1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE offers FreeRide.com members all of the same great benefits we provide to our customers, a convenient one-stop shopping center for gift certificates from hundreds of the country's most popular retailers," said Michael Dermer, president and co-founder of 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE. "Partnering with FreeRide.com brings increased selection to their members, while broadening the exposure of 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE among an important audience segment. We see it as a perfect fit and are excited about the relationship."

This announcement follows FreeRide.com's recent announcement of adding 50 new sponsors (Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat.

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: "Leading E-Commerce Sites Choose FreeRide.com to Improve Customer Retention and Increase Sales," Jan. 31, 2000). Now, with 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE, FreeRide.com is keeping the momentum to attract new members and bring results to its sponsors.

About FreeRide.com

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About 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE

Based in New York City, 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE offers the gift certificates of hundreds of the nation's finest merchants to consumers through its unique telephone number (1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE) and popular Web site (www.800giftcertificate.com). 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE also provides its gift certificates and turn-key services to corporate America for use in incentive, reward and loyalty gift programs. Its retailers include, among others, Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes & Noble, Marriott, American Airlines, Brooks Brothers Brooks Brothers is the oldest surviving men's clothier in the United States, founded in 1818. The privately owned company is owned by Retail Brand Alliance, a spinoff of Luxottica, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in New York City. , Saks Fifth Avenue Saks Fifth Avenue is a chain of upscale American department stores that is owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE), a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. It competes in the elite luxury department store market with Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys New , and The Sharper Image. Counted among corporate clients are AT&T, Citicorp, First USA, Intuit, American Express, Netcentives and Bell South.

NOTE: FreeRide is a trademark of FreeRide.com LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
. 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE is a service mark of 1-800-GIFT CERTIFICATE LLC. All other product and company names herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
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