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Orbit Drop Inc. Revises Business Model.


DALLAS Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S.  -- Orbit Drop Inc. (OBDP.PK) announced today that management has modified its corporate business model to include the acquisition of small mom and pop Mom and Pop

An adjective denoting a small-scale and family-like atmosphere, often used to describe these types of businesses and investors.

Notes:
A mom-and-pop business is typically a small family-run business.
 drop-off stores. Orbit Drop can quickly multiply mul·ti·ply
v.
1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of.

2. To breed or propagate.
 earnings and assets by acquiring existing stores and has the capital needed to complete this undertaking.

The Company can offer existing on-line businesses an opportunity to participate in planned corporate growth through equity ownership in Orbit Drop. This enables a small, usually under-capitalized business to take advantage of the existing relationship that Orbit Drop has with eBay (eBay, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.ebay.com) The major auction service on the Web. eBay popularized the concept of buying and selling online, and both individuals and commercial enterprises list items for sale.  and offer their clients a much more effective marketing tool and the ability to work within the growing Orbit Drop network.

This planned acquisition program will ultimately be offered internationally, as there are over 125 billion users around the globe. By offering other companies the opportunity to join in providing a universal connection to this gigantic gi·gan·tic  
adj.
1. Relating to or suggestive of a giant.

2.
a. Exceedingly large of its kind: a gigantic toadstool.

b.
 potential client base, Orbit Drop will show franchisees and corporate stores how to provide on-line buyers and sellers a method of expanding their businesses on-line.

Management is very excited about this new direction because at the front end of any new, growing market, there exists opportunities that will not be there again. For Orbit Drop it is the current fragmented frag·ment  
n.
1. A small part broken off or detached.

2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.

3.
 market that now exists in on-line marketing, by consolidating this new market The Company should enjoy stable growth in 2005 and beyond.

Orbit Drop Inc. is a principal eBay drop-off service with existing stores in Dallas and Houston. Orbit Drop makes shopping on eBay easy and convenient, giving customers the ability to simply drop off their unwanted surplus goods and turn these items into cash.

For more information about Orbit Drop Inc. go to www.orbitdrop.com.

Matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking" statements. Statements describing objectives or goals or the Company's future plans are also 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.
 and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including the financial performance of the Company and market valuations of its stock, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated.
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