Tradeloop Revolutionizes Way Business Conducted in $100 Billion B2B Aftermarket for Computer Equipment.

Business/Technology Editors

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000

Company Provides Only Complete B2B Trading Network

for Computer Supply Chain in $100+ Billion Computer

Parts and Equipment Market

Tradeloop, the world's largest, easy-to-use, B2B trading network for companies in the computer supply chain looking to source, offload and buy a wide selection of computer parts and equipment, today announced it has captured the most dominant content position with over $250 million worth of parts online. Tradeloop's trading network helps organizations find and sell excess and idle inventory, spare and repair parts, off-lease equipment and refurbished equipment. The company's site, www.tradeloop.com, offers the world's largest, most accurate, real-time listing of buyer and seller inventory from IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Compaq, Digital Equipment and a variety of other leading manufacturers. Tradeloop offers a completely new, revolutionary way for companies to expand business, offload or source parts, increase new customers and sales on the Web.

Tradeloop Incites Industry Revolution by Providing New Business Model for Channel:

&uot;Since subscribing to Tradeloop, we have significantly increased productivity by saving time locating product,&uot; said Jon Fellman, Equipment Trading Specialist, Compaq Financial Services.&uot; Establishing accurate street price and availability has helped increase our profit margins,&uot; he added.

&uot;Tradeloop proved that the days of wasting hours on the phone or fax to conduct business in the computer aftermarket are over. Tradeloop has revolutionized the channel by providing the world's most comprehensive B2B trading network for the computer supply chain in the $100 billion computer parts and equipment aftermarket,&uot; said John Crilly, Chairman of the Information Technology Resellers Association (ITRA), a worldwide, industry-respected, 35-year-old computer equipment trade association.

&uot;The channel has been extremely receptive to our business model,&uot; said Tradeloop President and CEO Rohi Sukhia. &uot;Over the past two years alone, the number of parts we have online has grown to over 250,000 parts and our customer base has blossomed 25% each quarter in 1999 and the rate continues to increase in 2000,&uot; Sukhia added.

There is a significant demand for Tradeloop's services in a market that previously had not received an adequate solution-- this is evidenced by the fact that Tradeloop is notoriously sticky-- a typical subscriber spends over 30 page views per day on the site. According to a recent International Data Corporation report, the B2B e-commerce market will grow from $35 billion in 1998 to $1.1 trillion in 2003. The computer parts and equipment aftermarket is expected to comprise a significant share of the overall B2B market and Tradeloop's online trading exchange is positioned to capture a significant share of the aftermarket.

Tradeloop Maximizes Revenue and Efficiencies in Computer Aftermarket; Delivers Most Comprehensive B2B Trading Network for Computer Supply Chain

Tradeloop offers a significant competitive advantage by enabling members in the channel to dramatically lower the time and cost it takes to buy and sell computer equipment.

Tradeloop's services provide the following array of business benefits:

--largest listing of computer parts and equipment from leading manufacturers including IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, Compaq, Digital Equipment and others;

--hundreds of real-time listings of buyers and sellers;

--exposure to new clients and business opportunities;

--offload or source parts by rapidly extending your inventory onto the Web without hassle or risk;

--safe trading environment; buy and source equipment faster than ever before from sellers that adhere to the trading ethics established by the ITRA;

--most accurate, up-to-date listings;

--comprehensive support of customer transactions;

--easy-to-use, ultra-intuitive Web layout and design;

--official trading network of the ITRA (formerly CDLA and DDA).

About Tradeloop

Headquartered in Burlington, MA, Tradeloop is the only full-service, Internet-based, B2B trading network solution for the computer supply chain. The company's founder, Rohi Sukhia, left Intel Corporation to start a company that could remove the vast business inefficiencies in the computer equipment aftermarket. As a result, Tradeloop has expanded exponentially since the company's founding to become the world's largest B2B trading network with over $250 million worth of parts online. For more information, please contact Tradeloop's Paula Redden, at 781-505-1400, Ext. 189, (fax [phone]) [e-mail], or visit the company Web site at www.tradeloop.com.