eCommerce.com and Extant Asia Close Deal to Launch China.eCommerce.com as the Premier B2B Portal in China.

Business Editors

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2000

eCommerce.com Inc. and Extant Asia Limited announced that they have closed the agreement to launch the B2B ecommerce portal for Greater China under the name China.eCommerce.com.

David C. Elmore, chairman of eCommerce.com said, "We are proud to partner with Extant and build what we believe will be the premier, multi-lingual, ecommerce portal focused purely on B2B out of the Greater China market. This is an extension of our recently launched eCommerce portal in the United States which is powered by Myway.com, a CMGI company."

"With Extant Asia, under Managing Director, David Lai, we are uniquely positioned to capitalize and leverage B2B opportunities, not only with China.eCommerce.com, but throughout Asia. Extant Asia is a regional facilities-based Total Solution Provider offering voice, bandwidth, data, Internet services, Internet content sites, SME eBusiness Solutions, IT and Knowledge Management Solutions to a wide array of local, regional and international carriers and governments, ISPs, corporate customers, voice/data wholesalers, and retail customers whilst its parent company, Extant Inc. is building a global wide broadband data communications network and establishing an Internet-based independent clearinghouse service between communication companies. The Extant network has been deployed in 23 major U.S. cities."

Lai commented, "Partnering with eCommerce.com allows us to combine the management and development forces of the two companies, build on the strategic relationships of the combined groups to build China.eCommerce.com as a leading B2B portal in China."

"eCommerce.com's capabilities to contribute content, news, ecommerce and technical expertise to China.eCommerce.com, along with Extant's strengths is a winning combination," Elmore added.

About Extant Asia

Extant Asia Limited was founded in June 1999 to capitalize on the significant growth opportunities in the Asia Pacific telecommunications services market. It is a subsidiary of Extant Inc., USA, a global facilities-based ecommerce company providing carrier transport solutions, OSS gateway and clearinghouse services to Integrated Communications Providers. Extant offers next-generation information providers a simplified means to grow their business and increase revenues, profit and performance through a host of forward-thinking telecom solutions supported by their high-speed international ATM network.

Extant facilitates a global footprint for regional and super-regional players by providing a single source for administrating end-to-end termination with every other local service provider in the Extant Community. A unique clearinghouse capability allows for on-line traffic arbitrage and settlement of charges between the community members through a single all encompassing statement.

For more information about Extant Asia Limited and Extant Inc. and its services, please visit their site on the World Wide Web at http://www.extant.asia.net and http:\\www.extant.net or send e-mail to [e-mail] / [e-mail] or call 852/2572-8133. Extant Asia Limited, 17/F, 133 Wanchai Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong.

About eCommerce.com. Inc.

eCommerce.com in its current phase is building true internationally targeted B2B ecommerce Portals, to serve dynamic regional B2B markets; joint venture with key local parties and expand eCommerce.com's own B2B businesses through acquisition and growth.

Since 1995, eCommerce.com has identified and pursued significant market opportunities in developing dynamic database driven electronic commerce sites and systems for sales, fulfillment, financial and customer services for its clients over the Internet. eCommerce.com pioneered the integration of the online Web store with the back end fulfillment systems used by our clients. This allowed the Internet computers to talk directly to the fulfillment house computers, in real time, and lowered the fulfillment cost per sale by over 50%.

The company has developed an impressive list of client companies for which dynamic interactive sites have been developed and hosted including Time Warner's Sports Illustrated, Turner Online, The National Football League (NFL), Yahoo, Lucent, Rodale Press, World Championship Wrestling, Entertainment Weekly, Philips North America, Monsanto and ATT.