AMAZON.COM AUCTIONS OFFERS ANDALE'S BUSINESS AUTOMATION SERVICES TO ITS MERCHANTS

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – March 2, 2000 – Andale™, Inc., the company setting the standard in web-based business management solutions for online sellers, today announced that Andale's Business Management Service is available to the entire Amazon.com Auctions merchant community. Andale and Amazon.com will also work together to offer access to Amazon.com zShops sellers.

Andale's Business Management Service is a web-based solution for auction sellers and other online merchants that automates the entire online sales cycle -- from inventory management, product merchandising and listing automation, to post-sale buyer checkout, financial management and customer tracking. Sellers can create a listing using Andale, which is automatically listed and managed by Andale all the way through the sales process.

"We are pleased to recommend Andale's business management tools to high-volume sellers," said Jeff Blackburn, general manager, Amazon.com Auctions. "Andale has quickly established a strong reputation for powerful automation solutions for auction sellers, and Amazon.com's trusted platform is an obvious choice for those sellers."

"As the leading online retailer with more than 17 million customers, Amazon.com is an important marketplace for auction sellers," said Munjal Shah, CEO and cofounder of Andale. "Amazon.com understands the needs of small businesses selling online. With Andale's tools, high-volume selling will be more efficient for Amazon.com's Auctions sellers."

Andale supports many existing features and tools Amazon.com provides to help its sellers succeed.

Amazon.com Auctions merchants will be able to try the Andale service for free until March 31, 2000. Sellers need to visit app.vendio.com to utilize the software.

About Andale

Andale (Ahn-du-lay) app.vendio.com is the first Web-based Auction Business Management service for auction sellers that makes it possible to sell twice as much merchandise, on multiple markets such as eBay™, Amazon.com™ Auctions, Yahoo!™ Auctions and others, with half the amount of time and effort. Andale offers a best-of-breed resource for automating and managing all aspects of auction selling – from product merchandising, to inventory and financial management, to customer communications and supplier sourcing – on multiple Net markets. Andale has received financing from Accel Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Oak Hill Venture Partners and other angel investors. For more information call, 1-800-450-7515 or visit app.vendio.com.