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SeattleShoppingGuide.com is owned and operated by USA Internet Inc. USA Internet Inc.
is a privately held Seattle, Washington-based Internet company founded in 2001. The company's focus is on online Marketing, Sales, Advertising
and E-commerce services and develops Online Shopping Marketplaces, Web Marketing Channels, E-Business sites. USA Internet Inc. is also a full
service Internet company providing companies with a range of affordable Small Business Internet services including complete Web Design and Development
services, Web Hosting, Domain Name Registration services, e-commerce, e-business solutions and online marketing solutions. In addition to SeattleShoppingGuide.com,
which was launched in June of 2002, the company also launched MALL INTERNET (www.Mall-Internet.com) in late 1999. The company also has plans
to launch several properties in the future.
As an Internet company, USA Internet is committed to continually adapting to changes in the market and is poised to quickly leverage the phenomenal
opportunities that the Internet's growth will bring. The organization is focused on creating relevant, diverse, customer-oriented properties
that will make a powerful impact on specific target audiences. The company and its properties are focused on helping merchants and other companies
create, market and sustain winning business relationships (both online and off) that provide symbiosis between the Web user and the business
provider in a dynamic, comprehensive one stop destination that offers buyers and sellers ultimate access to each other 24 hours a day.
SeattleShoppingGuide.com
As the first Seattle-oriented Internet property of USA Internet Inc., there's nothing like SeattleShoppingGuide.com in the region. It is not
just a search engine. Or just a city directory, like City Search or SeattleInsider.com. It isn't just a local Internet version of the Yellow
Pages, either. Those services are focused on entertainment, movies and weekend activities. USA Internet, however, has created SeattleShoppingGuide.com
to encompass the best of these things - but with an exclusive focus on commerce - and shopping. Seattle's first Internet shopping portal exclusively
dedicated to help consumers find merchants and to assist merchants in reaching existing and potential customers, it is designed for those
who travel to, work or reside in the greater Seattle area and its surrounding Puget Sound communities.
For a full COMPANY BACKGROUND, please click
here.
Media & Public Relations contacts:
For additional info, corporate backgrounder, company bios, and media kit, please contact us at pr@usainternetinc.com.
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New Internet ``Market-Plex'' Opens Its Doors in Seattle
In Time for Tourist Season, Site Offers Consumers Exclusive Specials Not Found Anywhere Else, Higher Quality Information and Access
to Area Merchants
SEATTLE, WA- June, 2002-- With signs of a growing economy
and merchants ramping up for the summer shopping season, Internet media company USA Internet Inc. launches its dynamic shopping portal,
SeattleShoppingGuide.com, located at www.seattleshoppingguide.com.
Unlike a city directory, SeattleShoppingGuide.com is exclusively dedicated to the
interactive, "high touch" nature of shopping.
The announcement comes at a good time. According to Nielsen/NetRatings, an Internet
measurement service, online spending reached a high of $8.3 billion by the end of 2001, with nearly 75 percent of adult Internet surfers
spending time shopping, comparing prices, or gathering product information online.
SeattleShoppingGuide.com promises consumers and businesses an unparalleled shopping
experience with more comprehensive access to the area's diverse merchant community. Merchants range from unique shops with a local following,
to more recognized names like the Washington Athletic Club and Office Depot. The site is organized into three sections: the Main Directory,
a powerful search engine of local merchants; a Neighborhood Shopping directory; and eight Premier Shopping Guides, covering such areas
as B2B shopping, health, entertainment, retail and travel and vacation.
Unique Features
Unlike any city directory, SeattleShoppingGuide.com is focused
on building relationships and brand loyalty. The site will provide unique and powerful incentives for both consumer and merchant through
two significant features. The first feature is the "Spotlight Section," which gives merchants a full page of premium positioning
on the site, complete with full color photographs, mission statement and extended company or product profiles. The "Spotlight Section"
is the equivalent of a magazine cover story. With their exclusive position on the page, "Spotlight" merchants are guaranteed
maximum visibility.
"Special Offers," the second feature, gives merchants the opportunity
to offer specials exclusive to SeattleShoppingGuide.com visitors. This section, which provides merchants a full page for their listing,
helps merchants to build relationships with their customers through cost-saving information on exclusive specials, advance notices on
sale items and discounts not available anywhere else.
For the full press release,
please click here.
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YAHOO FINANCE
SeattleShoppingGuide.com launch featured on Yahoo Finance.
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CBS MARKETWATCH
SeattleShoppingGuide.com launch featured on CBS Marketwatch.
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BUSINESS WIRE
SeattleShoppingGuide.com launch featured on Business Wire
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SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER - TECH BRIEFS--June, 2002
" ...Seattle-based USA Internet Inc. has launched a new shopping Web site at SeattleShoppingGuide.com to match consumers with local
merchants..."
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THE NEWS TRIBUNE - New shopping Web site launched for
Puget Sound
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Modeen; The News Tribune--June, 2002
SEATTLE-USA Internet Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of a new Puget
Sound-area online shopping guide, www.seattleshoppingguide.com.
The directory offers consumers access to area merchants, from one-of-a-kind
shops to familiar stores such as Nordstrom. The site features
a search engine of merchants, a neighborhood shopping directory and eight guides, covering such topics as entertainment, retail and
travel.
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Eastside Journal - New shopping portal--June, 2002
SEATTLE -- USA Internet Inc. has launched a new shopping portal, SeattleShoppingGuide.com.
The site offers a directory of neighborhood merchants, and online shopping opportunities arranged by category, including business-to-business,
health, entertainment, retail, travel and vacation. Participating merchants include the Washington Athletic Club and Office Depot.
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KING-TV (Channel 5)--June, 2002
Features on KING-TV, Channel 5, Puget Sounds # 1 television station in
all time slots.
SeattleShoppingGuide.com featured on Morning News broadcast with TV anchor Alan Schauffler, broadcast on June 18.
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www.KPLZ.com (Star 101.5 Radio)--June, 2002
SeattleShoppingGuide.com was featured on "Business Update" afternoon
broadcast.
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