Lycos, Tripod and iPrint.com Launch Innovative E-Commerce Print Shops; Companies Announce $2.25 - Million Dollar Alliance

Business Wire, August 24, 1998

WALTHAM, Mass. and MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aug. 24, 1998--Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ:LCOS) (http://www.lycos.com), "Your Personal Internet Guide," and iPrint.com (http://www.iPrint.com), the leading online print shop, today announced a multi-year agreement establishing iPrint.com as the exclusive print shop on both the lycos.com and tripod.com Web sites. This marks the first broad-based electronic commerce alliance that will tap into the enormous $78 billion commercial printing marketplace.

"We've seen e-commerce revolutionize other retail areas such as books and music," said Robert J. Davis, president and CEO of Lycos, Inc. "The printing industry is a huge market that we feel has enormous potential for e-commerce as well. The relationship with iPrint will help introduce the speed and power of the Internet to printing, making the design and proofing processes quicker and easier than traditional printing methods."

The Lycos iPrint and Tripod iPrint Shops, as easy to use as a bank ATM, will offer consumers unlimited access to iPrint's award-winning online print shop. Print buyers will now be able to create, proof and order all popularly printed items, such as business cards, stationery, rubber stamps and personalized Post-it Notes, as well as a full line of gift items, including photo t-shirts, mouse pads and coffee cups.

"As with books and music, Internet consumers will find that creating and ordering printed products such as party invitations or photo real estate flyers is much more convenient and cost-effective online than through the traditional approach," stated Royal P. Farros, president and CEO of iPrint, Inc. "Since there is less reprint waste, and because we're completely electronic and automated, our prices are among the best in the country," added Farros.

The Lycos and Tripod iPrint Shops are both fully WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get), eliminating the guesswork that plagues traditional print shops. Reprint-due-to-error, an important measure of the reliability of printing services, is 15 times lower at iPrint than at a traditional print shop. The Lycos iPrint Shop is expected to go live this week. The Tripod iPrint Shop will open this fall. All print orders come with a 100% satisfaction guarantee from iPrint.

About Lycos (www.lycos.com)

Founded in 1995, Lycos, Inc. (NASDAQ: LCOS) is currently the second largest hub on the Internet, combining all aspects of community, leading Web navigation resources and cutting-edge business and consumer e-commerce solutions. Located at http://www.lycos.com, Lycos - "Your Personal Internet Guide" - is dedicated to helping each individual user locate, retrieve and manage information tailored to his or her personal interests. Through its acquisitions of Tripod, Inc. and WhoWhere, Inc. in 1998, the Lycos network has become the most full-featured community-oriented online service on the Internet. The Lycos network includes lycos.com, tripod.com, angelfire.com, whowhere.com and mailcity.com. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos maintains U.S. offices in New York City, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Los Angeles, Mountain View and Williamstown, Mass. International offices are located in Germany, Italy, France, Japan, the UK, Spain and The Netherlands.

About Tripod (www.tripod.com)

Founded in 1992, Tripod (www.tripod.com) is the fast-growing Web community for individuals who embrace the innovative and pioneering spirit of the Web. Tripod provides the Web's best homepage publishing tools, as well as community and entertainment centered around 14 Zone topics: Entertainment, Computers/Internet, Jobs/Careers, Home/Family, Women, Society/Culture, Health/Fitness, Fun&Games, Money/Business, Shopping, Teens, Cars&Trucks, Travel and Sports. Headquartered in Williamstown, Mass., Tripod is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lycos, Inc.

About iPrint.com (www.iPrint.com)

iPrint.com, a privately held company, is the leading print shop on the Internet and the primary supplier of online kiosk systems to the commercial and quick printing industry. Founded in 1995, iPrint has investment from Intel Corporation and Information Technology Ventures (ITV). iPrint.com has won the prestigious CommerceNet VIP Award for E-Commerce and was named one of the Top 50 Websites in America by WebMaster Magazine (an IDG Publication). iPrint.com is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley and can be reached at http://www.iPrint.com or 650.604.2410.

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CONTACT: Lycos, Inc.

Phil Fougere

781.370.2684

pfougere@lycos.com

or

Schwartz Communications

Sean Audet

781.684.0770

Saudet@schwartz-pr.com

or

iPrint, inc.

Francie Coulter

650.604.0750

fcoulter@iprint.com