CyberBills, Creator of StatusFactory.com, Partners With LinkShare to Expand Affiliate Program

Business Wire, Nov 24, 1999

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1999--

StatusFactory.com Affiliate Program Will Allow Thousands of Web Site

Owners to Share in the Revenue They Help Generate

CyberBills, creator of StatusFactory.com and the industry leader in offering total bill management over the Internet, today announced it has selected LinkShare Corporation, the worldwide leader in affiliate marketing programs for companies doing business on the Web, to significantly expand its Internet affiliate marketing program.

LinkShare will enable StatusFactory.com to enhance its existing affiliate partnerships and develop and manage new strategic online partnerships that will increase brand awareness and drive additional traffic to the site. By providing the tools and technology to structure flexible, performance-based agreements and to measure the value of its Web traffic, LinkShare will help StatusFactory.com strengthen customer relationships and generate additional revenue. In addition, LinkShare affiliate Web sites are able to generate revenue through partnerships with merchants such as StatusFactory.com, and to increase the value of their sites by offering visitors appealing products and services.

"StatusFactory.com's partnership with LinkShare will enable us to offer our affiliates better commission incentives and tools for tracking and reporting their success," said Bob Murphy, vice president of marketing at CyberBills. "We see it as an ideal program for StatusFactory.com and our affiliates in that we're able to promote our service through thousands of affiliate Web sites while offering them the opportunity to reap financial rewards."

Affiliate Web sites are able to join the StatusFactory.com Affiliate program as a Standard or Exclusive Affiliate Partner. StatusFactory.com's Affiliate program provides a generous and highly competitive commission plan for affiliates, with commissions paid based on new registrations and activations for the StatusFactory.com service.

"Through this alliance, StatusFactory.com will be able to leverage our established base of over 400 merchants and hundreds of thousands of unique, qualified affiliates in The LinkShare Network(TM), as well as our powerful merchandising and tracking tools, in meeting their growth plans," said Heidi Messer, president and co-founder of LinkShare.

About LinkShare Corporation

LinkShare Corporation (www.linkshare.com) is the worldwide leader in affiliate marketing programs for companies doing business on the Web. In 1996 LinkShare created the concept of and launched the first affiliate network, a Web-based marketplace where multiple merchants and affiliates refer customers to each other and place a value on the traffic. The company manages the largest affiliate network, which includes hundreds of thousands of affiliate sites and more than 400 leading merchants, including 1-800-Flowers.com (NASDAQ: FLWS), Borders.com (NYSE: BGP), CBS SportsLine, Dell Computer (NASDAQ: DELL), OfficeMax (NYSE: OMX), Omaha Steaks, Outpost.com (NASDAQ: COOL), and Wine.com. LinkShare offers companies of all sizes an unparalleled degree of flexibility in software, services, and support for any performance-based partnerships that they choose to create. Companies use The LinkShare Network(TM) to create cost-effective, measurable programs to generate revenue, acquire customers, encourage trial, increase click-throughs and increase brand awareness. LinkShare, backed by investors including Comcast (NASDAQ: CMSCK) and the Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE), is headquartered in New York City, with offices in San Francisco, Denver, and Chicago.

About CyberBills

Based in Santa Clara, Calif., CyberBills, the creator of StatusFactory.com, is the first company to offer Total Bill Management(TM) service over the Internet. Founded in 1998, CyberBills has rapidly developed and deployed methods and technology to support a single interface that allows consumers to view, pay, manage and automate all of their bills over the Internet. CyberBills offers its service directly to consumers at StatusFactory.com, as well as through its channel partners. For more information about CyberBills, visit www.cyberbills.com or www.statusfactory.com.