Send Custom Printed Holiday Photo Cards From Outlook with Touchpoint Mail v.2.1

Business Wire, Nov 15, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

EMERYVILLE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2002

This Holiday Season Spend More Time With Friends and Family and

Less Time Writing and Sending Cards

Touchpoint, Inc. announced today the release of its new improved version 2.1 of Touchpoint Mail(TM) for Outlook(R), which enable users to personalize and mail high quality printed cards directly from their computer as fast and as easy as sending email. The custom-printed cards cost as little as $0.62 each and are mailed the next business day with imprinted envelopes and a real first class stamp.

"Touchpoint Mail saves people valuable time and makes sending your holiday cards fun and easy instead of being a dreaded annual chore," noted Bill Chasse, CEO of Touchpoint. "With the new photo card feature, you can turn your holiday cards into keepsakes that your friends and family will cherish for years to come."

Touchpoint Mail 2.1 adds several new features with special appeal for holiday greetings:

-- Custom Photo Cards -- Turn you favorite photos and images into keepsake holiday cards destined for proud display on refrigerators and bulletin boards across the country. Or, you can choose any of the over 2,500 stock images that are always available through Touchpoint Mail. Photo cards are printed on heavy card stock with a glossy finish, and users can select a postcard format or a 5x7 folded card with an envelope.

-- Photo Borders -- Over 700 borders, including designs for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's, are available to enhance the photo cards. Users can also choose to have their cards print with a white border or full bleed (no border).

-- Holiday Stamps -- Your choice of real first class stamps with a holiday theme including Snowmen, Madonna, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, EID, as well as stamps with designs suitable for year-round or business use are available.

-- Handwriting Fonts -- Touchpoint Mail offers a wide variety of fonts, from simulated handwriting to more traditional styles. Users can also store their own handwritten signatures for use inside the cards.

-- New Shipping Options -- Previous versions allowed for direct mailing to the user's recipients the next business day, now with version 2.1, users can also choose to have cards boxed and shipped back to them -- either with blank envelopes, or with unsealed envelopes, addressed and stamped. A full range of shipping options is available, from standard to overnight.

Touchpoint Mail adds a "Send Card" button to the standard Microsoft Outlook(R) toolbar. Send a card or launch a mailing in 3 easy steps:

1. Choose a cover image and write inside messages

2. Select recipients (or card quantity, if the cards will not be addressed)

3. Preview and send the cards

In addition to photos and borders, users can enhance cards with full color logos or other images, personalized salutations and handwritten signatures that are stored in the account.

Touchpoint Mail is available as a free download at www.touchpointmail.com. Visitors can also request a free sample card. Pricing for the cards ranges from $0.62 to $1.99 per card, depending on the pricing plan selected. There are no minimum order quantities, and users can mail to domestic as well as international addresses. Box and ship option is available to shipping addresses throughout the US.

For more information on Touchpoint Mail, the Microsoft Outlook tool that lets you send real cards as easy as e-mail, visit www.touchpointmail.com.

About Touchpoint, Inc.

Touchpoint, Inc. (www.touchpoint.com) is an innovative provider of personalized direct mail technology and business communications. The company's proprietary technology offers businesses the ability to create, personalize, and send custom-printed direct mail directly from their desktop or database. Touchpoint offers premium-quality, digitally off-set printed cards, postcards, invitations, trifold brochures and other communications featuring deep personalization. Current corporate customers include American Express, First Horizon Home Loans, InfoUSA, Hewlett Packard, Countrywide, Macy's and Wells Fargo Bank. Touchpoint technology also powers the custom card service for leading web sites such as MSN Photos, MarthaStewart.com, USPS NetPost, Yahoo! Photos, Ofoto and Snapfish.