5-Day, 4-Night Packages Including Tickets To SuperBowl XXXVI Available At uBid Starting At $1

Market Wire, 20050229

uBid, a leading retail auction and e-commerce marketplace and majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. (Nasdaq: CMGI), is providing football fans with the chance to bid on ten, five-day/four-night packages that include tickets to Super Bowl XXXVI for one, the bidding for which starts at $1.00. Beginning today, January 7, and continuing through Monday, January 21, consumers may bid on the packages at uBid, www.ubid.com - searching under "Travel and Events" category.

"Last year, we provided consumers with opportunities to bid on everything from vacation packages and cruises to packages that included tickets to some of sports' greatest events, including the Rose Bowl and NCAA Final Four," said Alan Cohen, senior vice president of marketing at uBid. "Our various relationships increasingly allow us to offer consumers affordable, once-in-a-lifetime deals!"

The five-day/four night (January 31 - February 4) experience includes:

- Four nights/five days deluxe accommodations in New Orleans, Louisiana - Game day tickets with general seating to Super Bowl XXXVI in Louisiana Superdome (upgrades available for 50 yard-line seats lower level)

About uBid

uBid, a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc., is a leading retail auction and e-commerce marketplace that offers consumers and businesses three ways to buy and sell. The company's Internet auctions feature a rotating selection of more than 12,000 products daily in 16 different product categories, providing consumers and small to mid-sized businesses with the opportunity to purchase a wide range of brand name merchandise, often at greatly reduced prices, through live-action bidding. In addition to uBid's own auction listings or uBid Direct, uBid features uBid Preferred Partner auctions in which consumers will find products listed by uBid-approved businesses and backed by uBid or brand warranties. Users can also buy or sell products through uBid's Consumer Exchange, in which consumers list their items for auction with no listing fee.

With more than 3 million registered users, uBid is committed to providing its customers with the highest quality auction experience on the Internet and offers supplier warranties on most consumer products. uBid also meets Better Business Bureau Online standards, which gives customers the confidence and security to bid safely online. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ubid.com.

uBid and uBid.com are trademarks of uBid, Inc. All other products and services mentioned may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

This release contains forward-looking statements, which address a variety of subjects including, for example, the expected ability of uBid to auction the vacation package which includes tickets to Super Bowl XXXVI and other products. The following important factors and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: uBid's success depends on the continued and increased acceptance of its website and the Internet as a medium; consumer preferences for the products offered by uBid may change rapidly; uBid's technologies may not successfully interoperate with those of third parties; and increased competition and technological changes in the markets in which uBid competes. For a detailed discussion of these and other cautionary statements, please refer to CMGI's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including CMGI's most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.