LiveListings Goes Live With World's Largest Aftermarket Parts Exchange; Exchange Increases Productivity, Profitability for Businesses in the Automotive and Truck Aftermarket

    SEATTLE--Feb. 6, 2001--LiveListings.com, Inc. announced the launch of the most extensive online truck and automotive parts exchange on the market today.
    Offering real time negotiation capabilities, anonymity, and an easy and intuitive interface designed to mimic the way the aftermarket works as well as other innovative features.
    "LiveListings allows a wide range of businesses in the truck and automotive aftermarket industry to take advantage of the Internet to extend their markets and source parts more efficiently, dramatically increasing margins, productivity and profitability," said Don Etsekson, LiveListings' founder and CEO, whose family has been in the automotive aftermarket business for three generations. "LiveListings provides a simple yet innovative way to connect buyers and sellers in the independent aftermarket. Customers will be able to buy better and sell more while using their resources more effectively."
    LiveListings has already signed exclusive agreements with a number of strategic association partners including the Production Engine Rebuilders Association (PERA), an association of over 200 companies focused on a key segment of the LiveListings exchange. Additionally, LiveListings has signed agreements with influential industry partners including ACE Electric and BAB Steering Hydraulics, Inc. and has received investments from an additional seven industry partners.
    LiveListings currently offers 9 fax and Internet based locator services with more than 1,300 member companies posting over $350 million in aftermarket parts last year. With approximately 12 years of exchange experience under its belt, the LiveListings team understands this market, and has designed this site specifically so customers can easily transition to the Internet for their inventory needs.

About LiveListings.com:

    LiveListings.com is the premier Internet-enabled marketplace for truck, automotive and industrial aftermarket parts. LiveListings.com enables its customers to securely browse, buy and sell their products in an exchange environment. Through the largest database of its kind, LiveListings.com's digital exchange connects customers and buyers to competitive pricing and high-quality products. LiveListings.com has over 1,300 customers and is the operator of both the Actifax and Multifax aftermarket parts exchange services.
    Headquartered in Seattle, LiveListings.com, Inc., is located at 600 South Dakota Street, Seattle, WA 98108 and can be reached by phone at 206/343-5407. More information is available at www.livelistings.com.