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Autoweb.com Reports 800% Increase in Affiliate Partnerships In Less Than a Year

20 May 1999

Autoweb.com Reports 800% Increase in Affiliate Partnerships In Less Than a Year

  Forrester Research Describes Autoweb.com as the 'Most Significant Player'
                         In the Auto Affiliate Sector

    SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 20 -- Autoweb.com, Inc.
, the leading consumer automotive Internet service, today
announced a dramatic increase in its affiliate website program. Autoweb.com
reports a record 4200 affiliate sites, an 800% increase since June 1998. In a
recent Iautonews report that proclaims 1999 as the "Year of the Affiliate,"
Forrester Research analyst James McQuivey describes Autoweb.com as "the most
significant player" in the online automotive affiliate sector.
     "Autoweb.com has one of the most successful affiliate programs in the
e-commerce industry, generating brand awareness, traffic and ultimately,
increased revenue," says Bob Shapiro, Autoweb.com's Vice President of Business
Development and Ad Sales. "The increase in the program and the diversity of
the affiliate sites themselves demonstrates the mass market appeal of
Autoweb.com's broad product offering."
    The affiliate program is an important component of Autoweb.com's total
advertising campaign. The fixed positions on thousands of affiliate sites
drive a significant amount of traffic to the site. Revenue is shared with each
affiliate based on the activity generated from their traffic. The explosive
growth of the affiliate network mirrors the rapid expansion of other areas of
the company. Earlier this month, Autoweb.com announced that it had doubled the
size of its Member Dealer network in the past year.

    About Autoweb.com, Inc.
     Autoweb.com is the leading consumer automotive Internet service. With an
extensive collection of automotive related community, content and commerce
offerings, Autoweb.com guides consumers through every stage of vehicle
ownership from browsing and buying, to enjoying, maintaining or selling. As a
trusted intermediary, the Autoweb.com process connects mass market consumers
to real-world buying alternatives through the most extensive network of Member
Dealers and other commerce partners, and ensures the consumer experience is
faster, better and easier.