CarParts.com Announces Partnership with Classified Advertising Site, Recycler.com
23 November 1999
CarParts.com Announces Partnership with Classified Advertising Site, Recycler.com
Shopping for New and Used Auto Parts Made Easier Through Both Sites
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 23 -- CarParts.com
(http://www.carparts.com), the largest Internet retailer of automotive parts
and accessories, announced today a partnership with Recycler.com, a general
merchandise specialty website providing the Southern California online
community with a comprehensive selection of classifieds and services,
including an area for new and used cars and parts (http://autos.recycler.com).
With more than 1.5 million different parts (new and recycled OEM parts),
CarParts.com is the automotive industry's number one source for online
shopping. CarParts.com provides customers with a user friendly site and
24-hour live on-line assistance to handle their parts-related questions.
Recycler.com, which is owned and operated by the Los Angeles Times, offers
car enthusiasts everything from hard-to-get new and used parts to a variety of
new or used cars with more than 100,000 new classified listings each week.
Visitors can browse through ads from more than 50 categories or place a free
ad both online and in the print version.
With their new association, the Recycler.com website will offer computer
users a direct link to CarParts.com via their homepage. This partnership
potentially offers shoppers everything they need for one-stop-shopping on the
Internet.
"The Recycler has been a powerful force in new and used car sales for
years," said Alan Bennett, president/CEO of CarParts.com. "Based on the
extensive research we conducted prior to launching CarParts.com, this new
relationship between our website and Recycler.com will provide customers with
a broad inventory of parts and services unavailable until now."
"We felt that, in order to address the needs of our consumer, we needed
the largest platform available," added Steve Barth, general manager of
Recycler.com. "CarParts.com gives us access to a tremendous amount of
auto-savvy, net-savvy enthusiasts, while positioning us alongside a proven
leader in the new and used part market."
ABOUT RECYCLER.COM
Recycler.com unites the past, present, and future of classified
advertising, connecting buyers and sellers -- and communities in general --
together worldwide. Recycler.com is a standalone business operation of
Recycler Classifieds, the world's largest free classified ad publisher owned
and operated by the Los Angeles Times. Both are based in Los Angeles.
ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
The Los Angeles Times, winner of 23 Pulitzer Prizes, is the largest
metropolitan daily newspaper in the country. It publishes four daily regional
editions -- covering the Los Angeles metropolitan area, the San Fernando
Valley, and Orange and Ventura counties -- as well as a National Edition. The
Times website, http://www.latimes.com, is one of the leading sources for national and
international news and information on the World Wide Web, and the primary
source of news and information for and about Southern California.
ABOUT CARPARTS.COM
CARPARTS.COM offers the world's largest source of car and truck parts
including performance, replacement, body, restoration, accessories and
recycled OEM parts for cars, trucks and SUVs. The easy-to-use Web site offers
the convenient online access and timely delivery for more than 1.5 million
automotive products from over 600 major manufacturers including Motorcraft,
Fram, Borg Warner, Edelbrock, Accel, AC Delco, TRW, Borla, NOS and many more.
CarParts.com is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA and backed by @Ventures, the
venture arm of CMGI, Brand Equity Ventures, St. Paul Venture Capital and
Ravenswood Capital.