MotorcycleWorld.com and RiderPoint.com Announce E-Commerce and Affiliation
18 February 2000
Bell & Howell's MotorcycleWorld.com and RiderPoint.com Announce E-Commerce and B2B Affiliation
CLEVELAND, Feb. 18 -- MotorcycleWorld.com, a business unit
of Publishing Services division of Bell & Howell Company and
RiderPoint, Inc., an affiliate of eLEC Communications Corp. ,
announced today an agreement for an online commerce affiliation.
Under the arrangement, motorcycleworld.com will promote riderpoint.com
through fixed merchant links placed within the motorcycle buyer's section and
other areas of the site, and bring its online insurance comparative rater
service to MotorcycleWorld users. RiderPoint will also contribute valuable
insurance content to MotorcycleWorld's business-to-business site,
MotorcycleWorld for Dealers.
MotorcycleWorld will be promoted by strategic placement of merchant links,
buttons and banners within the RiderPoint site.
"The agreement with RiderPoint is yet another example of our commitment to
provide convenient, useful resources for the motorcycle buyer, and round out
the entire shopping experience," said Anita Campbell, President of
MotorcycleWorld. "At the same time, we provide another valuable service for
motorcycle dealers through our business-to-business portal, MotorcycleWorld
for Dealers."
MotorcycleWorld.com is the Web's premier motorcycle buying service and
motorcycle portal. MotorcycleWorld.com's services include the Web's most
comprehensive motorcycle specs, prices, and dealer locator, through which
consumers can contact dealers to purchase new and used motorcycles. Through
its business-to-business site, MotorcycleWorld for Dealers, it provides a
variety of services for powersports dealers.
RiderPoint.com provides an online comparative insurance rater, RiderPoint
IQ. The rater, located at http://www.riderpoint.com , provides consumers with the
ability to comparatively shop for and buy their motorcycle insurance at one
location, without the hassles traditionally associated with purchasing
specialty insurance.
"The agreement with MotorcycleWorld provides RiderPoint with specifically-
targeted access to motorcycle riders and motorcycle dealers," said Craig
Gironda, CEO of RiderPoint Inc. "We are very excited to be working with
MotorcycleWorld to provide our insurance solution for motorcycle riders and
dealers."
Through its Lightspeed brand, Bell & Howell is a leading provider of
Dealer Management Systems and information solutions to dealerships within the
powersports industry.
Bell & Howell Company, headquartered in Skokie, Ill., is a leading
information solutions and services provider to industries worldwide. In each
of its businesses, the company transforms information through software and
services, helping its customers operate more effectively and efficiently.
Additional information about Bell & Howell Company is available on the
Internet at http://www.bellhowell.com.
For the auto, powersports or other industries requiring publishing
services, Bell & Howell develops and markets software, services and systems
that transform complex technical data, like parts catalogs or service manuals,
into easily accessed electronic or microfilm information. Bell & Howell
offerings include electronic parts catalogs, dealership management systems, e-
commerce solutions, database publishing of technical reference material,
dealership performance databases, and financing options which help dealerships
or service networks more effectively manage their operations. For more
information on Bell & Howell's Publishing Services business, call
800-443-6910, or visit bellhowell.publishingservices.com .
eLEC Communications Corp. is a publicly-traded local telecommunications
company that seeks to take advantage of the convergence of the current and
future competitive technological and regulatory developments in the Internet
and telecommunications markets. eLEC provides an integrated suite of
communications services to small and medium-sized business customers,
including local, long distance, dial-up access, dedicated access, xDSL, and
Web site design and hosting, and has served as an incubator for emerging
growth companies in the telecom and Internet sector.
This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. eLEC's actual results may differ materially from the results
discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a
difference include, among others, availability of management; availability,
terms, and deployment of capital; eLEC's ability to successfully market its
services to current and new customers, generate customer demand for its
product and services in the geographical areas in which eLEC can operate,
access new markets, negotiate and maintain suitable interconnection agreements
with the incumbent local exchange carriers, and negotiate and maintain
suitable vendor relationships, all in a timely manner, at reasonable cost and
on satisfactory terms and conditions, as well as regulatory, legislative and
judicial developments that could cause actual results to vary in such forward-
looking statements.
This communication appears as a matter of information only and is not an
insurance solicitation. Accordingly, no employee of eLEC Communications
Corp., RiderPoint, Inc. or RP Insurance Agency, Inc. is recommending or
endorsing any specific insurance company, coverage of binding an insurance
policy or policy type within this communication. Insurance companies appear
at RiderPoint.com for purely informational purposes and pay commissions or
fees based upon premium volume or traffic activity produced by Riderpoint.com.
RP Insurance Agency, Inc. is not an agent for all insurers shown at
http://www.riderpoint.com . Quote availability by state of residence or any other
factor is subject to change without notice.