JUPITER MEDIA METRIX RANKS TRADING MARKETPLACE BARGAINANDHAGGLE.COM IN TOP 10 FOR UNIQUE VISITORS
Negotiated Pricing Site Among Top Newcomers
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, May 30, 2001 - BargainAndHaggle.com
(www.bargainandhaggle.com) today announced that it has been ranked as one of
the Top 10 newcomer websites for number of unique visitors by Jupiter Media
Metrix, the leading global provider of web traffic measurement.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based mindpepperä, LLC, the Internet product development
company that launched BargainAndHaggle.com, said the April 2001 edition of
Media Metrix Digital Media and Web Ratings places BargainAndHaggle.com as
one of the most visited new websites in April, with more than 800,000 unique
visitors. The Top 10 Newcomers rankings include sites that appeared in the
ratings for the first time and had a minimum of 500,000 unique visitors.
mindpepper, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Chicago-based BDO Seidman,
LLP, one of the leading professional service organizations in the nation.
Since launching BargainAndHaggle.com earlier this year, mindpepper has seen
the number of registered users for the online trading marketplace double
every month and
the amount of transactions increase 130% per month.
"Our traffic has been on a steep incline since the February launch of
BargainAndHaggle.com," said Catherine Ettinger, CEO of mindpepper, "This
ranking confirms our belief in the control that online negotiation gives to
both buyers and sellers. Clearly, consumers agree, and we anticipate
continued growth as additional new visitors discover the advantages of the
negotiated pricing model as an alternative to online auctions or fixed-price
retail sites."
BargainAndHaggle.com is an online marketplace that allows consumers to
negotiate one-on-one to buy and sell items ranging from sports memorabilia
to collectibles, antiques and toys. BargainAndHaggle.com uses a
patent-pending one-on-one negotiation process called Dinidanä, developed by
mindpepper. This technology allows buyers to negotiate directly with
sellers on a first-come, first-served basis. Additional interested buyers
are placed into an electronic queue. If the negotiation fails to produce
acceptable results, the seller can begin negotiations with the next
interested buyer in the queue.
The website is regularly adding high-profile items, such as autographed
memorabilia from the estate of baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, to its over
30,000 items listed for sale.
Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI), formed by the merger of Jupiter
Communications and Media Metrix, is a global leader in market intelligence
for the new economy. The Company delivers innovative and comprehensive
Internet measurement, analysis, intelligence and events to provide
businesses with unmatched global resources for understanding and profiting
from the Internet.
BargainAndHaggle.com is an online marketplace that allows consumers to
negotiate one-on-one to buy and sell items ranging from sports memorabilia
to collectibles, antiques and toys. The site uses a patent-pending
one-on-one negotiation process, which allows buyers to negotiate directly
with sellers on a first-come, first-served basis. BargainAndHaggle.com was
conceived and developed by mindpepper, LLC, an Internet and technology
development company established from the IT e-services division of national
consulting firm BDO Seidman LLP. mindpepper (www.mindpepper.com) develops
and markets practical technology products, including dynamic pricing and
transaction models for e-commerce applications.
For more information, please visit http://www.mindpepper.com/pressroom.asp
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