- CJ Network to promote AskIt system -

NEW YORK, May 22 — AskIt.com, a leader in outsourced online customer service solutions, and Commission Junction, the B2B web-based sales distribution network, announced an affiliate strategic partnership agreement today.

AskIt has joined the Commission Junction (CJ) network as a merchant, allowing its 185,000 unique affiliate content sites to promote the AskIt system. In addition, AskIt will have the ability to offer its clients Commission Junction's services through a new co-branded website: www.askit.cj.com. The relationship will enable AskIt to increase its exposure while allowing Commission Junction's affiliates the opportunity to earn revenue by offering AskIt's unique service. The new agreement will enable both companies to drive additional traffic to their websites.

"Joining forces with Commission Junction opens a new realm of business possibilities for AskIt," says Ken Shapiro, President of AskIt.com. "We look forward to CJ's ability to help us market the AskIt service on a pay for performance basis. Unlike other programs we reviewed, Commission Junction's offers a true partnership model, where they make money as we make money."

"In AskIt.com, Commission Junction will be able to offer its affiliates the opportunity to market one of the best online customer service solutions available," said Michael Bloome, Commission Junction's vice president of business development. "We look forward to adding AskIt to the Commission Junction network."

AskIt.com (www.askit.com) was founded in September, 1999 by a team of successful entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building and growing Internet and start-up companies. The company provides outsourced online customer service and support solutions for e-commerce and corporate Web sites of small to medium-sized companies and organizations. AskIt.com’s solution reduces inbound emails and customer support costs up to 80%, increases customer service levels by offering 24x7 automated support and allows companies to gain valuable insight into their businesses. AskIt.com customers include: Dean & Deluca, Golf Day, the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the New York New Media Association, BabyUniverse.com and ActionGear.com. AskIt.com is a privately held company and is headquartered in New York. For additional information, contact ken@askit.com or call (212) 254-4194.

About Commission Junction
Founded in November 1998, Commission Junction is the B2B web-based sales distribution network that matches online merchants' products and services to online content at the consumers' point-of-interest. Handling all content providers, Commission Junction audits e-commerce activity, manages all relationships and collects and pays commissions on sales generated, all at a cost that is lower than traditional online performance marketing or advertising programs.

Commission Junction provides a web-based application services solution that tracks e-commerce activity in real-time and pays online content providers a single, aggregate check each month. Commission Junction pays online content sites when a customer takes a measurable action (request for information, subscription or purchase). By signing on with Commission Junction, merchants and online content providers work with a dedicated team that designs, manages and is accountable for the performance of the system.

Commission Junction comprises the world's largest network of high traffic online content providers, including Roadrunner (NYSE: TWX), Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), and Info Space (NASDAQ: INSP), as well as high profile online merchants, including Fingerhut (NYSE: FD), Shop Now (NASDAQ:SPNW) and Nextcard (NASDAQ: NXCD). Headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, Commission Junction can be reached on the web at www.cj.com.