ASKIT.COM JOINS ONVIA AS PREMIER SELLER

New York, July 10 - AskIt.com, a leader in outsourced online customer service solutions, established a Premier Sponsor agreement with Onvia.com, a leading business-to-business exchange for small business buyers and sellers.

Onvia's emarketplace consists of a single online destination geared to offer fast and simple accesses to business products and services, customer lead generation, productivity tools, business forms and worksheets, breaking news and expert advice. One of Onvia's e-marketplace services, "Request for Quote", connects small business buyers and sellers across 107 business services by allowing users to submit electronic requests for quotes to more than 50,000 participating service providers. In establishing the premier seller agreement, AskIt will be displayed as a featured seller in the Ecommerce service provider network, enabling both companies to enhance their services to the small to medium business market.

"A partnership with Onvia facilitates a broad expansion of our customer base," says Ken Shapiro, President of AskIt.com. "Onvia's 'Request for Quote Service' is an exceptional tool for the small to medium sized businesses we serve, and its innovative and efficient service is complementary to our own."

About AskIt.com
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. Offering a free Standard version to a $500 per month Premium version, the AskIt system can be set up in under a few hours. 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 at 116 W. Houston Street. For additional information, contact ken@askit.com or call (212) 254-4194.