The Net Impact Announces Strategic Alliance with Nameboy.COM

What's In A Name? Plenty, as Two of theInternet's Hot "New Kids on the Block" Strike Up A Formidable Partnership

ST.LOUIS, MO - May 16, 2000 - The Net Impact (http://www.thenetimpact.com), a St. Louis web site design and internet marketing firm, today announced a strategic alliance with NameBoy.com (http://www.nameboy.com), one of the internet's most innovative and popular new web sites. This alliance positions both firms as major players in the race for the internet's small business market.

This announcement comes on the heels of The Net Impact's launch of SelectAWeb.COM, an online catalog of web site designs created specifically for the small business market and the launch of NameBoy.COM 2.0, the latest technological breakthrough in domain name creation. While both sites are relative new-comers to the explosive internet market, this alliance will likely prove that the internet is changing the rules and leveling the playing field for small businesses that compete against larger companies.

Recently featured on Entrepreneur Magazine Online, SelectAWeb.COMhas quickly becomeone of the most popular internet destinations for small business customers that are interested in a web site presence. Nameboy.COM has also enjoyed tremendous success. Having been selected as a USA Today "Hot Site" only weeks after it's launch in March of this year, the site is rapidly approaching over one million page-views per month.

Stated Tommi Davis, president and CEO of The Net Impact, "The increasing demand for memorable and relevant domain names makes finding a name one of the first concerns of any company launching a product or service on the worldwide web. Nameboy.COM is, without question, one of the most innovative and useful internet technology tools that we've ever seen. We're extremely enthusiastic about this partnership."

"Finding a name and developing a web site are the first two steps for an internet business," said Tom Jackson, Chief Executive Boy of NameBoy.com. "Just as NameBoy.com makes it easy to find a domain name, SelectAWeb.com makes it easy for web entrepreneurs and
small businesses to get a professional web site up and running quickly."

Both firms offer Affiliate Programs, allowing affiliate partners to earn high commissions by linking to the SelectAWeb.COM and Nameboy.COM web sites. Additional Information can be found at the respective web sites or at Commission-Junction's Web Site.

The Net Impact is a full service web site design and Internet marketing firm, providing internet, intranet and extranet web site design, e-commerce solutions and merchant account services to customers worldwide. The Net Impact can be found on the worldwide web at http://www.thenetimpact.com.

NameBoy is dedicated to offering the best name generator and locator on the Internet. NameBoy is a team of software and Internet pros who are having a great time putting technology to work so the naming process becomes less tedious and more rewarding. Headquartered in Portland, OR, the company was founded in November 1999 and is privately held. NameBoy can be found on the worldwide web at
http://www.nameboy.com.