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Auto Part Consumers are Linked with Automotive Parts Suppliers Via PartTrackers.com

25 July 2000

Auto Part Consumers are Linked with Automotive Parts Suppliers Via PartTrackers.com

    FREMONT, Calif. - The Internet continues to influence how automotive parts 
are sold and how part suppliers do business.  A Do-it-Yourselfer or Professional 
Collision Repair Facility finds it difficult to shop for the best valued 
replacement auto parts online and vendor markets are missing the opportunity to 
reach online consumers.

    "Both markets are looking for one online source for help," says Jason
Smith, president of PartTrackers.com.  A common online source gives brick and
mortar parts vendors access to consumers online while enabling consumers the
opportunity to quickly comparison shop for parts on a national or local scale.

    PartTrackers.com is one source that provides automotive consumers the 
ability to receive multiple quotes from auto part suppliers and purchase the 
parts online.  PartTrackers.com brings automotive buyers and sellers together.  
It directly links automotive part suppliers to consumers who are looking for 
parts.  An email address is all that a supplier and consumer needs.

    "PartTrackers.com saves the automotive supplier time and money and is easy
to join," says Smith.  "It is an excellent sales tool for any size supplier to
have a distinguishable presence on the Internet and for the consumers to
receive qualifies sales leads."

    The added benefit to the consumer is they stay anonymous.  This gives the
consumer a non-intimidating, no pressure advantage over the traditional
do-it-yourself quote method.

    The process is 5 simple steps:

    -- A customer completes the online PartTrackers.com form indicating what
       part or product they want.
    -- PartTrackers.com then distributes the requests to all relevant
       associated auto part suppliers.
    -- Associated merchants interested in responding submit their quote via an
       easy to use form.
    -- PartTrackers.com then compiles all the quotes in one convenient page
       and notifies the customer via email when the quotes arrive.
    -- The consumer chooses the supplier and purchases their auto part online
       with PartTrackers e-commerce solution.

    PartTrackers.com launched May 2000 more than 3,000 part suppliers have
joined their network.

    PartTrackers.com offers help to the supplier with a 1-800 number and an
email for any supplier who has a question.  With offices in Fremont California
and St. Catharines Ontario, the PartTrackers.com team has over 20 years
experience in the automotive parts industry.