Obongo Teams Up With Couponsurfer.com to Deliver the Best Deals On the Web

Partnership Provides Obongo Users with up to $100 in Savings at eToys, barnesandnoble.com, PlanetRx, Mercata, BUY.COM, Petstore.com, chipshot.com, and NetGrocer

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 1999-- Obongo, Inc., a unique provider of passport/e - wallet solutions for accelerated e-commerce, and CouponSurfer.com, a leading provider of coupons and discounts on the Internet, today announced an alliance that will direct Obongo users to the best deals on the Web.

This agreement will provide Obongo users with up to $100 in savings at sites including eToys, barnesandnoble.com, PlanetRx, Mercata, BUY.COM, Petstore.com, chipshot.com, and NetGrocer.

``Our partnership with CouponSurfer.com is another example of how Obongo is leveraging its open platform to channel beneficial services to our customers,'' said John Hunt, founder and chairman of Obongo. ``CouponSurfer.com enables us to track new cost-saving opportunities on the Web and deliver those deals to our customers. As Obongo grows, we will continue to expand our range of services to enhance our customers' online shopping experiences.''

``Obongo is a groundbreaking service for fast and safe online shopping, said Adam Schwartz, president and CEO of CouponSurfer.com. ''By working together, we can extend easy and secure Web shopping to more consumers, while helping them find the best deals on the Web.``

Obongo recently announced its Obongo Bar, an open platform, e-commerce accelerator that enables faster, safer, and more secure shopping for users, and generates increased user traffic with fewer abandoned shopping carts for Web sites.

About CouponSurfer.com

CouponSurfer.com ( http://www.couponsurfer.com ) simplifies online shopping by providing major brand promotions in one location. Consumers view, search and personalize their coupons at an interactive, user-friendly site. Email notifies shoppers when selected products or categories offer new savings opportunities, and the site is fully customizable to allow browsing by personal favorites, or user-selected products and categories. Based in Bedford, Mass., CouponSurfer.com went live in 1998.

About Obongo

Obongo is a unique passport/e - wallet solution that simplifies the Web for consumers, and results in more traffic with fewer abandoned shopping carts for Web merchants. As a customizable channel to e-commerce sites, Obongo automates registration and form-filling, securely stores users' passwords, shipping addresses and credit card information, and offers e-mail forwarding, Web search and comparison shopping capabilities.