IDIRECTIONS.COM BEGINS REGISTRATION OF THOUSANDS
OF NO COST, PERSONAL  .COM DOMAIN NAMES

Over 40,000 people from over 150 countries pre-register for a no-cost .com, .net or .org
domain name and free NAMEzero™ Personal Portal in first weeks

Silicon Valley, Calif. October 22, 1999 –iDirections.com, Inc. (www.idirections.com), the Silicon Valley based provider of no cost domain names and free Personal Portal services, today announced that it has begun registering no cost domain names for the initial group of preview members of its NAMEzero Personal Portal service. The preview members of the NAMEzero Personal Portal service were randomly selected from over 40,000 people from over 150 countries.

"The domain name is the first step in creating a personal, permanent online identity. Combined with our patent pending Personal Portal technology, iDirections.com is changing the way people experience the Internet," said Daniel Hoffman, co-founder and CEO of iDirections.com. "We are thrilled with the huge global response for a no cost domain name and free NAMEzero Personal Portal."

For the first time ever, NAMEzero eliminates the costly registration and hosting fees that people must pay to create a permanent, personal online identity with a .com, .net or .org domain name. Before NAMEzero, registering a Web Address typically cost $70 or more from Network Solutions (NASDAQ: NSOL) for the two-year registration fee, plus additional hosting and e-mail fees. Once launched, NAMEzero members choose an easy to remember, permanent domain name such as www.yourpersonalportal.com and e-mail address such as you@yourpersonalportal.com and NAMEzero pays the .com, .net or .org Web Address registration fees. 

The NAMEzero Personal Portal service enables members to simply create, for free, a personal, online identity and Web presence by aggregating best of breed free e-mail, Web page and instant messaging services, as well as content, commerce and community features in and around a personal .com, .net or .org domain name.

Consumers can pre-register for a no cost domain name and free Personal Portal at the NAMEzero Web site (www.namezero.com). Thousands more pre-registrants will be selected to preview the NAMEzero service through the end of the year.

About iDirections.com

iDirections.com is a private Silicon Valley based provider of no-cost domain names and free Personal Portal services. Our patent pending technology and unique NAMEzero™ service, for the first time, enables people to simply create, for free, a permanent, personal, online identity and Web presence by aggregating best of breed free e-mail, Web page and instant messaging services, as well as content, commerce and community features in and around a personal .com, .net or .org domain name. iDirections.com is an ICANN and Nominet.uk accredited domain registrar. For more information, please visit the company’s Web site at www.idirections.com.

iDirections.com™ and NAMEzero™ are trademarks of iDirections.com, Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.