VANCOUVER, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 28, 2000--Strategic Profits Inc. (SPI), a secure payment service provider since 1997, announced today that SPI has just completed and released the electronic software distribution (ESD) application of their Mastercart shopping cart software.

ESD is a secure system for selling software and intellectual property over a network. ESD systems provide secure communications that customers use to download and pay for electronic versions of products and services. Using ESD, businesses are able to sell electronic goods (everything from software packages to recipes) online. The customer is able to download the products purchased by secure credit card or cash online payment systems - immediately.

SPI presents a unique full service offering for small to medium sized merchants and non-profits. SPI provides online secure payment, online educational training, web hosting, web design, database development, shopping cart/secure CGI order form solutions, Internet marketing strategies, digital certificates and virtually everything else that is required to help merchants and non-profits go online and achieve their goals.

Catherine Clarke, President and CEO of Strategic Profits, Inc. states, "Our latest application coincides with our ability to provide our merchants with secure cash online services through our partnership with Hyperwallet.com! Although, businesses and charities will be able to have their customers purchase both with credit cards and cash securely online...the most exciting aspect of our new ESD application is that merchants will now have the option of offering micro-payments for the appropriate products and services. In other words, merchants will have the option of being able to charge fractions of pennies for high volume intellectual property products, utilizing the secure cash online payment services. Merchant discount rates associated with credit card transactions have prohibited micro-payments from becoming a reality. Our ESD application in combination with the secure cash online payment feature makes micro-payments a reality today!"

About Strategic Profits Inc.

Strategic Profits Inc. has been providing Internet commerce solutions to small and medium enterprises (SME's), non-profits and charities since 1994 and secure payment services since 1997. SPI provides full Internet service offerings including online education, web hosting and design, Internet marketing, secure shopping cart and payment order systems, as well as secure payment transactions through Royal Bank of Canada. In 1998 SPI launched the communitystorefronts.com e-commerce pilot with their consortium partners Industry Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, GE Capital, and Open Market. Today communitystorefronts.com is a fully commercialized portal offering online shopping, fundraising, webcasting, and secure payment systems.

For further information about Strategic Profits Inc.

Catherine Clarke
Strategic Profits, Inc.
(604) 684 5671 or
email: cc@strategicprofitsinc.com
www.strategicprofitsinc.com

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