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ChannelAdvisor Announces Third Annual Strategy Summit
Elite conference features speakers from Best Buy, Motorola, eBay, Forrester Research, Nokia, IBM, Motorola and Stanley Tools

Research Triangle Park, NC - August 26, 2004 - ChannelAdvisor, the leading provider of channel management solutions, announced today they will host the third annual ChannelAdvisor Strategy Summit on September 27-29 in Research Triangle Park, NC. The invitation-only event will bring together Fortune 1000 retailers and manufacturers, representatives from eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), AOL (NASDAQ:AOL), Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), as well as industry and stock analysts to discuss best practices during three days of intense face-to-face discussions, exciting "case study" sessions, relevant panel discussions and real-world solutions. Featured speakers and topics include:

  • Dana Stalder, VP Corporate Development at eBay on "Exploding the Myths: What      You Don't Know About eBay Buyer Demographics CAN Hurt You"

  • Carrie Johnson, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research on "Harnessing the      Momentum of Online Sales Channels"

  • Brian Hungerford, Director of Inventory at Best Buy on "Why the #1 Consumer Electronics Retailer Sells on eBay: Augmenting traditional channels at key points in  the product lifecycle"

  • Paul Fagan, Manager Web Marketing at IBM on "The Multi-Channel Strategy: Taking advantage of public and private marketplace synergies"

  • Pam Arrigo, Global Business Development Manager at Motorola on "International Channel Development: Serving distributors and dealers on four continents from a single platform"

  • Joe Scarpantonio, Manager Company Store/eBay Sales, and Kristin Waltz, Inventory Exit Coordinator/eBay Sales at Stanley Works on "Employee and Partner Retail Sales: The branded marketplace as a "perk" as well as a sales channel"

  • Dale Porter, Director of New Channel Development at Nokia on "Getting to Know You: Using multi-channel synergies to create and strengthen partner relationships"

  • Representatives from Deutsche Bank Securities, Pacific Crest Securities,  Prudential Equity Group and Goldman, Sachs & Co will provide a view from Wall  Street on the size and direction of the online marketplace opportunity

  • Representatives from FindWhat, Overture (paid search division of Yahoo!), and other leading search engines will discuss "Dependable ROI or Marketing Experiment" in a panel moderated by Andy Beal, Vice President of Search Marketing at WebSourced, Inc.

  • Representatives from Shopping.com, BizRate, PriceGrabber, Yahoo! Shopping and Smarter.com will discuss "Are Comparison Shoppers Finding Your Product?" in a panel moderated by Andy Beal

"At the third annual Strategy Summit we will discuss "The Search for the Ultimate Multi-Channel Strategy" and learn how our Fortune 500 customers have leveraged online channels," says Scot Wingo, Chief Executive Officer and President of ChannelAdvisor Corporation. "Please join us for our annual industry-wide forum to learn about the benefits and challenges of selling via online channels including marketplaces, shopping engines and comparison sites."

Based on the success of the past two Summits and registration to date, ChannelAdvisor is projecting a "sold out" event at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center located in Research Triangle Park, NC. The ChannelAdvisor Strategy Summit is the only venue for large enterprises to learn how leading Fortune 500 manufactures and retailers succeed in selling on the Internet's leading marketplaces including shopping engines and comparison sites.

For more information, please visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/summit/. The deadline for registration is Monday, September 13th.

About ChannelAdvisor Corporation
ChannelAdvisor Corporation provides technology and services that enable leading online retailers to maximize their products across multiple e-commerce marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon.com and Overstock.com, comparison shopping engines such as Shopping.com, Shopzilla, Nextag and Google Product Search and search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN. In 2006, ChannelAdvisor managed over $1.6 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) on behalf of its customers. ChannelAdvisor solutions combine best practices, on-demand software and integration technology to help retailers sell more products, faster, by automating labor-intensive, manual functions so they spend less time optimizing campaigns and more time solving marketing and business issues. ChannelAdvisor's customers include, GSI Commerce, Sears, Brookstone, Abebooks and Motorola. ChannelAdvisor Corporation is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC with offices in Seattle, the United Kingdom and Germany. For more information, visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/.

Contact:
Ashley Jones
ChannelAdvisor Corporation
Ph: 919.349.4177
ashleyj@channeladvisor.com
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