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ChannelAdvisor Announces Fourth Annual Strategy Summit
Invitation-only conference features keynotes from Yahoo!, Microsoft, Jupiter Research, and Shopping.com

Research Triangle Park, NC – September 14, 2005 - ChannelAdvisor, the leading provider of channel management solutions (CMS), announced today they will host the fourth annual ChannelAdvisor Strategy Summit on September 26-27 in Research Triangle Park, NC. The invitation-only event will bring together Fortune 1000 retailers and manufacturers, representatives from Microsoft, eBay, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), Shopping.com, Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), as well as industry and stock analysts to discuss best practices during two days of intense face-to-face discussions, exciting “case study” sessions, relevant panel discussions and real-world solutions.

Keynote speakers for the two-day conference include:

  • Patti Freeman Evans, Senior Analyst at Jupiter Research on “Trends for Multi-Channel Online Retailing”
  • Gary Stein, Senior Analyst at Jupiter Research on “Search: Understanding Its Linguistic Footprint”
  • Brian Boland, Agency Marketing Manager at MSN on “The Birth of MSN adCenter”
  • Diane Rinaldo, Director of Retail Category at Yahoo! Search Marketing on “Searching for Online Sales”
  • Trent Scoffield, Director of US Sales and Operations at Shopping.com on “Turning Search into Shopping”

Customer best practices and panel speakers and participants include:

  • Martine Quinn , Online Marketing Manager and Steven Davis, Senior Vice President of Partner Services at GSI Commerce, presenting on “Comparison Shopping Engines: Friend or Foe?”
  • Scot Wingo, CEO and President of ChannelAdvisor presenting on “Understanding the Convergence of Online Channels”
  • Gailen Vick, President and CEO at the Reverse Logistics Association presenting on “Rise of Online Marketplaces as an Integral Piece of the Reverse Logistics Process”
  • Brian Smith, Founder of ComparisonEngines.com presenting on “Comparing the Shopping Engines”
  • Kevin McCarthy , Vice President of Search at ChannelAdvisor presenting on “Harnessing the Power of Natural Search”
  • Pam Arrigo, Global Business Manager at Motorola, Kristin Waltz, Inventory Exit Coordinator at Stanley Tools and John Forrester, Senior Web Marketing Manager of Lexar will participate in the panel discussion “Private Marketplaces: Helping Turn Excess Inventory into Profits”
  • Bob Peck, Managing Director Principal – Senior Analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co, Mark Mahaney, Director of Internet Equity Research at Citigroup Smith Barney, Heath Terry, Director, Equity Research at CFSB Technology Group and Jeetil Patel, Vice President at Deutsche Bank Securities will provide a view from Wall Street on the size and direction of the online marketplace opportunities
  • J.T. Stephens, Director of Marketing and Business Development at Overstock.com, Diane Rinaldo , Director of Retail Category at Yahoo! Search Marketing, Todd Pearson at PayPal and Robert Leon from PriceGrabber will participate in the panel discussion “Where to Best Spend Your Marketing Dollars”

"At the fourth annual Strategy Summit we will discuss leveraging multiple online channels including search, comparison shopping engines and marketplaces and attendees will learn how our Fortune 1000 customers have leveraged these channels successfully,” says Scot Wingo, President and Chief Executive Officer of ChannelAdvisor Corporation. “We enjoy putting on an event that allows customers, industry experts and thought leaders to gather and learn from one another to better online commerce.”

Based on the success of the past three 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 1000 manufactures and retailers succeed in selling on the Internet’s leading channels including search, shopping engines and comparison sites.

For more information, please visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/summit/. The deadline for registration is Monday, September 19th.

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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