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                  Freeshop.Com Announces Agreement


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                  

Contacts:

Heidi Hutchinson      Stacy Benedec                    Angela Herndon 
Senior PR Manager     Director of Investor Relations   PR Manager
FreeShop.com, Inc.    FreeShop.com, Inc.               weather.com
(206) 441-9100x211    (206) 441-9100x158               (770) 226-2897
heidih@freeshop.com   stacy.benedec@freeshop.com       aherndon@weather.com

 

                FREESHOP.COM AND WEATHER.COM ANNOUNCE
                 AGREEMENT MAKING DESTEO.COM PREMIER
                    DESTINATION CONTENT PROVIDER

     SEATTLE, April 27, 2000 - FreeShop.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSHP), a leading
online direct marketing network, and weather.com, the leading source of The
Weather Channel(R) weather on the Web, today announced an agreement that
features Desteo.com (www.desteo.com) as weather.com's premier destination
content provider.  Desteo, a FreeShop Network vertical site that offers
consumers thousands of free brochures, maps and guides, is the most
extensive travel research and information source on the Internet.  Through
the agreement, weather.com will feature links to relevant Desteo offers and
information directly from its travel section and international city pages. 

      "We're thrilled to partner with weather.com to bring travel
destination content to its users, and to drive traffic to Desteo, the
newest site in the FreeShop Network," said Tim Choate, president and CEO of
FreeShop.com.  "Weather and travel go hand-in-hand, and we're excited to
provide visitors to weather.com with thousands of travel options and weekly
featured destinations.  In addition, weather.com will provide current
weather conditions and almanac information to Desteo visitors, which brings
a new layer of desired content to our site."   

     Desteo.com provides a breadth of travel information unmatched as a
single source anywhere.  Consumers will find tools to explore a city,
region or country, locate accommodations, and obtain local tourism bureau
information.  It even provides maps and photos.  Desteo.com puts travelers
directly in touch with information to help build a vacation that is
tailored to meet individual lifestyles, budgets and interests.

    "By integrating Desteo's destination travel information into our site,
weather.com is able to bring more comprehensive travel planning to our
users," said Todd Walrath, chief operating officer of weather.com.  "This
partnership further expands our site's reach by providing both weather and
travel destination information any time, anywhere."


About FreeShop.com, Inc. 

FreeShop.com is a leading online direct marketing network, specializing in
customer acquisition for marketers.  Consumers seeking to explore, learn
about or try new products can choose from a variety of free, trial and
promotional offers from hundreds of well-known companies.  The FreeShop
Network includes FreeShop.com (www.freeshop.com), featuring over 1,000 free
and trial offers; Desteo (www.desteo.com), offering over 15,000 free travel
brochures and other travel planning resources; CatalogSite
(www.catalogsite.com), offering hundreds of free catalogs; Free Magazine
Shop (www.freeshopmagazines.com), offering 90-day trial incentives for
nearly 1,000 magazine subscription titles; and FreeShop Coupons and Deals
(www.freeshopcoupons.com), featuring over 35,000 national and local
coupons.  FreeShop.com is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and
publicly traded on NASDAQ: FSHP. For more information, please visit
http://corporate.freeshop.com.

About weather.com

The Weather Channel Web site, weather.com, is the world's leading source of
weather on the Web, and one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet.  

As the premier all-weather site, weather.com offers comprehensive forecasts
and weather-related information for more than 77,000 locations worldwide
and features content highlighting the impact of weather on everyday life,
including sports, travel and health.  weather.com averages more than 250
million page views per month and is consistently ranked the top
single-content news site by Media Metrix.  Marketing and distribution
relationships include America Online and AOL.COM, Netscape, CompuServe,
AOL's Digital City, Go2Net, InfoSpace, ZDNet, ESPN.com, iWon and
ABCNews.com.  

weather.com is the leading provider of broadband and wireless weather
products accessible through high speed Internet services, phones, pagers,
Palm Pilots, and other personal digital assistants.  Broadband and wireless
alliances including Road Runner, Sprint PCS, GTE Airfone, Nokia, AT&T
Wireless, SkyTel and Palm Computing.  

The Weather Channel, Inc., based in Atlanta, is the nation's premier
provider of weather information.  The only 24-hour international weather
network, The Weather Channel is seen in more than 75.2 million homes
nationwide.  The Weather Channel is owned by Landmark Communications, Inc.,
a Norfolk, Va.-based privately held media company with global interests.


This press release contains statements which may constitute "forward-
looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of
1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements include comments
regarding the ability and anticipated timing for the company to achieve
profitability and the future rate of growth of FreeShop.com.  Prospective
investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and
actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such
forward-looking statements.  Important factors currently known to
management that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in forward-looking statements include, without limitation, fluctuation of
the company's operating results, the ability to compete successfully and
the ability to integrate acquired companies.  For additional factors that
may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by
such forward-looking statements, please see the "Risk Factors" described in
the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated March 31, 2000, and other
reports and filings, which Risk Factors are incorporated herein as though
fully set forth.  The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise
forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence
of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results.

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