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DIYONLINE.COM ADDS FORMER INTEL VETERAN TO BOARD

Interactive Home Improvement Web Site Announces Newest Member of Board of Directors

TUCSON, Ariz. -- DIYonline.com announced today the appointment of Tim Dowling, Vice President of Marketing for pcOrder.com (NASDAQ: PCOR), a leading B2B technology and content provider, to its board of directors. DIYonline.com nationally launched its new interactive Web site on March 6, 2000. DIYonline.com gives Do-It-Yourself consumers the ability to custom design and plan home improvement projects from the Web site, www.DIYonline.com.

"We are very proud to have Tim on our board," said Michael H. Heisler, President & CEO for DIYonline.com. "He brings more than 15 years of high-tech leadership and e-commerce business strategy to our company."

ABOUT DIYONLINE.COM

DIYonline.com has created a business model that provides manufacturers and home centers a unique opportunity to reach their target market in a way that has not yet been available on the Internet. The company recently raised $6 million in private placement funding and strategic partnerships at key manufacturers and home centers are being finalized.

DIYonline.com allows consumers to design and plan more than 20 different home improvement projects online by using the company's free project design software. The project design software is easy to use and unique in that it enables consumers to specifically tailor a home improvement project design to meet their needs. Once consumers complete their design, they submit it to DIYonline.com and within 24 hours can access a custom Specification Kit for their project. The Specification Kit includes: custom designed project drawings, step-by-step how to instructions, a complete list of materials needed for the project (including a price list) and a list of local retailers or home centers where they can purchase the products.

The site offers more than 20 different Do-It-Yourself projects, ranging from intermediate to the more complex. Initially, design projects offered to consumers from the Web site include: Kitchen Designer, Deck Designer, Sprinkler Designer, Utility Shelf Designer, WorkBench Designer, Craftbench Designer, Gazebo Designer, Fence Designer, Paint Calculator, Wall Paper Calculator, Ceiling Tile Calculator, Bath Designer, Mini Greenhouse Designer, Garden Toolbox Designer, Bookshelf Designer, Deck Bench, Designer Coffee Table Designer, Table Terrarium Designer, Floor Tile Calculator, and Concrete Calculator. The company will continue to add new project software to the Web site.

ABOUT TIM DOWLING

Mr. Dowling joined pcOrder.com in March, 2000. In his current position as Vice President of Marketing he is responsible for driving pcOrder's strategic positioning and identifying new market opportunities for growth and expansion. Prior to this position, Dowling served as the E-commerce Marketing Director for Intel Online Services, a division of Intel focused on providing leading e-commerce software and managed hosting services. There he was responsible for providing the vision and long-term strategy to drive Intel's e-commerce product line.

Prior to his experience with Intel Online Services, Dowling held a variety of other leadership roles at Intel including: Marketing Manager of Internet Consumer Marketing, Product Line Marketing Manager responsible for Internet Communication Products and Intel Multimedia Technology Marketing Manager.

DIYonline.com's headquarters are based in Tucson, Ariz., with a sales and marketing office located in Lexington, KY. The company employs over 40 personnel in both offices and anticipates continuing to hire personnel throughout the year. DIYonline.com provides Internet users the ability to custom design and implement Do-It-Yourself projects by using the company's proprietary software tools located on its Web site.

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