BeAtHome Announces New Distribution Channel Strategy and New Partner Web Site

May 8, 2001 BeAtHome.com, Inc. (www.beathome.com) announced its plans to sell its products solely through its certified Sales Partner channel beginning May 15, 2001, meaning a discontinuation of direct sales by the company from its www.BeAtHome.com web site. The announcement coincides with the unveiling of enhanced revenue-sharing opportunities for BeAtHome Partners and the roll-out of PartnerConnection, the company's new Partner-directed web site.

The company's existing informational company web site will remain intact. The difference now will be instead of ordering directly on line from www.BeAtHome.com, a customer will simply be connected with a BeAtHome Sales Partner.

BeAtHome is also introducing PartnerConnect, the company's new Partner-only web site. BeAtHome Partners use this site to order customer systems, allowing them to ensure each customer's system comes pre-configured ready for simple installation.