Stamps.com Partners With Creative Powerhouse Wieden & Kennedy to Build Leading Postage Brand

July 21 1999 – Santa Monica, Calif. – Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP), the innovator of Internet Postage, today named Wieden & Kennedy its advertising agency of record. Under the agreement, Wieden & Kennedy – known for its award–winning work with Nike, Microsoft, ESPN and Coca–Cola – will be responsible for driving the creative strategy and development of Stamps.com’s brand through an integrated national advertising campaign scheduled to launch this summer.

“The energy and vision behind Stamps.com is truly inspiring,” said Bill Davenport, managing director, Wieden & Kennedy/Portland. “We think this foresight and passion is something that makes a truly great brand. Our creative expertise coupled with Stamps.com’s commitment to revolutionize postage will make for a truly powerful relationship.”

“It is essential that we communicate to small businesses and home users our dedication to bringing them a postage solution that is convenient, cost effective and easy to use,” said John Payne, president and CEO of Stamps.com. “We believe that Wieden & Kennedy is the ideal partner for creatively conveying this message to our customers.”

The initial campaign will be a comprehensive effort likely to include television, radio, print, outdoor and online advertising.

Stamps.com is the first company to develop an Internet–based e–commerce system that enables users to print postage directly onto envelopes, labels and business documents using an ordinary laser or inkjet printer. The company is regulated by the U.S. Postal Service and is in the third and final phase of Beta market testing in California and the Washington, D.C., area before commercial release later this year.

About the USPS Information Based Indicia Program

The Information Based Indicia Program (IBIP) is a U.S. Postal Service initiative committed to creating new, convenient, electronic access to postage for mailing customers. IBIP launches this opportunity with the introduction of digital postage, the Information Based Indicia (IBI) and the qualification of commercially developed products giving customers the ability to print postage using personal computers–PC Postage products. Through IBIP, the U.S. Postal Service delivers a higher level of convenience and security to customers with established performance and evaluation criteria for the IBI and PC Postage products. For more information, see the USPS Web site at www.usps.com/ibip. Computer users interested in participating in the Stamps.com Beta test in California and in areas surrounding Washington, D.C. should visit the Company’s Web site at http://www.stamps.com.

About Stamps.com

Stamps.com (NASDAQ: STMP) is a leading provider of highly secure transaction–oriented Internet services for small business, consumer and corporate users. Stamps.com partners include America Online, Inc. (AOL), Avery Dennison, Office Depot, IntuIt’s Quicken.com, Intel Corporation, MySoftware, Peachtree Software, Westvaco, and other leading Internet, office supply and technology companies.

Stamps.com is located at 3420 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite 1040, Santa Monica, CA 90405, and at http://www.stamps.com.

About Wieden & Kennedy

Wieden & Kennedy, based in Portland, Oregon, is one of the largest independently owned advertising agencies with offices in New York, Amsterdam, London and Tokyo. A full–service, creatively led communications company, Wieden & Kennedy has helped build some of the strongest global brands including Nike, Microsoft, Miller and Coca–Cola.

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain forward–looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward–looking statements are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by Stamps.com, including Stamps.com’s prospectus related to its initial public offering that was filed with the SEC on June 25, 1999.

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Liz Hartge
(503) 937–7793
lizh@wk.com

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Fitzgerald Communications
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