Reaches the vast market of buyers who watch television. Simple, easy-to-use WebTV sets are being sold. Movies on DVD-video are already being produced. The fundamental technology to integrate X-Rom™ eCatalogs™ with WebTV and DVD players already exists. Although this field is still in its infancy, it promises to bring practical e-commerce to broad television audiences within a short time. The road is clear for developments in this area that can revolutionize future marketing. X-Rom™ is a vital piece of that technology, and it is ready.

X-Rom™ eCatalogs™ can even be bundled with games on CD and movies on DVD, and when desired, can be configured to connect to the Internet for expanded e-commerce services.

Eliminates the bandwidth constraints of the WWW. The entire eCatalog™ is on a CD or DVD and does not have to download, alleviating bandwidth constraints that are common on the Web. The full range of multimedia technology is available in a X-Rom™ eCatalog™ including sound, animation, video, and interactive applications. Anything that can be put on a printed catalog, CD, or DVD can be put on X-Rom™. X-Rom™ combines the speed, power and extended features of which website marketing is capable, with the ease and convenience of printed catalogs.

Reaches people who are not comfortable with Internet technology. CatalogBuilder's™ X-Rom™ is user-friendly for all concerned: the vendor, the developer, and the end customer. It is bundled with the MSIE 5.0 browser and is loaded instantly when the disk is inserted.

Allays fears of credit card buying over the Internet. Despite secure Web sites, many people are afraid to use a credit card over the Internet. X-Rom™ lets them fax, print and mail, or call in orders while viewing a multimedia display similar to what they see on a Web site or television. Yet it also connects directly to Web-based, secure processing gateways (SSL) for vendors who wish to offer safe electronic transactions over the Internet.

Provides alternative to costly television advertising. Television commercials are full multimedia but very expensive to produce and run for the average business that is trying to match product marketing and advertising with a particular consumer. X-Rom™ enables merchants to present video, still photographs, computer games, and graphic design quickly and easily to a specific demographic group.

Opening closed sales doors. With eCatalogs™ on CD, orders can be placed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Relieves environmental concerns X-Rom™ saves paper and trees.

Simplifies complex corporate purchasing. Purchasing departments can reduce redundant tasks by electronically collecting orders from local or remote offices and processing them with a few keystrokes and mouse clicks.

Keeps track of shipping, inventory, and ordering information electronically. X-Rom™ integrates through eCatalogBuilders™ Inc. X-Hub™ with existing or custom systems to track orders, inventory, and shipping. The advantage to the corporate buyer over printed catalogs is enormous. It is a competitive edge for the X-Rom™ eCatalog™ vendor.

And saves the cost of producing a second catalog design. The original printed layout design work is not wasted. X-Rom™ eCatalogs can be produced from the same original page layout (PageMaker, QuarkXPress) files as the printed catalog.