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URLwire for Wednesday June 9, 1999
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E-Commerce West Launches WesternGold.com - Net's Largest Western Goods Online Only Store
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100,000 page deep site hopes to build brand in currently underserved online retail niche, and position itself as Net's premiere destination for high quality Western products
 
South Dakota based E-Commerce West Corp (OTCBB: ECEE) today announced the launch of WesternGold.com at http://www.westerngold.com. The site features over 100,000 individual product pages, and is positioning itself to be the Internet’s premiere destination for high quality Western products. 
http://www.westerngold.com
WesternGolds' Homepage - The site features over 100,000 individual product pages of the finest Western related goods, making it the Web's largest E-commerce site in this niche. 
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"WesternGold.com will serve a previously ignored Internet retail market segment currently generating billions of dollars in domestic clothing, jewelry, art, gift and food sales" said Jon Elliott, E-Commerce West's President/CEO. "Just as Amazon.com, CDNow, eToys, Preview Travel and eBay are the Internet leaders in their categories, we've positioned Westerngold.com to be a niche market dominator as we are the first to market in our category." 

"Our strategic marketing plan designed to drive site traffic and significantly impact sales will begin in the near future” continued Mr. Elliott. WesternGold.com features western clothing; cowboy boots; fine leather jackets, vests, hats plus hand-tooled leather handbags, briefcases & luggage; hand-crafted silver jewelry and belt buckles; exquisite Black Hills Gold jewelry including earrings, rings, pins, brooches, watches, necklaces & pendants; authentic Native American reproductions including weapons, buffalo skulls and ceremonial collector’s items; American Indian jewelry; music, western books and gifts; Western furniture and accessories; original art plus limited edition bronze sculptures; Western specialty foods and gourmet gifts including taste-tempting spices, award-winning chili's, salsas, delicious herb wine vinegars, meat soaks and rubs. 
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