Just2clicks.com PLC
25 April 2000
Just2clicks.com plc
('J2C' or 'the Company')
Launch of On-Line Export Booking Service
TWA Cargo Signs as first Webfreight On-line Supplier
J2C (www.just2clicks.com) is totally focused on deriving
transactional revenues from B2B e-commerce worldwide and is
the UK's largest quoted operator of business-tobusiness
('B2B') vertical trading communities. These vertical
communities are designed to benefit from the Internet's
ability to allow businesses in the same industries to
communicate and trade with each other online. Following
its recent flotation on the Alternative Investment Market,
J2C today announces the launch of an on-line export
booking service through Webfreight, which provides a range
of freight and other logistics services. TWA Cargo is the
first airline to take advantage of Webfreight's innovative
global freight forwarding service to market its capacity
over the internet.
J2C is delighted to announce that British manufacturing
companies exporting overseas will now be able to organise
and book product deliveries on-line to 900 destinations
worldwide, using a new freight forwarding service
provided by Webfreight, a wholly-owned subsidiary of J2C. At
the same time, J2C also announces that TWA Cargo, the
international airfreight distributor, will be offering
the Webfreight on-line service to its customers.
From the UK, Webfreight customers exporting their goods to
North America can click on a TWA Cargo icon and
immediately access the carrier's full service offering to
more than 100 destinations in the United States and
beyond. Similarly, TWA customers using the airline's web
site will be able to automatically link into Webfreight,
part of the J2C internet trading community.
Webfreight, is designed to give UK exporters access to
competitive airfreight rates, total price transparency
and a global delivery service within seconds of going on
line. The launch site for UK airfreight exports is part of
a global service roll-out, which will ultimately
provide other modes of transportation including courier
and sea freight deliveries.
Once on-line to www.webfreight.net, an exporter can
simply confirm the destination of the shipment, its size
and weight and UK collection point, so as to
automatically receive a transport quotation - a process
which takes 30 seconds. Customers can choose from more
than 2,000 service options for door-to-airport and doorto-
door deliveries.
The new booking service will mean that, having accepted
the shipment quotation, the exporter will now be able to
book delivery on-line and will receive an e-mail message
back from Webfreight within 15 minutes to confirm the
reservation. Webfreight's operations team then takes
responsibility for delivering the customer's shipment to
its destination and provides electronic proof of
departure and delivery advice.
Exporters requiring additional information about their
booking can also click on the 'call for assistance' icon on
the site and a member of Webfreight's reservations team
will call back within five minutes to handle their enquiry.
Quotations for export by air can be obtained from the
site 24 hours a day, seven days a week from anywhere
with internet access. All ancillary costs in respect of
collection from the exporter's premises, documentation,
export customs presentation and labelling are identified to
the customer before booking, along with the airfreight rate.
Roy Parmenter, Managing Director of Webfreight, said:
'This is the first internet service of its kind for UK
exporters. It is designed to make sending products to
overseas customers a simple, fast and cost effective
process.
'We are in discussions with a number of airlines which
recognise the potential of using Webfreight as an
innovative way to market their products and services to
exporters and importers. TWA Cargo is the first to sign up
and sets an example we expect others to follow.
'In today's competitive business environment, companies do
not have the time nor inclination to waste long
periods on the telephone or waiting for transportation
suppliers to call them back. Often, such delays can
result in the loss of an order to a more dynamic
competitor. Webfreight provides a significant
competitive advantage to its customers.'
David Lancaster, Director of Worldwide Cargo Sales and
Marketing for TWA, said:
'We want to be more actively involved in dynamic internet
marketing and Webfreight enables us to do this
immediately. We've seen similar changes in the passenger
side of our business, now it's time to change the way
cargo transactions are conducted.
'TWA's daily Boeing 767 flight between London and our St.
Louis hub offers good cargo capacity. Anything we can do to
promote our choice of services and destinations and make
TWA Cargo easier to do business with is an important
marketing tool.
'Initially we are working with Webfreight to promote our
capacity from the UK to North America, but Webfreight's
plans to expand globally and set up operations in other
key markets will provide further opportunities for both
companies - and our customers. We are creating a new
value-added dimension to our services. Webfreight will
provide complete price transparency for customers using
TWA Cargo and I am confident it will help us attract new
business which otherwise would have been given to one of
the integrators.'
Karl Watkin, Chief Executive of J2C, added:
'Webfreight is a key part of the J2C offering and I am
delighted that we can now offer users of the service the
ability to fulfil their entire export requirements on
line. It is a further example of our unstinting
determination to bring state-of-the-art trading
techniques to all types of industrial customer and earn
increasing amounts of commission as a result. TWA Cargo is
the first airfreight business to have recognised the
potential of Webfreight and I expect others to follow.'
25 April 2000
ENQUIRIES:
Just2clicks.com plc Tel: + 44 7808 690069
Karl Watkin, Chief Executive E-mail: [email protected]
Webfreight Tel: +44 1293 534466
Roy Parmenter Email: [email protected]
College Hill Tel: + 44 207 457 2020
Nicola Weiner E-mail: [email protected]
Archie Berens E-mail: [email protected]
