FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NAMESCOUT.COM GAINS .EU ACCREDITATION

- Partners with Pool.com to offer industry-leading .EU domain name acquisition -

Ottawa (October 7, 2005) - Namescout.com, a full-service international registrar, has added .EU to its growing portfolio of top level domains (TLD) and country code top level domains (ccTLD) with its recent accreditation from the .EU registry, EURid.

European Union community-based customers will be able to register .EU names with Namescout.com during the upcoming "sunrise" and "landrush" domain name release periods. The sunrise release period is scheduled for Q4 2005; landrush will follow four months later.

Namescout.com is uniquely positioned to offer immediate pre-registrations for .EU domain names as a result of its partnership with Pool.com, the industry-leading service for domain name acquisitions. Pool.com's "no risk" registration process allows customers to order domain names with no up-front costs. Pool.com's world-class unique automated acquisition process maximizes customers' chances of successfully registering their chosen name.

"The release of .EU domain names is a great opportunity for companies to increase their online presence, as well as protect their web identity. Namescout.com's partnership with Pool.com will give customers an edge in successfully securing their desired domains," said Dave Chiswell, CEO of Namescout.com. "Pool.com's best-in-class acquisition engine coupled with our expertise in domain name management and customer support is a winning combination for our customers."

Click here to place your order with Pool.com for your .EU domains.

About Namescout.com: An ICANN-accredited Registrar, Namescout.com offers industry-leading customer service with its full suite of domain registration, web hosting and email services. Namescout.com was the world's first accredited dot-NAME Registrar and among the world's first accredited dot-US and dot-AU registrars. Registration for .com, .biz, .info, .net, .org, .au, .cn, .us, .name and now .eu domain names is accessible through Namescout.com.

About Pool.com: Pool.com is a leading company in the deleting domain name and secondary market sales. It offers a complete set of acquisition, direct and auction sales, domain security and DNS management as well as the technology to create it.

Namescout.com and Pool.com are members of the Momentous.ca family of online enterprises, providing customers with high-quality, high-value online services.

For more information, please contact:

Shelagh O'Connor
Director of Communications
Momentous.ca
+1 613 225 2000

Dave Chiswell
CEO, Namescout.com
+1 613 768 5140

For more information on Namescout.com, please visit www.namescout.com.