Kurant Adds Additional PayPal Payment Gateway in StoreSense

SAN FRANCISCO -- Aug. 23, 2004 -- Kurant Corporation, a leading provider of e-business software for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB), today announced that it has enhanced integration of the popular PayPal online payment service in StoreSense 5.7, the latest version of its award-winning StoreSense e-business solution. Kurant eases the store-building process by enabling StoreSense merchants to accept PayPal payments from shoppers during checkout, without the merchant first having to go through the process of setting up a PayPal account.

"We have made the process of setting up PayPal payment processing extremely easy for small business," said Curtis Pierce, CEO of Kurant Corporation. "StoreSense now automates the PayPal set up process, allowing merchants to install PayPal with a few clicks of a mouse after they receive their first PayPal order from a buyer. Setting up business online has never been so quick, easy and secure -- it literally takes minutes to build and start operating a secure storefront."

By integrating PayPal, StoreSense merchants get access to a large network of global buyers, since PayPal has more than 50 million user accounts in 45 countries worldwide. PayPal is a fast and secure online payment option, and buyers using PayPal have the flexibility to pay with credit cards, bank accounts, or a stored PayPal account balance. PayPal charges no fees to buyers, making this online payment option an affordable, flexible way for customers to make purchases online. In addition, PayPal offers several different fraud prevention programs that enhance account security and offer incentives for its members to use safe buying and selling habits.

"PayPal is dedicated to providing a fast, easy and secure online payment option for merchants," said Stephanie Tilenius, vice president of merchant services for PayPal. "We're delighted to work with Kurant to make the payment integration process even easier, helping merchants scale their e-commerce businesses. With PayPal and Kurant, merchants are armed with the tools they need to successfully reach the millions of online shoppers that have PayPal accounts."

Kurant StoreSense is listed as a featured online store technology on the PayPal Web site at https://www.paypal.com/.

About StoreSense

Kurant StoreSense is a complete suite of powerful e-business tools that are designed to help small businesses get started selling online quickly and easily. StoreSense's rich feature set ranges from simple wizard-driven Web site and e-store capabilities to sophisticated site design tools, advanced commerce functionality and high-end e-business management. In addition, for the first time, smaller merchants can now manage the entire process of posting and selling products on eBay using the intuitive interface they use to manage their online StoreSense stores. Offered on a cost-effective monthly subscription basis, StoreSense is available from Kurant's reseller partners throughout the U.S., Canada and the world. To pick a reseller right for you, please go to www.StoreSense.com.

About Kurant

Kurant Corporation provides software that enables small businesses to conduct business online through dynamic, interactive Web sites. StoreSense, our flagship product, is a comprehensive e-commerce platform that allows companies to easily add commerce to an existing Web site or create a sophisticated Web Store including: inventory management, supplier communication and integration with Quickbooks. StoreSense is delivered to small businesses through Kurant's global resellers that include financial service organizations, Web hosting companies and trusted small business partners. Incorporated in 1998, San Francisco-based Kurant is privately held. For more information, contact Kurant at http://www.kurant.com/ or 888-463-2696.