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Bentley Commerce Launches Online Donation Exchange for Companies to Donate Excess Products and Services to Kidsave International to Help Orphaned Children

Bentley Commerce Launches Online Donation Exchange for Companies to Donate Excess Products and Services to Kidsave International to Help Orphaned Children

Published 01-03-05

Submitted by Bentley Commerce Corporation

SARASOTA, FL - Bentley Commerce Corporation (OTCBB:BLYC) (www.bentleycommerce.com), the leader in online and point-of-purchase barter and trade, has launched an online exchange that enables companies to donate the value from the sale of their excess products and services in the exchange to Kidsave International (www.kidsave.org), a nonprofit organization that since 1999 has found American families for hundreds of orphaned children from across the globe.

"Companies and people that have a product or service now have the opportunity to list and offer their excess inventory, customer returns, or capacity in Kidsave's Donation Exchange (www.kidsave.vbarter.com), and may qualify for a tax deduction," said Bruce Kamm, Bentley Commerce's CEO. "This will allow companies to trade through our Internet-based global trade marketplace comprised of 88 online barter exchanges that facilitate trading for about 18,000 companies, and 180 exchanges with about 50,000 members, that participate in the Bentley exchange network, and direct all or part of the trade dollar proceeds from their sales to Kidsave, who will use the trade dollars to support their programs for orphaned children."

Since 1999, over 1,000 orphaned children have visited the U.S. for summer vacations, with over 900 finding permanent families through Kidsave's Summer Miracles program. This program enables children from orphanages to travel to the United States, live with families, and attend local day camps. The program provides the opportunity to experience family life to children who would otherwise never get that chance. It provides an opportunity to let Americans meet the faceless children they often read about. Most important, 90 percent of the children find families and organizations that will provide support to them after the camp program is over, giving participating children a rare opportunity for a secure future.

Bentley Commerce is providing Kidsave International with its VirtualBarter trade donation management software and global trade marketplace at www.kidsave.vbarter.com. It will host and assist Kidsave to manage the exchange, and provide customer service and a team of experienced trade consultants to teach companies how to trade their underperforming assets for a potential tax donation for the full value of the inventory, and most important, provide Kidsave with the resources to bring a greater number of orphaned children to the U.S. through their Summer Miracles program.

"Part of Bentley Commerce's commitment is to provide branded online exchanges that enable charitable organizations to accept donations of products that can be transformed into trade dollars, so that the organizations can use the trade dollars to support their efforts and programs," concluded Kamm. "It gives companies the opportunity to help worthy causes by donating excess products, services, and capacity instead of liquidating it, typically for pennies on the dollar."

About Bentley Commerce Corporation:
Bentley Commerce Corp. is a business-to-business, Internet e-commerce Company that launched its seamlessly integrated family of online barter services in 2004 to establish a new global trade marketplace for businesses to easily engage in real-time online barter and trade. Through its proprietary VirtualBarter software, it processes barter transactions over the Internet or at the point of sale between member companies, even if they are members of different exchanges. A growing number of independent trade exchanges, currently totaling 88, with about 18,000 companies that trade through them, have access to Bentley Commerce's global trade marketplace and trade exchange network, featuring close to half-a-billion dollars in product and service offers available for trade. With Bentley Commerce's software and trade exchange management system, independent barter exchanges maintain their own brand, identity, and local content, while offering their members the benefits of trading online with thousands of businesses.

Forward-Looking Statements:
With the exception of historical information, this news release and accompanying information may include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated as a result of various risks. There are numerous factors that could contribute to such differences, therefore such projected events and anticipated results are not warranties or guaranties that such events will occur or that the Company will achieve such results. For more information about this corporation and risks involved in the investment of their publicly traded shares, please see the company's website(s) and/or documents filed with the SEC, which are easily accessible in the EDGAR database system.

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