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Welcome to Paper.com, the new worldwide, competitive and comprehensive source for consumer and corporate paper products. Paper.com is your online paper source for greeting cards, wedding invitation, business card, office supply, stationery, envelope, graph paper, transfer paper, paper photo and printable stationery. Paper.com stocks over 8,000 types of paper for immediate delivery. How do we do it? We specialize only in paper and paper-related products. And, we work in volume. We've contracted to buy paper directly from independent paper merchants around the world who get the very best prices from the mills. And, we're passing on those merchant prices to you, the consumer. If we're not competitive, tell us. We've integrated our online paper store directly with UPS's own shipping tools and we calculate shipping charges during your order. Paper.com is constantly adding new suppliers of paper around the world. If you are a paper supplier interested
in selling through Paper.com, please contact us.


We ship items to all 50 U.S. states. "Handling"--the packing of your item(s)--will occur within two business days. After packing is complete, delivery of your items will occur within 14 days for "standard shipping," within 6 days for "expedited shipping." We are unable to ship to P.O. Boxes, APO/FPO addresses, and some addresses outside the U.S.--if so, that is noted at the time you indicate your shipping address. Please note that items may be shipped by a variety of carriers. Learn more about our shipping policies.

Large orders shipped by our member merchants through the Paper.com platform may specify their own estimated shipping dates, rates, policies, and destinations. For information specific to merchants or merchant products, links to policies of specific merchants are available above for items you have added to your Shopping Cart; links to merchant policies are also available from product detail pages, merchant Help sections, and via email for products already ordered.


Overview

Paper.com History

• Start up of web site for trial evaluation in June 2003 and commercial in November 2003.
• Paper.com is the only web based Internet site allowing end users to electronically purchase entire spectrum of paper grades, custom printing, and related products.
• Provides a low cost, highly efficient medium that compliments present distribution channels for paper.
• Allows for 24 hour / 7 day and 365 days procurement on a global basis
• Initial target end user is fragmented market purchasing less than 5 cartons per order.
• Site is user friendly and informative to both novice and experienced paper buyer.
• Current data reveals over 4000 visitors per day.
• Provides Our Vendor highly efficient marketing medium for your paper grades - at no cost.


Grade Offerings

• Vast array of paper grades
      • Finish, shade, size, weight, texture, and recycle
      • Office Papers and Letterhead, Text, Cover, Writing, Presentation, Ink jet/ Laser / Digital, Announcement, School Papers, Handmade, Cotton and Stationery, Gloss and Cast Coated, Carbonless, Archival, Recycled, Board, Security, Scrapbook, etc.
•Over 20,000 popular items and growing weekly
•Releases include one ream to multi truckload orders
•Grades are available in JIT distribution centers or on a special manufacture basis


Target Markets

•Smaller, fragmented market segments and 'off contract' paper purchases - Sample sectors include:
Home Office, regional hospitals and schools, clubs, on demand printers, banks, lawyer and accounting offices, scrap bookers, quick copy centers, local retailers, museums, insurance, restaurants, churches, small corporations, households, Town Government & municipalities etc


Paper.com Advantage

• Strong management group with both paper and web expertise complemented with expert customer service.
• Complete grade selection available on line; offer end user synergistic product assortment
• Strong, strategic partners, such as Our Vendors, to assure excellent service, quality products and competitive-market pricing
• Targeted web marketing campaigns assure success of economical customer acquisition
• Offer banner promotion on home page
• Allow Our Vendors to provide mill / product information for respective SKUs
• Our Vendors has immediate access to our site visitors (over 4000 / day and growing) -Items are marketed either mill brand or private brand.
• Our Vendors fulfill our orders and we communicate market intelligence as it happens
• Orders processed and shipped within 24 hours of confirmation.


Paper.com Expectations from Our Vendors

• 24 hour turn around upon receipt of order
• Electronic communication (we can assist setting you up)
• Acknowledgement, invoice, UPS tracking number, IM CSR communication, order status updates, returns, refunds/credits, and ability to populate our data base electronically with Our Vendors item images / descriptions.
• Paper.com is your customer, we communicate and directly invoice the end user
• Support and commitment to your full product line
• Capacity to pick, pack, and ship less than full carton releases to full truckloads.
• Ability to offer UPS shipping and tracking for small orders and efficient common carriers for larger orders (and folio sheets).
• Senior management support to paper.com
• CSR with e-commerce orientation and knowledge of complete product line
• paper.com must be complimentary to current distribution channels
• Logistically capable of servicing target end users
• Offer open credit terms and batch invoices
• Allow paper.com to coordinate promotional campaigns with mill's marketing department
• Mutually beneficial and confidential relationship.


Contact Information

P. Scott Vallely for information on becoming a Paper.com partner (203) 652-2500 extension 2409

Management Biography

John Engel, Founder and President
As President of Paper.com, Mr. Engel is responsible for steering the company towards its mission and creating value for shareholders. Mr. Engel will also head up the company's marketing efforts with the objective of growing both revenue and customers. He is well positioned to lead Paper.com due to his experience as Founder and CEO of multiple successful Internet ventures. Prior to starting Paper.com, Mr. Engel founded, funded and sold e-Media, a pioneering streaming media and e-commerce developer. He also founded 199LLC, a web strategy and development company

P. Scott Vallely, Founder and Managing Director

Mr. Vallely manages the operations and assists with overall direction as well as heads up all vendor relationships. Mr. Vallely has over twenty-five years of experience as an executive in the pulp, paper and distribution industry. He was most recently the Managing Director of A. T. Clayton & Co. Inc.'s Coy, Hunt Division; and a founder and officer of the corporation. Clayton is one of the world's largest paper distributors. He spent much of his time on both operations and business development, with paper grades marketed into specialty, niche segments as well as commodity paper end users. During his tenure, Clayton's sales grew from $86 to $340 Million. Prior to A. T. Clayton, Mr. Vallely served in many marketing and sales capacities for Champion International Corporation.

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