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Communicate.com Inc. Appoints Mark Melville as Chief Corporate Development Officer

"Mark is a Silicon Valley veteran, a seasoned manager and a very successful entrepreneur. We are ecstatic to have him as a member of the Communicate.com team. His appointment is consistent with our plan to create a world class organization of builders," stated Geoffrey Hampson, Chairman & CEO of Communicate.com. "Hundreds of millions of dollars have recently been invested in comparable Internet companies and more are now in the IPO process, which is an indicator of the intense financial interest in our space and the potential size of the market. Mark will play a key role in guiding the Company's growth strategy, and will drive mergers & acquisitions and business development activities that we believe will translate into value creation for our shareholders."

Mr. Melville joins Communicate.com from the Monitor Group, one of the world's premier strategic consulting and investment firms. While at Monitor Mr. Melville worked directly with senior executives of F500 companies on a range of strategic initiatives and co-led Monitor's West Coast technology practice. Prior to joining Monitor, Mr. Melville was CEO of SteelTrace, a leading provider of business process and requirements management software. Mr. Melville sold SteelTrace to Compuware Corporation in 2006. Prior to SteelTrace, Mr. Melville was the Vice President of Corporate Development at MobShop, a pioneer in Online Commerce. Prior to MobShop Mr. Melville was a senior member of Exchange.com, a leading player in the Online marketplace space. Exchange.com was sold to Amazon.com in 1999. Mr. Melville holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business, a Masters in Public Administration degree from Harvard's JFK School of Government and an Honors BComm in Finance from the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Melville commented, "Communicate.com has huge potential and I am very excited to help build a world class, truly global Internet company."

About Communicate.com

Communicate.com is building a platform for growth. Using a powerful domain name, distributed tools like widgets, social platforms, search, peer to peer networks and off-line media, each Communicate.com property will become the leading destination for a specific interest, audience or customer. Founded in 1994, Communicate.com is based in Vancouver, British Columbia with an office in Seattle, Washington and is publicly traded on the NASD OTCBB. For more information, visit www.Communicate.com.

Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Communicate.com Inc. believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions; it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include financial performance, regulatory changes, changes in economic conditions and other risks detailed from time to time in Communicate.com's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.