Press Release - Art Exchange Released by: Richard Gipe Web Site: http://www.art-exchange.com art-exchange.com, inc. launches new third-generation Business Service Platform Email: ragipe@art-exchange.com Keywords: art exchange,buy art work online,sell art work online,wall decorBuy Art, Sell Art, designer, artist Update Date: 9/8/2006 12:27:48 AM Hits: 288 Descrption:  Hot Springs, AR. August 8, 2006 – art-exchange announced today the unveiling of its third-generation Business Service Platform (BSP) designed to meet the needs of the supply-side and professional buy-sides of the fine art market. Under development over the past eight months, the company’s new site features customized “portals” designed to the needs of: i. Sellers, ii. Designers, iii. Community partners (galleries, dealers and professional picture framers), and iv. Retail art buyers. According to Richard Gipe, CEO of art-exchange, “Our new site is really four portals within one site. There is one portal for each industry segment based on the unique needs, wants and desires of each segment! For example, sellers, such as artists and publishers, enter a portal with “how to list your art” messaging. They may list works, attach images, edit content and pricing. Designers find our full service art consultancy along with an array of features making the location, selection and purchasing of art more efficient than ever. Designer pricing is built in for subscribers. Dealers find a “multiple listing service” wherein they may expose owned inventory to the dealer community, gain worldwide exposure for artists these dealers represent, and access “just-in-time inventory” to complete more sales than previously possible with only gallery inventory. Finally, the retail shopper may access over 100,000 different works of art via search engine and even negotiate price over the internet.” Steve Hastings, Chief Operating Officer of Segnant Technologies, cites art-exchange’s innovative business model as having “taken a proven business model and combined it with their art industry presence to create a unique opportunity for serious art professionals of all kinds.” All art sellers, trade buyers, galleries and dealers are invited to browse www.art-exchange.com or to call (800) 647-6336 ext. 100 for a free consultation about how to participate in the world’s only art exchange. Art-exchange previewed its product offerings at the New York ArtExpo, Chicago’s NeoCon, and plans to attend the IHMR .Show (International Hotel Motel Restaurant) in New York this fall. About art-exchange- art-exchange is a business-service-platform company designed to bring services to sellers and buyers of fine art. The company’s searchable database contains approximately 100,000 art listings representing over 10,000 different artists. About Segnant Technologies- Segnant Technologies makes your website your hardest-working employee by focusing on how to make more money from your website. Contact infomation: Richard Gipe, art-exchange.com, Inc., 804 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR 71901, 501-624-1044