Exhibit 23.1





               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Board of Directors and Stockholders
IBS Interactive, Inc.
Cedar Knolls, New Jersey

We  hereby  consent  to  the   incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Prospectus
constituting  a part of the  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3 of our  report
dated December 9, 1999 relating to the consolidated  financial statements of IBS
Interactive, Inc. appearing in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
December 20, 1999; of our report dated June 1, 1999 relating to the consolidated
financial statements of IBS Interactive, Inc. appearing in the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 1999;  of our report  dated March 29,  1999,
relating to the  consolidated  financial  statements  of IBS  Interactive,  Inc.
appearing  in the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-KSB  for the year ended
December  31, 1998 filed on March 31,  1999;  of our report  dated July 22, 1999
relating to the financial statements of Spencer Analysis,  Inc. appearing in the
Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K/A filed on  September  13,  1999;  of our
report dated May 26, 1999 relating to the December 31, 1998 financial statements
of Spectrum Information Systems,  Inc. appearing in the Company's Current Report
on Form 8-K/A  filed on June 2, 1999;  of our report  dated  February  22,  1999
relating to the financial  statements of Halo Network Management,  LLC appearing
in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 26, 1999, and of
our report  dated  November 30, 1998  relating to the  financial  statements  of
DesignFX  Interactive,  LLC  appearing in the Company's  Current  Report on Form
8-K/A filed on December 9, 1998.

We also  consent  to the  reference  to us under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Prospectus.


/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP


December 20, 1999