EXHIBIT 99.1

                 STAMPS.COM COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF iSHIP.COM

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - March 8, 2000 - Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP), the leading
provider of Internet mailing and shipping services, today announced that it has
completed its acquisition of online shipping company iShip.com.

Based in Bellevue, Wash., iShip.com allows customers to access multi-carrier
shipping choices and convenience, with package pricing, shipping, and tracking
right from the desktop.  The company was founded in 1997 by the same management
team that built United Parcel Service (UPS) Online Professional, the world's
most powerful shipping and tracking software.  The iShip.com service allows rate
and delivery comparisons among multiple carriers, including U.S. Postal Service,
UPS, FedEx and Airborne Express, and the ability to purchase and print labels
online.

On Mar. 7, 2000, iShip.com became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stamps.com.
Stamps.com will issue up to eight million shares of Stamps.com common stock --
800,000 of which will be placed in a one-year escrow -- for all outstanding
shares, options and warrants of iShip.com.  The acquisition will be accounted
for under the purchase method of accounting, and Stamps.com's financial reports
for the first fiscal quarter of 2000 (ending Mar. 31) will include iShip.com.
The company expects to record a one-time charge in the first quarter of 2000
related to the merger.

The acquisition establishes Stamps.com as a single marketplace on the Web for
shipping and mailing services and information, benefiting both customers and
carriers and revolutionizing the way mailing and shipping services are offered.
Anchored by Stamps.com's relationship with the U.S. Postal Service and
iShip.com's relationship with UPS, Stamps.com is well positioned to take
advantage of the rise in e-commerce shipments.

About Stamps.com

Founded in 1996, Santa Monica-based Stamps.com is the leading provider of
Internet-based mailing and shipping services. Its highly secure Internet Postage
service was approved by the US Postal Service in August of 1999 after an
exhaustive two-year regulatory evaluation and field beta test.  The company's
innovative technology eliminates the need for specialized postage metering
hardware by giving customers the flexibility to print postage over the Internet
- - securely, accurately and fast.  Through partnerships with major companies like
America Online, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Office Depot, Intuit and 3M,
Stamps.com has tremendous reach into the small office/home office and consumer
markets.  More information about the company can be found at www.stamps.com.
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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Important factors, including risks associated with the
acquisition and with integrating iShip.com into Stamps.com., could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements and
are detailed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from
time to time by Stamps.com, including its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 1999 and its registration statement on Form S-4, as amended, that
was declared effective by the SEC on February 14, 2000. Stamps.com undertakes no
obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward looking statements
to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Stamps.com Inc. All other brands and names are property of their respective
owners.