NewYorkCityHousing.com, ManhattanHousing.com and BrooklynHousing.com Being Sold

May 23, 2006; 01:12 AM
Minneapolis, MN - GCS International Consulting (GCS), a Minnesota-based business advisory service firm, announced today that it is officially launching a process to sell key housing-related domain names pertaining to New York City and its five surrounding boroughs. The domain names are being offered for sale as a portfolio and consist of www.NewYorkCityHousing.com, www.ManhattanHousing.com, www.BrooklynHousing.com, www.BronxHousing.com, www.QueensHousing.com and www.StatenIslandHousing.com. GCS has been retained by the owner of the domain names, City Internet Ads, to conduct and manage the sales process. “This is the first time a housing-related portfolio of this caliber with a New York City geographic focus has been offered for sale. Given the portfolio’s New York City-wide coverage, significant marketing potential, ease of recognition and ability to attract type-in traffic from consumer’s seeking housing in New York City, the portfolio should serve as a highly useful tool for enhancing the buyer’s position in the competitive New York City housing market,” said Guy Smith, President of GCS International Consulting.

According to a City Internet Ads spokesperson, “City Internet Ads is pleased to be working with GCS on this transaction and views this as a unique opportunity for a buyer to acquire via a single purchase housing.com domain names for the entire New York City metropolitan area.”

GCS has established a preliminary deadline for submitting offers to purchase the portfolio of Friday, June 16, 2006.

City Internet Ads is a Minnesota-based internet company that is one of the largest owners of city-specific housing domain names and websites in the United States and has owned these domain names continuously since 1999.

GCS is a Minnesota-based consulting firm that provides international and domestic business and strategic advisory services to small-, medium- and large-sized enterprises.

All inquiries should be directed to GCS.

GCS International Consulting 4445 West 77th Street, Suite 240 Edina, MN 55435 USA Phone: (952) 960-2210 Facsimile: (952) 960-2211