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Press Release Source: IDS Worldwide, Inc.


IDS Worldwide, Inc. to File IPO for 995ad.com Division
Tuesday February 7, 10:56 am ET


IDS Worldwide Announces IPO and Media Campaign for 995ad.com Division


ORLANDO, FL--(MARKET WIRE)--Feb 7, 2006 -- IDS Worldwide, Inc. (Other OTC:IDWD.PK - News) today announced that this week the company has received unsolicited offers for equity investments in IDS 995ad.com Division. IDS Board of Directors feels at this time it will keep to its previous announced plan of an IPO for the 995ad.com Division. IDS Board feels that this course of action will produce more beneficial long-term value for IDS Common Stockholders. IDS Board of Directors does not feel that merging with another public company is in the best interests of IDS shareholders at this time. IDS expects to file for an IPO for the 995ad.com Division in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The IPO is projected to raise $ 25 Million for 995ad.com after associated fees and expenses.
IDS 995ad.com Division continues to experience increased traffic with absolutely no advertising at this time. According to web traffic resource, www.ranking.com, IDS portal www.995ad.com is the 38,992 highest traffic site in the world at this time. More importantly, even with no advertising during the latest ranking period 995ad.com's average unique visitors were 4,753 compared to industry veteran Autotrader.com(TM) unique visitor average of 6,307. A difference of only 1554 visitors with IDS running no advertising during the latest ranking period.

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IDS' massive national advertising campaign begins this week with direct mail to every auto dealer in Florida and Georgia. IDS will also re-launch its successful Google(TM) campaign which constantly ranked 995ad.com in the Top 6 auto sites on the Internet. This initial campaign will introduce 995ad.com dealer pricing for advertising in the Auto Section. 995ad.com's auto dealer pricing which will allow dealers to place 15 premium position car ads (positioning based on geographic or car model selections) with up to 9 pictures, 7,000 character text ad, email link, website link, audio ad and instant Carfax(TM) IDS portal 995ad.com also will allow dealers, through its proprietary backend management system to change cars, pricing and special offers in real-time at no additional monthly cost. The auto dealer cost for this program is only $99.00 per month, giving auto dealers an approximate 500% monthly saving and greater functionality over the competing online auto sites.

IDS is in the process of reviewing application for its expansion of 995ad.com into over 100 major cities in the United States and expects all 100 cities to be staffed by March 15, 2006. 995ad.com representatives in these cities will present the significant cost savings and functionality of advertising on 995ad.com over the current online Auto, Boat, Truck, Cycle and Real Estate sites.

IDS is also concluding negotiations with a national syndicated Radio show to promote 995ad.com during the morning drive times nationwide. IDS expects to launch this media campaign in the coming weeks.

IDS 995ad.com's Travel Section is now available for live booking at over 70,000 Worldwide Resorts and Hotels. 995ad.com is implementing numerous upgrades to both the software and hardware for the site on a daily basis. In the coming weeks users will be able to use a new mapping service to pinpoint dealers for autos, trucks, boats, houses and apartments. Leading competitors have already proven the business model that assures these companies spend billions each year to advertise their products and services. The 995ad.com business model just gives the customer additionally functionality not available through 995ad.com's competitors and offers greatly reduced prices.

For further information: http://www.ids-worldwide.com and http://www.995ad.com.

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