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YP.NET  ANNOUNCES 68% INCREASE IN ACTIVATED CUSTOMERS AND 84% INCREASE IN PAYING
CUSTOMERS

Mesa,  Arizona  -  (Business  Wire)
(January  13,  2004)

YP.Net(TM),  (OTC  BB:  YPNT),  a  leading provider of Internet Yellow Pages and
related  services,  announced  today  that  the  Company  had  283,064 activated
Internet Advertising Package ("IAP") customers as of December 31, 2003, compared
to  168,980  activated  IAP  customers  at  December  31,  2002, representing an
increase  of  approximately  68%.

On  a  sequential quarter basis, the Company showed an increase of approximately
11%  in  activated  IAP  customers above the 255,376 activated IAP customers the
Company  had  on  September  30,  2003.

Activated  customers include those Advertisers that are currently paying for the
IAP  service,  as  well  as  those  Advertisers  that have signed-up for the IAP
service  but  have  not  necessarily been billed and begun their payment for the
service.

The  Company  tracks  new  customers  both  on  total  activations  and  paying
subscribers.  The  numbers  reported above are total activated subscribers.  The
number  of  paying  customers  climbed  from  137,346 as of December 31, 2002 to
252,915  as of December 31, 2003, representing an increase of approximately 84%.

On  a  sequential quarter basis, the Company showed an increase of approximately
14%  in  paying IAP customers above the 221,537 paying IAP customers the Company
had  on  September  30,  2003.

Angelo  Tullo,  YP.Net's Chairman and CEO stated, "The continued strength in our
business  model  is  reflected  in  these  increasing  customer  counts.  We are
particularly  pleased  with  our  growth  in  paying  customers  as  well as our
continued  growth  overall."

About  YP.Net,  Inc.

YP.Net  Inc., a leading provider of Internet-based Yellow Pages services, offers
an  Internet  Advertising  Package  ("IAP") that includes a Mini-WebPage(TM) and
Preferred Listing through its Yellow Pages web site at www.YP.Com. The Company's
web site contains listings for approximately 18 million businesses in the United
States  and  150  million  individuals  in  the  United States and Canada. As of
September  30,  2003,  YP.Net,  Inc.  has  255,376  IAP  advertisers.

YP.Net  also  provides  an  array of other Internet services that complement its
Yellow  Pages  web  site,  including  an  Internet  Dial-Up Package(TM) (dial-up
Internet  access)  and  QuickSite(TM)  (web  site  design  &  hosting services).

YP.Net  is  a longstanding member, exhibitor and sponsor of the two major Yellow
Pages trade associations - Yellow Page Integrated Media Association "YPIMA," the
major trade association of Yellow Pages publishers throughout the world, and the
Association  of  Directory Publishers "ADP," which mostly represents independent
Yellow  Pages  publishers.  YP.Net,  Inc.  is  based  in  Mesa,  AZ.  For  more
information,  visit  the  web  site  at  www.YP.Com.
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Contact  Information:

YP.Net,  Inc.

Roger  H.  Bedier
Investor  Relations
YP.Net,  Inc.
480-654-9646  x1239
Fax  480-654-9747


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