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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;8, 2000  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=4><B>NETWORK COMMERCE&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>(FORMERLY SHOPNOW.COM&nbsp;INC.)</B></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=1>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Washington<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>91-1628103<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>411 First Avenue South<BR>
Suite 200 North<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98104</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>NETWORK COMMERCE&nbsp;INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED<BR>
1999 NONOFFICER EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
NETWORK COMMERCE&nbsp;INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 COMBINED INCENTIVE AND<BR>
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Full title of the plans) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>DWAYNE M. WALKER<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Network Commerce&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
411 First Avenue South<BR>
Suite 200 North<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98104<BR>
(206)&nbsp;223-1996<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Copies to:<BR>
Edmund O. Belsheim, Jr.<BR>
Perkins Coie LLP<BR>
1201 Third Avenue, 48th Floor<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TH WIDTH="25%" COLSPAN=4 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>
to Be Registered<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to Be<BR>
Registered(1)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="21%" COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price Per Share(2)<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="18%" COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering Price<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TH WIDTH="14%" COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
Registration Fee<BR> </B></FONT><BR></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="25%" COLSPAN=4><FONT SIZE=1>Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share under the:</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="12%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="22%" COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=1>Network Commerce Inc. 1999 Nonofficer Employee Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>4,000,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>5.84375</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>23,375,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>6,171.00</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="22%" COLSPAN=3><FONT SIZE=1>Network Commerce Inc. Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>2,500,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>5.84375</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>14,609,375</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>3,856.88</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=1>TOTAL</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="13%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>6,500,0000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>5.84375</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>37,984,375</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=1>$</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="12%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=1>10,027.88</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=1>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=1>Together
with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the plans as the result of any
future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment to the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=1>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=1>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high
($6) and low ($5.6875) sales prices for the Common Stock on September&nbsp;7, 2000 as reported for such date on the Nasdaq National Market. </FONT></DD></DL>
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NAME="ja1801_part_ii_information_req__ja102312"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT         </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed on February&nbsp;10, 2000, for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1999, which contains
audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The
Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2000 and June&nbsp;30, 2000; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The
Registrant's Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on December&nbsp;29, 1999, December&nbsp;30, 1999, May&nbsp;22, 2000 and June&nbsp;16,
2000, and its Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A filed on January&nbsp;7, 2000; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on July&nbsp;14, 1999, under
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;All
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the filing of the Annual and Quarterly
Reports referred to above. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act. Article&nbsp;5 of the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws provides for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted by Washington law. The directors and
officers of the registrant also may be indemnified against liability they may incur for serving in that capacity pursuant to a liability insurance policy maintained by the registrant for such purpose. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;23B.08.320
of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for acts or omissions as a director, except in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transactions
from which the director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not entitled. Article&nbsp;10 of the </FONT></P>

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Registrant's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation contains provisions implementing, to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, such limitations on a director's liability to the
Registrant and its shareholders. </FONT></P>

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directors and officers of the Registrant also may be indemnified against liability they may incur for serving in that capacity pursuant to a liability insurance policy maintained
by the registrant for such purpose. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. EXHIBITS  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (Independent Accountants)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (see signature page)</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Nonofficer Employee Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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99.2</FONT></TD>
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Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

<UL>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>provided, however, </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and (1)(ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the </FONT></P>

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securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue. </FONT></P>

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NAME="jc1801_signatures"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES         </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle,
State of Washington, on the 7th day of September, 2000. </FONT></P>

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By:</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DWAYNE M. WALKER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Dwayne M. Walker<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><A
NAME="jc1801_power_of_attorney"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY         </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Dwayne M. Walker and Alan D. Koslow, or either of them, as attorneys-in-fact with
full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement,
including any and all post-effective amendments. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the 7th day of
September, 2000. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DWAYNE M. WALKER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Dwayne M. Walker<BR></FONT>
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<TD WIDTH="48%"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ALAN D. KOSLOW</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Alan D. Koslow</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JACOB I. FRIESEL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jacob I. Friesel</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID M. LONSDALE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David M. Lonsdale</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BRET R. MAXWELL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Bret R. Maxwell</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARK C. MCCLURE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mark C. McClure</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN R. SNEDEGAR</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John R. Snedegar</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARK H. TERBEEK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mark H. Terbeek</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>EYTAN J. LOMBROSO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Eytan J. Lombroso</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Nonofficer Employee Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2000
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NETWORK COMMERCE INC.
(FORMERLY SHOPNOW.COM INC.)
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Washington
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
91-1628103
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
411 First Avenue South
Suite 200 North
Seattle, Washington 98104
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
NETWORK COMMERCE INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED
1999 NONOFFICER EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
NETWORK COMMERCE INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1996 COMBINED INCENTIVE AND
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
DWAYNE M. WALKER
Chief Executive Officer
Network Commerce Inc.
411 First Avenue South
Suite 200 North
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 223-1996
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Edmund O. Belsheim, Jr.
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, 48th Floor
Seattle, Washington 98101-3099
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to Be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share under the:
Network Commerce Inc. 1999 Nonofficer Employee Stock Option Plan
4,000,000
$
5.84375
$
23,375,000
$
6,171.00
Network Commerce Inc. Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
2,500,000
$
5.84375
$
14,609,375
$
3,856.88
TOTAL
6,500,0000
$
5.84375
$
37,984,375
$
10,027.88
(1)
Together
with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the plans as the result of any
future stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment to the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high
($6) and low ($5.6875) sales prices for the Common Stock on September 7, 2000 as reported for such date on the Nasdaq National Market.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:
(a) The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 10, 2000, for the year ended December 31, 1999, which contains
audited financial statements for the most recent fiscal year for which such statements have been filed;
(b) The
Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2000 and June 30, 2000;
(c) The
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December 29, 1999, December 30, 1999, May 22, 2000 and June 16,
2000, and its Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on January 7, 2000;
(d) The
description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on July 14, 1999, under
Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(e) All
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the filing of the Annual and Quarterly
Reports referred to above.
All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities covered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which such documents are filed.
Item 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
Item 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
None.
Item 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sections 23B.08.500 through 23B.08.600 of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorize a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant,
indemnification to directors and officers on terms sufficiently broad to permit indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities arising under the Securities Act. Article 5 of the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws provides for indemnification of the Registrant's directors, officers, employees and agents to the maximum extent permitted by Washington law. The directors and
officers of the registrant also may be indemnified against liability they may incur for serving in that capacity pursuant to a liability insurance policy maintained by the registrant for such purpose.
Section 23B.08.320
of the Washington Business Corporation Act authorizes a corporation to limit a director's liability to the corporation or its shareholders for monetary
damages for acts or omissions as a director, except in certain circumstances involving intentional misconduct, self-dealing or illegal corporate loans or distributions, or any transactions
from which the director personally receives a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not entitled. Article 10 of the
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Registrant's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation contains provisions implementing, to the fullest extent permitted by Washington law, such limitations on a director's liability to the
Registrant and its shareholders.
The
directors and officers of the Registrant also may be indemnified against liability they may incur for serving in that capacity pursuant to a liability insurance policy maintained
by the registrant for such purpose.
Item 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
Item 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (Independent Accountants)
23.2
Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
99.1
Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Nonofficer Employee Stock Option Plan
99.2
Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
Item 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)  To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the
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securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b) The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle,
State of Washington, on the 7th day of September, 2000.
NETWORK COMMERCE INC.
By:
/s/
DWAYNE M. WALKER
Dwayne M. Walker
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below authorizes Dwayne M. Walker and Alan D. Koslow, or either of them, as attorneys-in-fact with
full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on the behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement,
including any and all post-effective amendments.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the 7th day of
September, 2000.
Signature
Title
/s/
DWAYNE M. WALKER
Dwayne M. Walker
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
ALAN D. KOSLOW
Alan D. Koslow
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
JACOB I. FRIESEL
Jacob I. Friesel
Director
/s/
DAVID M. LONSDALE
David M. Lonsdale
Director
/s/
BRET R. MAXWELL
Bret R. Maxwell
Director
/s/
MARK C. MCCLURE
Mark C. McClure
Director
/s/
JOHN R. SNEDEGAR
John R. Snedegar
Director
/s/
MARK H. TERBEEK
Mark H. Terbeek
Director
/s/
EYTAN J. LOMBROSO
Eytan J. Lombroso
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP regarding legality of the Common Stock being registered
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP (Independent Accountants)
23.2
Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
99.1
Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1999 Nonofficer Employee Stock Option Plan
99.2
Network Commerce Inc. Amended and Restated 1996 Combined Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
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