<PAGE>


     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 1999.

                                                 Registration No. 333-_____

             ======================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                            INTERNET.COM CORPORATION
                            ------------------------
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)


            Delaware                                        06-1542480
--------------------------------                       ---------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction                           (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                      Identification Number)


                                20 Ketchum Street
                           Westport, Connecticut 06880
                           ----------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


               internet.com Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
               --------------------------------------------------


                                 Alan M. Meckler
                                    Chairman
                           and Chief Executive Officer
                            internet.com Corporation
                                20 Ketchum Street
                           Westport, Connecticut 06880
                                 (203) 226-6967
                       -----------------------------------
                      (Name, address and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)


                                    COPY TO:
                             William J. Grant, Esq.
                            Willkie Farr & Gallagher
                               787 Seventh Avenue
                            New York, New York 10019
                                 (212) 728-8000


                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

---------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- -------------------
Title of         Amount to be   Proposed        Proposed        Amount of
Securities to    registered(1)  maximum         maximum       registration
be Registered                   offering price  aggregate       fee
                                per share (2)   offering
                                                price (2)
---------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- -------------------
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per   2,000,000        $14.00    $28,000,000.00     $7,784.00
share

(1)      Represents the shares of common stock of internet.com  Corporation (the
         "Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the internet.com  Corporation 1999
         Stock Incentive Plan.

(2)      Estimated  solely for calculating the amount of the  registration  fee,
         pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act
         of 1933 (the "Securities  Act"),  based upon the offering price for the
         Common Stock upon the Company's initial public offering of Common Stock
         registered  on  the  Company's  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-1,
         Registration No. 333-76331.



<PAGE>


                                     PART II

                           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents,  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  (the   "Commission")   by  internet.com   Corporation,   a  Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), are incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement:

         (a) The Company's  Prospectus filed in connection with the Registration
         Statement on Form S-1,  Registration No. 333-76331,  filed on April 15,
         1999,  pursuant to the Securities  Act, as amended by Amendment Nos. 1,
         2, 3, 4 and 5, filed on May 19, 1999, May 21, 1999,  June 3, 1999, June
         21,  1999 and  June  23,  1999,  respectively  (collectively,  the "S-1
         Registration Statement"), pursuant to the Securities Act;

         (b) The description of the Company's  common stock, par value $0.01 per
         share  (the  "Common  Stock"),   incorporated  by  reference  into  the
         Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  filed on June 16, 1999
         pursuant  to the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the
         "Exchange Act"), contained in the S-1 Registration Statement.

         In addition,  all  documents  filed by the Company with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections  13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent
to the  date of  this  Registration  Statement  and  prior  to the  filing  of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby
have been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to
be a part  hereof  from  the  date of the  filing  of such  documents  with  the
Commission.  Any  statement  contained in a document  incorporated  by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded  for purposes  hereof to the
extent that a statement  contained  herein (or in any other  subsequently  filed
document which also is incorporated by reference  herein) modifies or supersedes
such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed to
constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.

Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Inapplicable

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Inapplicable


<PAGE>



Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     Section 145 of the Delaware  General  Corporation Law authorizes a court to
award,  or a corporation's  board of directors to grant,  indemnity to directors
and officers in terms  sufficiently broad to permit such  indemnification  under
certain  circumstances  for liabilities  (including  reimbursement  for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

     As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Amended
and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  includes a provision that eliminates
the personal  liability  of its  directors  for  monetary  damages for breach of
fiduciary  duty as a director,  except for  liability  (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional  misconduct or a knowing
violation of law,  (iii) under section 174 of the Delaware  General  Corporation
Law  (regarding  unlawful  dividends  and  stock  purchases)  or  (iv)  for  any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

     As  permitted by the Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, the Bylaws of the
Company  provide that (i) the Company is required to indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest  extent  permitted by the Delaware  General  Corporation
Law, subject to certain very limited exceptions,  (ii) the Company may indemnify
its other employees and agents as set forth in the Delaware General  Corporation
Law,  (iii) the Company is required to advance  expenses,  as  incurred,  to its
directors and executive  officers in connection  with a legal  proceeding to the
fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, subject to
certain very limited  exceptions and (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are
not exclusive.

     The Company intends to enter into  Indemnification  Agreements with each of
its  directors  and  executive  officers  to give such  directors  and  officers
additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set
forth in the Company's Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation and to
provide  additional  procedural  protections.  At  present,  there is no pending
litigation  or  proceeding  involving  a  director,  officer or  employee of the
Company regarding which  indemnification  is sought, nor is the Company aware of
any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.

     Reference  is also made to Section 6 of the  Purchase  Agreement  among the
Company,  U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.,  William Blair & Company,  L.L.C. and

                                       2

<PAGE>


DLJdirect  Inc.  filed  in  connection  with  and as  Exhibit  1.01  to the  S-1
Registration  Statement,  which  provides for the  indemnification  of officers,
directors and controlling  persons of the Company against certain liabilities in
connection  with the Company's  initial  public  offering.  The  indemnification
provision in the Company's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation,
Bylaws and the  Indemnification  Agreements entered into between the Company and
each of its directors and executive officers may be sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification   of  the  Company's   directors  and  executive   officers  for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

     The Company, with approval by the Company's Board of Directors,  expects to
obtain directors' and officers' liability insurance.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Inapplicable

Item 8.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibits
----------        -----------------------

     5            Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher  regarding the legality of
                  the securities being registered.

   23.1           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

   23.2           Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).

   24             Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page).

Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

     1. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:

                     (i) to include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3)
                     of the Securities Act;

                     (ii) to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or  events
                     arising  after  the  effective  date  of  the  Registration


                                       3

<PAGE>


                     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 the
                     Registration Statement;

                     (iii) to include any material  information  with respect to
                     the plan of  distribution  not previously  disclosed in the
                     Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to  such
                     information in the Registration Statement;

provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(i)  and  (a)(ii)  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 Company  pursuant to
Section  13 or  Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that  are  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement.

          (b) 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  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (c) 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.

     2. The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's
annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of the Exchange Act
that is incorporated by reference in the 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.

     3. Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a  director, officer or  controlling person of the  Company in the successful


                                       4

<PAGE>


defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling  person in connection with the securities being  registered,  the
Company  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.


                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act, the Company  certifies
that it has reasonable  grounds to believe that it meets all of 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 Town
of Westport, State of Connecticut, on this 24th day of June, 1999.



                                    INTERNET.COM CORPORATION


                                    By:  /s/ Alan M. Meckler
                                         --------------------------
                                         Alan M. Meckler
                                         Chairman and Chief
                                         Executive Officer


                                       5

<PAGE>


                          POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned officers and directors of internet.com  Corporation
hereby   severally   constitutes   and   appoints   Alan  M.   Meckler   as  the
attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power
of substitution,  to sign any and all pre- or post-effective  amendments to this
Registration  Statement,  any  subsequent  Registration  Statement  for the same
offering  which may be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any and all pre- or post-effective amendments thereto, and
to file the same  with  exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in  connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  granting  unto said
attorney-in-fact  full power and  authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each said  attorney-in-fact  may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:


          Signature                      Title                       Date
          ---------                      -----                       ----

/s/ Alan M. Meckler
-------------------------
Alan M. Meckler                   Director, Chairman             June 23, 1999
                                  and Chief Executive Officer



/s/ Christopher S. Cardell
--------------------------
Christopher S. Cardell            Director, President            June 23, 1999
                                  and Chief Operating Officer



/s/ Christopher J. Baudouin
----------------------------
Christopher J. Baudouin          Chief Financial Officer         June 23, 1999


                                       6

<PAGE>


                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.    Description of Exhibit
-----------    ----------------------

      5        Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher regarding the legality of the
               securities being registered.

     23.1      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

     23.2      Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).

     24        Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page).
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 1999.

                                                 Registration No. 333-_____

             ======================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM S-8
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            INTERNET.COM CORPORATION
                            ------------------------
               (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                        06-1542480
--------------------------------                       ---------------------
  (State or other jurisdiction                           (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                      Identification Number)

                                20 Ketchum Street
                           Westport, Connecticut 06880
                           ----------------------------
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

               internet.com Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan
               --------------------------------------------------

                                 Alan M. Meckler
                                    Chairman
                           and Chief Executive Officer
                            internet.com Corporation
                                20 Ketchum Street
                           Westport, Connecticut 06880
                                 (203) 226-6967
                       -----------------------------------
                      (Name, address and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    COPY TO:
                             William J. Grant, Esq.
                            Willkie Farr & Gallagher
                               787 Seventh Avenue
                            New York, New York 10019
                                 (212) 728-8000

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

---------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- -------------------
Title of         Amount to be   Proposed        Proposed        Amount of
Securities to    registered(1)  maximum         maximum       registration
be Registered                   offering price  aggregate       fee
                                per share (2)   offering
                                                price (2)
---------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- -------------------
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per   2,000,000        $14.00    $28,000,000.00     $7,784.00
share

(1)      Represents the shares of common stock of internet.com  Corporation (the
         "Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the internet.com  Corporation 1999
         Stock Incentive Plan.

(2)      Estimated  solely for calculating the amount of the  registration  fee,
         pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act
         of 1933 (the "Securities  Act"),  based upon the offering price for the
         Common Stock upon the Company's initial public offering of Common Stock
         registered  on  the  Company's  Registration  Statement  on  Form  S-1,
         Registration No. 333-76331.
PART II

                           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

         The  following  documents,  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  (the   "Commission")   by  internet.com   Corporation,   a  Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), are incorporated by reference into the Registration
Statement:

         (a) The Company's  Prospectus filed in connection with the Registration
         Statement on Form S-1,  Registration No. 333-76331,  filed on April 15,
         1999,  pursuant to the Securities  Act, as amended by Amendment Nos. 1,
         2, 3, 4 and 5, filed on May 19, 1999, May 21, 1999,  June 3, 1999, June
         21,  1999 and  June  23,  1999,  respectively  (collectively,  the "S-1
         Registration Statement"), pursuant to the Securities Act;

         (b) The description of the Company's  common stock, par value $0.01 per
         share  (the  "Common  Stock"),   incorporated  by  reference  into  the
         Company's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A,  filed on June 16, 1999
         pursuant  to the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended  (the
         "Exchange Act"), contained in the S-1 Registration Statement.

         In addition,  all  documents  filed by the Company with the  Commission
pursuant to Sections  13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent
to the  date of  this  Registration  Statement  and  prior  to the  filing  of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby
have been sold or which  deregisters all securities then remaining  unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to
be a part  hereof  from  the  date of the  filing  of such  documents  with  the
Commission.  Any  statement  contained in a document  incorporated  by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded  for purposes  hereof to the
extent that a statement  contained  herein (or in any other  subsequently  filed
document which also is incorporated by reference  herein) modifies or supersedes
such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed to
constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.

Item 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

         Inapplicable

Item 5.  INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

         Inapplicable
Item 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     Section 145 of the Delaware  General  Corporation Law authorizes a court to
award,  or a corporation's  board of directors to grant,  indemnity to directors
and officers in terms  sufficiently broad to permit such  indemnification  under
certain  circumstances  for liabilities  (including  reimbursement  for expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act.

     As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company's Amended
and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  includes a provision that eliminates
the personal  liability  of its  directors  for  monetary  damages for breach of
fiduciary  duty as a director,  except for  liability  (i) for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional  misconduct or a knowing
violation of law,  (iii) under section 174 of the Delaware  General  Corporation
Law  (regarding  unlawful  dividends  and  stock  purchases)  or  (iv)  for  any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

     As  permitted by the Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, the Bylaws of the
Company  provide that (i) the Company is required to indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest  extent  permitted by the Delaware  General  Corporation
Law, subject to certain very limited exceptions,  (ii) the Company may indemnify
its other employees and agents as set forth in the Delaware General  Corporation
Law,  (iii) the Company is required to advance  expenses,  as  incurred,  to its
directors and executive  officers in connection  with a legal  proceeding to the
fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware  General  Corporation  Law, subject to
certain very limited  exceptions and (iv) the rights conferred in the Bylaws are
not exclusive.

     The Company intends to enter into  Indemnification  Agreements with each of
its  directors  and  executive  officers  to give such  directors  and  officers
additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of the indemnification set
forth in the Company's Amended and Restated  Certificate of Incorporation and to
provide  additional  procedural  protections.  At  present,  there is no pending
litigation  or  proceeding  involving  a  director,  officer or  employee of the
Company regarding which  indemnification  is sought, nor is the Company aware of
any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.

     Reference  is also made to Section 6 of the  Purchase  Agreement  among the
Company,  U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc.,  William Blair & Company,  L.L.C. and

                                       2
DLJdirect  Inc.  filed  in  connection  with  and as  Exhibit  1.01  to the  S-1
Registration  Statement,  which  provides for the  indemnification  of officers,
directors and controlling  persons of the Company against certain liabilities in
connection  with the Company's  initial  public  offering.  The  indemnification
provision in the Company's  Amended and Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation,
Bylaws and the  Indemnification  Agreements entered into between the Company and
each of its directors and executive officers may be sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification   of  the  Company's   directors  and  executive   officers  for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act.

     The Company, with approval by the Company's Board of Directors,  expects to
obtain directors' and officers' liability insurance.

Item 7.  EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

         Inapplicable

Item 8.  EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.       Description of Exhibits
----------        -----------------------

     5            Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher  regarding the legality of
                  the securities being registered.

   23.1           Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

   23.2           Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).

   24             Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page).

Item 9.  UNDERTAKINGS

     1. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

         (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:

                     (i) to include any prospectus  required by Section 10(a)(3)
                     of the Securities Act;

                     (ii) to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or  events
                     arising  after  the  effective  date  of  the  Registration

                                       3
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 the
                     Registration Statement;

                     (iii) to include any material  information  with respect to
                     the plan of  distribution  not previously  disclosed in the
                     Registration  Statement  or any  material  change  to  such
                     information in the Registration Statement;

provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (a)(i)  and  (a)(ii)  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 Company  pursuant to
Section  13 or  Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that  are  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement.

          (b) 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  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

          (c) 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.

     2. The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's
annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of the Exchange Act
that is incorporated by reference in the 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.

     3. Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a  director, officer or  controlling person of the  Company in the successful

                                       4
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling  person in connection with the securities being  registered,  the
Company  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.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act, the Company  certifies
that it has reasonable  grounds to believe that it meets all of 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 Town
of Westport, State of Connecticut, on this 24th day of June, 1999.

                                    INTERNET.COM CORPORATION

                                    By:  /s/ Alan M. Meckler
                                         --------------------------
                                         Alan M. Meckler
                                         Chairman and Chief
                                         Executive Officer

                                       5
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned officers and directors of internet.com  Corporation
hereby   severally   constitutes   and   appoints   Alan  M.   Meckler   as  the
attorney-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power
of substitution,  to sign any and all pre- or post-effective  amendments to this
Registration  Statement,  any  subsequent  Registration  Statement  for the same
offering  which may be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any and all pre- or post-effective amendments thereto, and
to file the same  with  exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in  connection
therewith,  with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission,  granting  unto said
attorney-in-fact  full power and  authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,  hereby ratifying
and confirming all that each said  attorney-in-fact  may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:

          Signature                      Title                       Date
          ---------                      -----                       ----

/s/ Alan M. Meckler
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Alan M. Meckler                   Director, Chairman             June 23, 1999
                                  and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Christopher S. Cardell
--------------------------
Christopher S. Cardell            Director, President            June 23, 1999
                                  and Chief Operating Officer

/s/ Christopher J. Baudouin
----------------------------
Christopher J. Baudouin          Chief Financial Officer         June 23, 1999

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.    Description of Exhibit
-----------    ----------------------

      5        Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher regarding the legality of the
               securities being registered.

     23.1      Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.

     23.2      Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher (included in Exhibit 5).

     24        Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page).