LONDON & BOSTON (Billboard Publicity Wire via Business Wire EON) April 30, 2008 -- The renowned heavy metal rock band JUDAS PRIEST (www.judaspriest.com) has signed a three-year contract with Paid Inc.’s (OTCBB: PAYD) celebrity services business for fan club activities and VIP ticket packages. The highly theatrical and extremely popular ‘Metal Gods’ announced this newly contracted partnership while continuing their international tour, and amid eager anticipation of their long-awaited Nostradamus concept album, a metal opera based on the life and predictions of the famed 16th century French seer Nostradamus.

JUDAS PRIEST continues to give off such a strong presence, and their longevity and extreme popularity are truly the stuff of legend

The partnership with Paid, Inc. will boost PRIEST’s ability to communicate with their fans all over the world, create a vibrant, active fan community and to offer a larger-than-life fan experience through a VIP fan experience packages with features such as premium seating, meet & greets with band members and pre-concert parties.

“JUDAS PRIEST continues to give off such a strong presence, and their longevity and extreme popularity are truly the stuff of legend,” said Keith Garde, president of Paid celebrity services. “Paid is pleased to have the opportunity to step in and assist them in making their online presence, fan activities and VIP fan experience ticket packages match the level that their fans desire. Through our proven methods of handling online presence, fan relations and VIP package fulfillment, we will build on those connections. Fans will feel much more in tune with JUDAS PRIEST even when they are halfway across the globe.”

On April 21st, JUDAS PRIEST announced that they will co-headline “The Metal Masters Tour” -- a 16-event tour with Heaven and Hell, Motorhead, and Testament that is sure to be the heavy metal event of 2008. (www.judaspriest.com/biog/doc/JudasPriestLiveNationPressRelease.pdf)

Metal Master Tour VIP fan experience packages coordinated by Paid, Inc., are on sale now via Ticketmaster, with additional events going on sale soon. VIP ticket information and tour schedules are available at www.JudasPriest.com for the following events:

Originally formed in Birmingham, England, by guitarist K. K. Downing and bassist Ian Hill in 1970, JUDAS PRIEST's veteran line-up consists of Downing, Hill, Rob Halford (vocals) and Glenn Tipton (guitar) and drummer Scott Travis. Clearly one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, JUDAS PRIEST is credited with launching the New Wave of British Heavy Metal music in the late 70s by consistently delivering distinctive, highly polished musical performances both on stage and in the recording studio. While wielding this powerful influence on the heavy metal music genre, Priest became wildly popular with fans for their leather-and-chains theatrics and signature sound, characterized as a blend of gothic doom and fast, powerful riffs laden with their own special ingredient, the relentless two-lead guitar attack.

Since the early 1980s JUDAS PRIEST has been a top concert attraction around the world, and their albums have sold over 35 million copies worldwide.

About Paid, Inc.:

Paid, Inc. operates a diversified set of businesses, including its celebrity services and AuctionInc ecommerce technology businesses. Using proprietary patented technology, Paid's innovative AuctionInc brand shipping calculation and auction management software and services are utilized to streamline online auctions, ecommerce and web site development and hosting. Paid, Inc.’s celebrity services provides celebrities and organizations with official Web sites and fan club services that include e-commerce storefronts, ticketing and fan experience packages and web site content to attract tens of thousands of visitors daily, as detailed on its web site, www.paidcelebrity.com. The Company also sponsors autograph signing events and other sports marketing services for sports clientele. The Company's common stock is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol PAYD. For further information, visit http://www.paid.com.

Forward Looking Statements:

This Press Release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are based upon current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, including matters related to the Company's operations, profitability, business development efforts, and expectations about celebrity programs and fan club activities, technologies, and services. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements and the assumptions upon which they are based are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations and assumptions will prove to have been correct. The reader is cautioned not to put undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as these statements are subject to numerous factors and uncertainties. In addition, other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are discussed in the Company's most recent filings, including Form 10-KSB with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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