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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.2

THIS WARRANT AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED
OR EXERCISED UNLESS AND UNTIL SUCH WARRANT AND/OR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK IS
REGISTERED UNDER SUCH ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
IS OBTAINED TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED. THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT ARE
SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 4 AND 10 OF THIS
WARRANT.

Warrant No. 1                                          Number of Shares: 300,000
                                                         (subject to adjustment)
Date of Issuance: October 30, 2000

                             BEYOND.COM CORPORATION

                          Common Stock Purchase Warrant

                            (Void after three years)

Beyond.com Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for value
received, hereby certifies that Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., or its registered
assigns (the "Registered Holder"), is entitled, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth below, to purchase from the Company, at any time or from
time to time on or after the date of issuance and on or before 5:00 p.m.
(Eastern time) on October 30, 2003, up to 300,000 shares of Common Stock, of the
Company, at a purchase price of $0.8984 per share. The shares purchasable upon
exercise of this Warrant, and the purchase price per share, each as adjusted
from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Warrant, are hereinafter
referred to as the "Warrant Shares" and the "Purchase Price," respectively.

1. EXERCISE.

        (a) This Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder, in whole or
in part, by surrendering this Warrant, with the purchase form appended hereto as
Exhibit I duly executed by the Registered Holder or by the Registered Holder's
duly authorized attorney, at the principal office of the Company, or at such
other office or agency as the Company may designate, accompanied by payment in
full, in lawful money of the United States, of the Purchase Price payable in
respect of the number of Warrant Shares purchased upon such exercise.

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        (b) The Registered Holder may, at its option, elect to pay some or all
of the Purchase Price payable upon an exercise of this Warrant by canceling all
or a portion of this Warrant. If the Registered Holder wishes to exercise this
Warrant by this method, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable (which shall in
no event exceed the total number of Warrant Shares purchasable under this
Warrant as set forth above), subject to adjustment under Section 2 of this
Warrant) shall be determined as follows:

                X = Y[(A-B)/A]; where

X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.

Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being
exercised.

A = the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock.

B = the Purchase Price of one share of Common Stock.

        The Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock shall be determined as
follows:

                (i) If the Common Stock is listed on a national securities
        exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or another nationally recognized
        trading system (including, without limitation, the OTC Bulletin Board
        and, if the average daily trading volume for the preceding 10 days has
        been at least 100,000 shares, the Pink Sheets) as of the Exercise Date,
        the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be
        the average of the high and low reported sale prices per share of Common
        Stock thereon on the trading day immediately preceding the Exercise Date
        (provided that if no such price is reported on such day, the Fair Market
        Value per share of Common Stock shall be determined pursuant to clause
        (ii)).

                (ii) If the Common Stock is not listed on a national securities
        exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or another nationally recognized
        trading system as of the Exercise Date, the Fair Market Value per share
        of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the amount most recently
        determined by the Board of Directors to represent the fair market value
        per share of the Common Stock (including without limitation a
        determination for purposes of granting Common Stock options or issuing
        Common Stock under an employee benefit plan of the Company); and, upon
        request of the Registered Holder, the Board of Directors (or a
        representative thereof) shall promptly notify the Registered Holder of
        the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the
        foregoing, if the Board of Directors has not made such a determination
        within the three-month period prior to the Exercise Date, then (A) the

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        Board of Directors shall make a determination of the Fair Market Value
        per share of the Common Stock within 15 days of a request by the
        Registered Holder that it do so, and (B) the exercise of this Warrant
        pursuant to this subsection 1(b) shall be delayed until such
        determination is made.

        (c) Each exercise of this Warrant shall be deemed to have been effected
immediately prior to the close of business on the day on which this Warrant
shall have been surrendered to the Company as provided in subsection 1(a) above
accompanied by payment in full of the Purchase Price (the "Exercise Date"). At
such time, the person or persons in whose name or names any certificates for
Warrant Shares shall be issuable upon such exercise as provided in subsection
1(d) below shall be deemed to have become the holder or holders of record of the
Warrant Shares represented by such certificates.

        (d) As soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in full or
in part, and in any event within 5 business days thereafter, the Company, at its
expense, will cause to be issued in the name of, and delivered to, the
Registered Holder, or as such Holder (upon payment by such Holder of any
applicable transfer taxes) may direct:

                (i) a certificate or certificates for the number of full Warrant
        Shares to which the Registered Holder shall be entitled upon such
        exercise plus, in lieu of any fractional share to which the Registered
        Holder would otherwise be entitled, cash in an amount determined
        pursuant to Section 3 hereof; and

                (ii) in case such exercise is in part only, a new warrant or
        warrants (dated the date hereof) of like tenor, calling in the aggregate
        on the face or faces thereof for the number of remaining Warrant Shares.

2. ADJUSTMENTS.

        (a) Adjustment for Stock Splits and Combinations. If the Company shall
at any time or from time to time after the date on which this Warrant was first
issued (the "Original Issue Date") effect a subdivision of the outstanding
Common Stock, the Purchase Price then in effect immediately before that
subdivision shall be proportionately decreased. If the Company shall at any time
or from time to time after the Original Issue Date combine the outstanding
shares of Common Stock, the Purchase Price then in effect immediately before the
combination shall be proportionately increased. Any adjustment under this
paragraph shall become effective at the close of business on the date the
subdivision or combination becomes effective.

        (b) Adjustment for Certain Dividends and Distributions. In the event the
Company at any time, or from time to time after the Original Issue Date shall
make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common

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Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in
additional shares of Common Stock, then and in each such event the Purchase
Price then in effect immediately before such event shall be decreased as of the
time of such issuance or, in the event such a record date shall have been fixed,
as of the close of business on such record date, by multiplying the Purchase
Price then in effect by a fraction:

        (1)     the numerator of which shall be the total number of shares of
                Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
                time of such issuance or the close of business on such record
                date, and

        (2)     the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of
                Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
                time of such issuance or the close of business on such record
                date plus the number of shares of Common Stock issuable in
                payment of such dividend or distribution;

provided, however, if such record date shall have been fixed and such dividend
is not fully paid or if such distribution is not fully made on the date fixed
therefor, the Purchase Price shall be recomputed accordingly as of the close of
business on such record date and thereafter the Purchase Price shall be adjusted
pursuant to this paragraph as of the time of actual payment of such dividends or
distributions.

        (c) Adjustment in Number of Warrant Shares. When any adjustment is
required to be made in the Purchase Price pursuant to subsections 2(a) or 2(b),
the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall
be changed to the number determined by dividing (i) an amount equal to the
number of shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to
such adjustment, multiplied by the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to
such adjustment, by (ii) the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such
adjustment.

        (d) Adjustments for Other Dividends and Distributions. In the event the
Company at any time or from time to time after the Original Issue Date shall
make or issue, or fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common
Stock entitled to receive, a dividend or other distribution payable in
securities of the Company (other than shares of Common Stock) or in cash or
other property (other than cash out of earnings or earned surplus, determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles), then and in each such
event provision shall be made so that the Registered Holder shall receive upon
exercise hereof, in addition to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable
hereunder, the kind and amount of securities of the Company and/or cash and
other property which the Registered Holder would have been entitled to receive
had this Warrant been exercised into Common Stock on the date of such event and
had the Registered Holder thereafter, during the period from the date of such
event to and including the Exercise Date, retained any such securities
receivable,

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giving application to all adjustments called for during such period under this
Section 2 with respect to the rights of the Registered Holder.

        (e) Adjustment for Mergers or Reorganizations, etc. If there shall occur
any reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or merger involving the
Company in which the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for securities,
cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by subsections 2(a),
2(b) or 2(d)), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization,
consolidation or merger, the Registered Holder shall receive upon exercise
hereof the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which the
Registered Holder would have been entitled to receive if, immediately prior to
such reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or merger, the Registered
Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Warrant.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if (x) there shall occur any
reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation or merger involving the Company
in which the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for anything other than
solely equity securities, and (y) the common stock of the acquiring or surviving
company is publicly traded, then, as part of any such reorganization,
recapitalization, consolidation or merger, (i) the Registered Holder shall have
the right thereafter to receive upon the exercise hereof such number of shares
of common stock of the acquiring or surviving company as is determined by
multiplying (A) the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to this
Warrant by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Fair Market Value per
share of Common Stock as of the effective date of such transaction, as
determined pursuant to subsection 1(b), and the denominator of which is the fair
market value per share of common stock of the acquiring or surviving company as
of the effective date of such transaction, as determined in good faith by the
Board of Directors of the Company (using the principles set forth in subsection
1(b) to the extent applicable), and (ii) the exercise price per share of common
stock of the acquiring or surviving company shall be the Purchase Price divided
by the fraction referred to in clause (B) above. In any such case, appropriate
adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company) shall be made in the application of the provisions set forth herein
with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the Registered Holder, to
the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 2 (including provisions
with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the Purchase Price) shall
thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any
securities, cash or other property thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of
this Warrant.

        (e) Certificate as to Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each
adjustment or readjustment of the Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 2, the
Company at its expense shall promptly compute such adjustment or readjustment in
accordance with the terms hereof and furnish to the Registered Holder a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment (including the kind
and amount of securities, cash or other property for which this Warrant shall

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be exercisable and the Purchase Price) and showing in detail the facts upon
which such adjustment or readjustment is based. The Company shall, upon the
written request at any time of the Registered Holder, furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Registered Holder a certificate setting forth (i) the Purchase
Price then in effect and (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock and the
amount, if any, of other securities, cash or property which then would be
received upon the exercise of this Warrant.

3. FRACTIONAL SHARES. The Company shall not be required upon the exercise of
this Warrant to issue any fractional shares, but shall make an adjustment
therefor in cash on the basis of the Fair Market Value per share of Common
Stock, as determined pursuant to subsection 1(b) above.

4. REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER.

        (a) This Warrant and the Warrant Shares shall not be sold or transferred
unless either (i) they first shall have been registered under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), or (ii) the Company first shall have been
furnished with an opinion of legal counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, to the effect that such sale or transfer is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Act.

        (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no registration or opinion of counsel
shall be required for (i) a transfer by a Registered Holder which is a
corporation to a wholly owned subsidiary of such corporation, a transfer by a
Registered Holder which is a partnership to a partner of such partnership or a
retired partner of such partnership or to the estate of any such partner or
retired partner, a transfer by a Registered Holder which is a limited liability
company to a member of such limited liability company or a retired member or to
the estate of any such member or retired member, or a transfer by a Registered
Holder which is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers (the
"NASD") to an officer or employee of the Registered Holder as permitted by NASD
rules, provided that the transferee in each case agrees in writing to be subject
to the terms of this Section 4, or (ii) a transfer made in accordance with Rule
144 under the Act.

        (c) Each certificate representing Warrant Shares shall bear a legend
substantially in the following form:

        "The securities represented by this certificate have not been registered
        under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered,
        sold or otherwise transferred, pledged or hypothecated unless and until
        such securities are registered under such Act or an opinion of counsel
        satisfactory to the Company is obtained to the effect that such
        registration is not required."

The foregoing legend shall be removed from the certificates representing any
Warrant Shares, at the request of the holder thereof, at such time as they

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become eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Act or if an
effective registration statement is then in effect permitting the resale of the
Warrant Shares.

        (d) The Registered Holder shall have "piggyback" registration rights to
have the Warrant Shares (but not the Warrants) registered for resale on any
registration statement which the Company files for any purpose on a form
available for such registration (which shall not include Forms S-4 or S-8),
after the Original Issue Date. Such "piggyback" registration rights shall be
subject to underwriter's cutbacks. Such registration shall be subject to
customary obligations by the Registered Holder to provide information to the
Company and by the Company to indemnify the Registered Holder against Securities
Act liabilities.

5. NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company will not, by amendment of its charter or through
any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution,
issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to
avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but
will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and
in the taking of all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order to
protect the rights of the holder of this Warrant against impairment.

6. NOTICES OF RECORD DATE, ETC. In the event:

        (a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock
(or other stock or securities at the time deliverable upon the exercise of this
Warrant) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend
or other distribution, or to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any
shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other
right; or of any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of
the Common Stock of the Company, any consolidation or merger of the Company with
or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the
Company is the surviving entity and its Common Stock is not converted into or
exchanged for any other securities or property), or any transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

        (b) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up of the Company,

then, and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed to the
Registered Holder a notice specifying, as the case may be, (i) the record date
for such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and character of such
dividend, distribution or right, or (ii) the effective date on which such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up is to take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed,
as of which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other stock or
securities at the time deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be
entitled to

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exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other stock or securities) for
securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up. Such notice shall be mailed at least ten days prior to the record
date or effective date for the event specified in such notice.

7. RESERVATION OF STOCK. The Company will at all times reserve and keep
available, solely for issuance and delivery upon the exercise of this Warrant,
such number of Warrant Shares and other securities, cash and/or property, as
from time to time shall be issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant.

8. EXCHANGE OF WARRANTS. Upon the surrender by the Registered Holder, properly
endorsed, to the Company at the principal office of the Company, the Company
will, subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, issue and deliver to or
upon the order of such Holder, at the Company's expense, a new Warrant or
Warrants of like tenor, in the name of the Registered Holder or as the
Registered Holder (upon payment by the Registered Holder of any applicable
transfer taxes) may direct, calling in the aggregate on the face or faces
thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock (or other securities, cash
and/or property) then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant.

9. REPLACEMENT OF WARRANTS. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and
(in the case of loss, theft or destruction) upon delivery of an indemnity
agreement (with surety if reasonably required) in an amount reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, or (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and
cancellation of this Warrant, the Company will issue, in lieu thereof, a new
Warrant of like tenor.

10. TRANSFERS, ETC.

        (a) The Company will maintain a register containing the name and address
of the Registered Holder of this Warrant. The Registered Holder may change its
or his address as shown on the warrant register by written notice to the Company
requesting such change.

        (b) Subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, this Warrant and all
rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this
Warrant with a properly executed assignment (in the form of Exhibit II hereto)
at the principal office of the Company.

        (c) Until any transfer of this Warrant is made in the warrant register,
the Company may treat the Registered Holder as the absolute owner hereof for all
purposes; provided, however, that if and when this Warrant is properly assigned
in blank, the Company may (but shall not be obligated to) treat the bearer
hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice
to the contrary.

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11. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER. The Registered Holder of this
Warrant represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

        (a) Investment. The Registered Holder is acquiring this Warrant and the
Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant, for its own account
for investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any
distribution thereof, nor with any present intention of distributing or selling
the same, except as otherwise may be permitted under applicable securities laws.

        (b) Authority. The Registered Holder has full power and authority to
enter into and to perform this Warrant in accordance with its terms. The
Registered Holder has not been organized specifically for the purpose of
investing in the Company.

        (c) Accredited Investor. The Registered Holder is an Accredited Investor
within the definition set forth in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities
Act.

12. MAILING OF NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications from the
Company to the Registered Holder shall be mailed by first-class certified or
registered mail, postage prepaid, to the address last furnished to the Company
in writing by the Registered Holder. All notices and other communications from
the Registered Holder or in connection herewith to the Company shall be mailed
by first-class certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Company at
its principal office set forth below. If the Company should at any time change
the location of its principal office to a place other than as set forth below,
it shall give prompt written notice to the Registered Holder and thereafter all
references in this Warrant to the location of its principal office at the
particular time shall be as so specified in such notice.

13. NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDER. Until the exercise of this Warrant, the Registered
Holder shall not have or exercise any rights by virtue hereof as a stockholder
of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i) the Company
effects a split of the Common Stock by means of a stock dividend and the
Purchase Price of and the number of Warrant Shares are adjusted as of the date
of the distribution of the dividend (rather than as of the record date for such
dividend), and (ii) the Registered Holder exercises this Warrant between the
record date and the distribution date for such stock dividend, the Registered
Holder shall be entitled to receive, on the distribution date, the stock
dividend with respect to the shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise,
notwithstanding the fact that such shares were not outstanding as of the close
of business on the record date for such stock dividend.

14. CHANGE OR WAIVER. Any term of this Warrant may be changed or waived only by
an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the
change or waiver is sought.

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15. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings in this Warrant are for the
convenience of the parties and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict
the contractual obligations of the parties.

16. GOVERNING LAW. This Warrant will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York (without reference to the
conflicts of law provisions thereof).

        EXECUTED as of the Date of Issuance indicated above.

                                              Beyond.com Corporation

                                              By: /s/ RONALD S. SMITH
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                  Ronald Smith, President & CEO

ATTEST:

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.3

NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF HAVE BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT" OR
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS WARRANT NOR THE SHARES
ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE HEREOF MAY BE SOLD, PLEDGED, TRANSFERRED, ENCUMBERED OR
OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR IN A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAWS.

                             Dated: October 30, 2000

                             STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

                  To Purchase 300,000 Shares of Common Stock of

                             BEYOND.COM CORPORATION

        THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, Investwell Investments, Limited
(the "Holder"), is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on
exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after the
date hereof (the "Initial Exercise Date") and on or prior to the close of
business on October 30, 2003 (the "Termination Date") but not thereafter, to
subscribe for and purchase from Beyond.com Corporation, a corporation
incorporated in the State of Delaware (the "Company"), up to 300,000 shares (the
"Warrant Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the
"Common Stock"). The purchase price of one share of Company's Common Stock (the
"Exercise Price") under this Stock Purchase Warrant (the "Warrant") shall be
$0.8984. The Exercise Price and the number of shares for which this Warrant is
exercisable shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the event of
any conflict between the terms of this Warrant and the Common Stock Purchase
Agreement dated as of October 30, 2000 (the "Purchase Agreement") pursuant to
which this Warrant has been issued, the Purchase Agreement shall control.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

        1. Title to Warrant. Prior to the Termination Date and subject to
compliance with applicable laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company by the
holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed.

        2. Authorization of Shares. The Company covenants that all shares of
Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges

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in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer
occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

        3. Exercise of Warrant.

                (a) Except as provided in Section 4 herein, exercise of the
purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made at any time or times on
or after the Initial Exercise Date, and before the close of business on the
Termination Date by the surrender at the office of the Company (or such other
office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the
registered holder hereof at the address of such holder appearing on the books of
the Company) of (i) this Warrant (ii) the duly executed Notice of Exercise Form
annexed hereto duly executed, of such Holder's election to exercise this
Warrant, which notice shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock to be
purchased, which shall be at least 50,000 shares, subject to adjustment as
provided herein, or such lesser number that equals the total number of shares
then covered by this Warrant and the denominations of the share certificate or
certificates desired and the name or names in which such certificates are to be
registered, and (iii) payment of the Exercise Price of the shares thereby
purchased by cash, wire transfer, money order or certified or bank cashier's
check. Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to the
holder hereof within three (3) Trading Days after the date on which this Warrant
shall have been exercised as aforesaid in such names and denominations as may be
specified in such notice, and if such notice does not specify the name and/or
denominations, the name of the Holder and such number of shares of Common Stock
for which this Warrant is being exercised. This Warrant shall be deemed to have
been exercised and such certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been
issued, and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall
be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as
of the date the Warrant has been exercised by payment to the Company of the
Exercise Price and all taxes required to be paid by Holder, if any, pursuant to
Section 5 prior to the issuance of such shares, have been paid.

                (b) If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the
Company shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates
representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new Warrant evidencing the
rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased shares of Common Stock called for
by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with
this Warrant or, at the election of the Company, appropriate notation may be
made on this Warrant, which shall then be returned to Holder.

                (c) If the Registration Statement is not then effective, this
Warrant shall also be exercisable by means of a "cashless exercise" in which the
holder shall be entitled to receive a certificate for the number of shares equal
to the quotient obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:

(A) = the average of the high and low trading prices per share of Common Stock
on the Trading Day preceding the date of such election on the Nasdaq Stock
Market, or if the Common Stock is not traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, then
the Principal Market in terms of volume, and converted into US Dollars;

(B) = the Exercise Price of the Warrants; and

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(X) = the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants in accordance
with the terms of this Warrant.

        4. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip
representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which Holder would otherwise be entitled
to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in
respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by
the Exercise Price.

        5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of certificates for shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to
the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the
holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the
holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder
hereof; and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a
sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

        6. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or
records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant.

        7. Transfer, Division and Combination. (a) Subject to compliance with
any applicable securities laws, transfer of this Warrant and all rights
hereunder, in whole or in part, shall be registered on the books of the Company
to be maintained for such purpose, upon surrender of this Warrant at the
principal office of the Company, together with a written assignment of this
Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by Holder or its
agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon
the making of such transfer. In the event that the Holder wishes to transfer a
portion of this Warrant, the Holder shall transfer at least 50,000 shares
underlying this Warrant to any such transferee. Upon such surrender and, if
required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or
Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees and in the denomination or
denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the
assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned,
and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. A Warrant, if properly assigned,
may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of shares of Common Stock
without having a new Warrant issued.

                (b) This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants
upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a
written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are
to be issued, signed by Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance
with Section 7(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or
combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in
exchange for this Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance
with such notice.

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                (c) The Company shall prepare, issue and deliver at its own
expense (other than transfer taxes) the new Warrant or Warrants under this
Section 7.

                (d) The Company agrees to maintain, at its aforesaid office,
books for the registration and the registration of transfer of this Warrants.

        8. No Rights as Shareholder until Exercise. This Warrant does not
entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder
of the Company prior to the exercise hereof. Upon the surrender of this Warrant
and the payment of the aggregate Exercise Price, the Warrant Shares so purchased
shall be and be deemed to be issued to such holder as the record owner of such
shares as of the close of business on the later of the date of such surrender or
payment.

        9. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company
covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory
to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant certificate
or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss,
theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it
(which shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and
cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company
will make and deliver, at Holder's expense, a new Warrant or stock certificate
of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or
stock certificate.

        10. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for
the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted
herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be
taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday.

        11. Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares. (a)
Stock Splits, etc. The Exercise Price in effect at any time and the number and
kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of certain events,
as hereinafter provided. In case the Company shall (i) pay a dividend in shares
of Common Stock or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of
its outstanding Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common
Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, (iii) combine its
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common
Stock or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the
Common Stock, then the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of
this Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so that the holder of
this Warrant shall be entitled to receive the kind and number of Warrant Shares
or other securities of the Company which he would have owned or have been
entitled to receive had such Warrant been exercised in advance thereof. Upon
each such adjustment of the kind and number of Warrant Shares or other
securities of the Company which are purchasable hereunder, the holder of this
Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to purchase the number of Warrant Shares or
other securities resulting from such adjustment at an Exercise Price per Warrant
Share or other security obtained by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
pursuant hereto immediately prior to such adjustment and dividing by the number
of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company resulting from such
adjustment. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph shall become

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effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the
record date, if any, for such event.

        12. Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or
Disposition of Assets. In case the Company shall reorganize its capital,
reclassify its capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another
corporation (where the Company is not the surviving corporation or where there
is a change in or distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company),
or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property,
assets or business to another corporation and, pursuant to the terms of such
reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of
assets, shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any
cash, shares of stock or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever
(including warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or
in lieu of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation ("Other
Property"), are to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock
of the Company, then Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon
exercise of this Warrant, the number of shares of common stock of the successor
or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation,
and Other Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable
immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor
or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume the
due and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and
condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the Company and all
the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may
be deemed appropriate (as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of
Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of
Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 12.
For purposes of this Section 12, "common stock of the successor or acquiring
corporation" shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not
preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such
corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any
evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are
convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon
the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any
warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The
foregoing provisions of this Section 12 shall similarly apply to successive
reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of
assets.

        13. Voluntary Adjustment by the Company. The Company may at any time
during the term of this Warrant reduce the then current Exercise Price to any
amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors
of the Company.

        14. Notice of Adjustment. Whenever the number of Warrant Shares or
number or kind of securities or other property purchasable upon the exercise of
this Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company
shall promptly mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the holder of this Warrant notice of such adjustment or adjustments setting
forth the number of Warrant Shares (and other securities or property)
purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price of such
Warrant Shares (and other securities or property) after such adjustment, setting
forth a brief statement of the facts

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requiring such adjustment and setting forth the computation by which such
adjustment was made. Such notice, in the absence of manifest error, shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment.

        15. Notice of Corporate Action. If at any time:

                (a) the Company shall take a record of the holders of its Common
Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other
distribution, or any right to subscribe for or purchase any evidences of its
indebtedness, any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or
property, or to receive any other right, or

                (b) there shall be any capital reorganization of the Company,
any reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of the Company or
any consolidation or merger of the Company with, or any sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all the property, assets or business of the
Company to, another corporation or,

                (c) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company;

then, in any one or more of such cases, the Company shall give to Holder (i) at
least 20 days' prior written notice of the date on which a record date shall be
selected for such dividend, distribution or right or for determining rights to
vote in respect of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger,
consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition, liquidation or winding up, and (ii)
in the case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation,
sale, transfer, disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding up, at least 20
days' prior written notice of the date when the same shall take place. Such
notice in accordance with the foregoing clause also shall specify (i) the date
on which any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution or right, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be
entitled to any such dividend, distribution or right, and the amount and
character thereof, and (ii) the date on which any such reorganization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, disposition,
dissolution, liquidation or winding up is to take place and the time, if any
such time is to be fixed, as of which the holders of Common Stock shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities or other
property deliverable upon such disposition, dissolution, liquidation or winding
up. Each such written notice shall be sufficiently given if addressed to Holder
at the last address of Holder appearing on the books of the Company and
delivered in accordance with Section 17(d).

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        16. Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that during the period this
Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common
Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company
further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full
authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for the Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company
will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such
Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any
applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Principal Market
upon which the Common Stock may be listed.

                The Company shall not by any action, including, without
limitation, amending its articles of incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or
sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the
taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the
rights of Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company will (a) not increase the par value of any shares of
Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant above the amount
payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par
value, (b) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that
the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, and (c) use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents
from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof as may be necessary
to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

                Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in
the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable or in
the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or
exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public
regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

        17. Miscellaneous.

                (a) Jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be binding upon any
successors or assigns of the Company. This Warrant shall constitute a contract
under the laws of New York, without regard to its conflict of law, principles or
rules, and be subject to arbitration pursuant to the terms set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.

                (b) Restrictions. The holder hereof acknowledges that the
Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered,
will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

                (c) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or
failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a
waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice Holder's rights, powers or remedies,
notwithstanding all rights hereunder terminate on the Termination Date. If the
Company willfully fails to comply with any

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provision of this Warrant, the Company shall pay to Holder such amounts as shall
be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorneys' fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred
by Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise
enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

                (d) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or
permitted to be given or delivered to the holder hereof by the Company shall be
delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Purchase Agreement.

                (e) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence
of affirmative action by Holder to purchase shares of Common Stock, and no
enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of Holder hereof, shall give rise
to any liability of Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a
stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or
by creditors of the Company.

                (f) Remedies. Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise
all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to
specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that
monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by
reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to
waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law
would be adequate.

                (g) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities
laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors of the Company and the
successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are
intended to be for the benefit of all Holders from time to time of this Warrant
and shall be enforceable by any such Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

                (h) Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless Holder from and against any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, attorneys' fees, expenses
and disbursements of any kind which may be imposed upon, incurred by or asserted
against Holder in any manner relating to or arising out of any failure by the
Company to perform or observe in any material respect any of its covenants,
agreements, undertakings or obligations set forth in this Warrant; provided,
however, that the Company will not be liable hereunder to the extent that any
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
claims, costs, attorneys' fees, expenses or disbursements are found in a final
non-appealable judgment by a court to have resulted from Holder's negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct in its capacity as a stockholder or
warrantholder of the Company.

                (i) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the
provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company and the Holder.

                (j) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this
Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or
invalid under applicable law, such provision

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shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of
this Warrant.

                (k) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the
convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part
of this Warrant.

        18. Legend. Each certificate for shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of this Warrant shall bear the following legend, unless at the time of
exercise such shares are registered under the Securities Act:

                THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
                THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE "ACT") AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
                SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED UNLESS
                AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT OR, IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL
                IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER OF THESE
                SECURITIES, SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
                HYPOTHECATION IS IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.

        19. Cancellation. In the event that the Purchase Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 7.2(b) thereof (a "Section 7.2(b) Termination"), a pro-rata
portion of this Warrant or any new warrant issued following the partial exercise
of this Warrant pursuant to Section 7, may be cancelled by the Company pursuant
to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 7.2(b) of the Purchase
Agreement.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
by its officer thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: October 30, 2000
                                         BEYOND.COM CORPORATION

                                         By:  /s/ RONALD S. SMITH
                                             -----------------------------------
                                               Ronald Smith, President & CEO

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                               NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: Beyond.com Corporation

        (1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ shares of Common
Stock (the "Common Stock"), of Beyond.com Corporation pursuant to the terms of
the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in
full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

        (2) Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said shares
of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is
specified below:

                        -----------------------
                        (Name)

                        -----------------------
                        (Address)
                        -----------------------

Dated:

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                                                  Signature

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                                 ASSIGNMENT FORM

                    (To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
                   this form and supply required information.
                 Do not use this form to exercise this warrant.)

        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced
thereby are hereby assigned to

                                               whose address is
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                                           Dated:
                                                 ------------, -------

                       Holder's Signature:
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                       Holder's Address:
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Signature Guaranteed:
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NOTE: The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of this Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company. Officers
of corporations and those acting in an fiduciary or other representative
capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.

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