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                              WORK STATEMENT NO. 5
                  TO THE MASTER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Work Statement No. 5 is entered into as of this      day of July, 2000 by
and between VitaminShoppe.com ("Client") and Sapient Corporation ("Consultant")
and is deemed to be incorporated into that certain Master Professional Services
Agreement dated as of November 1, 1999 by and between Client and Consultant
(the "Master Agreement'). Any terms used herein but not defined shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the Master Agreement.

The parties hereby agree that Work Statement No. 3 between the parties dated as
of April 1, 2000 ("SOW 3")shall be terminated effective as of June 30, 2000,
provided that any payment obligations of Client arising under SOW 3 through June
30, 2000 shall survive such termination.

I.   Name and Description of Project:

     VitaminShoppe 2.0 Web Site - Full Application Support and Enhancements.

     The scope of work includes 6 developer resources and one management
     resource to provide support and complete enhancements to the 2.0 Web Site.
     The level of effort (LOE) and cost of this statement of work is fixed. The
     rates set forth below assume an average number of team hours per week not
     to exceed (on average) more than 310 hours. Additional hours will be priced
     separately. Such additional work will be priced using the same cost basis
     as the SOW. The LOE available to complete enhancements will be managed
     based on the time required to support the site through preventative
     maintenance activities and bug fixing. Enhancements will be reevaluated and
     prioritized through out the duration of the SOW.

II.  Description of Deliverables

     Updates to all documentation as described in exhibit 5a. Current versions
     of the documentation will be readily accessible to the client. Any required
     updates to said documentation would be made in a timely manner.

III. List of Assumptions

     This section defines the assumptions under which Consultant has based its
     fees for the services being performed under this Work Statement. This is to
     ensure there are no misunderstandings regarding the scope of the Project.
     Any deviation from these assumptions, similar to any deviation in scope of
     the Project, that effects the delivery date for the Deliverables or
     requires Consultant to incur additional expenses in order to deliver the
     Deliverables on the delivery date may be predicated upon an extension of
     the Project

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and a change in the fees and/or timeline by Consultant pursuant to Section 1.4
and Appendix B of the Master Agreement. The assumptions are as follows:

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1) The following support activities will be jointly managed by VitaminShoppe and
   Sapient:
o  Project Management
o  Release Management
o  Quality Assurance

2) VitaminShoppe will be responsible for the following support Activities:
o  Business Operation
o  All site content including graphics

3) VitaminShoppe's designated agent will be responsible for the following
   support Activities:
o  Tier One Hosting (Management of Exodus / Digital Island)
o  Tier One Site Support
o  Technical Operation Support

4) Sapient will act in an advisory capacity for all VitaminShoppe responsible
   activities in order to facilitate a smooth operation of the site.

5) Sapient will be responsible for the following activities:
   o  All application support and development
   o  Preventative maintenance for the application (i.e. ATG, Oracle, and Verity
      code changes) (all preventative maintenance for the environment will be
      provided by the operations support vendor )
   o  Application break fix
   o  Application Enhancements
   o  Updates to documentation

6) Sapient will provide basic (Unit test by the developer and integration
   testing of the patched functionality by the PM) QA of all patches and
   enhancements to the site. All patches will be folded into full builds on a
   mutually agreed schedule. VitaminShoppe will conduct a full regression test
   of any full build in a reasonable period of time prior to the production
   installation of the build.

7) The application support team will be on 24x7 pager support to receive the
   second call. All first calls go to MimEcom or other third party vendor
   supporting the hardware and network. The third party providing Tier 1 support
   will then call Sapient as needed.

8) The application support team will make best efforts to support the
   application with the following response times upon notification from Tier 1
   support
   o  15 minutes during normal business hours (8AM - 6PM)
   o  30 minutes after hours (6PM - 8AM and weekends) - (P1 Issues Only - for
      after hours contact)

9) P1 Issues - Full effort to resolve the problem ASAP, may involve emergency
   patch for fix

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10) P2 Issues - Full effort to resolve the problem ASAP assuming there are no P1
    issues, could possibly involve an emergency patch or may be delayed until
    scheduled break/fix release

11) Enhancements are secondary to all support issues - Enhancements scheduled
    for specific releases may slip if support issues extend beyond the estimated
    plan

12) Sapient Support Team and VS Business Owners will mutually agree to
    time-table for releases / patches.

13) Sapient will create a mid-level plan for all site plan, support and
    enhancement activities every two weeks. This plan will include the expected
    LOE for each member of the team. Twice per month, both the plan for the
    prior two weeks and the plan for the upcoming two weeks will be reviewed by
    the Vitaminshoppe PMO group, who may provide feedback on the plan for the
    upcoming two weeks.

14) For each enhancement or support item the Sapient team completes, a
    WebTracker record will be created that describes the work done. Along with
    the review of the two week plan, the completed tracker items can be reviewed
    to show what went into the builds.

15) VitaminShoppe will provide a database developer to create business reports

16) VitaminShoppe will provide all Visual Design support.

17) Sapient will provide a visual designer to QA work before it goes onto the
    site

18) VitaminShoppe will provide 1 QA manager and QA resources to provide spot
    checks of weekly builds and one full regression test each month

19) VitaminShoppe will provide 1 person to serve as an escalation point for all
    issues with vendors and this person will manage vendor contracts and
    negotiations. It is estimated this role requires 50% of one persons time.

20) VitaminShoppe will Contract with a third party to provide tier one network
    and hardware support. Sapient will assist VitaminShoppe in selecting this
    third party. Sapient will compress the full deployment source code and core
    assets developed under this SOW at the end of each month during the term of
    this SOW. This compressed archive will be transferred to a CD-ROM and
    delivered to Vitaminshoppe.com prior to the 7th of the following month.

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IV. Key Personnel Assigned for Each Party

Consultant:
          Michael Leonard,         Executive Owner
          Casey Hanback,           Director Program Management
          Rob Milstead,            Project Manager
          Chris Lambert,           ATG Engineer
          Brent Harris,            ATG Engineer
          TBD,                     ATG Engineer
          Scott Oliver,            Database Administrator
          Brian Bennit,            Site Developer
          TBD,                     Site Developer

Client:
          Joel Gurzinsky           VP Business Technology
          Miriam Neshewat          VP Marketing

Client may remove any of Consultant's personnel providing the services (a)
immediately upon written notice if such personnel materially fail to perform
their duties and obligations according to this Statement of Work; or (b) for any
reason by giving Consultant twenty (20) business days written notice. If any of
Consultant's personnel is removed for cause pursuant to subsection (a) above,
Client shall notify Consultant of the reasons for such removal. In any case,
Consultant shall reassign the individual who is the subject of Client's notice
and replace that person with other personnel with comparable training and
experience as soon as possible but within a reasonable period of time
considering Consultant's other client commitments and prevailing market
conditions at the time In the event that the Client and Consultant mutually
agrees to not replace the removed personnel, the monthly support fee will be
adjusted to correspond with the new team structure.

In addition, Consultant agrees that it will not remove any of the Key Personnel
assigned to this Project unless Sapient has provided to Client thirty (30) days
prior notice of the removal, other than for events beyond Consultant's
reasonable control such as voluntary termination, illness, or leave of absence.

V.   Project Schedule

     [*****] Monthly support agreement will begin on [*****].

VI.  Tasks To Be Completed By Client

     See assumptions above.

VII  Warranty Period (if any)

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For purposes of this Work Statement, this paragraph specifically supersedes the
first sentence of Section 8.2 of the Master Agreement. For any software
deliverable described in this Work Statement, there is no warranty period.

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VIII  Payment Schedule

The contract price for the Services to be performed by Consultant under this
Work Statement No. 5 is $[*******], which shall be paid on the following
schedule:

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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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[*****] Support                 [*****]                $[*****]
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The [*****] rates set forth above are valid during the term and for the agreed
upon scope of services for this statement of work only. Extensions and or
additional scope will be prices separately. The rates do not include out-of
pocket expenses or the cost of servers, third party software and other materials
and equipment mutually agreed by the parties to be purchased specifically for
the Project covered this Work Statement, which shall be paid separately by
VitaminShoppe.com. Consultant will keep reasonably detailed records of expenses
and costs incurred in connection with this Project. Client will have the right,
at its expense, to inspect and audit such records at Consultant's principal
place of business during normal business hours at a mutually acceptable time
during this Project and for a period of one year thereafter. Client agrees to
give Consultant at least 30 days prior written notice of its intent to inspect
Consultant's records. Client may not exercise this inspection right more than
two times each calendar year.

All payments shall be sent to Consultant's lock box address at:

                                      Sapient Corporation
                                      P.O. Box 4886
                                      Boston, MA 02212

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IX Termination.

   [*****]

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement under seal
    as of the day and year indicated above.

    Sapient Corporation

    By: /s/
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       Michael Leonard
       Director of Program Management

    VitaminShoppe.com, Inc.

    By: /s/
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       Print Name:
       Title:

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                                   Exhibit 5a
                            Documentation Deliverable

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Application Guide
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1  OVERVIEW OF THE SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE
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2  PACKAGE ARCHITECTURE                     - Diagram of the Package Architecture
                                            - List of Packages and the motivation
                                            - How they interact with each other
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3  HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE                    - Diagram of Hardware installed
                                            - Purpose and motivation of each item
                                            - Which Package instances live on Which Hardware
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4  NETWORK ARCHITECTURE                     - Diagram of the installed network architecture
                                            - Purpose and motivation of each item
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5  APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE                 - Customization Map detailing each of the packages customized with what
                                            functionality
                                            - End to End System Interaction Diagram (on Customer Order etc.)
                                            - ATG Customization Architecture
                                            - Overview and Design methodology used in customization
                                            - Class Diagrams showing extensions to the base ATG model
                                            - Classes detailed with properties and methods
                                            - Types of structures included:
                                            - Relational Views
                                            - Beans
                                            - Servlets/Droplets
                                            - Java Classes
                                            - HTML and JHTML templates
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6  DATABASE ARCHITECTURE                    - ERWin Logical Model
                                            - Physical Data Model
                                            - Stored procedures
                                            - DB Architecture
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7  ACTIVE ARCHITECTURE                      - Message Structures
                                            - Adapters Used and Invocation
                                            - Java
                                            - File
                                            - ODBC
                                            - Oracle
                                            - Translation Maps detailing the data translations done
                                            - Class Diagram of Java Classes written for interaction with ATG with
                                            explanation.
                                            - File structures of the data files
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8  INTERACTION WITH OTHER SYSTEMS           - Link share
                                            - Net Gravity
                                            - CyberCash
                                            - ACT (covered in #7 above)
                                            - Weblinks (covered in #7 above)
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 9  PHYSICAL FILE LAYOUT OF THE APPLICATION           APPLICATION LEVEL:
                                                      - Directory structure and purpose of code files
                                                      - File naming and purpose of files
                                                      - Log files, location and purpose
                                                      - Directory structure and purpose of Active Middleware Files
                                                      - File names and purpose of active files
                                                      DATA LEVEL:
                                                      - Directory structure and purpose of Database
                                                      - File names and purpose of DB Files
                                                      - Active Data Directory
                                                      - Active Data files and purpose
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10  ERROR AND STATUS REPORTING                        - Error/status architecture and strategy overview
                                                      TYPES OF SOFTWARE EXCEPTIONS AND ERRORS ON THE SITE
                                                      - Web Server
                                                      - ATG Dynamo
                                                      - Database
                                                      - Active
                                                      - Interwoven
                                                      - NetGravity
                                                      - LinkShare
                                                      TYPES OF STATUS LOGGED ON THE SITE
                                                      - Web Server
                                                      - ATG Dynamo
                                                      - Database
                                                      - Active
                                                      - Interwoven
                                                      - NetGravity
                                                      - LinkShare
                                                      - Listing of all the custom errors generated by custom code along with
                                                      description
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11  GUIDELINES FOR EXTENSION OF APPLICATION           - Coding standards
    FUNCTIONALITY                                     - DB additions /modifications/deletions
                                                      - Tables
                                                      - Stored Procedures
                                                      - ATG additions/modifications/deletions
                                                      - JHTML Templates
                                                      - Droplets/Servlets/Form Handlers
                                                      - Java Beans
                                                      - Relational Views
                                                      - Active Additions/modifications/deletions
                                                      - Messages
                                                      - Java Extensions
                                                      - New Source additions (File, Table, ODBC)
                                                      - Interwoven Additions/modifications/deletions
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1  ENVIRONMENT SETUP AND CONFIGURATION                      - Hardware
                                                            - Network
                                                            - Operating System
                                                            - DBMS
                                                            - Web Server
                                                            - ATG Dynamo
                                                            - Active Middle Ware
                                                            - Verity
                                                            - Java SDK
                                                            - Other Applications

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2  APPLICATION SETUP AND CONFIGURATION                      - Directory Structure(s)
                                                            - Environment Variables
                                                            INSTALLATION
                                                            - ATG installation
                                                            - Database Instance Creation
                                                            - Database Scripts installation
                                                            - Active installation
                                                            - Verity installation
                                                            CONFIGURATION
                                                            - Web Server Configuration
                                                            - ATG Configuration
                                                            - DB Configuration
                                                            - Active Configuration
                                                            - Verity Configuration
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3  HIGH AVAILABILITY SETUP                                  - ATG Instance specific setup
                                                            - DB Instance specific setup
                                                            - Active instance specific setup
                                                            - Verity instance specific setup
                                                            - Web Server instance specific setup
                                                            - Other applications setup
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4  BACKUP AND RECOVERY SETUP                                - Directory structure for backup
                                                            - Object identification and setup for backup
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5  HARDWARE MAINTENANCE                                     - Brief description of routine hardware maintenance jobs, and identified
                                                            resources/information about them
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6  NETWORK MAINTENANCE                                      - Brief description of routine network maintenance jobs, and identified
                                                            resources/information about them
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7  OS MAINTENANCE                                           - Brief description of routine Server maintenance jobs, and identified
                                                            resources/information about them
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8  ORACLE MAINTENANCE                                       - Brief description of routine DB maintenance jobs, and identified
                                                            resources/information about them
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9  NETSCAPE ENTERPRISE SERVER (WEB SERVER)                  - Brief description of routine maintenance jobs, and identified
   MAINTENANCE                                              resources/information about them
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10 ATG DYNAMO MAINTENANCE                                   - Brief description of routine maintenance jobs, and identified
                                                            resources/information about them
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11 VERITY MAINTENANCE                                       - Brief description of routine Verity maintenance jobs, and identified
                                                            resources/information about them
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12  ACTIVE MAINTENANCE                                      - Brief description of routine Active maintenance jobs, and identified
                                                            resources/information about them
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13  APPLICATION MAINTENANCE                                 - Scripts to be run
                                                            - Location of the script
                                                            - Where to be run
                                                            - Timing
                                                            - Problem running the scripts and alternatives
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14  LOG MAINTENANCE                                         - Step by Step process for each of the below
                                                            - Web Server
                                                            - ATG Dynamo
                                                            - Verity
                                                            - Active
                                                            - Database
                                                            - Other Package Logs
                                                            - Custom Application Specific Logs
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15  BACKUP AND RECOVERY                                     - Process for regular backup
                                                            - Identified data files being backed up
                                                            - Timing
                                                            - Setup of DB for backup
                                                            - Scripts to be run and location
                                                            - Step by step process for running the scripts
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16  PURGING                                                 - Process for regular purging of various data
                                                            - Identification of purge elements
                                                            - Timing
                                                            - Scripts to be run
                                                            - Step by Step process for purging
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17  TUNING                                                  - Tuning necessity
                                                            - Types of tuning possible
                                                            - Various tuning parameters by System
                                                            - ATG
                                                            - Sun Solaris
                                                            - Web Server
                                                            - Oracle
                                                            - Verity
                                                            - Active
                                                            - Custom Application Extensions
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18  PROBLEM DIAGNOSIS AND RESOLUTION                        - Diagnosis
                                                            - Types of problems
                                                            - Where to look for clues
                                                            - Error Reporting
                                                            - Types of errors
                                                            - Logs and the type of errors reported in the logs
                                                            - Resolution
                                                            - Area of the error
                                                            - Type of resource required for resolution
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1  ADMINISTRATIVE INTERFACE AND ACCESS                      - Describes the access to the Administrative Interface
                                                            - Describes the various interfaces available
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2  ADMIN SECURITY                                           - Types of security features
                                                            - Adding/deleting/updating adminsitrators
                                                            - Adding/deleting/updating roles
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3  PRODUCT MANAGEMENT                                       - Types of Management features available
                                                            - Adding/deleting/updating product information
                                                            - Adding/deleting/updating pricing information of products
                                                            - Adding/deleting/updating category, brand, etc.
                                                            - Changing relationships between the various categories and types of
                                                            products
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4  PROMOTION MANAGEMENT                                     - Types of promotions available
                                                            - Adding/deleting/updating promotion information
                                                            - Corresponding changes to prices of products
                                                            - Other rules possible (dependent on scope)
                                                            - Loyalty points
                                                            - Gift Certificates, etc.
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5  PROFILE MANAGEMENT                                       - Types of manual overrides possible
                                                            - How to Update/delete Profiles
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6  CONTENT MANAGEMENT                                       - Where and how content is placed
                                                            - Schema of content
                                                            - Scripts to be run for getting external content
                                                            - Content Migration to Production
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7  PERSONALIZATION MANAGEMENT                               - Types of rules available
                                                            - Customization possibilities
                                                            - Guidelines for personalization
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Migration Guide
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1  DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS
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2  CODING STANDARDS                                         - JHTML Templates
                                                            - Java Code
                                                            - ATG Components
                                                            - Database Components
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3  NAMING CONVENTIONS                                       - Directories
                                                            - Files by type or File extensions
                                                            - File Names
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4  DEVELOPMENT PROCESS                                      - Visual Asset Creation
                                                            - Editors Used
                                                            - Compilation
                                                            - Java Code Creation
                                                            - Editors used
                                                            - Compilation
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                                  AMENDMENT TO
                               AND TERMINATION OF
                        AOL ADVERTISING INSERTION ORDER

         This AMENDMENT TO AND TERMINATION OF AOL ADVERTISING INSERTION ORDER
(this "Amendment and Termination Agreement") is entered into as of August 22,
2000 by and between America Online, Inc. ("AOL") and VitaminShoppe.com, Inc.
("Advertiser").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, AOL and Advertiser are parties to that certain AOL Advertising
Insertion Order dated September 24, 1999 (the "Agreement"); and

         WHERAS, AOL and Advertiser desire to amend the Agreement;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained
herein, the parties agree as follows:

         1. Section 1 of the Agreement, which sets forth a payment schedule,
shall be amended by adding the following subsection C:

                  Advertiser shall pay AOL [*****] on the business day that
                  follows the date on which this Amendment and Termination
                  Agreement is fully executed by AOL and Advertiser. Upon
                  receipt of such payment, AOL shall release Advertiser from any
                  and all other payments due under the Agreement, including
                  those due under subsection A above on the six-month,
                  nine-month, twelve-month, fifteen-month, and eighteen-month
                  anniversaries of the date of the Agreement.

         2. The portions of Exhibit E to the Agreement which relate to the
time period from August 23, 2000 through October 15, 2000 shall be amended to
reflect the carriage plan attached hereto as Schedule 1.

         3. Notwithstanding paragraph 4 of Exhibit A to the Agreement, the
Agreement shall terminate on [*****]. This termination shall be subject to
survival of only those terms expressly identified for survival in the Agreement.

         4. In exchange for AOL's release of Advertiser's payment obligations as
set forth above and agreement to early termination of this Agreement, Advertiser
hereby releases and forever discharges AOL and all of its affiliates from any
and all claims, demands, or other obligations or liabilities of any kind
whatsoever, whether known or unknown or based on facts now known or unknown,
arising from, relating to or concerning the Agreement that arose on or prior to
the date of this Amendment and Termination

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Agreement. In exchange for Advertiser's amendment of AOL's carriage obligations
as set forth above and agreement to early termination of this Agreement, AOL
hereby releases and forever discharges Advertiser and all of its affiliates from
any and all claims, demands, or other obligations or liabilities of any kind
whatsoever, whether known or unknown or based on facts now known or unknown,
arising from, relating to or concerning the Agreement that arose on or prior to
the date of this Amendment and Termination Agreement.

     5.   Without limiting the last sentence of paragraph 16 of Exhibit A to the
Agreement,

     Neither party shall make any public statements regarding the other party
     which relate to the Agreement, either party's performance under the
     Agreement, or this Amendment and Termination Agreement, including without
     limitation, the terms of the Agreement, the existence of this Amendment and
     Termination Agreement, or the terms of this Amendment and Termination
     Agreement, without the prior approval of the other party except as such
     Party may be advised by counsel in advance and in a written opinion that
     the specific disclosure to be made is required by applicable law,
     regulation, or court order, or rules or regulations applicable to such
     party.

     6.   Except as set forth herein, all other terms and provisions of the
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date
first above written.

                                             AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

                                             By: /s/ Eric L. Keller
                                             Name: Eric L. Keller
                                             Title: Senior Vice President

                                             VITAMINSHOPPE.COM, INC.

                                             By: /s/ Ann M. Sardini
                                             Name: Ann M. Sardini
                                             Title: Chief Financial Officer

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                                   Schedule 1

AOL Service

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