JVWEB INC
S-8, 1998-06-03
BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC
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                                            Registration No. 333-
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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                  FORM S-8
                           REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                    Under
                         THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                                 JVWEB, INC.
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                                      76-0552098
(State of other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                      Identification No.)
                                  --------

                              5444 Westheimer,
                                 Suite 2080
                            Houston, Texas 77056
                               (713) 622-9287
             (Address,  including zip code, and telephone number, including area
      code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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                                 JVWEB, INC.
                      1998 CONSULTANT COMPENSATION PLAN
                          (Full title of the Plan)
                                  --------

                                Greg J. Micek
                                  President
                              5444 Westheimer,
                                 Suite 2080
                            Houston, Texas 77056
                               (713) 622-9287
             (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                 including area code, of agent for service)
                                  --------

                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                          Proposed          Proposed
Title of each class                        maximum          maximum           Amount of
of securities              Amount to be    offering         aggregate         Registration
to be registered           registered(1) price per share(2) offering price(2)     fee
<S>                           <C>              <C>               <C>               <C>    

Common Stock,               1,000,000       $1.00            $1,000,000.00     $295.00
  par value $.01            shares
</TABLE>

(1) Represents the maximum number of shares which may be distributed pursuant to
this  Registration  Statement.  
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee.


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                                   PART II

                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following  documents  filed by JVWeb,  Inc. (the "Company") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by
reference:

        (a)     The  Company's  Registration  Statement  on Form SB-2  (file
no.  333-43379),  as filed with the  Commission  on December  29,  1998,  as
amended;

        (b) The description of the Company's  common stock,  $.01 per value (the
"Common  Stock"),  set forth  under the  caption  "Description  of  Registrant's
Securities to be Registered" in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
dated  April 7, 1998  (which  incorporates  the  description  under the  caption
""Description of Capital Stock" in the Company's  Registration Statement on Form
SB-2 (file no. 333-43379), as filed with the Commission on December 29, 1997, as
amended),  and all  amendments  and reports filed  thereafter for the purpose of
updating such description.

        All  documents  subsequently  filed by the Company  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934  ("Exchange
Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities  offered hereby have been sold or which  de-registers  all securities
remaining unsold,  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such document.

Item 4. Description of Securities.

                Not applicable.

Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

                Not applicable.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        Section  145  of  the  Delaware   General   Corporation  Law  permits  a
corporation  to indemnify  any person who was or is party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal,  administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director,  officer,  employee or agent of the corporation or
is or was serving at the  request of the  corporation  as a  director,  officer,
employee or agent of another corporation,  partnership,  joint venture, trust or
other  enterprise,  against  expenses,  judgments,  fines  and  amounts  paid in
settlement  actually  and  reasonably  incurred by him in  connection  with such
action.

        In an action  brought to obtain a judgment in the  corporation's  favor,
whether  by  the  corporation  itself  or  derivatively  by a  stockholder,  the
corporation may only indemnify for expenses, including attorney's fees, actually
and  reasonably  incurred in  connection  with the defense or settlement of such
action,  and the  corporation may not indemnify for amounts paid in satisfaction
of  a  judgment  or  in  settlement  of  the  claim.  In  any  such  action,  no
indemnification may be paid in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which
such  person  shall  have  been  adjudged  liable to the  corporation  except as
otherwise  approved by the Delaware  Court of Chancery or the court in which the
claim was brought.  In any other type of  proceeding,  the  indemnification  may
extend  to  judgments,  fines  and  amounts  paid in  settlement,  actually  and
reasonably  incurred in  connection  with such other  proceeding,  as well as to
expenses.

        The statute does not permit  indemnification  unless the person  seeking
indemnification  has acted in good faith and in a manner  the person  reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and,
in the case of criminal  actions or  proceedings,  the person had no  reasonable
cause to believe his  conduct was  unlawful.  The  statute  contains  additional
limitations  applicable to criminal  actions and to actions brought by or in the
name of the  corporation.  The  determination  as to  whether  a person  seeking
indemnification  has met the required standard of conduct is to be made (1) by a
majority  vote of a quorum of  disinterested  members of the board of directors,
(2) by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, if such a quorum does not
exist or if the disinterested directors so direct, or (3) by the stockholders.

        The  Company's  Bylaws  require the Company to indemnify  the  Company's
directors and officers to the fullest extent  authorized by the Delaware General
Corporation Law or any other applicable law in effect. The Company's Certificate
of Incorporation  limits the personal liability of a director to the corporation
or its stockholders to damages for breach of the director's fiduciary duty.



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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.

                Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number  Exhibit

4.1             Specimen Stock  Certificate  for  Registrant's  Common Stock
                  (incorporated  herein  by  reference  to the  Registrant's
                  Registration    Statement   on   Form   SB-2   (file   no.
                  333-43379),  filed with the  Commission  on  December  29,
                  1998, as amended), Exhibit 4.01.

4.2             JVWeb, Inc. 1998 Consultant Compensation Plan.

5.1             Opinion  of  Randall  W.  Heinrich,  Of  Counsel to Gillis &
                  Slogar.

23.1            Consent of Malone & Bailey, PLLC.

23.2            Consent  of  Randall  W.  Heinrich,  Of  Counsel to Gillis &
                  Slogar  (included  in  Exhibit  5.1 to  this  Registration
                  Statement).

24.1            Power  of  Attorney   (included   on  the   signature   page
                  hereto).


Item 9. Undertakings

                (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

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

                  (i)To  include   any   prospectus   required   by  section
                  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act");

                  (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus any facts or events arising
                  after the effective date of the registration statement (or the
                  most   recent   post-effective   amendment   thereof)   which,
                  individually  or in the  aggregate,  represent  a  fundamental
                  change  in the  information  set  forth  in  the  registration
                  statement;

                  (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the
                  plan  of   distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  the
                  registration   statement  or  any  material   change  to  such
                  information in the registration statement.

                (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof; and

                (3) To remove  from  registration  by means of a  post-effective
amendment  any of the  securities  being  registered  which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.

        (b) The undersigned  registrant  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the registrant's  annual
report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section  15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in the registration  statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

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

                                 SIGNATURES

The Registrant
        Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirement for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on June 2, 1998.

                         JVWEB, INC.


                         By   \S\ Greg J. Micek
                                  Greg J. Micek,
                                  President
                                  (Principal Executive Officer
                                  Principal Financial Officer,
                                  and Principal Accounting
                                  Officer)



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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

        The  undersigned  directors and officers of JVWeb,  Inc.  hereby appoint
Greg J.  Micek as  attorney-in-fact  for the  undersigned,  with  full  power of
substitution,  for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned,  to sign
and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of
1933 any and all amendments (including  post-effective  amendments) and exhibits
to this registration  statement and any and all applications and other documents
to be filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  pertaining  to the
registration of the securities covered hereby,  with full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite and necessary or
desirable,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that said  attorney-in-fact,  or
his  substitute  or  substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

        Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.




Name                     Title                              Date


/S/ Greg J. Micek        Director and President             June 2, 1998
Greg J. Micek            (Principal Executive Officer,
                         Principal Financial Officer,
                         and Principal Accounting
                         Officer)

/S/ Lewis E. Ball        Director                           June 2, 1998
Lewis E. Ball


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                               EXHIBITS INDEX




         Exhibit
         Number   Description                                       




        4.1    Specimen   Stock   Certificate   for   Registrant's  Common Stock
        (incorporated  herein  by  reference  to the  Registrant's  Registration
        Statement  on  Form  SB-2  (file  no.  333-43379),  as  filed  with  the
        Commission on December 29, 1997, as amended), Exhibit 4.01.

        4.2    JVWeb,  Inc. 1998 Consultant  Compensation Plan.

        5.1    Opinion of Randall W. Heinrich, Of Counsel to Gillis & Slogar.

        23.1   Consent of Malone & Bailey, PLLC.

        23.2   Consent  of  Randall   W. Heinrich, Of Counsel to Gillis & Slogar
       (included  in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)

        24.1 Power of Attorney (included on the signature page hereto).









EXHIBIT 4.2
                                 JVWEB, INC.

                      1998 CONSULTANT COMPENSATION PLAN



1.       Purpose

         The 1998  Consultant  Compensation  Plan (the  "Plan") is  intended  to
promote the  interests of JVWeb,  Inc. and its  subsidiaries  (collectively  the
"Corporation")  by offering  those outside  consultants of the  Corporation  who
assist in the  development and success of the business of the  Corporation,  the
opportunity to  participate  in a compensation  plan designed to reward them for
their  services  and to  encourage  them to continue to provide  services to the
Corporation.

2.       Definitions

         For all  purposes  of this Plan,  the  following  terms  shall have the
following meanings:

         "Common Stock" means JVWeb, Inc. common stock, $.01 par value.

         "Conditional  Shares"  means  shares of Common  Stock issued under this
Plan.

         "JVWeb" means JVWeb, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         "Subsidiary" means any company of which JVWeb, Inc. owns, directly or
indirectly,  the majority of the combined voting power of all classes of stock.

3.       Administration

         The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the  "Committee") of not
less than two directors of JVWeb,  Inc. selected by, and serving at the pleasure
of, JVWeb, Inc.'s Board of Directors (the "JVWeb Board").

         JVWeb or any Subsidiary will recommend to the Committee persons to whom
awards may be granted.  The  Committee  then shall make  recommendations  to the
JVWeb  Board  with  respect  to the  persons  to whom  awards  shall be  granted
("Participants") as to the number of shares that shall be covered by each award,
the time or times at which  awards  shall be granted,  the timing of when awards
shall vest,  and the terms and  provisions  of the  instruments  by which awards
shall be  evidenced,  and to  interpret  the  Plan  and make all  determinations
necessary or advisable  for its  administration.  The JVWeb Board shall make all
final decisions  concerning  awards granted to Participants  under the Plan, the
interpretation thereof, and determinations concerning its administration.

4.       Eligibility

         Only individuals who are outside consultants,  or directors,  officers,
partners or employees of outside  consultants,  of JVWeb or any Subsidiary shall
be granted awards.

5.       Stock Subject to the Plan

         The stock  from which  awards may be granted  shall be shares of Common
Stock. When Conditional Shares are issued, JVWeb may either issue authorized but
unissued  Common  Stock or JVWeb may  transfer  issued  Common Stock held in its
treasury.  Each of the respective boards of JVWeb and all Subsidiaries  involved
in the award will fund the Plan to the  extent so  required  to  provide  Common
Stock for the  benefit  of  Participants.  The total  number of shares of Common
Stock  which may be granted  as  Conditional  Shares  shall not  exceed,  in the
aggregate,  1,000,000 shares in total. Any Conditional  Shares awarded and later
forfeited are again subject to award under the Plan.

6.       Conditional Share Awards

         6.1      Grant of Conditional Share Awards

                  The JVWeb Board, based on the recommendation of the Committee,
will determine for each  Participant the time or times when  Conditional  Shares
shall be awarded and the number of shares of Common  Stock to be covered by each
Conditional Share award. No Conditional Shares shall be awarded unless JVWeb (in
the  judgement  of the  directors of JVWeb) has  received  from the  Participant
either (a) a full  performance of the services for which the Conditional  Shares
are being  awarded,  or (b) (i) a partial  performance of the services for which
the  Conditional  Shares  are  being  awarded  and the  value  of  such  partial
performance  (in the  judgement of the directors of JVWeb) equals or exceeds the
aggregate par value of the  Conditional  Shares to be awarded and (ii) a binding
obligation  from the  Participant  to provide in the future the remainder of the
services for which the Conditional Shares are being awarded.

         6.2      Conditions

                  Shares  of  Conditional  Stock  issued to a  Participant  as a
Conditional  Share  award will be subject to the  following  conditions  ("Share
Conditions"):

                  (a) Except as set forth in  Paragraphs  6.4 and 6.5,  if Share
Conditions are not satisfied,  Conditional Shares will be forfeited and returned
to  JVWeb  or,  in the  event  such  Conditional  Shares  were  provided  to the
Participant  from shares of Common Stock purchased by the  Subsidiary,  then the
Conditional  Shares will be  returned to the  Subsidiary.  In either  case,  all
rights of the Participant to such Conditional  Shares will terminate without any
payment of  consideration  by JVWeb or the Subsidiary with which the Participant
is associated,  unless the Participant maintains his association with JVWeb or a
Subsidiary for a period of time determined by the Committee.

                  (b) During the condition period ("Condition  Period") relating
to a Conditional  Share award,  none of the  Conditional  Shares subject to such
award may be sold, assigned, bequeathed,  transferred,  pledged, hypothecated or
otherwise disposed of in any way by the Participant.

                  (c) The Committee may require the Participant to enter into an
escrow agreement providing that the certificates representing Conditional Shares
sold or granted  pursuant  to the Plan will  remain in the  physical  custody of
JVWeb or the  applicable  Subsidiary  or an escrow  holder  during the Condition
Period.

                  (d)  Certificates  representing  Conditional  Shares  sold  or
granted  pursuant to the Plan may bear a legend making an appropriate  reference
to the conditions imposed on the Conditional Shares.

                  (e)  The  Committee   may  impose  other   conditions  on  any
Conditional  Shares  issued  pursuant  to the  Plan  as it may  deem  advisable,
including without limitations, restrictions under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended,  under the  requirements of any stock exchange upon which such share or
shares of the same class are then listed and under any state  securities laws or
other securities laws applicable to such shares.

         6.3      Rights of a Stockholder

                  Except as set forth in Paragraph  6.2(b),  the  recipient of a
Conditional  Share award will have all of the rights of a  stockholder  of JVWeb
with  respect  to the  Conditional  Shares,  including  the  right  to vote  the
Conditional Shares and to receive all dividends or other distributions made with
respect to the Conditional Shares.

         6.4      Lapse of Conditions

                  In  the  event  of  the   termination   of  association  of  a
Participant  during  the  Condition  Period by reason of death,  disability,  or
termination of association, the JVWeb Board may, at its discretion, remove Share
Conditions on Conditional Shares.

                  Conditional  Shares to which the Share  Conditions have not so
lapsed  will be  forfeited  and  returned  to the  Corporation  as  provided  in
Paragraph 6.2(a).

         6.5      Lapse of Conditions at Discretion of the JVWeb Board

                  The JVWeb Board may shorten the Condition Period or remove any
or all Share  Conditions  if, in the  exercise of its  absolute  discretion,  it
determines  that such action is in the best  interests  of the  Corporation  and
equitable to the Participant.

         6.6      Listing and Registration of Shares

                  JVWeb may, in its reasonable discretion, postpone the issuance
and/or  delivery  of  Conditional  Shares  until  completion  of stock  exchange
listing,  or registration,  or other  qualification  of such Conditional  Shares
under any law, rule or regulation.

         6.7      Designation of Beneficiary

                  A  Participant   may,  with  the  consent  of  the  Committee,
designate a person or persons to receive, in the event of death, any Conditional
Shares to which such Participant  would then be entitled.  Such designation will
be made upon forms supplied by and delivered to the Committee and may be revoked
in writing by the Participant. If a Participant fails effectively to designate a
beneficiary,   then  such  Participant's   estate  will  be  deemed  to  be  the
beneficiary.

7.       Capital Adjustments

         The number and  consideration  of Common Stock covered by each award of
Conditional  Shares and the total  number of shares  that may be granted or sold
under the Plan  shall be  proportionally  adjusted  to  reflect,  subject to any
required action by stockholders,  any stock dividend or split, recapitalization,
merger,  consolidation,  spin-off,  reorganization,  combination  or exchange of
shares or other similar corporate change.

8.       Change of Control

         Notwithstanding  the  provisions of Section 7, in the event of a change
of control,  all Share  Conditions  on all  Conditional  Shares will lapse.  For
purposes  of this plan,  a "Change of  Control" of JVWeb shall be deemed to have
occurred at such time as (a) any "person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)
and 14(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934),  becomes  the  "beneficial
owner"  (as  defined  in Rule  13d-3  under  the  foregoing  act),  directly  or
indirectly,  of  securities  of JVWeb  representing  30% or more of the combined
voting power of JVWeb's  outstanding  securities  ordinarily having the right to
vote at the election of directors;  or (b)  individuals who constitute the Board
of Directors of JVWeb on the date hereof (the  "Incumbent  Board") cease for any
reasons to  constitute  at lease a majority  thereof,  provided  that any person
becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election was approved by
at least a majority of the directors  comprising the Incumbent  Board,  or whose
nomination  or election  was approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of
JVWeb  serving under an Incumbent  Board,  shall be, for purposes of this clause
(b),  considered  as if he or she were a member of the Incumbent  Board;  or (c)
merger,  consolidation or sale of all or  substantially  all the assets of JVWeb
occurs,  unless  such  merger or  consolidation  shall  have been  affirmatively
recommended to JVWeb's stockholders by a majority of the Incumbent Board; or (d)
a proxy  statement  soliciting  proxies from  stockholders  of JVWeb, by someone
other than the current  management  of JVWeb seeking  stockholder  approval of a
plan of  reorganization,  merger  or  consolidation  of  JVWeb  with one or more
corporations as a result of which the outstanding  shares of JVWeb's  securities
are actually  exchanged for or converted into cash or property or securities not
issued by JVWeb unless the  reorganization,  merger or consolidation  shall have
been  affirmatively  recommended  to JVWeb's  stockholders  by a majority of the
Incumbent Board.

9.       Approvals

         The issuance of shares  pursuant to this Plan is expressly  conditioned
upon obtaining all necessary  approvals from all regulatory  agencies from which
approval is required, including gaming regulatory agencies.

10.      Effective Date of Plan

         The effective date of the Plan is June 1, 1998.

11.      Term and Amendment of Plan

         This Plan shall  expire on June 1, 2008 (except to  Conditional  Shares
outstanding  on that date).  JVWeb Board may  terminate or amend the Plan in any
respect  at  any  time,   except  no  action  of  the  JVWeb  Board  or  JVWeb's
stockholders, however, may, without the consent of a Conditional Shares grantee,
alter  or  impair  such  Participant's   rights  under  any  Conditional  Shares
previously granted.

12.      No Right of Association

         Neither the action of JVWeb in  establishing  this Plan, nor any action
taken  by any  board  of  JVWeb  or any  Subsidiary  or the  Committee,  nor any
provision of the Plan  itself,  shall be construed to limit in any way the right
of JVWeb to terminate a  Participant's  association  with the Corporation at any
time.

13.      Withholding Taxes

         JVWeb or any Subsidiary, as applicable,  shall have the right to deduct
withholding  taxes from any payments  made  pursuant to the Plan or to make such
other provisions as it deems necessary or appropriate to satisfy its obligations
to withhold federal,  state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of
payment or the issuance of Common Stock under the Plan. Whenever under the Plan,
Common Stock is to be delivered  upon vesting of Conditional  Shares,  the JVWeb
Board  shall  be  entitled  to  require  as a  condition  of  delivery  that the
Participant  remit or provide for the  withholding  of an amount  sufficient  to
satisfy all federal,  state and other  government  withholding tax  requirements
related thereto.

14.      Plan not a Trust

         Nothing  contained in the Plan and no action taken pursuant to the Plan
shall  create or be  construed  to create a trust of any  kind,  or a  fiduciary
relationship,  between  the  Corporation  and  any  Participant,  the  executor,
administrator  or other personal  representative,  or designated  beneficiary of
such  Participant,  or  any  other  persons.  If  and to  the  extent  that  any
Participant  or such  Participant's  executor,  administrator  or other personal
representative, as the case may be, acquires a right to receive any payment from
the  Corporation  pursuant to the Plan,  such right shall be no greater than the
right of an unsecured general creditor of the Corporation.

15.      Notices

         Each Participant shall be responsible for furnishing the Committee with
the current and proper address for the mailing of notices and delivery of Common
Stock pursuant to the Plan. Any notices  required or permitted to be given shall
be deemed given if addressed to the person to be notified at such address  given
to the  Committee  by such  person  and mailed by regular  United  States  mail,
first-class  and  prepaid.  If any item  mailed to such  address is  returned as
undeliverable to the addressee,  mailing will be suspended until the Participant
furnishes the proper address. This provision shall not be construed as requiring
the mailing of any notice or  notification  if such notice is not required under
the terms of the Plan or any applicable law.

16.      Severability of Provisions

         If any provisions of this Plan shall be held invalid or  unenforceable,
such  invalidity  or  unenforceability  shall not  affect  any other  provisions
hereof,  and this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such provisions had
not been included.

17. Payment to Minors, etc.

         Any benefit  payable to or for the benefit of a minor,  an  incompetent
person or other person  incapable of  receipting  therefor  shall be deemed paid
when  paid to such  person's  guardian  or the  party  providing  or  reasonably
appearing to provide for the care of such person,  and such payment  shall fully
discharge the Committee, the JVWeb Board, the Corporation and other parties with
respect thereto.

18.      Headings and Captions

         The  headings  and  captions  herein are  provided  for  reference  and
convenience  only,  shall not be considered  part of the Plan,  and shall not be
employed in the construction of the Plan.

19.      Controlling Law

         This Plan shall be construed and enforced  according to the laws of the
State of Texas to the extent not preempted by federal law, which shall otherwise
control.

20.      Enforcement of Rights

         In the event the  Corporation or a Participant is required to bring any
action  to  enforce  the  terms of this  Plan,  the  prevailing  party  shall be
reimbursed by the non-prevailing  party for all costs and fees, including actual
attorney fees, for bringing and pursuing such action.







EXHIBIT 5.1

                                June 2, 1998


United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

         RE:      Registration Statement on Form S-8
                  Under the Securities Act of 1933

Gentlemen:

         I have acted as counsel for JVWeb,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation  (the
"Company"),   in  connection  with  the  registration  with  the  United  States
Securities  and  Exchange   Commission  (the  "Commission")  on  a  Registration
Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 of up to 1,000,000 shares
of the common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), which may be
issued pursuant to the terms,  provisions and conditions of the JVWeb, Inc. 1998
Consultant Compensation Plan (the "Plan").

         In such capacity,  I have examined  originals,  or copies  certified or
otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of the following documents:

         1.       Certificate of Incorporation  of the Company,  as amended to
date;

         2.       Bylaws of the Company, as amended to date;

         3.       The Plan;

         4.       The  records  of  corporate   proceedings  relating  to  the
authorization of the Plan; and

         5. Such other  instruments and documents as I have deemed necessary for
the purpose of rendering the following opinion.

         In such  examination,  I have assumed the authenticity and completeness
of all documents,  certificates  and records  submitted to me as originals,  the
conformity  to the  original  instruments  of all  documents,  certificates  and
records submitted to me as copies,  and the authenticity and completeness of the
originals of such  instruments.  As to certain  matters of fact relating to this
opinion,  I have relied on the  accuracy and  truthfulness  of  certificates  of
officers of the Company and on certificates of public  officials,  and have made
such investigations of law as I have deemed necessary and relevant.

         Based  on  the  foregoing,   and  having  due  regard  for  such  legal
considerations as I believe relevant,  I am of the opinion that the Common Stock
has been  duly and  validly  authorized  by the  Company  and,  when  issued  in
accordance  with the  Plan,  will be duly and  validly  issued,  fully  paid and
non-assessable.

         I hereby  consent to the filing of this opinion with the  Commission as
Exhibit 5.1 to the  Registration  Statement  pursuant to which the Common  Stock
will be registered with the Commission.


                                    Very truly yours,

                             /S/ Randall W. Heinrich






EXHIBIT 23.1 - Consent of Malone & Bailey, PLLC.

           CONSENT OF MALONE & BAILEY, PLLC, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the  incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(Form S-8) pertaining to JVWeb,  Inc. 1998 Consultant  Compensation  Plan of
our report dated December 3, 1997  appearing in Form SB-2 of JVWeb,  Inc. as
of November  10,  1997,  and for the period  from  October 28, 1997 (date of
inception) through November 10, 1997.


MALONE  & BAILEY, PLLC
Houston, Texas

June 3, 1998



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