EXHIBIT (a)(8)

                                INFOSPACE, INC.
                    VOLUNTARY STOCK OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM
                         PROMISE TO GRANT STOCK OPTION

Dear:

   On behalf of InfoSpace, Inc. (the "InfoSpace"), I am writing to you
regarding InfoSpace's recent offer to exchange (the "Offer") certain
outstanding options with an exercise price of $10.00 or more per share for a
new option or options which InfoSpace will issue under its Restated 1996
Flexible Stock Incentive Plan.

   The Offer expired at 9:00 p.m., Pacific Time, on February 15, 2002. Promptly
following the expiration of the Offer and pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the Offer, InfoSpace accepted for exchange options to purchase a total of
       shares of common stock and cancelled all such options.

   [The following relates to employees who will receive an Exchange Option and
a Compensatory Option in exchange for their Eligible Options: In accordance
with the terms of the Offer, InfoSpace hereby promises to grant you a
nonstatutory stock option to purchase        shares of common stock (the
"Exchange Option") and (ii) a nonstatutory stock option to purchase
shares of common stock (the "Compensatory Option") on August 20, 2002.
InfoSpace has agreed to grant you the Exchange Option and the Compensatory
Option (each individually, the "New Option") in exchange for a stock option (or
stock options) to purchase an aggregate of        shares of InfoSpace common
stock (the "Old Option") that you tendered to InfoSpace for cancellation
pursuant to the terms of the Offer. InfoSpace cancelled your Old Option on
February 19, 2002.]

   [The following relates to employees who will receive only an Exchange Option
in exchange for their Eligible Options: In accordance with the terms of the
Offer, InfoSpace hereby promises to grant you a nonstatutory stock option to
purchase        shares of common stock (the "New Option") on August 20, 2002.
InfoSpace has agreed to grant you the New Option in exchange for a stock option
(or stock options) to purchase an aggregate of        shares of InfoSpace
common stock (the "Old Option") that you tendered to InfoSpace for cancellation
pursuant to the terms of the Offer. InfoSpace cancelled your Old Option on
February 19, 2002.]

   The exercise price of the New Option will be the closing price of
InfoSpace's common stock on the date of the grant, as listed on the Nasdaq
National Market.

   The New Option will vest as follows: 25% of the shares subject to the New
Option will be vested on the date of the grant and the remaining 75% of the
shares will vest in equal monthly installments over a 3-year period beginning
on the date that is one month after the date that the New Option is granted,
subject to your continued active full-time employment through each such vesting
date.

   The New Option will otherwise be subject to the standard terms and
conditions of InfoSpace's Restated 1996 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan and a new
option agreement between InfoSpace and you.

   In order to receive the New Option, you must be an eligible employee of
InfoSpace or one of its subsidiaries on the date the New Option is granted.
This Promise to Grant Stock Option does not constitute a guarantee of
employment with InfoSpace or any of its subsidiaries for any period. Your
employment with InfoSpace or any of our subsidiaries remains "at-will" and can
be terminated by either you or InfoSpace at any time, with or without cause or
notice. If you voluntarily terminate your employment with InfoSpace or any of
our subsidiaries or if your employment is terminated by InfoSpace or any of our
subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever before the New Option is granted, you
will lose all rights you have to receive the New Option.

   This Promise to Grant Stock Option is subject to the terms and conditions of
the Offer to Exchange dated January 15, 2002, the memorandum from Naveen Jain
dated January 15, 2002, your exchange offer summary



statement which was delivered to you no later than January 17, 2002, and the
Election Form previously completed and submitted by you to InfoSpace, all of
which are incorporated herein by reference. These documents reflect the entire
agreement between you and InfoSpace with respect to this transaction. This
Promise to Grant Stock Option may only be amended by means of a writing signed
by you and a duly authorized officer of InfoSpace.

INFOSPACE, INC.

By: _________________________________  Date: _______________________, _________

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