SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                            TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



     Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 18, 2002 (January
14, 2002)                                              -------------------------
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                                Netgateway, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)


               000-27941                                  87-0591719
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        (Commission File Number                (IRS Employer Identification No.)


  754 East Technology Avenue, Orem, Utah                    84097
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 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)


                                  801.227.0004
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               (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Zip Code)


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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)







Item 5.  Other Items.

         On January 15, 2002,  Netgateway,  Inc.  ("Netgateway")  and Category 5
Technologies,  Inc.  issued a joint  press  release  to  announce  that they had
executed a  Termination  and Release  Agreement on January 14, 2002 to terminate
the Agreement  and Plan of Merger  entered into between them on October 23, 2001
and to abandon the merger  contemplated by such agreement.  Pursuant to and upon
the terms and conditions  contained in the  Termination  and Release  Agreement,
Netgateway has agreed to pay a reimbursement  fee of $260,630 in various monthly
installments  of at  least  $20,000.00  to  Category  5  Technologies,  Inc.  in
connection  with the  termination of the merger.  Copies of the  Termination and
Release  Agreement and the joint press  release are attached  hereto as Exhibits
2.1 and 99.1, respectively, and are incorporated herein by this reference.

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (a)     Financial Statements.  Not Applicable.
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        (b)     Pro Forma Financial Information.  Not Applicable.
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        (c)     Exhibits.
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                 2.1   Termination and Release Agreement dated January 14, 2002.

                 99.1  Netgateway, Inc. press release, dated January 15, 2002.




                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                              Netgateway, Inc.


Date: January 18, 2002        By:    /s/  Frank C. Heyman
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                                        Frank C. Heyman, Chief Financial Officer