In a smart move, Getprice have introduced a category bidding system for their customers.

Now, if you want to appear at the top of a category or search, you can bid more to appear there. With enough customers feeding products to the site now (they say 1.5 million products online), this is a move that should enable them to generate more revenue.

I have included their email to feed customers below.

Catch of the Day announced today the sale of their 1 millionth product, Not too bad considering the site has only been in operation since October 2006.

Gabby Leibovich , Director of Catch of the Day mused that they sold about 100,000 items in the first year of trading and  there had been a exponential  explosion in sales since then

Running an online business more often than not involves trying to automate and save costs. The online world is generally a very competitive one so any edge you can get is a good one. When a business is shipping 10 orders a day, making an extra $1 per order in profit starts to add up!

Usually, your largest cost as a business is staff, or staff time. When calculated per hour of effort, staff are expensive. In Australia and other developed countries, taking on a new staff member is a big decision as the cost is high and that staff member will really have to assist in growing the business or at the very least, perform well enough to save time and effort for you, so you can focus on growing your business.

International labour has been used for many years now for telesales, IT support, and general customer support for many industries. And this is becoming prevalent in online retail businesses worldwide too. Some of Australia's largest and highest profile retailers use some international services and labour.

So, what about your own online business?