Monday March 29, 2010  Perth, Australia

Turn Cards into Cash

Cardnap, a new company that offers a simple and secure way to turn unwanted gift cards into cash, was launched in Perth today (Monday March 29).

Founded by Perth entrepreneur Lachy Groom, Cardnap Pty Ltd will initially support more than 45 retailers across Australia, including Westfield, Hoyts, Village Cinemas, Sussans, David Jones, Myer and Woolworths.

Sue Rice Swimwear (suerice.com.au) has appointed Hitwise as their SEO agency.

"They seemed to tick all the right boxes and have large in-house resources to back them up…that is in areas like link strategy/ press releases/articles, research tools, keyword reporting/implementing, analytics, key deliverables/timing, realistic ROI based on implemented stategy etc. We've started with the first part of an overall strategy which, if it works well, we can build on." Says Sue Rice, CEO.

Shopping.com and

Graysonline the online retail auctionsite has appointed First Rate to handle its search engine optimisation.

GraysOnline is understood to be making a significant investment in SEO as it looks to boost natural search engine rankings and traffic to its site as well as increase online sales.

GraysOnline group marketing manager, Westley Stringfellow, said the company had conducted a "thorough search for an SEO partner" and selected First Rate for its "track record in delivering excellent SEO results for their clients."

"We are planning to deploy all of our agency's SEO experience and resources to ensure GraysOnline maintains and grows its natural traffic, and dominates its key product categories."

GraysOnline sells across across more than 80 product categories including consumer electronics, wine, automotive and mining equipment.

Tom Skotidas, head of marketing at First Rate said he was "proud to be working with GraysOnline, a leader in Australian online retail and auctions".

The win comes fresh on the heels of the agency's appointment last week to handle search engine marketing for financial derivative provider IG Markets.

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