yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/h8o6gtmj Shared by DynamicBusinessScoopon completes largest growth capital investment in Australian e-commerce sector
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Cloud enables Catchoftheday to reel in sales - e-commerce, Cloud hosting, Catchofthday - CIOAn ailing server that could not cope with traffic spikes on its e-commerce websites lead Victorian-based company Catchofthday to investigate Cloud hosting.
Chief technology officer, Vijay Bala, told CIO Australia that its expansion plans for general goods website Catchoftheday and experiences, such as restaurant dining, website Scoopon were being stymied by system crashes. The company also operates a site called Wine.Catchoftheday which offers specials on wine.
Trading web is winning big business
Online Retail for those who have got it right is booming, read this article:
Trading web is winning big business -Chris Johnston January 8, 2011
Gabby Leibovich (right), with brother Hezi. Photo: Michael Clayton-Jones
GABBY Leibovich says he sometimes wonders if the Melbourne-based online empire he has built from nothing with his brother Hezi is real - and that it is true he runs a juggernaut internet shop worth perhaps $A100 million this financial year. (Click below to see the article)
Daily deals, and they're done dirt cheap
Daily deals, and they're done dirt cheap December 29, 2010 - Focusing on a single discount may trigger the next internet gold rush, writes Julian Lee.When Colin Fabig posted an offer of a half-price colonic irrigation session on the daily deals website he runs he never expected it to be such a hit.''But there were a lot of people out there who thought to themselves, 'I've heard of it and it is usually quite expensive, so I'm going to give it a go.''' And they did, in droves. Five hours after the deal was posted on Jumponit, 530 vouchers for the $49 session at the North Bondi clinic had been sold.
Groupon to enter Australia as daily deals sites explode
Groupon to enter Australia as daily deals sites explodeJulian LeeDecember 29, 2010 * Why daily deals is the next internet gold rushTHE world's largest daily deals website, Groupon, which Google tried to buy this month for $US6 billion, has confirmed it is entering the Australian market.The company is recruiting people to sign up to its email database before a launch next month into a market that is becoming crowded. The No. 2 player, Living Social, abandoned plans to start from scratch in Australia, opting instead for a joint venture with an existing company, Jumponit.
The local daily deals market continues to grow, with group-buying site Jump On It receiving $5 million in funding from global player LivingSocial.The development comes as the group buying scene in Australia becomes even more saturated, with a group of larger players including Jump On It, Cudo, Spreets and Scoopon all fighting it out for their share of the market.Jump On It scores $5 million investment from LivingSocial, takes over local operations - Business news, business advice and information for Australian SMEs | SmartCompany
Who is the biggest player on the hot group buying market in Australia? Comparative research. « Blog – Altima Interactive Australia
After the phenomenal success of GroupOn, new group buying (group purchasing) web sites had started to appear virtually every day. It is extremely hot trend and even in Australia we have many of them. One day I asked myself, who is the leader of this market? Who close deals more often, attract more consumers and get highest volume of the transaction? So when I got some spare time, I conducted a small research to answer this questions and find out more insights.
