Auctions and reverse auctions are integral parts of market exchanges. In an auction, companies are able to sell excess inventory and used or refurbished equipment. Because a company can not be all things to all people, it is important to outsource some services. ASPs also aggregate content that would ordinarily be difficult or next to impossible for most businesses to build on their own. Companies like Akamai , Loudeye , isyndicate and Moreover are big in the content space.
ASPs provide anything from search capabilities for web sites, to wireless web development.
Promotion Finally, once your web site has been built and deployed, announce it to the world. Promotion is not cheap and is another area where businesses often go overboard and end up with little or no money for anything else. There is no exact science to promoting to search engines as listing requirements vary from one search engine to another. There are a number of companies available to help with search engine promotion and some engines would list you for a fee. The B2C space has been beleaguered by problems.