Some bots now include offline stores in their results. Anonymously describe the product or service you need and sellers will post or email their offers. The theory is that the final price will be bid down. Sellers monitor these for sales leads. Be a Dex Affiliate Join an affiliate program or run your own to drive traffic to your site or make money by directing traffic from your site to those of your affiliate partners.
Some merchants have great sales success by combining the above sales tools.
They might list a product on eBay along with a link that points to their fully stocked Web store.