Choosing An Internet Business People who are not wealthy, and even some who are, fall into two categories. They either work for themselves or they work for someone else. It is not significant to the world's inhabitants which method you choose. It is only important to you and your peace of mind. Home businesses have been around for a long time; just think of Avon, Tupperware and Betterware, for example. These business models involve the worker selling the products and recruiting new members to sell as well. The recruiter gets a percentage of the seller's income. These jobs were traditionally the realm of women, who carried out the job while the kids were in school or after the kids had flown the coop. There is a genuine chance for the worker to make good money in these types of business, although the fact of the matter is that most people do not make more than pin or beer money. The hook, with which to lure individuals into these businesses is often the promise of easy money. It is a very successful lure. It has proven itself to work for decades and it is still working these days, on the Internet. All the old quasi-business opportunities and scams have been transferred online so as to hit a bigger audience and new socalled business 'opportunities' have been invented as well. This makes it very tricky for new-comers to the Internet to pick an online business, if they want to earn money online. Before you go looking for an online business, it is a good idea to look at yourself analytically and come to a decision whether you are the type of person who can work unassisted online. Are you disciplined enough? Do you know enough about anything? You often read people boasting that they manage their online business in their pajamas, but what is so good about that? So, they are slobs, so what? That is no role model. Working from home suits me because I like to work, when I like to work. I frequently work at night when there is no-one about and my Internet connection is faster. I still work 12-15 hours a day fully clothed - OK, without a shirt when it is hot. You need to have something to sell. I do not only mean a product. I mean that you must be able to put something of yourself into the product too. You have to be passionate about it. You have to know something about it and you have to be able to want to write about it. If you do not believe in whatever you are trying to sell, you will have a well-nigh hopeless job persuading others about its qualities too. Once you have identified a product that you have respect for in an industry that you know something about, look for a respectable company that can supply it. If possible, have it drop-shipped by that company, so that you do not have to hold any stock. Some of these companies will provide you with a website as a sales page, others will not. It is normally better to have a website, so learn how to make one and upload it. For this you will require hosting too. Therefore, once you have chosen your product, if not before, you should learn some HTML editing (writing websites) and learn how to launch a website (FTP it). These are not difficult practices to become skilled at, really, even if you know totally
nothing about them right now. You will also need a domain name and somewhere to store it. This is the URL or website address of your website and where it is actually stored - on which computer and in which country. While or after you are doing that, you should steep yourself in familiarity of the product you are about to sell and that sector in general. As you can see, there is a great deal to do in the beginning. A very great deal, and that is one of the major reasons for failure, they are not well prepared and give up. I personally would not join any company that asks for any kind or registration fee. No matter what elaborate excuses they give for the fee. Often they will say that the charge is for registration on their database or for constructing and hosting your website. This is all rubbish. There are thousands of marketers who pay for names to go on their database (or list); the website is computer generated (yours is just one of hundreds) and hosting space and costs for this would be dollars a year. Why should you pay to work selling their goods? Run a mile from any firm like that. Also ones that offer to pay for your registration if you pay for people who join under you - it is the same old hogwash wrapped up differently. Working online requires constant work and revision and I have only touched on some of the work that a budding online marketer has to know and be able to do. Good luck choosing an Internet business. Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on a range of subjects, but is now concerned with team building activity ideas. If you would like to know more, please go to our website at Small Team Building Activities