Starting a conventional "brick and mortar" type business is a serious and costly undertaking. This is the real business world. Unfortunately, what most internet wannabe entrepreneurs don't realize is that starting a legitimate internet business is just as difficult as starting a conventional business. It's less costly, at first, which allows nearly anyone to start up an internet business. Because it's so easy to start an internet business, there's far more competition when compared to a conventional business. This is why it's really hard to make money on the internet.

There are many "get rich quick" schemes out there. About 99% of them are scams. The only folks getting rich on "get rich quick" schemes are those who are selling the "get rich quick" schemes. It requires a lot of hard work to build a successful home based internet business. If you're determined to make money online, learn to walk before you run.

First you need to learn how to build a website, using good seo (search engine optimization) techniques. Then you need to host your website, and get traffic (customers) to your website. Of course, you need a product to sell too. Another alternative is to promote someone else's product for a commission. This is called affiliate marketing. If you have your own product to sell, and it's relatively unique, with good demand, it's quite easy to make money on the internet. But how do you determine what to sell? What's a product niche? How do you find legitimate wholesalers to work with you? What if you can't afford to start a legitimate business? (I.E.: get a business license, resellers permit or federal tax id number, and possibly a home occupation permit).

If you're not prepared to start a legitimate business, be prepared to get ripped off by all those money making schemes on the internet. For example, you cannot find a legitimate wholesale supplier on the internet (at least it's very unlikely). Ninety nine percent of online wholesalers, found on the internet, are actually "middlemen," separating you from the real wholesale supplier or drop ship supplier. These "middlemen" take a small piece of the profits that should be going to you. They claim to be a wholesaler, and may even display photos of their large warehouses on their website. But those photos are generally photos of their wholesale distributor. Most legitimate wholesale distributors, do not advertise on the internet. So what if you don't have the money to start a legitimate business? Or what if you just don't have the time or knowledge? After all, running a legitimate business is time consuming, especially if it's just a "one man" or "one woman" operation. You've got to fulfill orders, monitor inventory, promote your products through a website you create, create a merchant account, keep good bookkeeping records, pay taxes, maintain good relations with your customers, etc. Serious business requires a serious, hard working, and professional attitude.

If you're not ready to tackle the chore of creating and operating a legitimate business, there's another alternative. You can get into affiliate marketing at almost no cost to you. But since it's even easier to do this than to start a legitimate internet business, expect even greater competition. The easier something is to do, the more competition you'll have to contend with. It's not impossible though. Again, it requires a lot of hard work. This typically involves finding a product you want to promote, buying it yourself in order to take it on a "test drive," and then promoting it via a website you create from scratch. It's very important that you promote a product or service that delivers what it promises. If you promote something you know nothing about, and the product is a scam, you'll ruin your good reputation.

If you're serious about starting a legitimate home based internet business, or serious about affiliate marketing, I suggest you take my FREE online course on "Starting a Home Based Internet Business." You can get there by going to: free business cards

On my website, I will not tell you it's all a piece of cake. I promise to be truthful and upfront with you, and help to steer you away from all those "get rich quick" schemes. If you want the cold hard truth about making money online, please visit my site. I hope to see you there!

Wishing you success with your online business ventures,
Robert A. Jump

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