I need advice for starting an online business!?
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Its not technical knowledge you need to know or worry about...\nI can't say about licenses as I don't know which country you are in.\nBut from my guess you should at least have some sort of trading license (in my country I need trading, import export license to start)\n\nto solve this.. find a CA and talk to him about this.. he'll do it for small fee(license your business etc).\n\nif you want to create a site here are some fast recommendations for you (note I don't make any money by these recommendations I am doing it because I use them)\n\nfor domains name use http://namecheap.com they are the BEST, best customer service etc\nfor hosting http://hostgator.com again they have the best customer service around.\n\nif you don't know html to build site.. find a 15 yr olds and get them to make it for you... anyone of them can make it in an hour(its that easy)\n\nYou need to understand the basics of online marketing(you don't need to be expert at everything).\n1. advertising online\n2. how to sell using online sales copy \n3. how to track your results
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Think of all your interests & ask yourself if any of those could be expanded into a business. Just keep in mind...what's your expertise? What are your interests? What could you imagine yourself doing?\n\nBy researching the prospect of starting your own business -- what it entails, what you need to know, helpful hints, etc -- you'll feel better prepared to take that plunge.\n\nI found some book titles that are relevant to your specific question:\n\n* 101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home by Susan Sweeney\n* The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century by Paul Edwards\n* Selling Online: How to Become a Successful E-Commerce Merchant by Jim Carroll\n* I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher\n* I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work by Julie Jansen\n* The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start by Marian Betancourt\n* The Shoestring Entrepreneur's Guide to Internet Start-Ups by Robert Spiegel \n* Making a Living Without a Job : Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love by Barbara Winter\n\nI also posted some article links in the source box.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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set up an e-commerce store. Not just E-Bay. Build your own website and start a business selling art,surplus supplies from your local retail stores...Your own candy...craft...bread...clothing...handbags...information about subjects you are passionate about and have knowledge of....
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i currently use Yahoo! Small Business and their web hosting services. they are fantastic and have really grown my own website over the past four years. they have a merchant program which gives you support as you set up an online business and gives you pointers as to where exactly you can go from the start.\n\nif you don't want to start an online merchant store just yet, i still would recommend the web hosting package. it comes with site builder and pagebuilder so you can design the site yourself instead of paying a designer to do it for you. the package i have is web hosting starter and it costs me a little over 8 dollars a month. i have unlimited storage and great 24/7 support with Yahoo!. its cheap and has tons of storage and greap options. you should check it out.
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You can find a step-by-step guide on starting your own internet business at\n\nhttp://www.getyourebook.com\n\nYou can also start on eBay. Try these\n\nhttp://www.getyourebook.com/ebaymillionaire\nhttp://www.getyourebook.com/silentmachine\nhttp://www.getyourebook.com/wwbstartright\nhttp://www.getyourebook.com/imc-course
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What should you look for in an "ideal" internet business? \n\n- No or minimal start-up fees (Our business start-up is $29.00)\n- A product or service you feel good about  (Consumable products used in every home… safer, more effective, less expensive, things people use and need on a daily basis)\n- A duplicable system (work FOR yourself- NOT BY yourself… we are a TEAM of individuals working to help others… “Enhancing the lives of those we touch by helping others reach their goals from Home!!!”\n- Residual income (Residual Income PLUS bonuses for helping others!!!)\n- Customizable web sites to promote your business  (Free website for ALL Members)\n- Free training and support  (Free Company and TEAM Training… we will work with you to reach YOUR GOALS!!!)\n- Free marketing materials and ideas (Our support team has 70 members who are there to help you every step of the way… Training and support from people who have been there and done that.  Training provided via email, internet, or telephone)\n- Company in business at least 18 months and in good standing with the Better Business Bureau (Inc 500 Company in business for over 20 years with over 700 Million in annual sales. As for the Better Business Bureau: “The Eastern Idaho and Western Wyoming division of the Better Business \nBureau recently presented Our Company AND CEO with its 2005 "Hall of Fame" award. This prestigious award honored Our Company for its example of ethics and integrity in \ndealings with customers, employees, and the community. We have received many other Prestigious Awards.)\n\nIf you would like to get all the details... contact me through IM or Yahoo360.  The information is FREE and there is no obligation to join... If it makes sense to you... we can work WITH you to reach your goals from home.  If you deside to give it a try... the $29.00 start-up fee is refundable for up to 120 days.\n\nMy websites: http://learn2.momsmakemore or http://learn2.ownanewbusiness.com
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I posted 2 links that should help you to get started.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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You should take a look at this online presentation to get business online. It covers the basics through advanced techniques. Including audio explanations.\nhttp://www.azonlinemarketing.com/online-marketing-source-presentation1.php
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anyone who says "Online business has Bad ROI is point blank stoopid".\n\nanyways your friend is right. Service business online is one of the best ways. the best about this business is you can take it offline if you started out online or vice versa.\n\n25000 for online business is too much.. I advice you to invest wisely if you are starting online(like on monthly basis and check your results and profit). \n\nMost online business has low cost start ups. Just don't be fooled by website designing companies that'll guarantee top placements in google, yahoo for your site. They'll suck up your 25 grands in no time.\n\nThis is the start up cost for online business\ndomain name : $10 a year\nHosting : $5-10 a month ($60-$120) a year\nWebsite design : You can get a decent design for $100 at elance.com\n\nthats 230$ for first year. Now all you need to do is to spend some of your money wisely on advertisements. I suggest $5-10 a day. If you make profit from spending $5-10 a day. \n\nStart investing more in advertising as long as your profits margins are good & increasing.\n\nHere's Best Idea: If you are starting an offline business... invest $230 more in building a website for that offline business and promote your business online and offline both.
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Hi.\n\nWhen starting an online business there are many things to consider. Do you have a product you would like to sell or are you planning on selling an existing product as an affiliate marketer? Do you have a budget or will you be raising capital later? You will nedd to spend money in order to make money. Are you someone who would like to spend a lot of time at home or do you prefer the commute. Some people really do, I know it sounds nuts but they do. These are all things you will need to ask and answer as you begin. Plenty of people are making money online, working at home, running an online business. So you probably can as well. But be careful!! There are lots of scams out there!  Dont pay for anything untill you have read the free ebook Dotcomology !!\n\nHere is the link to the free download:\nhttp://www.bizoppreview.com/dotcomology.html\n\nGood Luck
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One thing you should know, a business online is just like any other business, it will take time and work to succeed. I work online as well and make a nice side income. I can tell you that I am only where I am now because I asked questions and actually acted on advice I was given. Too many times people expect an online business to make them money within a month and without much work. It is not like that very often. I just wanted to clear that all up first.\n\nEbay is a great way to start. Make sure your products are not all over Ebay though, and if they are, make sure to add something to your offer, make it different from all the others if you can.\n\nOne thing you can do that has helped me, is to write and submit articles to article directory sites. Write about your site, write about what you know, and at the end of the article include a url to your web site. Once finished writing it (make sure it's not just a sales letter, but good information), submit it to article directories so other users can use the article on their site. If everything goes well, you will start receiving some web traffic from those articles. But again, it will take a month or two and a few good articles to see any traffic. But this is a free method of advertising.\n\nHowever, paying to advertise will general get you more traffic faster, and probably more sales faster as well. You can use Yahoo's Overture pay per click to advertise your site. You pay Yahoo a bit of money for each person who clicks on your ad within Yahoo. It will cost money, but if your site is good, you should make some sales. I do this with Yahoo and other sites as well.\n\nMaking an online business profit is hard work at times. And there are a lot of ebooks out there that can help. I have only gotten into a bit about it. \n\nOne thing you can do is to visit online business forums, where you can ask questions and get feedback from other successful online business people.
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Hi there you try toboc.com they are great. Based in canada but they have contacts around the world. It is free to join as well.\nOr you could try out my software that will take you by the hand and show everything you need to start up online. If you can watch a video and click your mouse your on the way to make a lot of money to help your friends out. Hope that helps you. Best Of Luck.
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It takes a lot of work and persistence to make money on the internet.  I have been investigating and working on various online business ideas for several years. I have learned a lot and am getting much closer to making a living online, but have not reached my goals yet. \n\nMy advice is to start reading as much free information you can on starting an online business. Then find something you have passion for and go for it. You might fail the first time, but if you have persistence you might one day make something of it. You can read more about my business experiences in the source site. \n\nAlso, I will give you this quick plan to get you headed in the right direction:\n\n1. Write down all the things you enjoy doing (try to make it least 10-20 things)\n2. Write down all the things you think you are good at.\n3. Have your close friends and family write down all the things they think you are good at. \n4. Take these lists and find the top 2-5 things that you enjoy doing and that you and your friends think you are good at.\n5. Decide which one of these 5 things you can make the most money from and/or which one of these things you can make money the fastest from and see if there is a market for it. \n\nStart a website or blog in that general area. \n\nIt's a good technique to find a niche to start your online business in. Just remember there are few overnight sensations. It takes hard work and persistence to make money.\n\nAll the best,\nGeorge
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I tell you what;  if you want, you can contact me at info@gdifreedom.ws and I can help you get started in a good online business that I myself am currently enrolled in and am doing very very well with.  You must commit yourself to it if you want to be successful though.  This is the way I have done it and I see fit that others must as well.  Please do a good overview of the company before joining though and I'll help you get started with it and help you with advertising it.  I'll show you the routes that I have taken in order to make myself a success along with others that I have shown.
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you have the right idea,,,,if you are under 18,, I would suggest trying to find a business partner of legal age,, if you are in the usa,, get a dba, a "doing business as" license,, you just need to decide on a name and register it,,,then perhaps use that same name as your domain name,,                \n                   yahoo has a great deal domain names for 4.99$ i think it is, then for less than 15 a month you could build a website with them,,,, again find a partner who can help you in this area,,, put some thought into your prices and what you want your website to look like,,, being a photographer you can probably put it together yourself very easily\n                   If you are limited money wise,, you could use your yahoo 360 page, or if your isp provides you with web-space use it, at least get the domain name... you can always use it with your e-mail and website,,, but do not rely on just the internet,, make flyers and put them around town,, tell your friends and family,,, maybe have special gran opening prices,,, etc,,, be a little creative if you have a digital cam,, lots of kids want their proms and graduation filmed,,, also weddings, anniversary parties, birthdays, charge resonably and you will make good money. I did it for extra money one summer.
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I am very experienced with Internet businesses, as I run a couple of Internet businesses, I buy and sell on eBay and I have some customers who have large internet sales businesses.\n\nYahoo answers will not let me publish my web address, but if you write me at yahoo mail, I will be happy to give you any information I can about how to be successful on the web and how to keep from being scammed.\n\n-- Mark
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1 A Website- You will need a website of your own to start your e-business. You can either get a free website from hosts like Yahoo Geocites, Doteasy, or Bravenet, or "Paid domain name and Webhosting". There're Web Hosting plans that cost as little as $2.95 per month. That's less than one-tenth of your phone bill, so you should consider it.\n\n2 Get an Idea- What is your site going to be about? You can make you site be about anything you want. It's your Website.\n\n3 Creating a Website- A website can be as little as one page, as long as it makes sense. And the fact is that a one-page website can generate you as much as $2,000 per day. You shouldn’t really stress yourself in that area.\n\n4 Website Promotion: Here is the part most people forget to do. Of course you have to let people know about your website. Tell your friends, send some emails, and talk about it in forums. These are the simple ways you can promote your site. Also you might try submitting to search engines like google and yahoo. \n\nHere's a way you can earn extra cash from your site - Register For Google Adsense- Signing up for Google is Free, as long as you have established a website. After you sign up, all you do is paste Google ads (which will be provided for you by Google) on your site. Google pays you every time someone clicks on their ads from your site. You're not required to make any sales or signups before getting paid. Some keywords bid as much as $30.00 per click. Imagine when you get those ads on your site, you will be generating Thousands of Dollars.