Wednesday, 22 October 2008

Which Genuine Online Business Would You Choose?

Is there such a thing as a genuine online business that you can work from home? There are millions of websites all advertising for potential customers to visit their site within many categories. With millions of people searching the internet daily and the numbers growing year on year it must be easy to get customers to buy from your website.

I am sure it won’t surprise you to know that it is not that easy. Building the website is the easy part, getting the customers is the hardest part. So this is where you have to be cautious when looking for a genuine online business.

By genuine, you are asking if your online business will make you any money and is it legal, are the advertisements telling the truth when they say they can make you a millionaire overnight!! Stating the obvious will undermine your intelligence although it is always surprising how many people actually believe such statements.

To earn money you have to work for it, we all know that, there is no such thing as easy money although there are ways of making money online which are easier than others.

Lets look at some of the options available for online businesses you can work from home and make money.

Online Retail - Website displaying your products/services (Storage required for stock and possibly employees for administration depending on size of Company. You have to be aware of trends and changes within your market and re-stock as appropriate.


Dropshipping - Website displaying products stocked at a Warehouse. No stock held – you get the orders, the dropshipper posts the goods. You buy at the Warehouse prices and sell at any price you choose. Extremely important to check out the reliability of your dropshipper and difficulties arise if you have sold a product that is out of stock. Once your website has a bad reputation it is very difficult to erase it. Very competitive and to be eligible for quantity discounts to compete with the ‘big boys’ you have to sell a huge amount of items and gain a good reputation.


Selling your expertise - If you are lucky enough to have skills that somebody could use then a website is the best advertisement you can buy.


eBay Shop - Many eBayers use dropshippers so the above applies. High fees and competition often make it impossible to make a profit. You need to buy large amounts of items to be eligible for the discounts that will enable you to compete against the PowerSellers.


Digital Products-Affiliate programmes where you advertise ebooks and digital downloads and get a commission for products you don’t own. Competition is high and extremely difficult to achieve consistent daily sales.


Affiliate Commission Sales - Website where you advertise high street products and you get paid commission on each item you sell. Although competition is high this is also where the greatest number of sales are made each year and is getting more and more popular as online sales are increasing year after year. If you fill your website with mainly high value products the more commission you will make on each sale. No stock required, no employees as it can be run by one person, low start up costs. Choose you niche, and in todays climate go for a niche that is not affected by the current economic climate – for example: baby goods are a need not a luxury.



All the above options are genuine internet businesses you could work from home but which one would you choose??


Whichever option you choose, getting traffic to your site is the only way you will make any money. Once again there are millions of advertisements trying to sell you some information or tips on how to get traffic and many people get totally confused by the different methods. Your adverts have to stand out from the rest to be successful whether they are in text or video format.


This is where good tuition, with a real person, will make your introduction to the world of internet marketing so much easier. To be given step by step instructions, as you slowly build up your confidence to do your own marketing of your website, makes the whole process so enjoyable. With a PPC expert, Marketing Expert and lifetime support you never have to worry if you have a question. Wouldn’t you prefer to have direct contact via telephone with a real person to help you get traffic to your site, rather than relying on an email or searching through the vast amount of, sometime useless information, that is available. So much time can be wasted acting on the wrong information, with good guidance you will be successful.


There are a number of Affiliate Programs available who have large high street stores amongst there merchants. Choose to work with one Affiliate Program initially as you need to accrue their minimum commission before being paid. Check the merchants commission rates and choose products with a higher, rather than lower, retail sale price or you can become a ‘busy fool’.


Be aware that Merchants offer guarantees and refunds to their customers and these percentages are often listed on the Affiliate Program sites. Determine how high the refunds will be against the total sales you are likely to achieve.


Don’t let the thought of Affiliate Marketing frighten or confuse you. The main methods of getting traffic to your site are PPC (Pay per Click) which is the only one with an immediate response, Articles, Blogs, Networking, Forums, Links from Directories. With tuition at each stage, even if you are a complete newbie, you will succeed and enjoy the process.


Yes, there are a lot of genuine online businesses that, with your input, will make you money working from home although it is your choice as to what you want from an internet business and what sort of Company you choose to work with. We would all like money to fall into our pockets and you will find that this is one of the easier options to make you money.


For the Total Website Packagess including, Website, Hosting, Domain Name, Lifetime Back- Up and most important of all Expert Marketing Tuition take a look at a Genuine Online Business Opportunity Give them a ring and ask for Dean, have a chat you have nothing to lose.