I am searching for an online home based business opportunity. What is the best Internet based business for me?

• I am in the process of doing my "homework" for finding a legitimate online home based business. First, this is what I will NOT even consider: 1) MLM 2) Get rich fast or overnight schemes that have all the stupid fake testimonials, screen shots of pay pal accounts overflowing with money, and websites with pictures of mansions and piles of cash. 3) Cash gifting 4) One page landing page pitches that ask you to "take a leap of faith." This is what I WILL consider: 1) An online business or affiliate program that has a reputable track record that can be verified. 2) Building my own PERSONALIZED website (no turnkey websites) having a legitimate product or service that is profitable and popular. 3) A home based business that has a solid business model that can be duplicated. I realize starting an online business will take time, money and work. And as I said before - I'm performing "due diligence" and I want to keep my start up costs under $800 (is this possible?). What are my best home based business options considering what I've laid out here?

• Answer:

  If you are looking for a legitimate online business opportunity, have you considered ebay? You could start your own online affiliate store with ebay. You can sell products that you choose, for prices that you set, and control your own profit margin. You don't have to own any inventory because you have your products drop shipped to your customers by your wholesale suppliers. And if your looking for a website builder that works great with ebay or, for that matter most any affiliate program then take a look at BANS (build a niche store). Bans will give you the tools required and show you step by step how to build a niche website (fully customized and personalized) for selling just about any type of product you want - from golf clubs to pellet stoves and everything in between. It works perfectly with ebay. Here's how it works in a nutshell - get your Bans website built and setup, sign up with ebay as an affiliate, find wholesale suppliers (cheap products to sell at Higher price), list your products on your ebay store website, take orders from your customers and get paid into your pay pal account, go to your wholesale/drop shipper and use the money you have already been paid by your customers to buy your wholesale products (at price cheaper than you sold it for) and have your drop shipper ship the product to your customer - KEEP THE PROFITS. You don't need a lot of start up money to get into a business like this because you don't have to pay for the products you sell until you have already been paid for them. Then you take that money and buy the products, so you don't have to keep or store any inventory. This is a great way to get into an online home based business and make money online. Also, this is well within the budget you stated. If you're interested - the BANS website is listed below. Good luck.