It is a good idea to meet with a good tax advisor as soon as possible. The first time we went to see our laywer, it was more or less a sosial call. We drank coffee and had an hour of shit-chat. You can charge almost anything you want to you company creditcard (and get deductions) if you do it in a proper way. For instance when you are having lunch and beers and watching football (soccer) with your buddys, I make sure we talk atleast an quarter of an hour about business, and this is agreed upon from the beginning. We pay the beers with cash and charge the food to a company card. The only thing that is important is that there is a valid business reason for meeting. It is very possible that you have different tax rules in the United States.
I am making enough from adsense (at least enough here in my country). I have other source of income such as membership and commission.
I am new and feel clueless to the whole making money on the internet thing. I am a graduating senior in college and am about to enter the competive job market. I will be finishing up classes this summer and will have a lot of free time on my hands as i will only be taking a couple classes and finishing up my degree and looking for a job. I am very interested in getting ino the world of making money from the internet, but i have no idea where to start. Can someone give me some starting ideas or some websites that explain where to start? I'm very excited to learn and devote time and effort to such a business. Where do you even start?
The best place I've found to "start" was by reading this e-book. It's free and really helped me get started and to avoid some mistakes early on that most people make. It's written by Chris Malta who is eBay Radio's on-air Product Sourcing Editor. Just as some background I, like VS, am also selling products from my sites and not running affiliate program sites. I have not included any affiliate tags in this post, but will admit that I make use of the research software and directories on the page I linked to. If you do have any questions about the products on the page and how they work feel free to PM me. Otherwise I hope the book gives you the "starting place" you're looking for.
Disgust, Nice job on your site! I'm making roughly $1k/mo from product sales right now. Looking at opening up another store later this summer.
I'm making about $2,000 a month. Nothing compaired to before the .com crash, $100,000 in 2000 from two Nintendo sites alone!!
Hum I cant seem to find the url to that goldmine website.I would love to take a look at it thou...what is the url? Thank you
It seems to me, as talking to people that the best way to succeed is from reading this e book published by Chris Malta? As i am about half way through this e book, that Malta is basically saying that the best way is to go out and find a good "internet mall" that lets you use their space and their design aspects and make it your own. Then go out and find a good supplier that avoids the "middle men" and just create your store that way. I am wondering why, it says that 500 people look at this book a day in the "information" part of the book. If there are 500 people a day reading this, isnt there a good percentage of people also trying this very same tactic ever day? So i would be competing with several different people doing the same thing every day. What sets me apart from others? And if i go about creating a site that doesnt encourage a purchase from potential clients, (be it software or a forum or whatever) i am not sure where the big money would come from. Obviously anything starts out slow. But gaining advertisers would be a slow punishing road, and it seems that i might not know enough about those type of sites to make it run smoothly. Any more advise on any of these subjects would be greatly appreciated. It seems that many of the people who post here are already successful in their particular interent site and have much valuable information. But either way, i need to find a "niche" that would set my site apart from the thousands and thousands of sites that are trying to do basically the same thing that i am doing. How should i go about doing this? I have a strong work ethic and am not afraid to put much hard work and effort into doing so. I was considering something related to sports or sports products. I'd liek to know what others think of this book. I am not plugging this book, believe me because i am trying to express skepticism and waiting for other opinions. But again this book is by Chris Malta and is called "starting your internet business right". Is this book a good starting product for me? Is there any more? And does anyone know of any good internet malls and drop shippers that could be utilized? Any information on this site good or bad would be appreciated. It is so hard to tell legit ideas from the ones that try to rope you in. I mean demographics come into play here and creating a website targeted at the particular demographic i am looking to buy products. How could i make my website stand out and even be noticed in the vast array of websites doing the same thing? Where should it be? How can i make it come up in a search from say google better? Keep in mind I am a complete novice right now and want to learn the ropes but have intentions of learning everything there is to know and want to go about creating a business the right way and one that will work, and really work before I jump in too quick.
For now, I make less than $200 a month. When I can reach 1-2k a month, I will quit my job to do this full time. For those on paid hosting, you might want to consider free hosting. Read the Awardspace review I wrote.
I;m not thinking about the money right now...maybe later when I'll have enough visitors.. But I congratulate whoever makes already some money online ...
I make about $300 a month. Would love to get it between $500 and $2000 a month. Lots of hard work ahead.
I read that book, and tried it. I made a couple hundred or something, but largely its not worth it. If you want a good ebook get SEOBOOK from Aaron Wall. Its good, and its a good overall book on making money online. It won't give you a niche to use, but thats up to you. It will tell you how to make money once you find your niche. As for my income I make, typically, $1000 to $1500 per month with proxy websites. Of course that changes during summer time. Plus one time things, like selling my ebook. Made about $2000 from that so far. MAtt