| You may already have your own internet business, | | | | fees, final value fees, shop subscriptions, and once |
| making money by selling stuff on eBay, for example | | | | again, these can and do change from time to time. All |
| or you could be promoting products as an Affiliate | | | | these charges are coming out of your profits. With |
| via your Blogs. However, to make even more | | | | the vast amount of competition on eBay, you cannot |
| money, you could and perhaps should, consider | | | | simply raise your prices to cover these charges or |
| having your own web site. Your own web site will | | | | you would end up not selling much. So, perhaps it is |
| give you greater control over the content and the | | | | time to consider an alternative to eBay. |
| products you want to sell. This is Part one of a | | | | Sooner or later you really should think about having |
| two-part article. | | | | your own web site. If you are promoting digital |
| Many people begin their on-line trading business by | | | | products as an affiliate, you could list all your |
| selling stuff on eBay, Amazon and similar sites. Or | | | | promotions on your own web site. That way, they |
| they become affiliates and promote other peoples | | | | will all be in one place and you simply direct all your |
| digital products. These are all excellent places to start | | | | sales 'Links' to that one web site. So if they then |
| making money, weather you sell part time or full | | | | change their minds and do not purchase the item |
| time. You can start for nothing by selling your own | | | | they came to view, there is a good chance that they |
| unwanted stuff. Then use whatever money you | | | | will click on one of your other promotions. There is |
| make to buy more items to sell, and repeat until you | | | | also a good chance that they will remember your |
| have sufficient funds to start buying wholesale | | | | web site and return again. |
| products. | | | | With you own web site, you decide what to sell or |
| Once you have a good wholesaler or two from | | | | promote. You decide how long to keep products |
| which you can buy products, that people want, you | | | | listed on your site and when to add new products. |
| are well on your way to a full-time internet business. | | | | There are no listing fees to pay, no matter how |
| However, eBay, Amazon and all the others have | | | | many items you have for sale. Most web site hosting |
| 'Rules' and 'Policies' about how and what you sell. | | | | companies will charge a small monthly fee, which is |
| These are there to help protect buyers and rightly | | | | usually about half of what you would pay for having |
| so. But they can be a minefield for sellers, especially | | | | a basic shop on eBay. Apart from that though, all the |
| as they are constantly changing these rules and | | | | rest of the profits are yours. You can stock your |
| policies. The sudden decision by eBay to ban digital | | | | web site with products you are already selling, or |
| download products is one such change which left | | | | affiliate products or digital products, or perhaps all |
| hundreds of sellers completely stranded and their | | | | three. |
| internet business in total ruins. | | | | This article continues in Part Two. |
| Add to that, all the fees you have to pay. Listing | | | | |