Step by Step Guide On How To Start A Home Business Online.
Comparison set up costs and
potential of Online & Off-Line Business.
When setting up an Off-line business
the costs vary considerably , depending on the type of business you are
setting up.
However
usually you need to pay for rent, staff, stock, insurance, equipment,
signs, advertising, postage, merchant accounts, customer parking,
office equipment, utilities, etc, etc.
Rent alone can set you back well in excess of $40,000 per month for a
top location.
When setting up an Online
business from home many of these expenses are eliminated.
Instead of running your business from a physical address like a store,
you will be running your business in cyberspace from a website. Your
website will have to be hosted on a server. The cost of renting the
space on the server is $10 - $30 per month.
Your business
location is the whole world.

In
the image
above the red line is the link from my home computer in
Australia to the server in the USA. I load all the files that
make
up my website to the server. The server serves up the website files as
they are requested all over the world, via satellite and optic fiber
cable.
There are basically two categories of computers "clients"[your
machine running a web browser] and "servers" [server machine running a
web server]
The client computer makes a request of the server computer when you
type a URL [uniform resource locater] into the address bar.
For instance when you type
http://www.kimbro.net/basics.html/ into your
address bar the server will deliver the page you are looking at right
now.
Note that the Domain name for this website is "kimbro.net"
The browser broke up the URL into three parts:
The protocol ("http")
The server name ( "www.kimbro.net")
The file name ("basics.html")
I
don't want to go into detail
here on how all the connections work, what is important is that you
understand the necessity of choosing the right "Domain
Name"
for your Online business.
It will play a major role in getting your Online business into a top
location in cyberspace.
In comparison to the costs of a top location for an off-line business
at around $40,000 per month, your Online business costs of a top
location, once obtained are around
$10 - $30 per month.
Besides a Domain Name and Hosting you need the right tools to build and
run your business Online.
For that purpose we have set up a $10 per month, membership site where
you can download, for Free,
all the software, applications and tools we use to build our business
24/7.
To see what is included in the membership go to MyScribeWeb.com
Unlike an Off-line business where you have to pay for your stock, there
is an abundance of other peoples products which you can promote via
your Online business as an affiliate. As an affiliate you do not have
to carry or dispatch any stock. More on that later.
Online home businesses are usually owner operated. Once the business is
set up, most of the work can be computer automated so staff costs don't
apply here.
We believe that using free advertising sites is a
waste of
time. Paid advertising is also not ideal. We will show you
later
how to promote your site without any advertising costs.
You do not have to set up a merchant account to accept credit card
payments Online.
You don't need insurance associated with public liability for your
Online business.
No customer parking fees to pay.
I think it is obvious by now that setting up an Online business from
home does not require a lot of capital compared to an Off-line business.
It is assumed you already have a working computer and Internet
connection. Lets assume your Internet connection costs you $60 per
month. The capital you would need to start your home business
Online would be around $310, this would cover you for the first 3
months.
It is not reasonable to think that you will make a full time income
from your home business online in under three months. Setting up your
business Online to the point where your website is getting a good flow
of traffic is the hardest part. This usually takes about three
months to achieve. It is hard work with little reward. Unfortunately a
lot of people give up before it is time to harvest their
reward.
Q; What type of income can you expect from a website in a top location
in cyberspace?
A; The same income you would expect if you owned a store on high street
of every major city in the world.