Starting a Free Online Business

Is starting a free online business possible? Yes, it is highly possible since you, I assume, already have the computer and Internet connection. There are many ways to starting a free online business. Most Internet businesses don't require you to have a lot of money to begin with any way. With some effort and research, you can find many resources and tools to build your online business for free. Let me give you a few examples.

No product to sell?

Not to worry. There are plenty of affiliate programs you can join and start selling other people's product for a commission. Joining affiliate programs doesn't cost you anything either. If you want to produce your own product, that can be done too if it is a digital product. Digital products don't cost anything to put together if you are a good writer and love to write. Write a report on something that you know and many others may benefit from your report. Write an ebook about your passion for certain things, a hobby, a sport, a movie, a game etc, the sky is your limit. If you are good at computer programming, you can write software that would solve or make others' life easier and offer a trial version of the software then charge for the full version. The possibilities are endless.

You can sign up for a free blog account at Blogger, Wordpress, Xanga or Typepad and start posting your articles there. You can promote your products, recommend services or do a product review. It's free. It's easy to use and you don't have to know much about computer programming. It's all done for you. With a little practice, you can put up an impressive blog pretty easy.

If you need to build a website, there are websites that allow you to build your own for free. You don't need to understand computer language either, as long as you know how to hold the mouse, drag and drop stuff around, then you can whip up a web page or even a whole website at no cost. No need to buy expensive software, no need to have your own hosting, they will even host it for you.

How to promote your business without a lot of money? Well, blogging is certainly one good way. You can write articles about your business and submit them to the many article directories. You can use the social networking network to get the words out about your site. Can you shoot a video? Post it to videos sharing sites and drive traffic to your business at no cost. Free advertising there too.

Still have question? There are many forums where people who have been there, done that are offering their advice, for free. How do they compare to the paid membership forum? Of course they are not as dedicated but still, a good place to start.

As you can see, there are plenty of ways to starting a free online business. It is easy? To some people, it may be. But to many others it will require some work, lots of determination and the willingness to learn. Yet, it can be done and it will be worth the effort, for this is a low cost way of doing business, and therefore it's low risk and if done right, very high return.(K Ngo)