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By: I’ve Decided. Screw Work. Fire Me. « Financial Freedumb and Brownie

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By: Brendan

Brendan — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:47:33 +0000

I like the easier zero capital ideas. Sites based around advertising are good (basically just hosting fees). But you can also find companies that let you work through them. See an example at my web design business (Splendid Web Solutions.

By: freedumb

freedumb — Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:06:15 +0000

It was an online store…selling products from Hawaii.

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Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:10:39 +0000

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By: empty spaces

empty spaces — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:25:49 +0000

what exactly was the biz though?

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Mighty Bargain Hunter » Roundup for the week of 18 September 2006 — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:46:07 +0000

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The Finance Journey » Posts Of The Week — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:53:59 +0000

[...] Financial Freedumb presents the Rough Guide to Starting Your Own Business. This hits home for me because I own a business on the side as well this was a nice primer for any young enterpeneurers out there thinking about starting one. [...]

By: freedumb

freedumb — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:09:29 +0000

Harrison, That sounds like a fair amount of work too! Sounds like an idea though…I’ll have to consider it for my next venture.

By: Harrison

Harrison — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:21:41 +0000

Sound like it needs lots of works to start an online business. Why don’t you make it simple, maybe start a partnership company, setup a site and make money by promoting something or advertising. I think it is simple and even a person also can make it done. Just a piece of my mind

By: freedumb

freedumb — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:53:42 +0000

Chuck, Thanks! You can tell most of my research was done about a year ago…I didn’t know Google’s service was so competitive…As fas as OSCommerce…that’s one that I saw when shopping around. I don’t know why I went with Miva…They are easy to use, but if I wanted that, I might as well have gone with Yahoo!

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Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:27:38 +0000

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By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:44:25 +0000

I have almost the exact same experience with a friend of mine. We started it right out of college developing websites for local businesses (mostly ecommerce) and were doing ok. But as we both got better day jobs we spent less and less time working on the business and nowdays we work on may 1 site a year.

Overall this a great overview of the process we went through. I’ll throw in my 2 cents on your recommendations. #8 check out the new google checkout service… very competitive processing fees (2% + $0.20 per transaction), no monthly fees, and a great AdWords incentive. #9 I usually use OSCommerce now because I’ve used it on a bunch of sites so know it pretty well, its open source and highly customizable, but can be pretty tough for a beginner.