1) Start up cost should be minimal. Start up cost in direct selling and network marketing companies are usually modest and mainly to cover cost of sales kit. What is their start up cost? What comes in kit?

2) Some companies require a monthly purchase. Is there a monthly minimum purchase requirement and if so, how much is monthly investment?

3) Most companies submit local state sales tax, however, there are a few that do not. Will I be required to submit my own state sales tax?

4) Check with each company regarding their return policy. This will be vital to your business. Can I return unwanted or damaged products and if so, what is return policy?

5) Do you have a "buy-back" policy? Some companies offer to "buy-back" unsold marketable products purchased within 12 months prior, should you decide to quit business for 90% of price you originally paid. Do they offer a "buy-back" policy?

6) Some companies require Independent Representatives to pay for portions of Hostess gifts, etc. You should know upfront whether part of your commission earned will go to cover these cost. This will reduce actual amount of commissions earned. Am I required to cover part of Hostess Gifts or pay admin fees, etc.?

7) It is always smart to compare catalog and supplies cost as they vary by company. What do your catalogs and paperwork cost?

8) Customer shipping charges are important to your business and can vary greatly from company to company. What are customer shipping charges?

9)It is customary for companies to have a monthly or quarterly sales requirement to stay active and/or receive overrides. What is monthly/quarterly requirements?

Are you a frustrated internet marketer? Do you spend countless hours and dollars trying one thing after another in order to market your product or an affiliate program or two? Then it's very likely that you, at some point, have become a citizen of nation of Frustration.

No one is born an internet marketer.Eveyone starts somewhere. For vast majority of us creating another dot.com company or developing a totally new marketing idea or even an original product just isn't in cards. A very small percentage of very creative people do accomplish these things. Fortunately though for rest of us, "internet marketing for dummies" crowd, we don't have to rely on such sparks of genius in order to make a very respectable living online.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing at all wrong with creating your own product. In fact, it's great if you can! There are abundunt sources on net to assist you in doing so if that is your desire. On other side of coin though, there are thousands and thousands of existing products and services that we can market for a share of profits. The question is what? and how?

There are so many exaggerated offers that bombard us every day. I'm probably no different than you in that I'm deluged daily with insane claims and ridiculous, obviously false but never-the-less enticing, promises.

When I first became "hooked" on financial potential of internet I was consumed with desire and exploding with one potential idea after another none of which I had a clue as to how they could be successfully implemented. Naturally I jumped into first thing that looked exciting. After a few weeks of not making any money or not even getting any responses, I jumped to next great idea still believing in my heart that my desire for serious income was only a few clicks and a few weeks away. Keep in mind, at that time, I was a complete newbie.

Fast forward about a year. I'm still struggling. I still believe but now I'm really starting to get frustrated. I happen accross many of same people I met a year ago who, like me, are hopping from one opportunity to another yet never committing long enough to make anything really work. Just like me they hadn't constructed proper foundation nor given success a fair chance, time wise. Yes, it can be brutal when you finally realize this about yourself but, I can tell you, it's beginning of your way out.