Starting and Running a Home Based BusinessWritten by Darrell Knox
The allure of a home based business is very strong these days with uncertain economic times and pressures of working long hours for less pay. More and more people are exploring home based business world to see if it is right for them. More women are seeking home based businesses as corporate life and pay just don't seem to justify time away from home and children anymore. Men tired of working for others and also loosing their entire lives with their families to a job that requires more than 40 hours a week just to survive, are learning more and more about internet and working at home. There are many ways today to start a home based business. The internet offers easiest, least expensive way to start a home based business ever. Never before have people been able to start up an entire, legitimate business just by signing up for a hosting account and selling information or other products from their web site. Even least internet savvy person can start an online home based business even if all they know how to do is retrieve and send email. In fact, one you know how easy it is, you will be amazed that you hadn't started sooner. Any home based business is hard work. But ask yourself this question: Will your current job pay you more for working harder? In most cases answer will be no. Your current employer will not only happily pay you same amount whether you work hard or not, they will profit from work you do because they own business you work for.
| | Tips to Avoid Online Auction FraudWritten by John Lynch
While most buyers and sellers on internet auction sites are honest, there is always threat of underlying fraud. Auction sites have had instances of sellers posting pictures of items for sale, only to include in extremely small print that buyers are only bidding for photo rather than item itself. When photo arrives in post and not product, buyers are obviously outraged. Steps to avoid online auction fraud 1)Check seller's feedback One of best ways to judge a seller's honesty is to check his or her feedback. Most buyers will give feedback on a sale, rating seller in seller's Feedback Profile. If feedback is negative, it will be very difficult for that seller to buy or sell anything on that auction site in future. Check seller's feedback and if it is not overwhelmingly positive, do not buy. 2)Find out seller's contact details Before you enter into a deal, try to establish contact with seller. On eBay you can search information on a member by visiting Find Members page. If you can get a phone number or an email address, you have a better chance of solving any future problems. You could establish contact with buyer by requesting further information about nature of product in which you are interested. 3)Payment Methods Credit cards are safest way to buy anything online for simple reason that, in case of fraud, most credit card companies will cover cost. Online payment services such as PayPal and FastPay are also popular with auction site users because of their safety. These are account-based systems that send money via credit card or bank account.
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