Internet marketing has many unnique characteristcs that separate this marketing from the maimstream method from the mainstream of business.

- you can start and operate a internet marketing business as an individual

or as a family venture.

-You can start part time and operate from home, thereby eliminating the

the need for renting a shop or office.

-Having a office at home and operating your business from there, could

result in extra tax benefits.

-The capital investment you need to start a business can be less then

$100.00.

These are all positive factors that make Internet-marketing a very attractive business opportunity. However there are a number of negative factors. One is the feeling of isolation working alone in a business most people know nothing about and need advice and guidance along the way.

If you were going into the printing business you could drop into a print shop, observe, ask questions, or discuss the business with the owner. But how many Internet marketing businesses are there in your city? Most use a post office box number or e mail address, so their actual location is not always known to outsiders.

There are thousands of small (and large) Internet marketing businesses operating from homes, apartments, but they don't have sign or arrow pointing to their business. It's not that they wish to be secretive, it's just that they have no reason to publicze who and where they are since their customers are scattered around the world.

If your planing on getting into Internet marketing, you should spent a few weeks web surfing for the information you need before before you decide just how and what you want to market on the Internet. There are a lot of scams, frauds, and hype you have to research.

One of the first things you should do is check the government regulations that effect Internet marketing. Two of the main regulation deal with e mails. You can only send out your offer to persons who have contacted you about your offer or (a one time only) persons who have contact you with their offer.

You are required to enclose in all your e mails, your e mail address, your business address and phone. If you will be using a autoresponder you are required to have a unsubcribe link, so persons who may have contacted to receive your offers, newsletter, etc. can click on and have their name removed from your list.

It is also very important to remember if you join a MLM as a affiliate the firm you are marketing for meet the regulations, as you too could be charged if they make outrages claims about their product, how much money can be made etc.

The FTC works for the consumer to prevent fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices in the marketplace and to provide information to help consumers spot, stop and avoid them. To file a complaint or to get free information on consumer issues, visit www.ftc.gov or call toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261. The FTC enters Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to hundreds of civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad.

Subcribe to a few good Internet marketing newsletters, and join a few free forums. Start out part time, do your research, and you will find Internet marketing can be enjoyable and if you apply yourself you can make a good living.

Here are a few tips to get started. A professinal newsletter, that carries a lot of good information free; http://www.sitepronews.com

Register free and gain access to scam alerts, news. http://www.directfraud.com

See how AltaVista can translate your website into 8 languages. http://www.tka.co.uk/t/go.php

EBay List Of Providers A free list of some of the top Providers of ebay's, including name buyer's, seller's addresses, plus information on each. http://developer.ebay.com/certifiedprovider/catalog.aspx

Auctions Top 20 Brings you the most popular and highest rating auctions, free. http://auctions.nettop20.com/

Get your own website, avoid the free ones offered by MLM's. Don't be restricted to one firm's product with a free website.

With a free web site you would have no chance of being listed on the search engines, as there would be hundreds of web sites with the same offers. All you are doing is working for free, paying for advertisements for someone else's products. If there was some product you wanted to sell from a MLM firm, you can join as a reseller and place just the product you want to handle on your website.

The price to get a web site built for you is very affordable, plus the cost for your domain registration, web hosting. Join a couple free drop ship firms, and use new products you can sell from your website at the price you set. This way you don't have to stock a bunch of products. When someone orders from your site, get the product from the drop ship firm. They will ship it out for you under your shipping label.

If you need a web site built, I highly recommend, http://www.myfriendlyhost.com Robyn's prices are very reasonably. She can built you a website, register your domain name and host your website all for under $100.00. I found Robyn to be a very helpful person, one you can trust.