I have on occasion been asked if you can start an online business with no money.
My answer is always – absolutely “YES you can!”
Followed by:
“Do you want to start a business or do you want to start a business that will succeed? In other words do you have the knowledge and discipline to work at your online business?”
I think the latter is a more pertinent question.
The opening question tells me one of two things:
- that people are tired of being scammed and don’t have money to waste chasing some get-rich-quick scheme that sounds too good to be true or
- people are after a get-rich-quick that requires little or no work.
This post is aimed at those in the first group. Those in the second category will do best to move on – nothing for you to see here.
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Free Online Businesses Abound
If you do a Google search for starting an online business for free you get a ton of answers and options.
Many are legit but most have some sort of hook to get you in and then the sales pitch starts.
What I find frustrating about the search results is they throw up affiliate programs – presumably to get you to sign up and start promoting their products.
They’re not lying – they will gladly allow you to join and sell their products. It costs then nothing to have you out their marketing for them for a commission they will probably never have to pay because you won’t make sales without the specialist knowledge need to market online.
Yes anyone can become an amazon affiliate – and I mean anyone. Simply go to their associates page and sign up. The last time I looked they accept all applications and you will get paid once you have made 3 sales. These three sales cannot be something you buy yourself.
Ask yourself
- What do you want to sell?
- Who/what is your niche market?
- How will you reach them and promote to them?
There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch or is There?
I doubt any restaurant would allow me to try 4 dishes before deciding on one that I am prepared to pay. That would be insane and a surefire way of them going bankrupt.
But what if I told you their is a place where you can get a “free lunch” when it comes to learning the ropes to start an online business?
For FREE – really?
Would you believe me if I said they won’t even ask for credit card details or any other financial commitment?
Well I have good news for you – their is such a place.
Wealthy Affiliate is a website that teaches people the ins and outs of all online businesses and they have been doing it since 2005. Hundreds of thousands of students have gone through their training courses to create their online businesses from scratch.
Current student numbers, many already hugely successful, stand at about 1,400,000 individual’s who were once where you are right now. Some like myself have been their forever while others have started as recently as today.
Read more about the Wealthy Affiliate Starter Membership benefits – take them for a test drive through this free offer.
The core training is about affiliate marketing and this ultimately leads to every other type of online business you can think of. There are literally thousands of ways to make money online and opportunities are endless.
Know What You Are Getting Into
There is a ton of stuff to like about Wealthy Affiliate’s training and some things I really connect with are
- The simplicity of their teaching methods – everything is step-by-step in a simple progressive order. Nothing is taught out of place and without a reason.
- The business ethics of the two founders, who are available for one-on-one coaching, and the entire community who are their 24/7 to lend a hand to any newbies. Stupid questions are welcome – we were all their once.
- Continuous reminders that you DO NOT need to spend a ton of money in order to be successful – all the tools you will need are provided.
- The business model is simple and has been since inception back in 2005.
- There is no up sells or hidden agenda.
- You can stay for as long or as short as you like – the starter members package is designed for you to sample the dishes at your leisure.
- No spam or self promotion is allowed at any time. We are their to learn how to be successful and honest online business entrepreneurs.
- Simplicity is a beautiful thing!
Want a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme?
We all do – that’s why they have Lotto and the reason they make a big noise about winners is to get people back their time and time again. Don’t get me wrong (I play the lotto occasionally) you can win. One of my mates won a substantial amount twice while another friend won the big one in South Africa a couple of years ago.
It’s never been me though, I have to work to make a living. But that’s okay because since establishing my online business my future is under my control and not some guy spinning a wheel!
And what’s more my business is open internationally 24/7 making me money while I sleep – but this only came after i learned the ropes and put in the work. Very different to lotto but much more sustainable and rewarding.
Start Your Online Business with No Money Today
Or at least have a look and see if it is for you.
Who knows where you will be this time next year?
I can guarantee you if you persevere you will succeed.
Come and join me and 1.4 million other like-minded souls. Get started with the taining as your fist steps to long term online success.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask me below – I promise to get back to you ASAP.
Until next time … keep on trucking!