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How to Find the Hottest Products to Sell on eBay

Every Tom, Dick and Harry sells on eBay. Ok, a bit of exaggeration, but eBay sure has become an important marketplace for small and home-based sellers. Many are even using eBay as their main business. Some are doing well with it, but some not so well. Just see how many listings on eBay that are ending without a bid and you can see that not everything sells on eBay. So the main question every newbie or even experienced sellers is asking is: What are the hottest products to sell on eBay? According to our article “How to Find the Hottest

Small Business Statistics

For the recently concluded Small Business Week held in Washington DC on April 9-16, SBA prepared a compilation of statistics on small businesses: Curiously though, one important stat that is missing from this list is the number of small businesses that fail in their first year, or in five years. I suppose SBA needed only to drum up the positive about small businesses and not include anything negative (after all, the President gave a speech during the ceremonies). Even then, when you talk of small business, failure is not too far behind. With majority of small businesses that fail, I

Starting a Fresh Fruit Outlet

/guide/cases/winnie.htm QUESTION ON Starting a Fresh Fruit Store Have this idea of starting a Fresh Fruit Outlet Chain in East Malaysia whereby we not only sell fresh tropical and imported fruits but also fruit baskets for all occasions. Don’t really know whether this idea will work as I don’t see many businesses of such. Mostly, I see fruits being sold in open markets or within supermarkets. How do I know whether this idea will work and how should I go about starting one? – Winniw ANSWER Advice by Nach Maravilla Publisher, PowerHomeBiz.com Dear Winnie, If you don’t see any of

How To Export Philippine Handicrafts and Export Procedures

QUESTION ON Exporting Philippine Handicrafts and Procedures I’m planning to export handicrafts from the Philippines to US. (I already have potential buyers there. I would like to know the procedure of doing it (list of steps I have to undertake as well as papers & permits I need) Also if possible the cost of permits or where I can verify them – Dr. R. Rufino , Philippine ANSWER Advice by Nach Maravilla Publisher, PowerHomeBiz.com Dear Dr. Rufino, Congratulations on your planned venture to export handicraft to the USA. – To answer your question briefly, you may click on this link

Five Reasons Podcasting Might Be Right For Your Home-Based Business

Podcasting has been called the wave of the future. The truth, however, is that podcasting is the here-and-now and is rapidly gaining momentum across the world. There are podcasts available for just about any topic you can think of from cooking to video games to religion. As of February 2006, a Google search for the term podcast returns over 205,000,000 results. The amazing reality of this is that it is still, in effect, an untapped market that will continue its growth in the years to come. Podcasting can have many uses for the home-based business owner. It can be useful

Looking for a 100% Success Guaranteed Home Business

Someone at Yahoo Answers asked whether he can “start a home business through a certain company and be sure to make money with no doubt at all.” He doesn’t want to use any of his money or waste his time until he is sure that he will make profit from the business he wants to start. Don’t we all wish that the business we start is 100% guaranteed to make money? Alas, a business, whether it is run from home or a big company, is not without risk. You can only minimize your risk and increase your chances for success

Balancing Home Business and Family Life

One of the best things of working on a home-based business is that you can be with your family. One of the worst things is that you are with your family. If you are like me with two very young children, the toughest part of working at home is finding time to actually do any work. Taking care of a toddler and a baby are full-time jobs by itself; add to that mix a home business and you need to have A+ skills in time management. Others even have it worse – a full time career, a home business, and

Starting a DJ Business

Disk Jockeys are not just record players anymore; they have become an integral part of various celebrations and venues from weddings to clubs. Get a lousy DJ and it sure can dampen all your birthday or wedding festivities. DJs can even serve as the main attraction in clubs, and many in fact are becoming hot celebrities! So DJ-ing can be a very lucrative business to those who know how. If this is a business you are interested in pursuing, you may want to read these books that I have come across on how to become a successful DJ and profit

Easy Ways to Raise Money to Start Your Home Business

Finance a Business

It might seem begging, borrowing and stealing are the options you have to funding your home business. Not only is there better ways to raise money, but there are fun ways to do it too and it doesn't have to take you all that long to raise the money you need.

Making Money on the Web without any Effort

I often receive emails from people asking me how they can earn something like $500 per month or even more with less-to-no-effort on the Web. They don’t have money, and they do not have the time, but they heard you can make good money on the Web. So is there a way where they can simply sit while their website makes money? How we all wish we can “earn money with less effort.” The reality with the Web is you don’t just create a website and — BAM! — earn $500 the next month without doing anything. First, you have

How to Start a Home-Made Canned Foods Business

Business Ideas, Q & A

I want to go into the food business, making jarred or canned foods with homemade taste. How can I start a home-made canned foods business?

Partnership Troubles: When an LLC Goes Awry

A business partnership when it works is awesome, but a terrible headache when it does not. Jenny Lefcourt of WeddingChannel.com fame (now with Bella Pictures) said it best in my interview with her: “Finding the right business partners is just about as important as finding the right spouse!” One of our readers sent in a question to us about a business partnership set up as LLC where members couldn’t agree — before the business even gets off the ground! There is so much discord that the LLC members are not even communicating to each other. Alas, they have created their