One of the best tools to start working from home is Build a Niche Store (Bans) or PHPBay. With Bans you can attach a Ebay affiliate store to your site or only have the Ebay affiliate store as your site. With PHPBay you can display Ebay auctions on your blog, for example in your blog posts. Every time somebody buys a product through your site on Ebay, you will get the commission for it, but the real money is in the new active user sign ups (ACRU).
As Ebay Partner Network explains:
ACRU: An end user (a) registers on the Participating Sites and Content for the first time within 30 days of clicking on a Link (b) confirms his or her registration and (c) visits Participating Sites and Content and places a bid or BIN to purchase an item within 30 days of the original registration.
Based on the quality of your ACRU's you will get paid between $1 and $50 per new user (for the US program that is). Most of you would think that everybody already has an Ebay account, well that is not the case at all. There will always be first time sign ups. Young kids grow old and what do they want? Yes buy stuff on Ebay!
So the first thing you would want to do is sign up for an Ebay Partner Network (EPN) account. It is free and necessary for both Bans and PHPbay. You can find the EPN at www.ebaypartnernetwork.com. Apply for every single program they have, it could be to some use in the future when you don't want to target only US but also the UK or any other country the programs are available for. Next time we will get into finding good hosting for your niche stores and setting up your first niche store in Working From Home With Ebay part II.
Working at home has gaining popularity over the past years. It became the ideal lifestyle presented by all sorts of online guru's. They make it look like it is possible to go from broke to being rich overnight, but let me make one thing clear: it isn't. To be able to work from home takes a lot of effort, consistency and most of all patience. First you must have the right mindset before we can go further. This part is crucial if you want to succeed in working from home.
Develop a clear vision of what you want. Working at home is means to an end, but if you don't clearly see what your goals are, you will lose the focus of getting what you want. My goal was to be able to attain an income from my online efforts so I could support myself and do whatever I want, whenever I want. During my hours behind my computer I always kept that thought close to me to keep me focused and motivated. But your goal can also be creating an extra income besides your normal job or being able to buy a car, that's all perfectly fine, as long as you keep your clear vision. Remember, working at home should not be your goal, it is a tool to reach your goal.
In my quest to reach my goals and start working at home I've came across a lot of work at home opportunities. I have tested almost every possibility under the sun. Looking back to that period of time there are a couple of things I wish I had done different. I wanted too much too soon, so I started trying all kinds of work at home opportunities and never actually worked one and try to make that one work first. Until the moment I started focusing on one method I never made one buck. This also comes down to the focus. It will be hard too see not a single dollar back for the efforts you make, but now when I look back on it, it was all worth it. I'm not saying you shouldn't test different opportunities but when you found one that fits you, the best thing you can do and stick with that for starters. When generated some income out of that, you will see that it is possible to obtain some income working at home.
It is perfectly natural you will fail in the beginning, there is nothing wrong with that. Most of the time people will fail in the beginning. I don't even remember how many times I failed trying to make an income working from home. How fast you will be back and try again separates the losers from the winners.
Welcome to Work At Home For Beginners. In the following posts I will explain to you how you can work from home and make a nice extra income using various tactics. Hopefully you too will learn the basics for the best job there is: working at home.
