Although the Internet has made it a lot easier for people to make a start in business, it is still worth making sure that you maximise your potential as a businessperson by having all of the possible tools you could need to get things up and running.
In order to start, you need comparatively little compared with a bricks and mortar business – but the better equipped you are, the more possibilities you can turn into definites.
A computer and an Internet connection are obviously the base minimum. As you are reading this, you have access to those at least.
It is then a matter of what you need to add to these.
If you want to put photographs of yourself or things that you are selling onto the Internet, you will need either a digital camera (preferable) or a scanner (just about acceptable).
You will also need somewhere to put the photographs – a website (which requires you to buy webspace) or a blog (which does not).
A website is more customisable, so if you have the know-how to do this, it is preferable.
To sell things at the click of a button you can ask your bank to set up a business account with scope to take electronic payments, or you can open an eBay account.
Using eBay you will be able to auction items or services off to the highest bidder, and receive payments almost instantly through PayPal.
The benefits of having the Internet mean that you can do all of this from a chair just in front of your computer.
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