Tips for Choosing Online Business

I could say that online businesses offered in the virtual world mostly affiliate business and internet marketing. This could be because these businesses are relatively easy to do by newbies and relatively small capital needed to run them.

Easy does not mean without problems. The new businessman who called newbie, must be smart on selecting good business you can do. Here are few tips for choosing a good online business to reduce the problems you have to face:

1. Learn more about the online business company. You should look for the credibility of their business by finding the answers of the following questions:

• Who are the business owner? Find out their credibility. Business owners who reputable or credible has always been characteristic of increasing confidence of customers or buyers and have extensive networks.
• How long has the business is running? Although this is still relative, but it should be considered. Because the younger business usually remains vulnerable to collapse than the older one. It could be consider if the business is more than 4 years running.
• Are the Costomer Service can be contacted? One of the tests is you can contact them via postal mail, messenger, or phone to serve some complains or orders from customers or their affiliate.
• Are they offering the qualified products? You need to know it to maintain your own credibility as an affiliate in the internet business.
• Is the company implementing Zero Spam Policy, although too many companies have applied it? If any members are caught doing spam, they are fired automatically or even blacklisted.

2. See the niche of their products. If you want a big income from internet business, join an online business whose products are accepted worldwide and is much needed. What a pity if the ability of internet to spread worldwide is only used for local product marketing. However, with only local marketing, for example in Indonesia, if you are seriously doing your business online, the income you will get very promising. So it will be amazing if you play with international products.
3. Learn the system of compensation. Does the company give a high compensation and with an automatic payment mechanism and is safe for you also? Most online businesses offer a payment by check that can be redeemed throughout the world, but the problem is delivery of a check long enough, and the administration of the bank where you cashed the checks take time and cost is not small. There is online payment system that more save than credit cards, ie Paypal, that are exactly like credit cards but only through the Internet.
4. Learn about the products offered. In internet business there are two types of products that can be traded, ie physical goods and virtual goods (services / services / software). A physical type will usually give a smaller commission than the virtual goods, because the physical goods need operating costs significantly, such as production, warehouse, shipping and handling. Currently there is no cost virtual goods warehouses, shipping cost is cheaper, because it is usually just a CD. Even if the software can be partitioned into several sections can be directly downloaded by the customer once the payment process verified and the customer receives access codes.
5. How the marketing system and its supporting? Marketing system includes several things to invite the prospect Lead Capturing Website / Blog) and the automated answering machine message (autoresponder). While the support system (support) to handle the technical issues up to customer complaints.
6. Is the company having an online mentoring system? You need it as a marketer who work alone, so you need guidance and knowledge about their products. The credible company has the system and it can be discussed through discussion forums via email or phone.

Are there any other criteria on choosing the online business company? I am waiting for your input.