One way that aspiring netrepreneurs can learn if an idea for an online business has merit is to begin by selling information on the web. For a minimum investment a site can be developed that simply provides information. Essentially you will be marketing information.
Test Development
1) Selected a product or service you are interested in selling.
2) Write informational articles about the product or service, if this is not possible use free-to-use articles to increase the knowledge base for your customers.
3) Accept Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising and place the code on each page.
4) Become an affiliate with an existing business that sells products related to your site.
5) Launch the site and promote through a press release and other available site promotion techniques.
What Does This Prove?
If done correctly the site you develop will have the same look and feel of an online business. The primary difference is your site visitors will be purchasing from an affiliate business. Because you have less of a vested interest in where the visitor actually makes their purchase the use of PPC ads through Google Adsense and other likeminded...