Copyright 2005 Benjamin Scott

I'm sure you've heard it all before, build a website and people will come. But if you've built a money-making website, that's not what you want to hear. After all, you picked one of these at home internet jobs, because you want to be financially independent and your own boss.

Here's one alternative from the many home internet jobs you've surely read on the net. Join an affiliate or partnership or referral program. Study these three alternatives, to help you maximize your profit streams.

1. Exclusive retailer. There are many online malls; they offer a comprehensive range of products and services. Concentrate on supplying the needs of a narrower market segment. You'll be unique and sought out. 2. Join the more profitable affiliate program. Although there are literally hundreds you can join, take your time. Read the FAQ section. Check out their products. If the products and services they offer are ones you look for, there's a good chance that you'll earn as an affiliate.

Other factors you may want to think about. Are the commissions high enough, that you'll turn a profit? Remember you'll need to set up your own website, and secure advertising money. Choose to join an affiliate program whose products are mid range and will sell it self with little effort.

3. Create a website that focuses on your passion. Although the focus is on the range of products that the affiliate program has, that's not the only thing you offer. Give advice that is contextual to the products. Maybe you could write about the history of the products, or the processes involved in manufacturers. You could write about the celebrities who use this. Build a website that's full of contents that your customers can use to better their lives. You'll win their trust. They'll soon become your most loyal customers.

Here's one home internet job opportunity you may not have thought of. It's a profitable and excellent venue to a steady stream of profits.

Be an online retailer of e-books with the reseller or reprint rights. Here's one of the many ways you can do it. Offer a one time entry fee for the subscriber, it can be $20.00 a year or life time subscription fee. The subscriber will have the right to download any e-book from in your library. Some of the more successful business models target niche markets. You can be a retailer of e-books that specialize on the recipes of different countries. Wouldn't that be fun? You can commission e-books or buy from known e-book authors. Read the e-books to be sure you're selling the real deal.

What are the benefits you received from reading that e-Book you just purchased? Right an article or review explaining the benefits and then get that article or review published and placed in front of the eyes of your best prospects.

Be a dropper shipper and establish your storefront at EBay or the competitor Yahoo auctions. EBay's traffic alone runs to approximately 800,000 visitors daily. It's the worlds' best online auction, and you wont' go wrong.

Now what's a dropshipping business? It's a business model where you put products on a website or through EBay. You take the orders they come and pass these on to the dropship supplier, who ships this to your buyers.

Another way of putting it is, you're the middleman, and you take the orders via Paypal, credit card or fax.

All the home internet jobs here will net you profit. All you need is a computer, internet access and basic knowledge about your pc and the net.