Ok, here's the deal. I have always wanted to own my own business, an online business even more so where do I start? I did the whole eBay thing, it was good to me but a bunch of work and man do they take thier fees, OUCH! But, that's the cost of doing business, i mean they do everything for you and make it SOOOO easy. But it does get old, taking pictures (PAIN), listing and writing descriptions (LAME), then shipping the item after it's sold (I kinda liked this but still PAIN IN THE A$$). I would always run out of good products to sell since I was just finding them around the garage and what about having to ship something that only sold for $.99 (LAME!)!

So whats next, drop shipping? not a bad idea, then i wold need an e-commerce type site and process orders whenever they would come in, not sure about this one and it cost to get a good supplier and products. Worldwide Brands is a really good resource for this but it does take the whole business license, Tax ID, setting up a site from scratch, trying desperately to get traffic, huh?

Then there is affiliate marketing, awesome idea, proven methods but still a learning curve and LOT of search engine optimization involved, where to start, who to believe, more huh?

THEN I found Build a Niche Store, very interesting, looks easy, not expensive, lots of resources, why not! Don't get me wrong, there is still a bunch to learn about EVERYTHING, html, css, traffic, keywords, SEO, WHEW!

So I basically spent the last three months learning everything I could about all that and still learning everyday.

BUT the questions still remains "Can I really make some decent money doing this? just this?" maybe, probably after some time I guess?

Probably the one thing I did notice is that the money that people are making is not phenomenal but actually realistic, sounds weird but more believable than what I was seeing from other affiliate marketing options. Let's do it!

Then I found a great blog that broke down a specific process to building and monetizing BANS sites, thenichestorebuilder.com, this guy rocks, he knows his stuff and wants everyone to succeed, can't beat that!

So I thought "What if I built 100 stores, how much would I make?"

What do you think?