Examples of successful work on the Internet. How to start an online business, personal experience

How to create your own business on the Internet and what to do to promote it successfully? What are the best ideas for making money online? How much can you earn via the Internet?

Good afternoon, dear readers! Denis Kuderin is with you, an expert on financial topics at HeatherBober magazine and also the editor-in-chief of the project. My personal business on the Internet is related to texts - I create content for online resources and help others do this. But this is only one of hundreds of options for making money online.

In a new article, I will talk about the most profitable and affordable ways to earn income online. You will learn how to launch an online business competently and without problems, which niches are the most lucrative, and why aspiring entrepreneurs need risk optimization.

Read to the end: in the end you will find life hacks and expert advice that will help you successfully promote your business in a tough competition, attract new clients and expand your sphere of influence to the outskirts of the solar system.

1. Business on the Internet – a waste of time or a path to a better future

Some use the Internet for entertainment and communication, others work here. Online earnings have no geographical or social boundaries and are accessible from anywhere on the planet where there is access to the Internet.

It doesn’t matter who you are - a student, a pensioner, a housewife, a mother on maternity leave, an aspiring entrepreneur with the ambitions of a dollar millionaire: there is a place for everyone on the Internet. Monetization methods are two carriages and a small cart. All you have to do is choose the most suitable option.

The Internet is a space of limitless opportunities for enterprising, energetic and independent people. Scientific fact: you can earn any amount here, it all depends only on your abilities and ambitions.

Thousands of people are doing this right now as you read this article. For them, the network is a source of financial independence, a workplace and a territory for career growth.

But don’t think that the Internet is a magical land in which money is handed out to everyone. As in real life, lazy and uninitiated citizens can continue to relax on the couch. Success is achieved by those who are energetic, responsible and hardworking.

There is a strong opinion, especially among older people, that those who cannot find a “normal” job go to the Internet for income. I want to assure skeptics: this is a wrong point of view.

When I left my full-time job as a journalist for the network, I had to deal with this attitude myself from friends and family members. But as soon as my income became higher and more stable than at a “normal” job, the puzzled looks and skeptical grins disappeared by themselves.

I will list the main advantages of making money online:

Unlimited income.
A huge selection of areas - realize your abilities depending on their availability.
Independence - you work only for yourself without any bosses.
Irregular working hours - if you want, work 4 hours a week, if you want - work from dawn to dusk.
Vacations and weekends - whenever you want.
You choose your place of work.
You have the right to change the direction of your activity at any time.

An online home business makes you the master of your time and your life. It doesn’t matter that at first your earnings will not be as great as you would like. If you keep a course for constant development, there will definitely be results.

For me, the highlight of working for myself was the incomparable feeling of freedom when you move from strictly standardized working hours to your own schedule.

But don't confuse freedom with sloppiness. Money will not pour into your account on its own simply because you started calling yourself an entrepreneur or freelancer. You will have to work hard in any case.

People will only pay for the value you bring to them. Personally, I don’t know any easy ways to make money. If you know them, write in the comments.

Online business - or freelancing - does not mean that money falls from the sky. It means that you work from anywhere on Earth according to your schedule

Another warning: making money online is not for everyone. There is no guarantee that your investment of time and money will pay off. I have friends who, after spending a year or two on online commerce, went to work in an office for a stable salary. But there are also those who earn hundreds of thousands monthly online.

Internet business today is not about making money on clicks and playing in a virtual casino. This is a full-fledged field of activity, regulated (by the way) by law. From a legal perspective, not every type of online activity is considered a business.

For example, if you provide website development services on an exchange, it will not be a business, but self-employment. Translators, copywriters, designers and other freelancers do not have to open an individual entrepreneur.

However, if you have an entire agency of translators with corresponding income, then the activity should be formalized in the format of an enterprise.

2. TOP 5 ideas for making money online

There are actually hundreds, if not thousands, of ideas for making money online. Fresh projects are constantly emerging that become extremely profitable. This was the case with Google, Bitcoin, Facebook, VKontakte - these projects were created from scratch and brought billions to their developers.

If you don’t have an original idea yet, use our tips. We present the top 5 areas that have already proven their commercial potential.

Online store

A collective name for any type of online trading.

There are several types of stores:

full-fledged website;
one-page (landing page);
community (account) on social networks.

Choose an option depending on your budget, type of product, and availability of free time. An online store website requires a decent investment in content, not counting the cost of the product itself. A page on social networks is a project with minimal costs.

It is not at all necessary to immediately purchase products worth hundreds of thousands of rubles: a significant part of retail outlets operate according to the dropshipping scheme - direct deliveries from the manufacturer to the buyer without storing goods in a warehouse.

The seller in this case acts as an intermediary: he pays the wholesale price to the supplier, and receives money from the buyer for retail. The entrepreneur’s task is to bring together both sides of the transaction and organize the purchase and sale process.

Stores with a decent income are registered as individual entrepreneurs or LLCs. The owners pay taxes and fees and do the same things as the owners of offline trading enterprises.

Profits depend only on your activity, skillful marketing, effective advertising and sales talent.

Risks and prospects: some have millions in trinkets from China, others go broke in the first month.

Experienced entrepreneurs advise newcomers to immediately engage in professional store promotion.

First, tell all your friends, relatives and acquaintances that you have your own retail outlet. Be sure to promote your business on social networks with the help of the community - now this is the most effective, and most importantly, practically free promotion tool. Likes, reposts, comments in the group create excellent advertising for your resource.

Website development

Making websites is not as difficult as it seems. It is not necessary to be a programmer, but of course you need to have a basic understanding of HTML layout, types of engines, domains and hosting. Don't be intimidated by these terms if you are not familiar with them. With experience comes understanding.

Everyone needs websites. Qualified web developers are in high demand, but there is always work for newcomers to this field. And although there are several “elite” studios on the RuNet working in the field of creating and promoting online resources, most customers turn to local agencies or freelancers.

There are a lot of self-taught people among website creators, since web design and programming is a relatively new discipline in universities. There are many good courses and schools online that offer training in both the basic fundamentals and nuances of the profession.

Copywriting

The direction chosen by thousands of students, graduates, young mothers on maternity leave, unemployed journalists and philologists. The reason for the popularity of this profession is simple: millions of existing sites need to be filled with content, otherwise it will be ignored by readers and search engines.

However, if 3-4 years ago only a few resources paid attention to the quality of content, now everyone needs competent, interesting and original tests. Search engine algorithms have changed dramatically, and visitors to online resources have become more demanding and sophisticated.

Those who can create useful, interesting and relevant content now make good money in copywriting. This includes not only the texts themselves, but also media, as well as interactive things such as surveys, questionnaires and online competitions.

Selling goods from China

The share of Chinese products in the Russian market is 60-80%. Today these are no longer low-quality crafts, but quite high-quality things, especially if purchased from an industrial manufacturer.

Cooperation with Chinese enterprises is the least expensive option for beginners. You don’t need to be a graduate of a trade university to establish partnerships with Chinese suppliers and organize delivery to the Russian Federation.

But like any commercial activity, the sale of Chinese products involves many nuances that must be taken into account.

For example, you found a super profitable supplier on the AliExpress website and ordered goods from him. But they did not take into account that delivery from this province is much more expensive than from port cities. As a result, savings turn into even greater costs.

To prevent this from happening, you need to consult in advance with experienced specialists in this field, or better yet, attend thematic master classes and trainings.

Registration for business with China is open right now, conducted by specialized specialists with successful business experience. They will teach you how to trade goods from China with a markup of 500-600% and give you contacts of trusted suppliers.

Expert Evgeny Guryev says:

Selling Internet traffic

Any commercial site needs to attract traffic (visitors). But it is not always profitable for the sites themselves to engage in full-scale advertising.

It is cheaper to entrust intermediaries with the promotion of goods and services. They will attract visitors to their resources, redirect them to your site and receive a reward for this. Both sides of the deal will benefit.

This activity is called arbitrage or selling traffic.

Comparison table of business ideas:

3. How to start an online business - step by step guide

Entrepreneurial activity does not tolerate fuss and chaos.

Those who have a plan win.

Step 1. Setting goals and optimizing risks

It is imperative to set a goal for yourself; it motivates and disciplines. If you yourself don’t know what you want, this will inevitably affect your business - it will be unsystematic, sluggish and ineffective.

There are risks in any commercial endeavor, but it is quite possible to reduce them to a minimum.

A few basic rules:

Do not invest all your savings in the business, as well as money accumulated for other strategic purposes.
Don't take out a loan to start a business.
Soberly calculate your possible losses in case of failure.
Involve partners and investors if you doubt your abilities.
Study the market thoroughly.
Work in a field you are familiar with.
Start with a business plan.

Even if the activity does not require investment, risks still need to be taken into account. Because time is also an asset, and an irreplaceable one.

Step 2. Choosing a direction of activity

It all depends on your personal preferences, talents and skills. People have income in a wide variety of niches, even ones that average citizens have never even heard of.

One of my friends sells his forecasts for the German football Bundesliga. Another is industrial heating installations. The third wants to issue his own cryptocurrency.

However, the more unusual the idea, the more difficult it is to profit from it. Eight out of ten innovative startups fail at the implementation stage.

If you are not sure about the prospects of your idea, choose the usual direction. Earn money from what thousands of other freelancers and entrepreneurs are already making money from.

Step 3. Development of a business plan

For an abstract dream to turn into a full-fledged and concrete idea, it needs a competent business plan. This is a document that describes the concept of a business, its processes and mechanisms for achieving goals.

Simply put, a plan is a sequence of steps that must be taken to get from point A to point B. The plan indicates both financial costs and specific actions necessary to achieve business objectives.

A plan is needed not only by the businessman himself, but also by investors, partners, co-owners - all those whom you want to interest in your idea and take in a share.

Step 4. Launch the project

The most responsible and exciting moment. But if you have already done proper preparation, no problems should arise at this stage.

Ready to launch an online project? Go ahead and don't be afraid!

Imagine a well-oiled racing car with full fuel tanks waiting to take off on the track. What can stop him? That's right - nothing! Step on the gas and let's start!

Step 5. Finding Clients and Expanding the Business

Customers are the backbone of any business. No clients, no income. Marketing is exactly the area of business that cannot be saved.

On the Internet, the search for customers comes down to the promotion and promotion of an online resource. The more interested visitors come to your website, the more buyers of services and goods there will be.

Website promotion is a whole science. But you will definitely master it if you are not indifferent to the fate of your own business.

Learn the basic promotion rules in the next section.

4. How to promote your business online - useful tools for promotion

Online promotion is a full-fledged business area. The promotion of resources is carried out by both special agencies and freelancers.

But we are interested in independent methods available to everyone.

Thematic forums

Thousands of users communicate online on a wide variety of topics, including your business. There are forums dedicated to copywriting, fashion, cosmetics, foreign language courses, cooking, etc.

By unobtrusively promoting your services on such resources, you will attract the target audience to your projects without any monetary expenses.

Social media

SMM (Social Media Marketing) is a relatively new but promising tool for business promotion.

It doesn’t matter what you make money from - create a thematic page, public page, group, or any other resource that will promote your products and at the same time entertain visitors with interesting content.

This is no longer primitive advertising, it is a way of social promotion. SMM promotion works with the target audience and is designed for a long-term effect. Your group on a popular social network is a virtual asset that will bring real profits.

How to choose a niche and start an online business from scratch? How much can you earn if you create an online business? How to start promoting a business on the Internet without investment?

For some, the Internet is a way of entertainment, communication, obtaining information, for others it is a workplace. Earnings in the network is available to all categories of the population– private entrepreneurs, housewives, pensioners, students and schoolchildren.

There are thousands of ways to monetize the Internet. You don't even have to have your own website to earn a steady income. The main thing is the presence of desire and free time.

This is Denis Kuderin, an expert of the HeatherBober magazine on financial topics. I will tell, how to start an online business, what ways to make money online exist, how to choose a niche for entrepreneurship and what are the features of modern online business.

We read to the end - in the final you will find life hacks and tricks for a novice entrepreneur, as well as an answer to the question, how much can you earn by starting a business from scratch.

1. Business on the Internet - earnings for the "lazy"

The Internet is a territory of unlimited opportunities for those who want to work for themselves and receive a guaranteed income that does not depend on economic crises, the dollar exchange rate and the availability of initial capital.

Thousands of people are doing it right now. They already made the Internet a source of real financial independence. If you want to follow their example, this the article will help you choose a direction and equip you with useful knowledge.

But I want to warn you in advance - the word "lazy" in the title of the section, I did not accidentally put it in quotation marks. There is a persistent philistine opinion that those who are too lazy to look for a “normal job” go to the Internet in search of earnings. As if the network is a habitat for idlers, lazy people and projectors, almost alchemists looking for the philosopher's stone.
I dare to assure skeptics - this is a fundamentally wrong point of view. I myself experienced this attitude from friends and family members when I left the "normal" work in the network.
I still encounter bewilderment and skeptical smirks, especially from representatives of the older generation.
But on the other hand, relatives and friends do not need to prove anything else - they already know in general terms that my earnings are quite enough for a comfortable life, that they are no less stable than earnings from a “real job”, and they treat work in the network quite adequately.

I will list all the advantages of doing business on the Internet:

a wide range of business areas– realize your talents and abilities, depending on their availability;
you work exclusively for yourself, and not "on the uncle";
you are not tied to a workplace– work how you want and where you want: at home, in an Internet cafe, in a co-working space, in Thailand;
working hours are not fixed– if you want to work from dawn to dusk, if you want 2 hours a day;
weekends and vacations are your own;
you do not have bosses and strict rules: want to change the direction of activity - please;
income is unlimited- it all depends on your abilities and ambitions.

Working on the Internet, you become the master of your life. The feeling of freedom, when you move from a normalized working day to a free schedule, cannot be compared with anything.

But it is important not to confuse freedom with slovenliness. Money will not fall into your wallet on its own - just because you declared yourself a freelancer or Internet entrepreneur.

You still have to work hard and persevere. A lazy person is unlikely to be able to achieve more or less noticeable results on the network. Discipline for working on the Internet requires no less, and even more than for office and industrial work. The lack of external control for novice moneymakers is often the main problem.

Is an initial investment required? Look at what you are planning to do. If you open an online store or launch a startup that requires full promotion, you cannot do without initial capital. If you plan to sell your skills and abilities online, investments are not required.

One more warning: Internet entrepreneurship is not for everyone. There is no guarantee that the investment of money and time will definitely pay off. I know people who, after a couple of years in Internet commerce, went back to the office for a stable salary. I am also familiar with those who earn millions online.

But if you are sure that an online business is your way, then doubt it! We choose, and we begin to patiently, consistently and measuredly move in the right direction.

2. TOP 5 ideas for starting an online business

In fact, there are hundreds of ideas for starting a business. And each of them has every chance of becoming super-profitable.

For example, no one could have predicted that the launch of the world's first global social network " Facebook» will do Mark Zuckerberg the youngest billionaire in US history.
And the creators Google” (two Stanford students) even wanted to abandon their project at first, because it distracted them too much from their studies at the university.

Our top five includes most popular destinations which have already proven their commercial potential. These ideas definitely work - if you can implement them correctly.

Idea 1. Opening an online store

Now almost all companies have an Internet resource. Even if the main profile of the company is offline sales, an additional way to sell goods will never be superfluous.

Some companies started as small offline stores, and then turned into giants of online sales.

Those who already have an online store know how important it is for success professional approach to website development. Having a quality product to sell doesn't guarantee success.

We have previously written a detailed article on the topic, I advise you to read it.

Idea 2. Creation of an Internet marketing agency

Online stores sell, and marketing agencies help them do it. Launching even a single advertising campaign on the Internet is a matter for professionals.

Even a brilliant advertising idea won't resonate if you don't know How Internet Search Engines Work why you need advertising in Yandex and what is SEO promotion. All this is done by marketing agencies. The demand for them is stable, and the payment for services is high.

Just a couple of days ago, a friend of mine - a successful entrepreneur, owner of an online store selling expensive heating equipment - asked if I would recommend him a good site promotion specialist. I advised why not help a good person.

How is online marketing different from regular marketing? There are many differences - this is a higher level of interactivity, and the possibility of targeting (selection of the target audience), and other prices for services.

What does it take to set up such an agency?? Understanding the basics of Internet marketing and the desire to develop. The industry is relatively new, there are few professionals. The Internet environment is constantly changing, and with it, marketing methods are changing. Those who follow trends and are not afraid of experiments win.

Idea 3. Consulting services

If you are professionally versed in at least something, no one will forbid you share experience with others for money. Lawyers, accountants, teachers, business practitioners and theorists, cooks, designers, etc. are engaged in the provision of remote consulting services on the network.

Skype consultations will require you only knowledge and time

Consultations will be more expensive, the higher your level as a specialist and teacher. In addition, the Internet allows you to train a group of people who want to remotely immediately in the format of an online conference.

You will find even more answers to the question: "" in the article of the same name on our website.

Idea 4. Website promotion

The creation and promotion of websites is another popular area of individual entrepreneurial activity. To create and promote Internet resources, you need to have an idea about HTML layout, types of engines, hosting and domains, and creating templates. But do not be afraid of these words if they are unfamiliar to you - understanding comes with experience.

Owners of online stores and other commercial portals rarely promote sites on their own - for this they hire specialists.

Idea 5. Preparing content for websites

Each site needs to be filled with unique content. Moreover, in order for the resource to be successfully ranked in search engines, content needs to be updated regularly. This is especially true for information sites, but it is also true for other formats - blogs, online stores, sites for the provision of services.

If a potential client comes to the site of a beauty salon and sees last year's New Year's greetings to clients in the "News" section, trust in such a resource immediately disappears. If the owners are too lazy to update the information sections for customers, then the rest of the services will be of the appropriate quality.

A similar attitude to the resource will be in the event that the site has a bad design, illiterate product descriptions and template information about a “dynamically developing company” and a “team of professionals” on the main page.

Conclusion: Websites need professional content. And it is supplied by freelancers: designers, copywriters, technical specialists. Their services will be in demand as long as the Internet exists.

In addition to the ideas listed above, there are dozens of others - making money in social networks, creating a channel on YouTube, etc.

Business idea comparison table:

№	Idea	Initial investment	Hints
1	Online store	Equal to the purchase price of the goods and the launch of the site	Pay as much attention to the resource as to the quality of the product
2	Internet Marketing	Almost not needed	You need to have a professional understanding of the features of online marketing
3	Consultations	Near zero	A well-known name and authority is a guarantee of high earnings
4	Website promotion	Only your time	You need to constantly improve your skills
5	Filling websites with content	Not required	The competition is high, but professionals are always in great demand

If you want, we have a publication on this topic too.

3. How to start an online business selling goods from scratch - a step by step guide

The basis of economic relations between people has always been purchase and sale. Therefore, most entrepreneurs on the Internet operate in a proven and reliable way - they open an online store.

To do this correctly, use a step-by-step algorithm.

Step 1. Choose the direction of trade and prepare a business plan

If you do not have an investor, you will have to make initial purchases with your own money. There is another option - your online store will act as a kind of intermediary between the buyer and the wholesaler. But to do this you need to work quickly and establish contacts with suppliers in advance.

Today you can purchase almost any product on the Internet. There is competition in all trade niches. So choose your direction wisely. The following are in stable demand: cosmetics, health and body care products, natural products, children's products, coffee and tea of exclusive varieties.

If you have a product that has no analogues, that's great. But first you need to find out is there a demand for it?.

I have a friend who sells elite feed supplements for sports horses. It would seem difficult to come up with a narrower niche - but no, there are several such stores in the network.
So my friend takes it to others - he has his own natural production, raw materials based on Altai herbs, and the products are tested by veterinarians and horse breeders.

Read about it in a separate article.

Step 2. Testing the chosen niche

Niche testing reduces risk and gives you a general idea of the demand for your product.

How to test? Watch the video:

Step 3. Create a portrait of the ideal client

Did you know that more than half of all sales in the network are in Moscow and St. Petersburg? Or that 70% of all online shoppers are women?

A businessman must smell his customers a mile away. Take into account age, gender, geography, interests, ability to pay, even the level of education.

Defining your ideal audience is the key to sales success

Knowing your audience, you can set up effective targeted advertising that hits the target.

Step 4. Ordering a website

Creating a website is not an expense item that you should save on. If funds allow, order the design development and launch of the resource in a professional studio. Specialists will create a website quickly and efficiently, and at the same time help with the initial content.

Well, if you want to find out, check out the article that we specially prepared earlier.

Step 5. Register the business with government agencies

Online trading is an official business activity. Choose the format yourself - individual entrepreneur or . easier and cheaper. The state duty at the time of writing is 800 rubles.

You also have to:

choose the main type of activity;
prepare a package of documents;
submit an application to the Federal Tax Service;
obtain a certificate of individual entrepreneur.

Trade in certain types of goods requires special permission.

Step 6. Run ads

Another expense item, saving on which is more expensive for yourself.

Professional Marketing Campaign – guarantee of wide market coverage. And then, without advertising, only a few will find and notice your store. But you can’t make a business out of random sales.

Step 7. Make a profit and analyze your business

The first buyers are the first profits. Don't rush to rest on your laurels. At the initial stage, feedback is very important: do not hesitate to ask customers how they found you and why they chose your store.

Based on feedback, constantly improve functionality and customer service. Don't chase excessive profits from the very beginning. Attract customers with discounts, bonuses, promotions and partner offers.

Avoid the mistakes discussed in this video:

4. How to choose a niche for starting an online business - 5 useful tips

The key success factor is the right niche.

Expert advice will help you decide on the direction.

Tip 1. Analyze the demand for products

The easiest way to find out the level of demand for products is to analyze the number of key queries for different products in your region using a statistical resource Wordstat. This way you will find out the level of consumer interest in certain products.

If the product you sell online can be bought for the same (or less) price in the next store around the corner, the online store loses its relevance. We will have to either change the assortment or reduce prices.

Follow fashion trends, fan hobbies, the latest news, hits of the season.

A recent example: a craze among schoolchildren around the world. spinners- rotating toys. No statistical resource can tell how much the sellers of this product earned at the peak of its popularity. One thing is clear - these are colossal amounts of money at minimal costs.

Tracking such trends is a skill that all business owners should have.. Ideally, you should catch ideas even before they start talking about them in the media, on forums and on social networks.

Seasonal goods - seasonal income. The ideal store is one in which the assortment is in demand all year round.

Of course, this does not apply to clothing stores, where the offer changes with the changing seasons.

Tip 5. Make a test sale on Avito

Avito is a kind of testing platform for studying consumer demand. If a trial batch of a product quickly finds its buyers, it means that the product is popular and in demand, and the consumer market requires saturation.

5. How to succeed in online business - tricks and life hacks for a novice entrepreneur

And a few more tricks and life hacks for any area of business.

Read and memorize - it really helps.

Life hack 1. Read literature on management and marketing

Practice must be supported by a scientific base. There is a lot of useful literature that will increase sales significantly and help establish effective management of business processes.

Examples of good books - Philip Kotler " Marketing Basics", Seth Godin " purple cow", Phil Barden " Hacking Marketing».

Life hack 2. Study the biographies of successful businessmen

Nothing motivates better than the lives of successful businessmen. Almost everyone who is included in the TOP of the richest and most successful businessmen of our time achieved status and wealth on their own. Use the experience of your older comrades and learn from their mistakes.

Life hack 3. Monitor the development of competitors

An experienced businessman uses competitors for his own purposes - he studies them, adopts the best, analyzes their mistakes and successes.

Isolation in business is like running with a blindfold on: dangerous and unpredictable.

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How to open, develop and promote. Business Ideas

Working on the Internet is not about clicking on links or playing in a virtual casino. To organize an online business, any ideas are suitable:

sell goods: clothes, food or equipment;
provide services: photograph, typeset or advertise;
educate: conduct negotiation trainings or soap-making webinars.

To organize a business, it is not necessary to rent an office, hire people and rent a large warehouse. All work can be configured online. Make a website or fill out a page on a social network, write about the conditions and payment, launch advertising and promotion. As soon as you attract the first customers and receive the first revenue, consider that you have already earned a business.

What is an online business?

Usually people who have business ideas do not ask such a question and immediately launch what they are interested in. But if there are no ideas yet and you don’t know what kind of business to open, then you can work in network marketing, become a partner of the company, or sell goods for interest.

In network marketing, products are distributed by recommendation, in person or on social networks and websites. You can offer goods to friends and neighbors, create and fill a group on a social network, make your own website, advertise products and receive interest on turnover. Be prepared that networkers are not liked, and you will have to work hard on a good business reputation.

According to the affiliate program, you can post links to a product on your site or in a group. The affiliate link contains special codes that secure all sales from your site. When a person clicks on such a link, the store will recognize him and after the purchase will transfer you a reward. Even if a person does not immediately buy a product, you will still receive a percentage of the sale through your link.

In these types of businesses, the company pays tax on your income. But there are companies for which you need to start an individual entrepreneur in order to pay income tax yourself. Find out in advance.

Which business to open?

You can open any business. Develop an idea that inspires you, or one that will have few competitors and a lot of demand.

If you like to shoot videos and make clips, then create a website or group with your work, promote it and offer services to people and companies.

If you understand fashion or know where to get rare brands of clothes and shoes, then organize an online store, buy from suppliers at a wholesale price, and sell on the site at your own price.

If you are a lawyer and you have a lot of experience, then you can advise people online, conduct trainings and sell your courses to entrepreneurs and large companies.

You can start an online business with any idea, but in order for it to work, it must be promoted and registered with the tax office.

Examples

	How to attract customers	What is the feature
Web Studio make money on paid video courses	The studio has many projects, it is known. The site has a page with an introductory task, they talk about it in social networks. Promote courses in search engines.	There is a rating of students, tests and assignments - this is an incentive to do better than others. Assignments are checked by studio designers.
Online store sells kitchen appliances	Promote the site and account on Instagram for search queries. They shoot mini-videos about the use of devices. Buyers recommend to friends.	Bring unusual appliances that make cooking easier. Deliver orders in Russia for free.
Lawyer leads large companies and consults via Skype	Promotes the site in Yandex Direct and Google Adwords. Makes paid posts on Facebook. Customers recommend to friends.	Gives discounts to big companies. If the first Skype is for half an hour, then the client does not pay for the consultation.

Online store sells kitchen appliances

How to attract customers

Promote the site and account on Instagram for search queries. They shoot mini-videos about the use of devices. Buyers recommend to friends.

What is the feature

Bring unusual appliances that make cooking easier. Deliver orders in Russia for free.

Lawyer leads large companies and consults via Skype

How to attract customers

Promotes the site in Yandex Direct and Google Adwords. Makes paid posts on Facebook. Customers recommend to friends.

What is the feature

Gives discounts to big companies. If the first Skype is for half an hour, then the client does not pay for the consultation.

What does it take to open an online business?

As soon as the income becomes consistently high, the tax office may be interested in you. If you hid income and did not pay taxes, then the tax authority will write you a fine or put you in jail through the court for violations. To prevent this from happening, open an IP or LLC.

An individual entrepreneur is suitable for you if you have a home confectionery or you buy clothes in bulk and resell them on the Internet at retail.

Choose an LLC if you want to open a shop for the production and recording of vinyl records, produce environmental bags or batteries, and you need a lot of employees in the staff.

If you have an individual entrepreneur or LLC, then suppliers of goods, payment and delivery services will be more willing to work with you. You are running a legal business, and partners have nothing to fear.

In the Internet bank, where you open an account for individual entrepreneurs and LLCs, you can keep accounting records, generate payments and insurance premiums. Tinkoff Bank has its own service for entrepreneurs.

Do not spare money on advertising and promotion of your Internet business. Hire a specialist or learn how to use Yandex Direct and Google Adwords yourself, talk about your business on social networks, use popular queries for search engine optimization of your website or page. On the Internet, people do not come by themselves: they need something to attract.

Is it necessary to create your own website?

Not necessary. It all depends on your tasks and the amount of goods. You can make a business card website, a full-fledged online store or place goods on social networks.

A business card site is suitable if you are selling one product or service. Open an online store when you have a lot of goods and need a convenient catalog. The site can be made in the constructor or ordered in a web studio.

For a business, it is not necessary to make a website, it is enough to create an account on Instagram or create a group on Facebook and Vkontakte. In social networks, you can also fill the pages with goods, specify the price, terms and delivery methods.

How to sell goods on the Internet?

To start selling something on the Internet, it is not enough just to create a website or a group and buy a product. Clients don't just show up. Here are the simple rules for successful online sales.

Study your competitors and find your niche. On the one hand, it is better in one where there are fewer competitors, but on the other hand, in a competitive environment, you want to stand out favorably, offer a unique product or the best price.

Make good content. Hire a photographer or shoot the product yourself against a light, solid background in good light. In the text, describe the advantages of the product and honestly warn potential buyers about the features. Do not forget to write the terms of payment, delivery and return.

Don't skimp on ads. Connect Yandex Direct to promote your site or group. Make sales and giveaways. Make friends with thematic groups on social networks to periodically tell them about your product. Participate in thematic fairs and festivals of the city.

The first thing that comes to mind is to make your own website and make money on it. Today, there is enough information on the Internet, and, puzzled, you can create your own website using free engines and templates. But For a website to be profitable, three principles must be observed:

You must be a guru in the topic you choose. The abundance of all kinds of sites creates wild competition, and in order to reach a full-fledged income, it is necessary, in addition to money, to invest your soul in the site;
Utility. Your website should be useful first and foremost. If it does not bring practical benefits to visitors, then it will be practically useless for making a profit on the Internet;
Regular work. Only regular and painstaking work will allow you to find your niche. Online business, although it seems like a simple matter, but without perseverance and daily work, you can’t count on something.

But let's say you already have your own website, useful and regularly filled with interesting information. The main question is - how to monetize your traffic. There are several options.

Use an affiliate program (For example, a teaser);
Earn on contextual advertising - Google adsense- the most profitable option, YAN(Yandex advertising network);
Sell links (Best link exchanges - pr.sape.ru , gogetlinks.net);
Work with direct advertisers (This requires that the site has good traffic).

Let's briefly consider each of these options for earning money and creating an online business. To make money on affiliate programs, you must have a link to an affiliate online store on your website.

Visitors who come to you will follow this link and buy something. A percentage of the value of the goods will be credited to your account.

Another option for online business is to sell links from your site. If you have good indicators, then the links can be quite expensive. The meaning of such entrepreneurship is that the link promotion strategy is still used by many SEOs.

The earnings scheme is as follows: you place an advertisement for this agency on your resource, visitors order the construction of a frame house from them, you get your percentage. Profit! Considering the cost of construction, the percentage can be very impressive.

Earning level depends on many factors. The minimum you can get from a site with 1,000 visitors per day is $50 per month, the maximum is $300.

Again, there are very bold topics, for example, if you have a site about private jets, then with attendance of 200 people a day, it can bring up to $ 3,000 a month, or even more.

How to make money on the Internet on texts: we create a copywriting agency

We get a huge amount of information from the Internet. We read a bunch of articles, news and announcements. But someone writes these articles, and has a good income on them.

What is needed for this?

Find smart authors;
Find customers for the texts that your authors will write.

Everything seems to be simple? But it was not there. Firstly, it is not so easy to find an intelligent author. The director of a copywriting agency lives off the difference between paying a copywriter and receiving money from a customer. This means that you will earn more the less you pay your employees.

But good copywriters are expensive, and you will get practically nothing, and the bad ones write accordingly. And this means that you will have to spend your time checking and correcting the work of the authors.

Of course, you can also hire a proofreader, but again, this is an extra waste. Therefore, the agency as an Internet business is suitable only for those who are themselves talented copywriters and can spend some time checking and editing texts.

Copyright rates today

Standard news, 1000 characters in size: 50-80 rubles (For 1000 characters without spaces);
Creative article: 80-120 rubles;
SEO article: 80-150 rubles (And even 500 rubles for 1000 characters. Very experienced copywriters, gurus in their field charge so much for their work);
Technical texts: 100, 200 rubles.

Minimum quotation for articles today is 30-50 rubles per thousand characters without spaces.

Is it possible to make good money this way?

Yes. A good copywriter writes about 10,000 - 15,000 characters in 1 day. Let's take the minimum. That is, from one employee per day, provided that you have 40 rubles left from 1000 characters of his text, you will have 400 rubles.

If you have 8 employees, then this is 3200 rubles per day, and per month, taking into account weekends it's 70400 rubles. For work at home and part-time employment is very even.

SEO agency as a business from scratch

If you have been “living” on the Internet for a long time, and the words “SEO”, “promotion” and “search engines” are not an empty phrase for you, you should try to become the head of an SEO agency. Naturally, here you can not do without specific knowledge.

Yes, you will not move the site to the top yourself, but you will need to communicate with customers, and write wasted if you lose face.

And you won’t be able to pick up an intelligent SEO specialist, since you won’t be able to check the quality of his work if you yourself don’t understand this topic. As a result, you can get money, get a bunch of negative reviews and, quite realistically, a subpoena.

How much can you earn with an SEO agency online? Let's calculate approximately. The promotion of one site costs the owners 20-40 thousand rubles a month. This means that you can earn from 10,000 to 100,000 rubles from the site.

Thus, this is not a bad online business idea, but you need to be well versed in this direction. You will start with smaller amounts.

How to make money online with your YouTube channel

Another small business on the Internet can be called. This work is called vlogging - or video blogging.

Problem one- there are a huge number of projects on YouTube, so in order to beat competitors and make money, you need to offer Internet users something really outstanding from the mass of the same type of channels. To do this, read user reviews.

You can make money on video blogging, that is, open an Internet business on YouTube, through contextual advertising, direct advertisers and by offering products from affiliate programs, a link to which is affixed in the product description.

For example, one of the most profitable areas is working with the Amazon store. You make video reviews of their products, and offer to follow the link and buy something. The percentage of the purchase, as usual when working with affiliate programs, is credited to the account.

To create your channel, you need to register your Google account. And then everything is simple. The YouTube service itself offers those who wish to conduct their business online convenient editors with which you can add music, special effects, process video from noise, and much more.

There is a Monetization section in YouTube settings. We connect the channel to Google Adsense, and start earning the first money. Profit depends not only on visits, but also on the chosen topic.

With 3,000 users, you can earn about $6. A little? Yes, but there are thousands of channels on YouTube that have more than a million hits. Can you imagine how much they earn? What if there are multiple channels?

A personal YouTube channel is a good option for an Internet business for housewives. For example, you can do reviews of cooking delicious dishes.

The idea of earning - your own exchange office

Many systems, such as WebMoney, offer their users to participate in their business online. You can do this in two ways:

By distributing currency cards. But this will not bring big profits, besides, you will completely kill your legs, in the sense that you will have to run enough;
By creating your own exchange office.

The exchange office of electronic currencies differs from the usual exchange office, which work from banks. In essence, you help people withdraw web money (and others) or credit them to their account, taking a percentage from clients. What is needed for this business?

In fact, there is nothing difficult. You need to register a personal passport, create your own exchange site (example https://smartwm.ru) and report it to the registry, find clients. If you decide that this business is for you, you have a lot of customer requests, then you can open your own office.

For this business on the Internet you need initial capital - and it should be at least several thousand VMZ (WMZ is a WebMoney dollar account). If there is no money, you can start work by taking a microcredit from the bank. Profit from the business is 2-3% of the amount of transactions. The more transactions, the better the earnings.

There are two ways to work in the field of this business online - as an individual and as an individual entrepreneur. In the first case, it is necessary to conclude an agreement with the client, and in the second case, write him a check.

Opening an infobusiness: online seminars, trainings, coaching

One of the most popular online businesses in our time is the info business. Since information is valuable today, you can always try to sell it. The most important thing is that you have something to sell, that is, a good project.

If you know something, have useful and rare knowledge, you can make a very profitable Internet business from scratch.

The business is suitable for both men and women. For example, girls today share knowledge about how to lose weight, do makeup, choose cosmetics or find a groom for money. As you can see, the topics are very different, but each of them can be profitable.

Men conduct online seminars on programming, website promotion, building earnings in the network. You can also write and sell books, publish magazines online with a paid subscription. Even yoga can be taught at a distance - all this belongs to the category of information business.

The only problem- such work is not suitable for everyone, since only a narrow specialist in any industry can do it. To teach someone, you have to be an ace yourself. And it is better to have confirmation that you can really be useful - for example, a diploma or at least a certificate of completion of the course.

Since you set the price for your product yourself, the earnings depend on you.

Eg, a course on semantic website design costs about $200, and participation in a webinar on promoting a group on Facebook costs $10 per participant. The price can reach up to $ 2,000 - it all depends on the value of the information product.

Making an online store on VKontakte

Another interesting business on the Internet from scratch is on VKontakte. This is a great platform to run your business. And its biggest plus is the availability of functionality for online sales.

This is a business for both beginners and for people who already have experience in the Internet.

But in order to engage in this business, you must have something to sell. Usually, either an online store is used for these purposes, in which you have a good discount, and then you get the difference equal to your bonus in your pocket, or goods ordered from China.

Or you can negotiate with manufacturers of goods in your city, offering them a platform for sale.

Income starts from$50 and ends up in a few hundred and sometimes even thousands. For example, the revenue of a VK store offering interesting little things and gifts on the eve of the new year is up to $ 3,000.

How to become an ISP

An option with an investment of money, and large ones. To become an Internet provider and start building a business in providing services to your target audience, you must fulfill a number of requirements:

Open LLC;
Collect and submit documents to RosKomNadzor;
Get a license;
Pay taxes on time (you can use the simplified taxation system);
Open a bank account.

You will also need a room where all the equipment (servers, etc.) will be located. It must be safe, which will be confirmed by the SES inspection and the fire service.

You will need an initial capital in the region of several thousand dollars and, most likely, your own staff. But on the other hand, this business is very promising, because in the last year alone, the Internet access market has grown by more than 25%. And demand creates supply.

Advertising on Instagram

The more subscribers you have, the more you earn. The most requested topics today: sports and healthy lifestyle, beauty, travel, cooking.

Earnings on Instagram can be up to $100 per post.

Photos for sale

If you are into photography, you can monetize your hobby. Today, photographs are in great demand, since any serious publication or portal will not stoop to plagiarism. They buy photos for their projects on special exchanges.

Photo prices can vary. A high-quality photo taken with a good camera can cost several hundred dollars.. A photo of an average level is about 5-10 dollars. The minimum cost of a photo is 1-2 dollars.

It is gaining momentum, because it often gives great freedom: you can do business from almost anywhere in the world, without being tied to the location of the company or firm.

A serious business requires an office, warehouse space and other offline support options. The exact list of required premises depends on the specific type of business. However, even offline support can be provided remotely with direct control of the process.

How to choose a suitable idea for implementing a business?

To select the appropriate development for drawing up a business plan, it is advisable to accurately fall into the flow of consumer demand. Demand will contribute to the speedy promotion of the company. Of course, you can try to create something completely new and, gradually using different methods, promote the product, artificially creating demand for it.

This is how Apple, Microsoft and other IT giants started. If you do not aspire to such a scale of development and just want to do business in one of the existing sales areas, then you should think about the following human needs:

Maslow's pyramid of needs will help you get a rough understanding of current service areas:

Physiological needs are the basis of existence. Most of all, a person needs food and hormonal satisfaction. The latter is directly and indirectly expressed in the popular use of entertainment. The ideal is to play on a combination of these needs (which is often used, for example, by nightclubs).
The need for security. Psychological and physical security are always in demand. This is the need for housing and comfortable conditions. A safe existence is ensured by public utilities, security services and psychological support services.
The need for love. This need is widely used in the creation of advertising campaigns that convey to the consumer an image of love, community, family and support (think Coca-Cola's New Year's promotions).
The need for respect. This also includes professional implementation (creation of training programs, Internet courses, online consultations).
Cognitive needs. Business implementation intersects with the previous area. This is the implementation of information learning resources.
Aesthetic needs. The business involves the sale of beauty services, the sale of unusual, but practically useless things.
The need for self-actualization. Using a need involves creating projects where a person can express themselves, gain recognition or a chance to become noticeable.

Analyzing these needs will help you create a working idea. When you can use several needs from different parts of the pyramid at once. The main ones, of course, are the food, medical, entertainment and beauty industries. Well, as examples, we will give a popular rating of ideas.

TOP 80 ideas for online business

1. Delivery of goods. Courier service. Order couriers online.

2. Creation of an online store selling clothes.

3. Creation of exclusive bouquets in an online service with subsequent delivery to your home.

4. Registration of legal documents.

5. Mediation in apartment rentals.

6. Mediation in the sale of housing.

7. Hand delivery of lunches.

8. Company for organizing holidays.

9. Book sales agency.

10. Assistance in creating business plans.

11. Supply of products to restaurants and bars.

12. Supply of products for special events.

Advertising agencies

13. Agency for the implementation of contextual advertising.

14. A company specializing in .

15. Agency of exclusive texts.

16. Website creation company.

Consulting

Consulting may involve the private practice of an individual specialist or the creation of an enterprise aimed at providing consulting services.

A company can work only through online consultations or combine online activities with real-life activities, for example, redirect clients to the company’s branches.

18. Consulting firm on legal issues of various types (resolving court issues, drawing up land acts, consulting on family law, and so on).

19. Online sports consultations from fitness trainers. Drawing up programs for sports nutrition and physical development.

20. Medical consultations. Assessment of the disease, redirection to a doctor, assistance in selecting treatment and choosing a clinic.

21. Consulting on beauty. Help in choosing cosmetics, practical recommendations and redirection to a beauty salon.

22. Travel company. Selling tours and trips via the Internet. Organization of tours.

23. Psychological consultations and assistance.

24. Consultations on diets and weight loss.

Creation of Internet services

25. Medicine selection service.

26. Service for compiling sports programs.

27. Creating applications for tablets and phones.

29. Creation of large-scale information resources with advertising platforms.

30. Creating mini-games on PC.

31. Creation of sites for the blogosphere ().

33. Creation of an intermediary resource (search between the contractor and the customer). You can use any spheres, here the approach to promotion is more important.

34. Creating a resource for expression (for example, photo hosting with a personal account or video hosting).

Creation of a site for sale

Creating a platform involves creating a special platform on which the authors of the works (producers) and buyers will communicate themselves.

35. Platform for the sale of old things (online flea market).

36. Platform for the sale of photographs.

37. A platform for the sale of handmade goods.

38. A platform for the sale of farm products.

39. Exchange for the sale of texts.

40. Exchange for the sale of goods from tourist trips (exclusive items).

41. Exchange for the sale of exotic and rare items (it is possible to create an auction).

Design firms

Design services can be provided separately as consultations, projects or design services, as well as combine them with the direct implementation of projects.

42. Tableware design.

43. Textile design (curtains, tablecloths).

44. Website design.

45. Fashion design.

46. Design of holiday bouquets.

47. Jewelry design.

48. Design of festive outfits.

49. Design of the local landscape.

50. Services of an architectural firm.

51. Design of premises (apartments, offices, restaurants).

52. Technical design (calculation of the optimal functional saturation of various types of equipment).

Creation of an online store

- a popular method of earning money that requires renting a warehouse and delivering goods.

53. Selling clothes.

54. Selling jewelry.

55. Selling jewelry.

56. Selling tea.

57. Sale of elite alcohol.

58. Sale of household appliances.

59. Sale of spare parts for phones, tablets, PCs.

60. Selling healthy nutrition products.

61. Sale of cosmetics.

62. Selling books.

63. Sale of antiques.

64. Sale of farm products.

65. Sale of wood.

66. Sale of bouquets for brides.

67. Sale of exclusive gifts for celebrations.

68. Sale of T-shirts with interesting prints.

69. Sale of handmade goods.

70. Textile store.

71. Shop 1000 little things.

72. Sale of plants.

73. Sale of exclusive animals (for example, rare breeds of dogs, fish, spiders).

Online learning

Training courses and advanced training courses can be a good way to make money. You can give homework to master the information and check them online.

74. Teaching HTML, CSS, PHP or another programming language.

75. Landscape design training.

76. Advanced training in architecture.

77. Animation creation courses.

78. Fine arts courses.

79. Computer courses.

80. Photographic art courses.

Sincerely, Nastya Chekhova