Getting started with an online business will take some time to set up, but there is no reason to wait when it comes to making money. There are many products that come ready to be sold, and this will give you experience as you 'earn while you learn'. Look for a product that already has a sales letter, is something that will help others to achieve their goals, and that is set up for you to collect the payments quickly and easily.
The reason you want a digital product that already has a sales letter is so you can see exactly how something like this is written. You can study the headline, the sub-headlines, and the copy to see what is appealing to others. As you read through the sales copy you will be able to see what it will teach the person who makes a purchase. I always purchase the product before I begin reselling it. This allows me to make sure it is something that others will find valuable as well.
As soon as you are ready to make sales, it is the marketing that you will need to become more skilled with doing each day as an activity. Marketing makes the difference between being able to sell many products online easily and just getting by.
I encourage you to choose a product quickly so that you can begin. The best products are those that sell for less than a hundred dollars and are digital, allowing for an easy download by the purchaser. Making money in this way is a win-win, and you will gain experience as you move forward.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
PCI Compliant
With the growing market of online business there is rapid growth in online transactions through credit cards hence companies involved in this business are required to be secure from all threats and frauds thus being PCI Compliant is a mandate condition.
Being PCI Compliant is not just a suggestion but a basic requirement for all web-based merchants to avoid security breach into their payment transactions and customer information.
Becoming PCI compliant business involves 12 basic requirements with over 200 individual security checks covering all requisites protecting customer's information and other sensitive data, failing which can incur heavy penalties or even end of business.
The system requirement may vary from basic installation of firewall to something like data encryption before storing to a system and while transferring to another system within network.
Also the websites, applications and databases have to be fully secured by all means such that the encrypted information of customer cannot be breached.
A business is said to be PCI compliant means it has passed all the tests performed by any ASV (Approved Scanning Vendor) and have received a PCI Compliance report from them. Gaining a web seal from such ASVs is an additional advantage.
Though becoming PCI compliant business is a difficult process but at the end of it you are proving the reliability of your system. Consumers are nowadays more suspicious as everyone wants to protect their information from getting breached that could cause loss to them. Hence trust is the only factor that invites more and more customers to any business and becoming PCI compliant increases this trust. It tells the customers that they are undergoing highly secured system from where their information can not be easily breached. It includes several kinds of routine checks, audits and tests ensuring complete maintenance of all security checks.
Having certified by PCI DSS actually helps the business owner grow in a safest manner without losing customers.
Being PCI Compliant is not just a suggestion but a basic requirement for all web-based merchants to avoid security breach into their payment transactions and customer information.
Becoming PCI compliant business involves 12 basic requirements with over 200 individual security checks covering all requisites protecting customer's information and other sensitive data, failing which can incur heavy penalties or even end of business.
The system requirement may vary from basic installation of firewall to something like data encryption before storing to a system and while transferring to another system within network.
Also the websites, applications and databases have to be fully secured by all means such that the encrypted information of customer cannot be breached.
A business is said to be PCI compliant means it has passed all the tests performed by any ASV (Approved Scanning Vendor) and have received a PCI Compliance report from them. Gaining a web seal from such ASVs is an additional advantage.
Though becoming PCI compliant business is a difficult process but at the end of it you are proving the reliability of your system. Consumers are nowadays more suspicious as everyone wants to protect their information from getting breached that could cause loss to them. Hence trust is the only factor that invites more and more customers to any business and becoming PCI compliant increases this trust. It tells the customers that they are undergoing highly secured system from where their information can not be easily breached. It includes several kinds of routine checks, audits and tests ensuring complete maintenance of all security checks.
Having certified by PCI DSS actually helps the business owner grow in a safest manner without losing customers.
Internet Fraud
If you have been using the Internet long enough to set up some sort of email address, you will almost certainly have been invited to earn some extra money by filling in on line surveys... These so-called paid on line surveys are aimed at the growing number of people who stay at home all day with a computer, little capital and no work. They are particularly aimed at stay at home mums and the out of work.
It is feasible to earn a few dollars a month from some of these on line survey companies, but many of them are cons. They can make their money in a diversity of ways, but normally the cash out figure for the person surveyed is quite high, often $50 or $100. It is hard to attain that amount at the rate of one $1 survey per week. However, they have you running back and forth to their website in the hope that you will click on one of their adverts and they will get paid.
The first sign of a scam survey firm is the up front registration fee. This is normally less than $50 and seems a good deal if you are going to be earning the thousands of dollars that they 'promise'. Well, not actually promise, because the disclaimer always states that you may not make as much as the 'people' who have sent in the testimonials that you read plastered all over their web sites.
Testimonials from people like 'Mary T., New York', completely undetectable, unverifiable, probably fictitious 'people', who claim to be earning enough money doing on line surveys to pay off the mortgage, purchase a big car and vacation in the Seychelles every year. Rule number one for avoiding on line scams: never pay a fee on the assurance of probably earning money.
The mobile phone scam is always very popular amongst con men and women. In this swindle, you will be asked to verify that you are a real person by replying to a simple text message. What you are not told though is that you are texting a premium number which will probably cost you up to $5. The firm is sure that you will not notice this charge, especially if you are pay-as-you-go and do not receive monthly statements.
Another popular scam is where you are promised special offers or even cash for clicking on the banners of the site's 'partners'. You will be asked to seek more details by clicking on a banner. You may be promised 30% off or five cents for clicking. What you are not told is that you will be pestered from now to kingdom come by telesales people. Health insurance, pet insurance, free holidays, you name it. The only thing that you can be certain of is that you will end up paying more.
Then there is the free magazine scam. You are offered a free magazine on an exciting topic of your selection. Again they ask for your telephone number. What they do not say is that your free magazine comes with a subscription to their magazine which costs $19.95. The payment will be made to your phone bill and you will probably never even notice it, which is what they are counting on.
Never give out sensitive information over the Internet if you do not know who is receiving it. Phishing is also a lucrative scam, where an email purports to come from a bank or even Google or Yahoo. You are told that your account has been hacked and that you should corroborate your details. As soon as you do, your account will be compromised sure enough.
It is feasible to earn a few dollars a month from some of these on line survey companies, but many of them are cons. They can make their money in a diversity of ways, but normally the cash out figure for the person surveyed is quite high, often $50 or $100. It is hard to attain that amount at the rate of one $1 survey per week. However, they have you running back and forth to their website in the hope that you will click on one of their adverts and they will get paid.
The first sign of a scam survey firm is the up front registration fee. This is normally less than $50 and seems a good deal if you are going to be earning the thousands of dollars that they 'promise'. Well, not actually promise, because the disclaimer always states that you may not make as much as the 'people' who have sent in the testimonials that you read plastered all over their web sites.
Testimonials from people like 'Mary T., New York', completely undetectable, unverifiable, probably fictitious 'people', who claim to be earning enough money doing on line surveys to pay off the mortgage, purchase a big car and vacation in the Seychelles every year. Rule number one for avoiding on line scams: never pay a fee on the assurance of probably earning money.
The mobile phone scam is always very popular amongst con men and women. In this swindle, you will be asked to verify that you are a real person by replying to a simple text message. What you are not told though is that you are texting a premium number which will probably cost you up to $5. The firm is sure that you will not notice this charge, especially if you are pay-as-you-go and do not receive monthly statements.
Another popular scam is where you are promised special offers or even cash for clicking on the banners of the site's 'partners'. You will be asked to seek more details by clicking on a banner. You may be promised 30% off or five cents for clicking. What you are not told is that you will be pestered from now to kingdom come by telesales people. Health insurance, pet insurance, free holidays, you name it. The only thing that you can be certain of is that you will end up paying more.
Then there is the free magazine scam. You are offered a free magazine on an exciting topic of your selection. Again they ask for your telephone number. What they do not say is that your free magazine comes with a subscription to their magazine which costs $19.95. The payment will be made to your phone bill and you will probably never even notice it, which is what they are counting on.
Never give out sensitive information over the Internet if you do not know who is receiving it. Phishing is also a lucrative scam, where an email purports to come from a bank or even Google or Yahoo. You are told that your account has been hacked and that you should corroborate your details. As soon as you do, your account will be compromised sure enough.
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