This article is about why an ebay business may be the best option for you to start earning money online. Many people want to start an online business, yet most of them never get it done. While the idea of working from home is nice, there are quite a few obstacles, especially if you're totally new to the business.

To build your own online business from scratch you'd have to learn about web site creation, programming, marketing, product creation and many other skills necessary to maintain an online business.

Before the dawn of Internet marketing, there was direct response marketing. It involved sending long sales letters by postal mail to customers about a certain product; the direct response marketer wanted the customer to fill out the order form and mail it back to the address posted with his/her order information included.

This was (and still is) a very effective form of marketing, but was (and still is) quite expensive - sending out just 1,000 letters can cost you at least $2,000.