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The Business of EBAY

Like many people, I want to work from home full time. After searching for options, I found an ebook on eBay that I thought had good, down to earth information to get people on the right track.

I contacted author and entrepreneur Janiece Smith, of Express Profits Online and conducted an interview via email. Here is the transcript:

(Womanly Web) What was the turning point for you in deciding to try working from home?

(Janiece Smith) I had a one-year-old son––and another on the way––and I was working at a job that required me to commute 2 hours to and from work. I didn’t want someone else raising my sons and to miss all of the big moments in their lives. It was hard decision because I had a very good paying job, but I knew my family was worth the change I had to make.

(WW) What research on other home-based businesses have you done? Did you try any of them? If so, why didn’t they work for you?

(JS) Most of the research I have conducted on other home-based businesses involved actually testing them out. There are just too many to elaborate on each, but I’ve tried everything from MLM, home parties, day-trading, and an investment in becoming a liquidation broker, which turned out to be my greatest loss.

I think the biggest reason none of these businesses succeeded was that, no matter how much time and work someone puts into it, the business concepts (and big money) relied on you trying to get other people to work as hard as you. This just isn’t going to happen. Even though it sounds great, someone else doing all the work and you raking in the cash, it is always best to get paid for your own hard work and efforts. That is why I think my eBay and consulting businesses have seen so much success.

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