online business

The days are over to make an easy quick $ online. Putting a cheap product on amazon and eBay or drop shipping it isn't so easy anymore like these gurus will tell you. Competition is rising, and businesses are getting stricter. Of course, you can make money online quite easily, however, the real...

Hi, I received quite a few pm's lately of wannabe entrepreneurs looking to start their first online venture. Here's the most simple business model I found, after few decades of internet marketing. The key to making money through your eCommerce store is building up your email list and then...

Entrepreneurship for me is quite lonely at times. I had always been hesitant to trust new people and most times remain independent. (Like if you're anti-social). I had always wanted to have a group of friends that were also entrepreneurs, that shared the same interests. I had a business partner...

INTRO Hi everyone After reading a lot of progress/execution threads on here, I have decided to start my own. Here's a brief introduction: - 22 years old - Live in Scotland - Have a 1 year old son - Have started a digital marketing agency - We offer social media management, SEO, reputation...

Hello, I own a physical store selling consumer electronics(TVs, refrigerators, etc. - India). It is quite clear that business is changing and integrating online business with offline in meaningful ways is the way to go. I'm just struggling to understand how to valuably integrate the online...

Hey guys, just joined this awesome community and wanted to give a quick introduction. Personal background: I'm Christophe, turned 25 years old and graduated Bio-Engineering at University in Belgium. Went traveling in South-East Asia for 3 months prior to looking for a job. Have found an...

I compiled a list of communities about digital marketing, social media management or any other form of online entrepreneurship (naturally, FastLane is in it). This list was started for my own personal needs, but I soon realized it would be a useful resource to anyone interested in building a...

Ok let’s get started. I’ve been a member of this forum as far back as I can remember. High school in-fact (2011). And I’m happy to say that there's a reason I’m still here - the principles and frameworks I’ve learned here have molded me. Shoutout MJ. Now, there’s a dichotomy in me saying this...

Hi Everyone - I am now based in Malta from the UK and just threw myself into a new country. However I am in a 9-5 and building a website online to bring in a residual income. Yet I am not seeing as much progress - not sure if the market really wants it..well they clearly do i have competitors...

"You're very determined, that will get you places" This is what my Mum said when I was about 5 as she watched complete a model that I'd tried to assemble and failed about 7 times previously. I felt pleased I'd completed the model and that I'd be called determined which I thought must be a good...

So now B&M stores in my country(India) have started feeling the heat from online players like Amazon and Flipkart. Most of them are unwilling to change and are content to grumble. How do I add value to the customer's lives? As it stands, customers go online to shop(especially for cameras and...

Hi guys, Loooong time lurker here, and I've decided I’m going to share some of my progress. Last year I started building a SaaS (software as a service) product. Essentially this means you pay a monthly subscription to access the online tool. For people new to SaaS, this about any online...

Hi. Long time reader, first time poster. I'm inspired just reading the forum categories when looking for where to post this. I'm working a standard 9-5 and determined to not be. Lots of web design and technology experience to trying to make money from that. My friend runs a small business and...

I have a few ideas in mind for Ecommerce physical products. Curious what you all think as to what the most current and latest effective methods to validate and test a product/market need. I feel landing pages might piss people off / feel spammy when they find out you don't have stock and ask...

Hi, I think this is a good moment to start posting about my progress. I will try to write a weekly update if I'm not busy. By now I won't post any links to my stuff because I don't want to look like I'm self-promoting, but if you tell me that this is OK I'll put some so you can tell me what...

Hey everyone, I’m new to this forum. I’m also about to finish reading The Millionaire Fastlane. Recently, I’ve relocated to Cambridge, UK. Before I lived in London for 4 years and had two businesses. A leadership coaching company - failed, a travel agency - “broke up" with my business partner...

In the hope of a deeper understanding of this business model and making it profitable for me, I am asking for already successful dropshippers to advice me and tell me about the difficulties i might face if I start doing this type of work. I would be thankful if you could tell me what books to...

Hello Fastlaners! I’m very excited to share this story with you. I know that this community can only grow when people share their experiences, failures, success, tips and so on. Today is my turn to share with you how my road to finance freedom is going and hopefully get some tips and...

Good Morning/Evening/Afternoon ya'll. I have been researching ways to find a target audience on Facebook ads to market to. Below is what I have come away with as my plan. Please pick it apart, I want to know its pitfalls so I can come away with a more solid plan of action. Thanks for your time...

Thanks to @MJ DeMarco for making a new web design (and related hustles) subforum. If anyone has any web design related questions, suggestions, feedback, progress reports etc please get posting. This thread can also serve as an introduction thread to this sub-forum so please share your web...