Genuine Internet Marketing Opportunities ' How Do I recognize Them?

Have you ever dreamt of having a perfect internet business making you loads of money in which you don't have to do anything at all, except sit back and collect the cash? If this dream of yours was initiated by some internet business ad, then you could probably be sure you are under the influence of some scammer.

With the internet marketplace becoming more and more swamped by people seeking ways and means to make money online, more and more scammers are also making their appearance. Gullible newbies fall for their tricks and start believing that there is really such thing as minting money online without putting in much effort.

In order to safeguard yourself against fraudsters, you can detect the genuine internet home based business opportunities by looking for the following;

1. A Tangible Product or Service.

There should be a product that you can sell, which can be in the form of an ebook, a training course, or a subscription that gives you access to downloadable products. Alternatively it can be a service like article writing, or setting up and maintaining a website. If you don't see something tangible you can be sure of a scam in the making.

2. Affiliate programs offering you a free website.

With the affiliate programs you can make money and get a website for free. This scheme will pay you a percentage of the money paid by the buyer when they buy from your site. It has been noticed that after sometime the affiliate program stops paying and this is due to a lack of marketing. Remember that even though you get a website for free, you still have to promote the affiliate link in order to keep the money rolling in.

3. The program provider will ask you to promote your affiliate link.

Some of the affiliate schemes offer you a free affiliate link, which is similar to a website. It is quite easy to start assuming that you will be swamped with visitors once you get your affiliate link. This generally does not happen just by itself and you will have to work on it and market extensively so that it is found by the search engines.

You should also be aware of the fact that search engines will find your website only when there are links that point to them.

4. No Up-front fee.

The internet is free for all and so is the information that is available on it. To be asked for payment of any up-front fee is highly unusual and a sure sign of a possible scam. Some of them refer to the up-front payment as an "administration fee" but be extremely cautious about this.

Be even more careful if this fee is a small amount of say less than $30, because this is a way of duping you to part with a perceived small amount of money. Just imagine how much they are making from the many others who fall for this trap.

In the end it is advised that you choose a program whose success is verifiable, and then stick to it until you see some money pouring in. Just be patient and you will certainly see success with any genuine online business opportunity.