Business Articles For Online Businesses

Unless you can afford to pay others to register for a domain name, build your websites, setup your autoresponders, integrate your shopping cart programs and run your affiliate program software… you need to learn how to use the Technology behind Internet Marketing yourself.

By the way, how much to you know about maintaining your own computer? This will be the heart of and the command post for your home business. Do you know how to install software, setup your email program, run anti-virus and anti-spyware programs? Do you know how to record audio unto your computer or video? Do you have a plan in place to respond to an all-out attack on your computer from hackers?

After you begin to earn money from your Internet Marketing Business you can hire others to help with many of the details of the technology that are involved with running an Internet based home business. The problem is, unless you have startup money available to hire out these things now you will need to learn how to do this yourself in the beginning.

Depending on what the product is that you intend to sell on the Internet or on eBay or perhaps other auction websites, the things you will need to know may vary. However, using a computer to run an online business does take more knowledge and skill than what is required to play games or just send email with your home computer.

The Internet itself supplies thousands and thousand of websites where you can find all the information you will ever need to teach you how to care for and maintain your computer. On the Internet, you will also find tens of thousands of websites offering you information about Internet or Online Marketing. Many of those sites are just trying to get your money and offer very little in the way of real help with the products and programs they are offering.

The problem with using the Internet to find the resources that you need in order to build and operate your online business is that it is hard to know who is giving you the correct information. You could spend hours each day and hundreds of dollars just looking around and trying different websites to find the information and products you need to build your Internet Home Based Business.

Henry Griner of Mission Springs, located in Elk River, Minnesota, is using his twelve plus years of experience with computers, information technology and the Internet to build a new service to help those who need answers to their questions and solutions to their problems of using the technology behind Internet Marketing.

On Tuesday, August 15th Mission Springs will be launching a new website that will provide help to all the Mr. Nobody Internet Marketers like himself. With thousands of new people each month trying to start their own online businesses, someone needs to offer practical and useful information about the technology required to operate those online businesses. Most Internet Marketers only provide information about their own specific product or programs. If you are going to build a solid and lasting online business that will earn you a full-time income, you need to move beyond the basics of Internet Marketing Technology. The “Internet Marketing Technology Workshop” provided by Mission Springs can truly help you gain the knowledge that you will need.

Henry Griner is the owner of Mission Springs LLC located in Minnesota, USA. Henry has been involved with computers and the Internet for over 12 years. He has created dozens of websites for clients and himself. Henry is currently employed as the Information Technology Manager for the 5th largest furniture company in the United States. In the past he has been an instructor a local community colleges teaching Internet and computer courses. To learn more about the “Internet Marketing Technology Workshop” you can visit: mrnobodyinternetmarketer.com mrnobodyinternetmarketer.com

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Turn on CNN or Fox News, read a column on the Internet or play your favorite all news radio station an you’ll become acutely aware of the “so-called” fraud online – specifically related to eBay.

Definition of Fraud: “In a broad strokes definition, fraud is a deliberate misrepresentation which causes another person to suffer damages, usually monetary losses.”

Like many, I have had negative experiences one eBay. However, I’ve also had negative experiences with unscrupulous people in the real world. The truth is that eBay is just a microcosm of real-life society where 99.9% of people are good nature.

Have you had a bad experience on eBay? I spoke with someone recently who said that a “fraudulent experience on eBay” ruined their desires to use eBay as a sales platform.” That seems just a bit immature, don’t you think? Just a few weeks ago my nine year old daughter left her board shorts on a lounge chair while swimming in the pool (at a nationally recognized vacation resort). When she returned, her shorts were gone. Someone stole her shorts. Fraud and theft. How should my nine year old respond? Should she never swim in a public pool again?

Of course not. But, she can learn a valuable life lesson of how to protect herself and her property. And to that we discover the purpose of this article. How can we protect ourselves from potential fraud on eBay?

Fraud on eBay, while small in proportion to the number of transactions that take place, is a real issue for the unsuspecting eBay member. Follow the following points to reduce the potential of fraud on eBay in your online trading adventures.

Fraud Tip #1: Understand Phishing

A new word to the Websters’ Dictionary for 2005, this has become #1 of the top areas of Fraud Alert in the history of the internet. Here is the definition from dictionary.com: “A method of identity theft carried out through the creation of a website that seems to represent a legitimate company. The visitors to the site, thinking they are buying something from a real business, submit their personal information to the site. The criminals then use the personal information for their own purposes, or sell the information to other criminal parties.“ In specific terms, it may relate to your eBay membership, PayPal account, bank account, credit card, or other account where you need an ID, password and/or personal information.

Fraud on eBay can occur when you receive a phishing email that sounds 100% legitimate. It might come from: support@… And looks like this: “Dear eBay member, You have received this warning because we have strong reason to believe that your eBay account had been recently compromised and it could be used by a third party without your authorization. In order to prevent any fraudulent activity from occurring we are required to open an investigation into this matter. To speed up this process, you are required to verify your eBay account by following the link below.”

a. Here’s what happens: when you click on the link listed, you are taken to a web page that looks exactly the same as the sign-in page — for example, you are sure you are at the eBay sign-in page. You are asked for personal information, including ID and password, etc.

How to protect yourself? You need to know that eBay, PayPal or any other secure site will NEVER ask for your personal, identifying information in an email. What should you do? Delete the email and tell yourself you’re not going to fall victim to a phishing scam.

A high percentage of online and eBay fraud is eliminated simply by understanding phishing and knowing how to deal with it.

Fraud Tip #2. Only Buy From Sellers With an Established Feedback Score

Love or hate eBay’s feedback system, but is has its purpose. By doing your due diligence you can weed out potentially fraudulent eBay sellers simply by reviewing their feedback score. Pay particular attention to the last 90 days and be sure read all the comments posted on the first 3 pages. A sellers feedback score will is increasingly important if you are purchasing a high ticket item. Fraud on eBay can be dramatically reduced by following this Fraud Tip.

Fraud Tip #3. Do Not Pay With Western Union

The chance of Fraud on eBay has been reduced through eBay’s own internal policing of buyer payment options. If you are going to pay for an item you purchase on eBay – always use PayPal as you are covered by PayPal’s buyer protection program.

Here is eBay’s latest “Safe Payments Policy:

“Permitted on eBay.com: Sellers may offer to accept PayPal, credit cards including Mastercard/Visa /Amex/Discover, debit cards and bank electronic payments online for eBay purchases. Sellers may also offer to accept bank-to-bank transfers, often known as bank wire transfers or bank cash transfers. Sellers may accept COD (cash on delivery) or cash for in person transactions. Sellers may offer to accept payment through Certapay and Propay. Sellers may offer to accept personal checks, money orders, cashier’s checks, certified checks and other negotiable instruments.

Not permitted on eBay.com: Sellers may not solicit buyers to mail cash. Sellers may not ask buyers to send cash through instant cash transfer services (non-bank, point-to-point cash transfers) such as Western Union or Moneygram. Sellers may not ask buyers to pay with Stormpay. Finally, sellers may not request payment through online payment methods not specifically permitted in this policy.”

With regards to cash payments on eBay, “The U.S. Postal Service tells us it’s unsafe, and now eBay is telling everyone that it is unsafe,” said Matt Halprin, eBay’s global policy VP. “So if a seller solicits or encourages offers to accept cash, [they are] encouraging unsafe payment methods and we do remove that seller’s listing.”

eBay Fraud, which accounts for only a small fraction of one percent of all transactions can be significantly be reduced by your use of PayPal.

Fraud Tip #4. Preventative Measures - Tips For Your Protection

The IFCC ( Internet Fraud Complaint Center) has an excellent website that includes a tips page where you will read about Internet Auction Fraud, Non-Delivery of Merchandise, Credit Card Fraud, Investment Fraud, Nigerian Letter Scam, and Business Fraud.

In a perfect world, everyone would be honest and trustworthy, but, unfortunately, there are those who will try to take advantage of others. The Internet provides tremendous opportunity – like anything else, use it wisely.

Adam Ginsberg – Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker

Adam Ginsberg is internationally known as a small business and online expert and highly sought after speaker and trainer. Adam has published the #1 best sellers adamginsberg.com/amazon “How to Buy, Sell & Profit on eBay”.as well as theautomaticmoneymachine.com/go.htm “The Automatic Money Machine on eBay”.

For more information or to contact Adam you can also visit:

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