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If you're ready to be in charge of your own destiny, but don’t have the capital to buy a franchise or open up a storefront, consider starting an online business. When your store is online, you can reach millions of customers instead of whoever happens to wander in - plus, you don't have to pay for retail space. However, like with any business, you'll need an excellent product and a solid marketing plan. See Step 1 to learn what it takes to start your business online. Ad Part 1 of 3: Setting Up Your Business 1 Define your product or service.  Starting an online business gives you the benefit of having access to millions of customers, but you also have a lot more competition. No matter what you're trying to sell, you can bet that hundreds more online retailers have a similar idea. What differentiates your product from other similar products? To help your product stand apart from the rest, you'll need to find a niche. [1] Let’s say you make jew...

10 Great Sites To Find Gigs And Part-Time Work Nancy Collamer   , Contributor Comment Now   Follow Comments   If you’re considering escaping your 9-5 job for something more flexible or want to work  part-time in retirement , you’ll likely discover that finding a flexible job online is a challenge. It takes persistence, patience and moxie to sift out the few flexible gigs from the thousands of full-time postings. Making matters more complicated for you, there are scores of sites advertising work-from-home gigs and part-time jobs that are questionable at best — and con jobs at worst. You’d be amazed how sophisticated some of these work-from-home sites look, making it nearly impossible to distinguish the  scams  from the legitimate players. ( MORE :  Starting a Side Gig After 50 ) To help you cut through the clutter (and avoid the phonies), I’ve pulled together a list of 10 of my favorite sites for flexible work. In...