Introduction: Welcome to the Internet Gold Rush, Take Two! . . . . . . 1
PART 1 THE UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITY OF THE INTERNET
1 The Internet Business Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Starting Your E-Business: Can You Afford Not To? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3 The Internet's First Millionaire Wave -- Efficiency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4 The Internet's Second Millionaire Wave -- Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5 The Internet's Third Millionaire Wave -- Niches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
PART 2 DEVELOPING YOUR OWN E-BUSINESS MODEL
6 Applying Millionaire Types Theory: A Case Study . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
7 The ICICLE Business Model Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
8 What E-Business Should You Pursue? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
PART 3 BUILDING YOUR INTERNET MILLIONAIRE E-BUSINESS
9 Technology Secrets and Strategies Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
10 Choosing Your Domain Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
11 Choosing a Website Hosting Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
12 How to Build a Website in One Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
13 Finding a Web Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
14 E-Commerce Shopping Carts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
15 The eBay Phenomenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
16 Developing Killer Content on a Startup Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
17 Reality Checks Before Investing Real Time and Money . . . . . . . . 193
18 An Action Plan for Your Million-Dollar E-Business . . . . . . . . . . . 199
19 Testing Your New Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
PART 4 INTERNET MARKETING SECRETS FOR YOUR E-BUSINESS
20 No Budget Marketing Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
21 Small Budget Marketing Secrets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
22 Real Budget Marketing Secrets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
PART 5 LEGAL ISSUES AND ADMINISTRATION
23 Copyright, Trademark, and Incorporation Choices. . . . . . . . . . . . 243
24 Partners: Should You Share Your Million-Dollar Idea? . . . . . . . . . 251
PART 6 GRADUATION -- STARTING YOUR OWN DREAM BUSINESS
25 Congratulations! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: Index of E-Business Entrepreneurs and Services . . . . . . 267
Appendix B: Internet Research Skills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291