But is any of that true? Surely it takes a big investment to get started? Assuming you already have an Internet connection, you can start an online business with no cash expense outside of a domain ($8.88 at namecheap.com) and a very basic web host ($39 at Streamline.net). Less than $50 a year for everything you need to get started. Yes. Really. And that's assuming you don't just sell on eBay and skip the whole website thing entirely. What about software? Isn't that expensive? Some is, sure. But you can get everything you need to create very high-quality products for free. Everything from powerful graphics software to a professional-level office package and all the rest. Free. It's got to be complicated! Can you type? I don't mean fast, just. can you type? It can be more complicated than that, but it doesn't have to be. I know people who worked at a business 12 hours a day for years and never made any money. I can't afford that kind of time. That's not a business. That's a job. Let's say you decide you want to write a small manual on how to do something. Say, 30 pages. You can type that ...