text: The Web offers tremendous opportunities for those who know how to harness it. You hear of stories of people who earn thousands if not millions of dollars from doing business on Web. While there are many scams (same way in the traditional business world), there are various ways you can legitimately make money on the Web.\n\nFor me, advertising is the best way to make money online because you do not carry any inventory or be hassled with delivery and fulfillment unlike when you're selling through your own ecommerce store or ebay.\n\nBut here are the main business models you can adopt:\n\n1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web. \n\nYou can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay\n\n2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or PowerHomeBiz.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:\n\na. Advertising - whether by joining banner ad networks such as Tribal Fusion, BurstMedia or Fastclick and display the banners on their site; or through contextual advertising such as Google Adsense or Intellxt\n\nBanner ad networks:\nBurst Media http://www.burstmedia.com\nFastclick (ValueClick). http://www.fastclick.com\nAdvertising.com. http://www.advertising.com\nTribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com \n\nContextual Advertising Networks:\nGoogle Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/... \nYahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/ \nIntellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.htm \nQuigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm\nIndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com \nCommission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com/solutions/optimized_ad...\n\nb. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined).\n\nCommission Junction http://www.cj.com\nClickbank http://www.clickbank.com\nLinkshare http://www.linkshare.com \n\n\nc. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information\n\nd. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere\n\n3. Through income opportunities on the Web such as paid surveys - they typically won't earn you much, but can give you a few cash\n\nPinecone Research http://www.pineconeresearch.com\nGreenField Online http://www.greenfieldonline.com \nHarris Poll Online http://www.harrispollonline.com  \nBuzzBack http://www.buzzback.com  \nSurveySite http://www.surveysite.com \nSurveySavvy http://www.surveysavvy.com\nSurvey Spot http://www.surveyspot.com/\nhttp://www.internetpaidsurveys.com/\n\nYou may want to read the following books:\n\n 121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home \n The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start\n\nHow to Earn Money on the Web\nhttp://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol122/earn.htm\nEarning Money from Surveys http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol121/onlinesurvey.htm