With all the online shopping sites today, it's amazing that you can stumble across someone in your own home town running an online business, and who would have ever guessed.

So no matter how big you think the online world is, and it really is big, it's still a small world. One of our friends was shopping online and wanted to ask the merchant a question so she called. When the girl that answered the phone asked for our friend's phone number she realized it was from her own hometown.

Even though it is a small world, there is a growing fascination and even compulsion to buy online. And why not? You can access more sites and products in such a small amount of time and never crank the car, let alone having to fight traffic.

It's nothing new but it is very much here to stay. So if you are thinking about entering the online world and starting your own business, the most important thing you can do is to do your homework. Research first and save yourself lots of time and money.

Where do you start? Online of course. The main thing you need to do is act. You can think, look, study and talk all you want, but until you act it will never happen. Don't wait another minute act today. I did and now I can see the results.