Main Page What to Look For when shopping for an online business What to Avoid to keep from getting lured into a bad investment Investigate a Site that you're considering doing business with Email Us Click Here for the winner of our 2006 Best Home Based Business Award Click Here to get the real scoop on "SMC" Click Here to find out if "Burn Lounge" is the real deal or smoke and mirrors The AHBA does NOT sell businesses. We are a watchdog group that monitors home based businesses and then helps steer potential investors away from scams and risky investments. Less than 1% of internet "Home Businesses" actually make money! Whether you call the proliferation of home based internet businesses an epidemic or a pandemic, the danger of you losing much of your hard earned money is painfully real. Thousands of web sites promise overnight wealth, guaranteed success, and the means to leave your mundane everyday job in your new financial wake. The larger ventures even boast television commercials with hired actors flaunting their new found wealth while standing in front of huge houses and imported sports cars to entice you. The packaging on these home business ventures can be very deceptive and unless the investor researches the company they are about to do business with, they could be in for a rather unpleasant surprise. Unfortunately there is no governmental control over these money making schemes and the demographic groups they target are the groups least able to afford the lost money from a failed venture. NEVER PAY to get "more information" or to "learn how"! You can break down internet home businesses into three major categories: Legimate businesses where you can actually earn money Legimate operations with catches that make earning money nearly impossible Outright scams and bogus operations Be wary of slick packaging Does your home business site make the grade? Email Us and let us know. There are a number of truly legitimate home businesses you can enter into but understand that even the best program requires work on your part. As much as the questionable entrepreneurs would like you to believe, there is NO home based internet business you can buy into that will make you rich while you do nothing. Irregardless of the business you choose, success in any form comes from a very basic, very simple business formula that, coupled with hard work, never fails: A good product or service Demand for the product or service Advertising and marketing the product or service Fair and reasonable price High end customer service "Build it and people will come!" Not necessarily! It's not magic you have to earn it. If you're serious about investing in a home based internet business, don't get sucked in by grandiose promises and by flashy red and yellow ads (a dead give away). Not to be cliche, but if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Make sure you know what to look for and what to avoid BEFORE you spend any of your hard earned money.