Allan Tan - Update #1

Allan Tan - The Internet Based Home Business Coach

This page was originally posted on my home page. I decided to move it here for your reference while I update my home to reflect more current progress.

Allan Tan - the online journey from 2003 to 2006.

My Personal Journey

If you already built websites, I would like to hear from you and share your story with us here. If you are a total beginner in Internet based home business, my stories may help you to see the Internet based home business from a new perspective (don't think you must buy from me, LOL).

On this page, you are going to hear my personal journey.

My Interest in Internet Business

I am from the Eastern part of this whole. I am from the tiny cosmopolitan island called Singapore. Started going online in 2002. I was then attracted by the way people doing business on the Internet, especially the solo home business. Back then, there was a lot of restriction like credit cards from certain parts of the world will not be accepted for payment.

My First Website

I started building my first website in 2003. I started with a 'reseller' program selling an ebook product for US$97. Guess what? I started with full enthusiasm.

I got a problem then. Who will come and visit my website? Who will know me and who will buy my products?

I tried using various method the master reseller told me to do. I gave up after a year or so. AHEM... too embarrassed to tell that I did not make any sales.

After that experience, my enthusiasm in making money on the Internet was dampened. However, I did not give up. I was still on the look out to learn something that really useful.

In year 2005, I read a local ads about an Internet business seminar. I signed an expensive (US$1900) course at the end of the business. At the end of the course (sessions), I started building my site again for the second time.

Everything went on well as I had the confident that it would bring in some money. Was that a successful one? I will let you know later.

Greed and Distraction and Failure

By now you should know that Internet is a place full of distractions and greed (if you like to call it). So I fell into this trap of greed. I attended a few more money making seminars now and then while I was building my website.

Someone approached me and sold me the idea of making money fast. Having a background in conventional networking marketing, I thought Internet Network Marketing should be easily conquered! I was dead wrong! I ended up a few thousand dollar poorer after one year in the get-rich-quick program.

It was a double blow to me when I realized such a wrong move. I was facing a financial difficulty at the same time. I left my day job without a steady income! That spelled disaster when it come to a family of six (one wife and four schooling-age children).

Needless to say, I did not put in much effort in building Internet based home business website. If you were me, I guess you would do the same. Worse still, I was a the edge of giving up life and everything. I was in denial that I could not make a decent income for my family from the Internet.

I almost gave up my website which I have build half way through. There was some tiny income in the book(not significant for the merchant to send a check out for payment) then.

Do you have the similar experience the insignificant check thingy?

It was Almost Gone!

In the midst of my struggle whether to cling on my hope on generating income on the Internet, my Internet based home business website was expired without renewal for about two weeks! My hard work almost went into the drain when I discovered it was expired and I could no longer login and the URL was de-registered.

A Wake Up Call for Allan Tan

Some how, I did not want to declare failure over the Internet business. I decided to continue with this Internet based home business website. That was in 2006.

But how? It has expired! No way I can get it back as I was informed by the service provider that they had served the final notice for renewal.

Sign off by Allan Tan

Read the sequel of my updates about form 2007 - 2009.

By Allan Tan

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