Almost anything can be done nowadays online. You can watch movies, you can chat, shop online and many more. I will tell you how internet save me and keep me from going offline and I'll give a little background of myself just to relate this post to the title.

I am a registered nurse and I graduated from a reputable school. I belong to batch 2006, which is the most controversial batch in Nursing history, I guess. After we got our license, we waited for a long time before the issue was settled. I want the issue to die down first before I will apply in hospitals to become a staff nurse. That was my plan at that time.

I got my first job January 2007, as a medical transcriptionist, but starting July of 06, I am thinking what the hell will I do until the issue was settled? It would be a waste of time if I just waited. I tried buying magazines in which business I can venture on before looking for a job. That's the first time I was saved by the internet.

I got to know eBay Philippines through the Entrepreneur Magazine. There I started my first buy and sell business. I was the first one to sell and sold death note replicas on eBay. Also, I sell anime collectibles ranging from Naruto to Dragon Ball Z and rare football stuffs such as keychains and figurines. There are so many things that can be sold via eBay but I chose these stuffs because I love watching animes and love playing the sport of soccer.

At that time, the business was so good, that the only thing that hinder its growth is that it is a buy and sell business. Well, I monopolize the anime section of eBay at that time though there were sellers of anime too, but doesn't have the inventory the same as mine.

Enter the true competitors. I guess they saw that I was making money on that niche and they started competing. I was confident at that time because eBay uses the feedback system. I already got lots of positive feedbacks when competitors jumped in, and buyers prefer to go to sellers who has lots of positive feedbacks compared to sellers who are just starting.

But then again, I was wrong. My competitors slowly began having its customer base and at the same time lowering the price of items in which I can't compete with. It really affected my sales though I am still making a profit.

After a few months of eBaying, I was hired to become a medical transcriptionist. Though we were not busy just like everyone else in the industry, I began to lose focus on my eBay. I began to see the decline of my so-called business.

I quit being a medical transcriptionist after 7 months because I thought that it was a good chance to apply as a staff nurse. The issue had died down and the media forgot all about it. Perfect! Not!

I forgot that there were also graduates from other schools. I thought that I can easily apply in hospitals. As I applied in hospitals, there were massive pile ups of applicants. I was too late I guess, that is why up to now, no hospital was calling.

At the very moment I am drafting my resignation letter, I saw a segment in which they tackle blogging and how one can earn so much from it. I immediately jump in into the blogosphere.

During the time I got unemployed again, I tried to revive my eBay business. There were moments of highs, but due to eBay's new policy in which buyers can't be given a negative feedback, many buyers got the confidence not to complete the transaction. There were even eBayers with lots of positive feedbacks that failed to complete the transaction and it hurt the business since I was a buy and sell business. Once ordered, I can't return the item easily. Because of the failed transactions, items bought were never sold.

After a few failed transactions, I decided to keep away from eBay and started concentrating on blogging. This is the second time the internet saved my butt. After 10 months of learning and experimenting, I managed to get my first paycheck from Google Adsense as well as other online blogging ventures.

Thanks to the internet I was able to make money and help somehow to pay for some expenses like cellphone loads, subscription fees etc. I do not make big money online yet, but I know there is much growth in this industry. I just need to be patient and work hard to be there and join the big time bloggers(I hope so *wink*).

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