The internet is an amazing way to make money. Industries have grown up which purely focus on buying websites which they later sell to interested companies. It is essentially the same as buying a bricks and mortar store, giving it a really good shop front and then selling it on for a massive profit.
The internet really is the land of opportunity for entrepreneurs to build up a business doing very little but buying a website and then, after some small changes, deciding to Sell a Website at a profit. It is kind of like a used car salesman in a way. Take something that no-one wants, spruce it up and sell it on.
The internet is also a fantastic place for writers and publishers to make money. A massive amount of online websites offer budding journalists the chance to publish their work online in a marketplace with millions of potential readers. Unlike a library or a bookshop which requires you to actively go inside and find a book or article the internet can essentially bring a writers work straight into a reader's home.
This is allowing a new breed of freelance writer to emerge – an online freelance writer who can work all over the world from the comfort of their own home. They can pick and choose hours to suit them. This can be especially useful for mothers of young children as they can combine looking after children with earning an income and avoid extremely high childcare costs.
The internet has changed the face of the traditional workplace, the way in which we work and many different professions have grown, and continue to grow everyday, because of it.