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Today’s email comes from “1andonlylife” all the way from Hong Kong! She writes…
Hi Shane & Jocelyn
I’ve been following your podcast for months and interested to start an online business, hopefully earning passive income.Just wondering if you accept students from overseas? I’m in Hong Kong. Is it even possible to start an online business outside of America?I always have doubt. If I created an online course and posted it online, can I charge students from overseas?I heard that many online business actually need to be located in the same place, eg. American sell to Americans. Is that true?
Shane’s reply:
We have members from Laos, Thailand, Brazil, all over Asia, South Africa, Europe, Australia, Etc. Our podcast has been listened to in over 150 countries. So we welcome everyone 🙂
The internet lets you sell all over the world; never let your geography limit your destiny!
We live in a very rural, remote area of the United States. Our internet connection is slow at best lol. Doesn’t stop us! You live in a world city, go for it!
Maybe you could focus something on people in Hong Kong at first and then go worldwide.
There are millions of people there, I’m sure you could niche down and find something to sell there then expand!
Or, maybe you could sell to Americans traveling or moving to Hong Kong? Be like a local expert on moving to the city? Your only limit is your imagination!
You can totally use PayPal and other payment processors to take payments from around the world.
Once again, we have customers from 6 of the 7 continents (and there may be a penguin or two I’ve overlooked :P)
No matter where you are, if you have an internet connection, you should chase your online dreams!
If we can help, let us know. The Flip Your Life community is worldwide, and entrepreneurship knows no borders!
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Dave Starr says
Absolutely a great answer. I’ve been living (and earning) overseas for ten years now (Philippines). In addition to some really great tax benefits for Americans living overseas, spending in pesos and earning in US dollars has some real advantages.
Plus, I never have to shovel snow LoL. Bottom line? You don’t have to earn from the place you chose to live.