Are you thinking about starting your own home based business? If so, you’re not alone. The recent economic climate has caused many people to rethink their long-term financial plans. Most people are in desperate need of additional income and thousands of people are crawling the Internet daily looking for jobs and business opportunities. An extra job can offer a little wiggle room to your existing situation, but a home based business can offer you what you really want – Wealth.Many of us have tried different home based businesses; MLM’s, Direct Sales, Network Marketing, whatever you want to call it, with no success to show for hours of pitching but damage to our relationships with the friends & family we’ve pitched to. Frustrated, we vow to never get duped into another “scheme” again. Here’s the truth about most home based MLM’s and Network Marketing Opportunities: they have too many variables for failure.Variable for Failure #1 – The Product: Many MLM’s pitch a product that is only popular with a specific demographic. Not everyone wants or needs over-priced cookware or expensive skin-care products. Not everyone likes candles. Not everyone takes vitamins. Some of these products may be used by a large percentage of people, but they can be purchased much more conveniently at the grocery store with all your other shopping vs. ordering them online or waiting for a consultant to deliever them to your house. If you are looking to start a home based business, look for an opportunity with a product that is useful to a majority of people regardless of age, gender, health condition or economic status. I recommend finding a product that doesn’t have a competing brand sold at Walmart.Variable for Failure #2 – The Compensation Plan: 30% commission is a joke, especially if you’re selling “small-ticket” items. How many $100 bottles of lotion would you have to sell at 30% commission to replace your current income? You will never gain wealth that way, you’ll just work yourself even more ragged then you already are. When looking for a home based business, you need to search for an opportunity that markets “big-ticket” items. You do the same amount of work, but get a much bigger payoff. Look for a company that pays 50% and upwards in commissions.