Regardless of what idea you pick, if you're going to start any business you need to do it the right way. First - research your business idea. A google search f

Regardless of what idea you pick, if you're going to start any business you need to do it the right way. First - research your business idea. A google search for "selling beer online" would have quickly lead you to many articles like this: http://billybrew.com/the-ins-and-outs-of-shipping-beer http://billybrew.com/the-ins-and-outs-of-shipping-beer which detail where and why shippping beer is illegal. Second, if you're selling someone else's product it's a good idea not to register a domain with their exact product_name.com. You're extremely lucky that you weren't sued. Find out if they put any restrictions on letting you re-sell or being an affiliate. Third, research the method you intend to use to sell your product. In the future depending on your product you may choose to go a payment processor or a complete solution. Do your research and see what other people with similar business models are using. You also got extremely lucky with ebay, because selling alcohol is against their terms of service too: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/alcohol.html http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/alcohol.html So, I think in part, the reason your business was successful was because you were doing several things that are completely illegal, out in the open. You were the only choice for that audience because going the legal route to sell that beer online isn't easy and is probably costlier. Fourth, you will be running a business. That means taxes, registering your business, managing the income and expenses, etc. Find a book on setting up your business or google for any of the thousands of blog posts on that topic and you will find lots of step by step guides that tell you exactly what you need to do and what specifics you need to know for your state. That's the easy stuff. The hard part will be finding a worthwhile idea, digging in, testing the idea and then sticking with it. You've got your work ahead of you. Good luck.