As the third quarter of the year comes to an end by September, statistics from the 'New York Stock Exchange' (NYSE), indicates a 'not- so- happy' situation for major corporate companies. In fact most companies are now considering deferring their dividend payouts to shareholders. With an increase in the number of people filing for unemployment benefits, the situation does seem bleak.

With so much economic uncertainty in the air, there is still hope for economic recovery, thus, we do not have to hit the panic buttons yet. Even in the midst of the economic recession, small and home based businesses are seeing record growths, going by statistics from the 'Office of Labor and Productivity'. Small businesses today are still making money online, despite the recession. Unlike their traditional brick and mortar counterparts, small and home based businesses do not need huge capital set up to get up and running, nor do they require credit facilities. Over the years, E-commerce has made it easy for small businesses to start making money online using little capital. Through the use e-commerce websites it is has now become stress free to start a small business online geared towards making money online using simple web based templates that require no knowledge of computer programming from the entrepreneur.

E-commerce has over the years evolved and become so cheap that websites that are tailor made towards making money online are now available at affordable rates. Besides, online payment processing companies now offer inexpensive credit/debit cards payment options online, thus making payment services affordable for those small business entrepreneurs willing to take their business online.

Moreover, it doesn't take too much time to get the small business in the auto pilot mode; in order to keep track of orders made through their websites, entrepreneurs now make use of free e-mail service providers. Once the order is processed, all that the entrepreneur has to do is ship out the product through a package handling company. Entrepreneurs who specialize in downloadable digital products like music and e-books possess an added advantage over their counterparts that ship out physical products, since the shipping cost is now completely eliminated, thereby making money online thus becomes the least stressful job for them.

Small business entrepreneurs are increasingly realizing the limitless potential of ecommerce in making money online, over the years, this has led to an increase in job creation and employment opportunities. Just as it has always been, small businesses are the driving forces for growth in any economy.

In the last couple of years, 'Small Businesses Making Money Online' (S.B.M.M.O) has been offering relatively cheap resources, materials and advice to small business entrepreneurs willing to take their business online to start making money online. For as long as a perpetual stream of small businesses come online, there will be job creation and with job creation comes economic growth.