Youth in the Online Business - The Risk
Written by on August 26, 2007 – 5:05 pm -There are many youth who are in the online marketing business. Why? Because the internet is easily accessible by anyone and it requires very little or no money to start.
What are the risks when it comes to marketing online?
1. Paypal is for 18 or older: it is difficult to acquire a verified Paypal account without being 18 or older. Using fake information (birth date) is very dangerous as it can get your account frozen. However, some teens just use their parent’s Paypal account instead.
2. Age discrimination: there are people who do not deal with teenagers because they are young, it is just an age discrimination with many stereotypes tied down to teenagers. The best way is to keep your age discreet as much as possible, especially by communicating professionally to clients.
Another danger to age discrimination are scams. Clients may take advantage of teenagers by not paying them for their work if they find that they are a teenager. Why? Because it’s much less likely that a teenager would file a law suit against the client. Of course this doesn’t happen to anyone, but you’ll never know.
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