I want to start an e-business... I'm a great programmer; however, I lack ideas and creativity. Any ideas?

I program in PHP and MySQL, I'm good at it! I want to start something that is user-generated and free and would just generate money from ads. I guess I need a partner. Anyone have any ideas?

I'm liking what you all are giving me.

you have great skills. valuable too.

this is what you do:

1. you jump out look around the town

2. you spot a few business that sell some nice things and are making money.

3. you ask if they have a web-site. some will. but not all.

4. you make them a offer they can't refuse:

you: "hi sir, did u know how much money u can make from the internet (they already know!)?"

sir: "oh yes! yes! sure.. but umm.. but um ye.. we're not ready for that.. we don't know where to begin.. how much does it cost to have a e-ship? $3-4k right? too much".

you:"well sir.. i'm here to help you out! I will design a whole website with yourname.com and list all ur goods ready to be shipped globally so u can make $$$$$ instantly all for freee!!!! it will be ready in a month and u won't have to pay me a penny.. all i ask in return is 20% cut out of the profit u make from this site.. good deal or what.. no risk at all!"

sir:"wow really? can you do that boy? where do we begin?"

you know, there are a few programmers in silicon valley who are making $5mil+/annume just doing this.

gluck

You need some better focus here I think. 鈥淚'm a great programmer鈥?is not a product or service. Being great at a skill frankly means nothing. You need a business plan that identifies a market requirement. When you can do this, you have a beginning. Then you need to understand who your target audience is and how to reach them (mail, email, etc.). You need to offer something unique to people at a reasonable price. Finally, I would emphasize that whatever you are offering, if it can be globally sourced, you will likely have long term problems.

Joe

If you can code something in php that manipulates kml code, I've got something that's right up your alley. Email me with any questions.

I have ideas... I am programmer who is short on time, but has an abundance of ideas. Got one I'm working on right now that might be interesting. If you want, make this into an email address and drop me a line at:
ebe land at hotmail dot com.

I know how you feel. To be honest, I
went the easy way and bought an ebook with all
that stuff researched for me. Now I
have a country music site and sell ads on it.
No music, just info and ads.

If my memory is right, I believe the name of the
ebook was,,, strike it niche.

Start a website like this guy focussed on Linux: http://YoLinux.com