Others might disagree, but I would think that as along as the sites 
breaking even you're not really a business yet. But once you hit that 
plus column, its a whole new ball of wax. I'd strongly suggest talking 
to an accountant before you find yourself in a position of making a 
profit from the site.

	Bob Minnick, Northern Webs

On 5 Dec 2000, at 10:12, Steve Segarra wrote:

> hi,
> 	I was wondering when does a website become a business?  Let me explain:
> 	
> 	I'm working on a site as a hobby, it may grow to get a large amount of
> traffic, and has an interface much like a corporate website would.  Its
> basically an online magazine (sort-of) but I'm not really intending to
> make any considerable amount of money from it, but I would like to sell
> advertising on it so that I can offset the hosting costs.  Now, is this
> a business?  I'm accepting money from other businesses so I am somewhat
> providing a service.  What do you think?  Sorry if this is a dumb
> question, but I'm not too business savvy.
> 
> Thanks,
> steve
> 


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