There is no charge to become an SFI affiliate....and you will see the word "free" used liberally in SFI training materials.

That does not mean that you can create a successful online business without making any investment. Just as a brick-and-mortar store must buy stock for its shelves before opening to the public, online businesses also incur some costs along the way.

The great bonus for you is that online expenses are usually minimal. There is no big rent due each month....or utility bills to pay....or employee salaries....or stock to purchase. A big bonus is the tax savings you can realize by running your own home business. That is often a substantial source of "gain" for those working at home.

SFI provides valuable services to you whether you are a free affiliate or an MIQ affiliate (upgraded to Multi-Income Qualified). Training, mentoring, forums, an Internet Income Course, 10 day and 30 day training series...are just a few of the ways SFI supports all of its affiliates.

In addition, SFI provides you with gateway websites promoting each of its "flagship" items....from vitamins to cordless phone service....from environmentally friendly cleaning products to long distance and ISP.

SFI does the selling through the gateways.....takes the order....fills the order. SFI tracks your affiliate ID number to make certain you get the credit for you own purchases and for your sales of products.

Then SFI collects the payment, credits the commission properly and even notifies you that you have made a sale. All you did was lead someone to your gateway website!

As you add personally referred affiliates of your own, SFI assigns them to you, issues ID numbers to them and keeps you informed of their status through your SFI administrative site.

So, yes, you can start for free. There will be some costs along the way but much of the "expenses" of an office are handled for you by SFI.

You can use all of this for FREE....but why would you want to? When you become multi-income qualified, the cost each month is minimal (as low as .97/day) but your income streams are quadrupled! You qualify for the important residual income that is the goal of anyone starting a home business in multi-level marketing.

If you want all this for free....it's yours EXCEPT you will have only one income stream. Each month you will have to sell and sell and sell to earn commissions. Those who are MIQ (upgraded) affiliates will sell once and collect monthly as long as the customer continues to have a standing order.

There is no magic online.....to earn real money you MUST invest something in your business. The investment can be minimal or you can choose to build your business faster by investing a bit more each month.

You CAN start for free and use all of the SFI resources....but you will NOT find real success until you commit a small amount of time and money as an investment in your own business.