The Internet is without a doubt the best home business option for anyone looking to start a new home business. Why not tap into the largest marketplace on the planet. The Internet acts as a giant invisible magnet that is gradually attracting every man, woman and child to it. So what does this mean for you? A lot actually. Here are a few numbers that will help you wrap your head around what’s really going on with the online world and why it’s the place to position yourself and your home business immediately.

There are roughly 6.7 billion people living on the planet today according to The Internet World Stats: Usage and Population Statistics as of June 30, 2009 and of those 6.7 billion people, almost 25% of them are on the Internet. Just in case your conversion abilities aren’t as good as they used to be back in high school, no worries…that comes out to about 1.69 billion people that are on the Internet everyday.

Imagine being able to tap into a tiny piece of those 1.6 billion people on the net…say maybe 10, 20, or 50 thousand of them. Would that power your busin