Small businesses aren’t disappearing, they are just moving online.

The American dream is alive and well and more accessible than ever!

Even while Amazon takes 44% of e-commerce sales, half of those sales are through small businesses using Amazon as their platform. Over one million small and medium-sized U.S. businesses sell on Amazon.

Owning an online business, you don’t need the capital to open a store and pay the overhead on a physical location. Countless people are finding freedom in this changing economy. This includes the couple used as an example in The Daily Bell’s free guide on how to make and stick to a two-year plan.

When another family could not get pregnant, they found that selling collectible cards online was the easiest way to raise the $35,000 it costs to adopt a child. Here’s what they said before the decision: