That list will include everything from soup to hay. Every single thing that you can purchase out in stores and shops in the real world or that you can order by telephone and by mail are available on the Internet without exception.

Not only are all of the things that you buy available on the Internet, there are things on the Internet that you canít buy anywhere else.

Although everything that you can buy in the real world is available on the Internet, everything on the Internet isnít available in the real world.

You should learn about how things are marketed on the Internet if you have any thoughts about selling things on the Internet yourself, of course, but even if you donít plan to sell things yourself, understanding how things are marketed on the Internet will help you be a better informed consumer.

Sometimes the things that you want and need are available in the real world but much easier to get on the Internet.

Information is one of those things. You could spend hours in the library gathering information from dusty books that you could lay your hands on in only minutes on the Internet.

That information will be more up-to-date than anything you could possibly dig out at your local library. The Internet isnít called the Information Super Highway for nothing.

It can take months for books to be printed, cataloged and put onto library shelves but it takes only minutes for new information to be available on every subject you can imagine (and maybe some subjects that you would never want to imagine) on the Internet.

According to the dictionary, "Internet" is defined as: "an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world" and "Marketing" is defined as "selling".

So, if the two definitions are combined, you get "Selling using an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world." That about sums it up.

The term "Internet Marketing" covers an array of different methods of selling products and services that are delivered electronically or by freight.

The list of things that can be sold on the Internet is basically the same list as things that can be sold in the brick and mortar world.

Selling things in the real world means that the customer contacts the seller by going into his place of business or by phone.

Real world merchandize is always delivered physically. In the world of Internet Marketing products can be physically delivered, of course, but many things that are sold on the Internet can be delivered electronically, as well.

Some things sold through Internet marketing can be delivered either physically or electronically. For example: Information is available in the form of e-books and sound and video files that can be downloaded directly from the site that is selling them but they can also usually be ordered in a hard copy form and physically delivered to the buyer.

The term, "Internet Marketing" covers a wide variety of products and services and the possibilities seem to be endless.