There is many ways to earn money online. I will go over some of them for you. Paid to read email is one of best ways to earn small amounts of money online. Paid to read email sites that will pay you usually pay you 1/10 of a cent to 5 cents per email. If a paid to read email site says they pay 1 dollar to $500 per email is usually a scam and will not pay out, so try to stay from those. Also you might stay away from high payouts unless they have proof that they pay. You can check Downline4All Get Paid Forum to find those.

To earn money online you can fill out surveys for money. Some survey sites let you earn points and later exchange them for cash.Other survey sites will pay you cash. There are also survey sites that give you merchandise for filling you surveys. Some sites say you can earn up to $250 per survey, but they ask you to pay them money to get surveys. I would stay away from those sites unless you have money to blow(but who does). You can earn money by selling things on Ebay. By being an affiliate can earn you money. This way is easiest way to earn money online and affiliates are in high demand. Every company loves affiliates because affiliates get sites seen by lots of people. There are all kinds of companies who use affiliates and they range from adult to wal mart and every thing in between. Affiliate sites usually pay you per click of per sale. If you have excellent computer skills you can earn money by designing banners and designing websites. There is good money in reselling software. You buy software and than you can resell if for any price. You can earn money online by surfing web. Some surfing sites have you install a tool bar that keeps track of amount of time you spend online and pay you for that time. They usually pay well and you don't have do anything. This is great because you are going to be online why not earn money for being online doing what you want. The other way to get paid for surfing is joining a program such as SAS. They pay you for visiting sites and you also get hits to your site if you have one.These surf programs usually pay 0.50-1.00 for 1000 views.

With many mom's opting to stay at home with their children. This has given rise to home based business. I past only home based business out there were Avon, Tuppware, Mary Kay, and Amway. Those businesses were for women and left men out of picture.

Most online home businesses are involved with promoting another companies goods and services. The kind of goods and services varies greatly. This is simplest and least costly way to start a home business as most people do not have products of their own to sell.

So why should I sell another companies products? The simple reason is because they pay you a commission on what you sell. Here again, how this is done varies considerably from one company to next. Generally they have created what is called an affiliate program which you can join – either for free or for a fee. You then become an affiliate of that company, kind of like a salesperson, but you are not an employee of company.

Now this is starting to sound like a REAL business! That is exactly my point and that is what you should expect if you are interested in starting your own. Just because it is done on internet with visibility to world, don’t expect it to happen overnight – even though that is what most of us would like.

A home business can be a success if our expectations are right and we pursue it like any other legitimate business opportunity!

Several things to consider if you are considering your own business: