Before the explosive growth of Internet-based home business opportunities, the typical stay at home job involved the person providing a service to the local or regional community. Such a business still required many of the logistical fucntions of traditional businesses, like stocking inventory, mailing orders, making sales phone calls, etc. And for some, like a landscaping or delivery business, it also required owning vehicles, tools and managing a work force.
While those opportunities still exist today, the increasing use of the internet has also opened another business avenue, the Internet-based stay-at-home business, where the owner never really has to leave the house. Many of the traditional functions mentioned above are no longer required. Material like e-books and software can be delivered to the customer by the click of a mouse. And even “hard” products like bicycles, cds, dvds and flowers can be delivered by drop shippers or wholesalers, thus eliminating the need for stocking and shipping. Business can be conducted over the telephone or through emails and the opportunities seem to grow everyday.
Anybody with a computer, or even just access...