5 Ways to Make Money Without Leaving Your House

There are plenty of ways you can make money without leaving your home. Some "make money from home" jobs involve driving to the post office, like when you are selling stuff on Ebay. Other work at home jobs involve attending meetings and dropping merchandise off at people's houses, like when you sell Avon or Herbalife products.

If you want a work at home job where you are truly working at home, without needing to leave your house, here are 5 options to think about.

1. Freelance Writing

Writing, especially on the internet, is the most obvious work at home job. Write for websites, like Associated Content or Constant Content and get paid per article. Write a blog, or several blogs. Make money through advertising or Adsense on your blogs. Write novels or other books, including ebooks. Find publishers where you can make your submissions online, to avoid having to mail your work from the post office.

2. Affiliate Marketing

Sell other people's products on the internet, and get money for each sale or referral you make. Many companies on the internet now have affiliate programs, where you do the advertising for them, and make money when your efforts result in sales. Join affiliate programs for paid membership sites, and get recurring commissions every month for extra profit without the extra effort. Choose affiliate programs with 2 or 3 tier structures, so that you get commissions off of the people that you refer as well as your own commissions.

3. Babysitting

If you already have your own kids at home, why not watch other people's kids too? Your kids will have friends to play with at your house, plus you'll get money for it. You've got to really like kids to do this job. It isn't easy by any means. Have plenty of healthy snacks around. Make sure your home is child proofed well.

4. Build a Website

Build your own website. You can make money off your website in a lot of different ways. Make money from selling advertising space to other people or through Adsense. Sell your own products. Create a private membership site, and charge people a monthly fee to join your site. People will pay to be part of a private group if you have information or features they can't get elsewhere. It could be anything, from a dating service to a private Internet Marketing mentoring site.

5. Sewing Alterations

Offer alteration services. Have customers pick up and drop off the clothing to be altered. Start with your friends and family, and let word of mouth take over for more business. You'll probably have more business than you'll even want.