It is no wonder that more and more people want to work at home. Jobs no longer provide much in the way of security or even career satisfaction. The reason for this, many times comes down to one simple factor, loyalty. This is especially true in larger companies. The way businesses are bought and sold have left many people feeling unappreciated and insecure.

Pension plans have dried up. Thousands of people do not have the money they are supposed to have. Your boss today may just be gone tomorrow. And on and on we can go. This has left many people looking for a way to work for themselves at home.

Have you ever heard of affiliate marketing? Amazon is credited with starting one of the first affiliate programs on the internet.

As an affiliate for Amazon, you could make money selling books for them or anything you can think of,for example ipods, cameras, hand-phones and even grocery. The more products you sell the more money you make.

As Amazon became more successful, other companies quickly began to copy them. For several years now, anyone has been able to sell all kinds of different products and get paid to do it. Some companies will even give you a free Shopping Mall for you to advertise to sell their products online.

This is an excellent two ways arrangement. Companies get more sales without having to hire more employees to do it. The affiliates are rewarded for their efforts by earning a generous commission on their sales.

There is no ceiling on the amount of money affiliates earn, and there are people earning over a million dollars a year doing it, and I am not talking about those make quick money scam,or fly by night companies, I am referring to legitimate online businesses where we will be paid accordingly. According to how much work and time we are willing to put in, and by this I mean it is about serious business, not a leisure business.

The people who made the most money treat their online business and affiliate marketing business seriously, because this will be their bread and butter to make a living as an affiliate. They work hard to promote their business, just like a business person owning businesses offline. You are your own boss and you do not work under somebody but for yourself, so you have to be self-motivated and self-disciplined in order to be successful.If you can do that, working at home doing affiliate marketing will be an enjoyable and rewarding retirement plan for you.

To work at home with your own affiliate marketing business it is advisable to join a few affiliate programs just to play safe, just in case one goes down, you can continue with the others. You can Google search the words "affiliate programs" or "affiliate marketing," and you will begin to see the potential that is out there for you.

If you like a specific product such as Self help products or anything that you are interested in, you could search for them and the search will come up with more products with specific results to look into.

I have just given you a great way to work at home. No matter where you are in the world, you can do it, just as long as you have a computer and an internet connection, you can start anytime.