Just run a search for 'Home Based Business Ideas' and you would end with list of results that would be much longer than what you could go through. You just need to figure out which home based business will best suit you and what you would like to do. I will help you with a few ideas on how to get started with such businesses.

1) eBay Store: You could set up your own eBay store, it is quite easy to start one. But the toughest part is to decide what products to sell on the store. There are a few ways in which you could get products that you want to sell. One you could buy things from local stores or from other people and then put it for sale on eBay. The second way is to find a drop ship company on the internet whop will let you sell their products for them, they will ship the product and collect the money and then they will pay you a commission. The third way would be to buy the products in wholesale and then sell them, this way you save money in the process because you buy products in wholesale.

2) Freelance Writing: If you love writing then this is the most perfect job for you. To find this run searches on the internet for a job you would want to do. Finding a perfect job is really difficult and it will take you quite sometime to establish yourself as a freelance writer. The best way to start establishing yourself is to by start writing articles, blogs and content for websites of people who can't write well.

3) Affiliate Programs: This is another way to start your own business. All you have to do here is to find a company or person who wants to sell a product on the internet and then sell the product for them. For this you would have to sign up into an affiliate account for absolutely no money. Then the company with which you sign up will provide you with a website and many different tools that will help to start the business right away.

4) Web Designing: if you love web designing or if you are a web designer then this is a perfect job for you. For starters it is going to take sometime to learn web designing. But once you know web designing then you could easily find people for whom you could design websites but if you are well versed in this art then there would be no trouble finding clients.

5) Homemade Crafts: If you are a person who makes your own jewelry, gift baskets, candy or candles. Then you have a great option you could start your very own website where you could sell these products and make money. If you don't want to waste to much money on starting a website then you could open a store at eBay and still sell your product.

These are just 5 common home based businesses with which you could get started with. But you need not stick only to them there are also loads of other ideas out there; all you need to do is just look out for them. And remember only to take up a business you have a liking towards, this increases the chances for success in the business.