For example, I don't know anyone who hasn't heard about people selling things on ebay. Anything you can think of gets sold online. Just set up an account with and advertise what you want to sell. When you get orders, you simply ship out your products. Some items, like software, you won't even have to ship since people will be able to simply download the product.

Incredible as it may sound, a lot of people are making a good income playing online poker. Even with a small bankroll to start with, you can slowly work your way to bigger games and good money. Obviously, you need to develop the poker skills of a winning player so you can make money. Great poker players make tons of cash sitting on the sofa.

Another way to go can be trading stocks online. A lot of people are now using the internet to do what is called day trading. Here you learn to trade stocks often, profiting from short runs in the markets. This skill can make you very wealthy.

Still another venture people are doing is trading in the futures markets. This is a risky endeavor, but with a huge upside. There are ways to limit your risk mainly with buying options. You can be working from your living room, or Hawaii, and be making a great living.

Having a website set up to sell products online is probably the main way people work using the internet. You can do this without employees. Many people do this on their own. They build a web site and open up an online store to sell their goods.

A great online business is writing and selling books online. These "ebooks" are a great business because there is no paper to buy or shipping to do. Buyers go to your website, order your books and receive them immediately via download.

People are now running their MLM or network marketing ventures using the internet. With a good company and business plan to offer, your website can attract people from all over the world to join you. This type of business is a numbers game and the internet gets the information out to people 24/7. This is much better than dragging people to your home for a sales pitch that sells toilet paper.

Becoming an affiliate for other sellers is a very profitable internet business. To do this, you act as a middleman for people who sell their own products. They will pay you to send them customers that buy their worthless crap. The good news is that reputable companies help the sellers and affiliates work together. They also make sure everyone gets paid. You can find tons of products to sell all over the internet using a simple search.

If you learn how to create a high traffic website, you can sell it. Any website with lots of "hits" has value. You can sell these sites to companies who want the massive visitor influx.

This is simply the tip of the iceberg. It's a small sample of how people earn money online. The options are endless. Having an online business can make you independently wealthy. The best part is that you don't even need to leave the house.