Looks like your looking to make money from home and your trying to find a work at home based business or a work at home job. Struggling to see any difference?  I’m the first to agree there is a lot of confusion about which is which and what the major differences are between a work at home based business and an at home job. I’m slightly bias to starting your own business but I’ll try to explain why it really makes more sense. Many people do both and you can too, it isn’t a bad way to go.

What Qualifies as a Work at Home Based Business?

Just like in the offline world the first major difference in the two is how you get paid and this is also is the easiest way to qualify a work at home based business.  The thing is though, even work at home jobs will often pay you as a subcontractor and use a 1099 form to pass wages instead of a w-2 form like most offline jobs.  The top way to qualify and discern whether a work at home based business is a better option for you is to look at who owns “stuff”.

There are many opportunities to make money taking surveys, I’ve never attempted to use this method but I’m using it as an example of a work at home job.  You get paid to do something.  If you do “10″ of something you get paid for doing “10″ and if you do 19 you get paid for 19.  In order to get paid you have to do the “thing” again and this is one of the best ways to tell a job from a business.

These are common characteristics of a work at home based business:

• Usually not an agreed amount for performing a task.
• You own something, usually a website or an agreement.
• You may make something at home that you sell to others.
• You may provide a service like editing or copy writing and get paid based on agreements you make.
• Your responsible for getting your own customers.
• You may have to purchase a license to resell or distribute with a work at home based business.
• If you offer consulting services, you own a business.

This doesn’t cover everything but I think you can see how your idea could either fit or not.

Why do I think a work at home based business is a better choice that a job?

Well for a couple reasons.  The first one being passive income. You see if you own a web property (website) you have an opportunity to make money into the future for content you create today.  You could re purpose the content into an e-book, you could offer ad space and make money from advertisers.  Regardless of what type of work at home based business you find, you should be able to find good ways of making money in a passive way over time.

Many people are introduced to the work at home online business via turnkey work at home business ideas.  Most of these are direct sales opportunities or affiliate relationships in one form or another.  The affiliate business model has made many millionaires online and it’s probably one of the easiest work at home businesses to start.  You may not care about making a million, but affiliate work at home models can really generate some nice chunks of extra cash.  The opportunities are endless with a home business and if you currently aren’t comfortable starting you own business, maybe finding one of the best work at home jobs is just thing to prepare you for whats next.

Many people, in their search to find a work at home based business, come across a network marketing opportunity that appeals to them.  Network marketing is another work at home business model which not only allows a person to make money by offering products or service, you can also earn a commission from the sales team you help develop.  Network marketing can be a smart way to make money now and build passive residual income over time.  Find a good mentor who can teach you the intricacies of Network Marketing, this helps a ton.

Calling all companies offering work at home jobs in 2010.  We are looking for the best work at home jobs offered in 2010 and if your currently making money from home and plan on continuing in 2010 please do tell!!

I’d like to see a variety of work at home jobs from highly technical to more data entry or office support type stuff that people can do from home and get paid.  I’ve learned that there are many SEO jobs you can do from home but this field seems to be limited to those who are closely connected to someone in the SEO field or maybe they have a friend or something.  Seems we are all doing some work at home, but are we getting paid for it.

Top Work at Home Jobs For Beginners

As far as the Internet goes there are many work at home options for people looking to make extra money from home or even replace a full time income that their job currently provides. Taking surveys and getting paid to take surveys is very popular, but many people waste a ton of time finding a way to make a legitimate income taking surveys from home. I’ve found a service that basically collect offers that pay well and offers them to memebers. You can learn more about getting in on this top work at home job by visiting the link below.

If you know of any services that pay people to blog, or write articles that would be a great job to list.  2010 work at home opportunities will likely abound given the ever changing economy and that is how I like to term it.  The economy in 2010 will have challenges just like other years, its not  a particularly BAD economy, but a changing one.

Technology and non technology based work at home jobs often use the Internet as a meeting and even a work space, that said, do you know of any that aren’t web based?

Here is how it will work.  Post your 2010 work at home job idea in the comments and I’ll build the “Master list of 2010 Work at Home Jobs”

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