The point here is everyone wants to stay at home and own a business, but why can everybody own one?. Most of the people have no idea about how to start a home based business and others lack the spirit to start one, both the reasons are invalid.
If your concern is about quitting from job as the home business might not be successful then you can overlook your worries because you can work at night for a few hours and a little more during weekends. I operate a website and it is not day work. Therefore I still attend school in the day as I am not confident enough to make it a home based day business, however within a few years I am going to quit school if it is successful.
There are plenty of home based businesses available in the internet including “Selling types” generally related to eBay. Take a look at Make Money with eBay.
On the contrary Affiliate Marketing deals only with unlimited digital products so you can increase your sales. It is the best selection because of its unlimited earning opportunities. Have a read of How to Affiliate. On eBay there is a limit on the number of products you can sell, if there is a huge boost in sales of a particular product and your stock or supplier has only 50, as a result you lose sales.
Another option for online home business is to do daily online paid review , which includes attending focus groups, or telephone surveys. It is not difficult but income opportunities are limited and so to increase your income you have to join plenty of online companies. If you make sure of it out you will find that the daily earning opportunity is $500 for a few hours work.
Another great option for working from home is online jobs; I have written a great article on all possible online jobs including Legit Online jobs check it out, it will help you to find not just a job but several small online jobs and you will not get bored but be able to work according to your choice and enjoy doing it. Check out Working Online Jobs.