We've all seen the ads for scams, schemes, and multi-level marketing. Most of those ideas just don't work. However, I have a few legitimate works at home opportunities, that, with a little research, can provide a great source of supplemental income.

1. Women love weddings—it's a proven fact. If you're one of “those” women—you know, the kind that get all excited about picking out dresses and coordinating flowers—why not put your enthusiasm to work? Consider opening your own business as a wedding consultant. You could help brides plan their special day, and make some cash doing something you enjoy. Get started by advertising your services in local bakeries and florists, as well as by word of mouth. Once business picks up, you can begin attending bridal fairs and shows to demonstrate your services. Before long, you'll have a booming consulting business!


2. If you're crafty, you've got a ready source of income at your fingertips. There's always a market for handcrafted items—school craft fairs, bazaars, farmers markets, craft shows, or local craft malls. Etsy takes a small portion of the money you earn, and in turn gives you an online storefront, URL, and photo hosting. They're becoming quite popular in the work at home world, so if you're considering selling online, give them a try.

3. Do you love to shop? I thought so! However, believe it or not, there are women who don't, or who are just too busy to shop for themselves. You can help them out by hiring yourself out as a personal shopper. List your services by the hour in your local paper, and you'll have customers beating down your door—especially around the holidays! Customers will provide you with a list of their sizes and specifications, and you'll do the shopping, errand running, or returning for them. Consider offering a return service after the holidays to really cash in on this busy season. No one likes to stand in line—but you can do it…for a price!

4. If you've got a digital camera and some basic computer skills, you can run your eBay business. Hundreds of work at home moms make a decent living off eBay every year, selling thrift store clothing and other items. Raid yard sales, dime stores, and your local thrift store for inventory, and then start selling items at a markup. Before you know it, you'll have a profitable eBay business. You could also tie this in with idea and sell your craft items on eBay as well. There are many guides available for free on eBay, as well as elsewhere on the internet, explaining how to get started running this type of lucrative business.

There are four in-demand work at home business ideas for moms. Now, what's stopping you? Get started with your research today! Before you know it, you'll be a full-fledged work at home mom!



5. There are many examples of moms who work from home selling Avon, Amway, Tupperware, Discovery Toys, and so on. Many of these were done on the party plan so a mom could schedule meetings away from the demands of her other career.

Today these opportunities are still there, although you can use the Internet to your advantage. You may still do group parties, but people can order products online, and you get credit for making the sale.


You don't have to deliver products like you had to do in the past. These companies handle shipping directly to your customers and even collect the money for you.


6. There are network marketing opportunities where women excel in as well. Today you do not even have to do meetings in person as you can let the Internet sort through your prospects and present your opportunity online.

There are some really outstanding companies that have Internet based MLM programs. For example, industries such as domain names, website hosting, success training, discount shopping, and much more all provide MLM opportunities moms can work at home.

Women tend to excel in network marketing because they are more natural networkers than men are. Today so much of the prospecting in an MLM business is done in social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.


7. Some women prefer to build email marketing lists and sell affiliate products to it. Some of the most successful Internet marketers in the world today are women who are balancing the demands of raising a family with building an Internet business doing email marketing.

The advantage to email marketing is you can preprogram your messages to go out in advance and then forget about them. Anytime you have something specific you want to market to your list you can create an email and send it out to thousands of people with the click of one button.


The two most difficult aspects of email marketing are building the list and finding products to sell to it. However, in terms of work from home business ideas this is one of the most powerful!


These are a few works from home business ideas for work from home moms. It is exciting to know that you can balance the important job of being a mom with a career working from home. As you can see, a key aspect is starting a business of your own and using the Internet to do it.


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