There are often times many people who are afraid to try any home based business. Why? Often it is due to the fact that there are so many scams around that it can be difficult to tell the good companies from the bad, and some would just rather avoid that at all costs.So how do you start a home bases business if you don’t know who or what you can trust? How do you build a business online when you are not sure what you are going to do, or even you’re your options may be?You can make money working from home, and from your internet business. The key to becoming successful with your online business is to first decide what you are going to do. Deciding what you are going to do is a lot easier than it sounds and too often we make the mistake of making it more difficult than it has to be.For example, if you are an artist and you love to create, you can take a course in web design or graphic design and you can become a freelancer. Your internet business would be creating logos and web pages for other customers. You would in essence be paid to do what you enjoy doing.Maybe you like products; you can become an independent secret shopper and get paid to shop. This would be your home business, and you can work it both online and when you get out.Your other option is one of the more traditional home based businesses; these are considered the Network Marketing businesses. This is the business of building relationships and usually involves a company for which you are a distributor. You are paid on the sales of your customers and commissions on the sales of your direct distributors as well. In some cases you are also paid bonus commissions. Now these bonuses vary from company to company so they should not be expected unless you specifically seek out a business that offers these additional incentives.Earning money with an online business is very possible and in fact more and more people are finding ways to do this online. The key to finding the right home based business for you is to first (as I mentioned earlier) determine what you enjoy doing and start from there.Whatever you do, don’t allow someone to tell you what you should be doing online. When you start to allow others to determine the road that you are going to take this is when you will find yourself without money and without a friend. This is the trap that too many people fall into.Also, do not spend more than you can afford. There is no good reason for you to do this. There are a lot of people who will try to convince you that it is in your best interest to buy the larger package, or to buy this lead package, or advertising, but in the end this is YOUR business and you need to do what you can feel comfortable doing.