Having a work at home job is easier to do today than ever before, especially with the options the Internet offers us. There are many different reasons that people decide they want to make money with work at home jobs:

* New moms are reticent to leave their newborns with baby sitters or strangers in order to go back to work - who can blame them?

* People want to "retire in style", making use of their newfound spare time in retirement by having passive income streams

* Over-stressed people sometimes just need a break from the rat-race, yet an ongoing income remains a must to maintain

* Disabled folks are unable to make the commute, but are capable of contributing a lot of value using their computer

* Displaced workers and the unemployed are in need of finding a way to make ends meet

* With today's high gas prices and child care, driving across town chews up most of the after-tax income we're able to make, making a regular job even less attractive than usual

* Still others simply want to make more money, save for the future, pay off cars and homes, ditch the boss and take back control of their life, work whenever they feel like it and enjoy the freedom of working from their own home office.

Whatever the impetus for being interested in work at home jobs, more people than ever are seeking ways to achieve this modern-day nirvana. More and more, people are turning to work from home jobs on the Internet, since most of us now have high-speed DSL or equivalents available.

Now, one must be adequately prepared before striking out to make money on the Internet. There are a bunch of survey scams and questionable money-making schemes to be aware of and steer clear of out there. These survey scams typically ask you to pay them some sign-up fee, then take surveys to supposedly make money. Most of these so-called work at home jobs are scams designed to take your money, and you end up making no money at all, so be very cautious about such schemes.

Fortunately, there are also legitimate ways to make good to great money over the Internet working from home today, in what's called "affiliate marketing". Basically, you sign up as an "affiliate", and you market other people's existing products online, and you get paid a healthy commission for each sale you make. It's as simple as that - your work at home job is selling other people's existing products as an affiliate.

The checks come every two weeks - like clockwork. This is a huge and growing business today, due to the rapid growth of "digital goods" and the vastness of the Internet. We live today in the marvelous digital information dot-com age of the Internet, where technology advances on every front have changed our way of life, how we are entertained, how products are bought and sold, and how information is located and consumed