The internet has greatly increased the number of opportunities that there are to work from home and earn a living. Even otherwise, there were always ways of working from home to earn some decent money. Housewives have traditionally always taken in sewing to help them to add to the family income.
Modern-day home-based entrepreneurs have used the internet to set up online businesses and to act as selling agents for larger companies. It has also allowed many functions in companies to be outsourced to people who work from home, thus allowing the company to reduce its overheads for appointing staff, providing them with working areas and equipment.
For the home workers who undertake such work, it means complete freedom form commuting, an ability to decide their own working hours, and for mothers to look after children while they work from home.
