The answer is a big YES.

With Internet and some spare time, there are definitely various options of working online from home and earning a side income.

There are some suggestions that you can consider:

1. Offer your expertise as a product or service:

If you have a certain expertise area, you can consider providing your service or training and charge a fee

From website designer to copywriter to providing online courses, the list is extensive!
You may visit these websites, and find out more before listing your services.

• http://www.freelancer.com
• http://www.fiverr.com
• http://www.udemy.com. Note that for online training, you may need to learn how to conduct webinars

Make sure you read the terms and conditions and are comfortable before listing your services.

2. Turn your hobby into an online income:

I have met aspiring photographers and bloggers, who are excellent with their photography skills.

They take their nice and rare photo works, upload it onto reseller websites such as iStock, and get paid for each download of the pictures.

3. Affiliate Marketing

If you are active on social media (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, etc) or have a huge network of friends or followers in your social circle, you may consider doing affiliate marketing.

By sharing a product or service that you like, and providing them a recommendation link to purchase with the merchant, you will be paid a referral payout income.

These are examples of commercial websites that offer affiliate payouts: Clickbank, Amazon, Ebay, etc.

If you do not have big social media network, there are other ways that you can earn with affiliate marketing. You can create a website page, provide contents and a link to the referral website. Check out this great webinar on how you can earn an income with Agoda (FREE training)!

4. Our Best Bet : E-Commerce

According to retail and E-Commerce study statistics, E-Commerce is continuing to rise sharply to generating thousands of millions in revenue every year. View Statistics here

This is where the big portion of income will be generated for online retailers.

With increasingly more people shopping online as compared to retail brick and mortar, there is no reason why you cannot be an online retailer.

Many proven E-Commerce success stories and the increasingly convenience and ease of selling online, you may see this as your best way to start an online business

If you are keen to learn how to start an E-Commerce business, check out how to get started