whether youre looking for a respite from your 9 to 5 are unable to commute to work are a stayathome parent or have some other constraint that prevents you from finding a fulltime job theres no need to waste your earning potential there are plenty of opportunities available online that let you work from home here are a few options you can consider1 virtual assistantshipentrepreneurs professionals and small teams often need assistance with various administrative tasks these could include scheduling meetings getting in touch with clients and investors following up on orders creating business documents like powerpoint presentations and excel sheets managing blogs and websites etc virtual assistants vas work remotely with such clients managing the aspects of their business or practice that they are too busy to handle themselves becoming a va can entail some degree of training or briefing depending on your qualifications however if you have good communication skills and are capable of using applications like ms office you can just sign up on sites such as elance and zirtual and start looking for work as a va2 translatingif you are bilingual or trilingual this might be the opportunity for you while being fluent in english and one or two indian languages might serve you well enough taking a language course can add significantly to your earning potential plenty of international businesses scholars and authors would be willing to enlist your services for their translation needs if you can prove your proficiency to start earning enlist on a popular freelancing site like fiverrcom or upworkcom listing the languages you are proficient in3 bloggingover the past decade blog monetisation has gained momentum to monetise your blog you can sign up for google adsense which will allot you ads to place on your blog after this its a waiting game to see if your account is approved if it is you can continue to receive ad placements and earn a steady if not large income from it adsense pays on the basis of clicks and views the ads receivealternatively you can take up affiliate marketing or product sales through your blog to turn it into a moneymaking venture if your blog already attracts traffic you could enlist blog sponsors which includes selling ad space on your blog4 selling your products onlinewhether you have a penchant for crafts or making candles there is probably a market for you products once you decide on what you want to sell create an inventory and set the prices to sell these items you can register on the website of any popular online seller from amazon and ebay to smaller portals like indiebazaar these portals charge a small fee for hosting your products once you receive an order package your products and keep it ready for the logistics partner to pick it up and deliver it you will receive the payment in five to seven days5 making youtube videosif youre not camera shy or are good with a video camera youtube might be the