Some of the reasons for the appeal of home business include:
• No commuting-Your morning commute is a trip to the living room
• Low overhead-The telephone and computer you already have, no office rent
• Flexible work hours-With a cell phone and e-mail you're always open for business while still being free to work around family responsibilities
• Fewer expenses-No eating out and a smaller business wardrobe reserved for face-to-face business meetings not everyday in the office.

Here is a closer look at why starting a home may be a particularly good idea for a bootstrapper and some tips on operating that home business.

And here from eMom's at Home.com via the now defunct Zillion Business Marketing blog and with some additional comments of my own from a previous post are 10 great ideas to get you started:

1. Affiliate marketing-Companies including Amazon, Ebay and others have created affiliate programs offering webmasters and bloggers a commission for merchandise sold through referrals from their sites...
2. Blogging-Ads by Google Adsense and other providers and affiliate marketing as discussed above can be used to generate revenue from a popular weblog or weblogs if traffic is sufficient...
3. Ebay and Auction selling-Stories abound about entrepreneurs who have turned selling on Ebay and other Internet auction sites into bonafide businesses. A bootstrap approach would be to start with items you have lying around the house and then use the revenue from early sales to purchase additional merchandise...
4. E-Commerce-Sell merchandise from your own site or blog. Drog shipping sites like SellerKey present the opportunity to offer a wide variety of products without buying in bulk and Microsoft and others offer inexpensive online store options...
5. Arts & Crafts-If you make your own stuff, you can sell it on line. Options include auctions like Ebay or your own blog or website.
6. Internet research-Do needed research for clients on a subcontractor basis. Creating profiles on websites like elance and bidding on posted jobs there can be an easy way to get started with a modest investment for membership...
7. Freelance services-This is more general and depends on your experience and abilities but could include anything from writing to programming. Again, think websites like Elance, Freelance Nation, Easy Freelancing, iFreelance and ProCopywriters...
8. Recruiting-Hiring for corporations is another suggestion from the Zillion Business Marketing blog. Site administrator Nima suggests sites like RecruitersNetwork and HireAbility to get started.
9. Consulting-If you've got business or some other expertise, you can market it in a number of ways. One is a website offering your services and rates for hire. Another is a blog where you offer some observations free either as an effort to get hired or simply for the money the blog brings in...
10. Virtual Assistant-This business can combine a couple of the above services and much more. For additional information on how to bootstrap a virtual assistant business see our profile series and Denise Aday's The Effective VA blog.