Work at home opportunity scams plague the honest work at home enthusiasts who want to earn some extra cash. It began with the mail order schemes offering thousands of dollars weekly simply by stuffing envelopes. Soon though, the envelope stuffing scam was unmasked along with hundreds of other schemes devised to prey on the honest home worker. With that in mind, it is good to evaluate some of the legitimate work at home opportunities that has brought much happiness to those whom invested in them.

Badge-a-Minit

Start your own button making business and sell buttons to just about anyone. Your customers could likely be schools or other education facilities, corporate businesses, families looking for fun crafts for family reunions, artsy-craftsy events, and the list could go on. Badge-a-Minit offers to their customers the unique ability to become their own boss and start a home based business doing what they love! Since most of Badge-a-Minit's customers love button making it is an easy idea to sale. Another hot idea using this work at home opportunity is to market to local elementary schools and offer to supply them with buttons for their nationally recognized weekly celebrations such as: Red Ribbon Week, D.A.R.E., Earth Week, Teacher Appreciation week and field day. Offer each school a unique design and they will love it. Badge-a-Minite

www.badgeaminit.com

Six Figure Income and SFI Marketing Group

Started by Gary Carson in 1985 Six Figure Income and SFI Marketing Group is an international marketing cooperation opportunity. If you have a computer and enjoy working on the computer then this opportunity is a wonderful step. You do not need to pay anything to start your marketing program. SFI will provide all of your marketing materials; you simply need to market yourself and/or your product. SFI is a legitimate work at home opportunity developed especially for those who enjoy marketing and recruiting. Six Figure Income

http://www.sixfigureincome.com

Special Merchandise Corporation (SMC)

Tom Bosley of television's Happy Days is the spokesman for the SMC group. Special Merchandise Corporation or SMC has been in business for decades. Likely your mother may have purchased some of their products through a friend who had made use of their work at home opportunity. This opportunity is the best one to choose if you are willing to market yourself and the products you choose to sell. Special Merchandise Corporation sells discounted items "as seen on TV" items, and other specialty brands at whole sale prices. You will need to pay a yearly membership fee, but this membership fee pays for itself after three sales. If you are serious about making money at home with this work at home opportunity from the Special Merchandise Corporation, then visit them today. You will never regret your choice. The only way you may regret your choice is if you go into this opportunity with the idea that you will not have to put for effort to find customers and market yourself. Then you may feel that you've wasted money with a membership fee.

These work at home opportunities are the longest standing and highest rated available. These three companies have years of experience under its belt and hundreds of thousands of happy customers. If you are serious about making extra money at home with a home based business, weigh your options and choose one that is best suited for your personality, your desires, and your needs. And always beware of the companies that promise thousands of dollars weekly. If it's too good to be true, then it may be a scam.