One of the main reasons why there are many Internet Work At Home Entrepreneur is because of the low INITIAL start-up investment as compare with a brick and mortal business.

Assuming that you have in place a computer, modem, and software necessary to connect to the internet and also send and receive email, the following are some of the additional items which you may need depending on individual:

Hosting Cost: 100 to 200 dollars

Purchasing your own domain name and disk space to host your website is a MUST inorder to project a professional image of your business.  It is just like spending money on a grooming course to better present yourself in front of others.  Furthermore, the domain and hosting cost had went down over the years as there are now more and more hosting companies.

Never, never use a FREE hosting site as they can insert plenty of advertising banners and pop-ups which will chase your online visitors away.  You might not even have the chance to display the business contents of your site with so many unnecessary disruption. 

Research Materials Cost: 50 to 100 dollars

Whatever kind of business you are in, you always need to learn as much as possible and be a master of your trade.  Self-education for improvement is a must and you need to constantly read books, ebooks, magazines and anything else that is related to your area of interest or specialty.  If it is found in the public library then fine you don't need to spend a single cents but at times some money will be required to acquired the necessary knowledge for your business and believe me, the knowledge gain is more than enough to cover the cost of education.

Office Supplies Cost: 0 to 30 dollars

Pens, pencils, paper, envelopes, stamps, notebook are some of the business materials that you need if your business involves some off-line communications with your customers.

Printer Cost: 100 to 500 dollars

Eventually you may need to print something.  You don't have to get an expensive one, probably a deskjet or ink jet printer will do as it cost less and the price are lower or sensible and the printing quality is enough to serve your needs.

The above is just a general list and you may need to spend more or less depending on the type of work at home business you are in.  Overall as you can see, you don't need to purchase much to get started on a work at home internet business.  For some, you might not even need to purchase anything.