Many people dream of starting their own business but better yet to start their own home-based business. The advantages of owning your own business and being at home while you do it are many. Besides the fact that you can work in your pajamas, be inches away from coffee at all times, and hold afternoon cuddle meetings with your pet if you want to, there are business advantages as well.
Because you will not be leasing space, you will have low overhead and even claim part of your home under your tax deductions. The commute savings will add up, especially when it reduces car repair costs and gassing up. Though this may all sound great, some people have no idea what kind of business to start in their home. Here are five really easy to start home-based businesses you could start today with little to no capital.
Online Sales
In the past direct sales required you to network with your friends and family and other potential customers in person. With the online environment and especially social media, you can sell anything and everything without having to leave your house or even meet face-to-face. You can post what you sell on your pages and social media profiles and even have business pages free to sell the products or services you represent.
You can also resell items you buy second-hand and repurpose or refurbish. This can also be done on social media marketplaces or apps that charge no fees to use them. The online environment can make your sales possibilities endless.
Tutoring or Lessons
Tutoring or giving lessons requires no degree nor any other requirement but that you are proficient at the subject of your tutoring or whatever craft for which you are giving lessons. If you are multi-talented, the possibilities are endless, and you could feasibly make a healthy living if the subjects are in demand. You can also have a lot of flexibility to tutor or give lessons in your home or travel to your student’s home. Also, some lessons can be done online through video chat and meeting platforms. The ability to give lessons online could open your business up to the world!
Home Baking or Food Prep
In the busy world, we live in. Many have less time to spend cooking, especially healthy meals. Also, baked goods, cakes, and other goodies are always on demand for special occasions. If you love to bake or cook, you could easily start a home-based bakery, catering, or food prep business. The most challenging part of this business, besides the possible weight-gain, is that you would have to figure out your delivery system. This might limit your business to local only though some baked goods ship well.
Freelance Writing
If you are a good writer, you can quickly start a freelance writing business. You must keep in mind that freelance writing is an extremely competitive market, so you will have to be creative and diligent to secure yourself enough work to earn a full-time income. There are sites that you can put yourself on as a writer for hire. You can also use various social media platforms and low-priced to free sites to run ads. If you can get your name out there and gain a reputation and build your writing portfolio, freelance writing can be a lucrative business that can also lead to bigger writing jobs.
Social Media Marketer
If you are social media savvy, you can make an outstanding living as a social media marketer. Many businesses, large and small, don’t have time to dedicate to social media marketing enough to do them any good. Many small to medium businesses will hire independent marketers to handle their social media presence. If you get a good client base, you can feasibly earn enough to do this full time from the comfort of your own home, pajamas, and bunny slippers.
There is an endless number of businesses you can run out of your home, but these are some home-based businesses you can start right now! What are you waiting for?
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