You might ask yourself: “Is it
possible to start a business with no money? ”Let me start with this. Starting a
business with no money is possible. You have an idea for a business, except you
don’t have any money to start it. You can start your company today for $0,
start now. Lack of capital is a common excuse for failing to start a business.
If you have the drive to start a business, coupled with a great idea and an
unbelievable drive to succeed, you can start a business with no money.
The fastest way to pay of debt or build savings is to earn
more money. If you have the time and the grit, here are 176 side businesses
anyone can start.
You can only cut your spending so much. The fastest way to
a bigger bank account and eventual financial freedom is earning more money.
If you want to get serious about starting a
business—perhaps online like Money Under 30 and thousands of other successful
blogs, courses, and membership sites—you should remember that growing an online
business takes time.
If you’re looking for a quicker win, you can just start
pitching services and grab some business on the side. Here are 176 businesses/side
hustles that you could get going pretty quickly without much of an investment.
1. Recruitment
Firm:
– Starting recruitment firm is very good business idea and it does not require
money. You can start this business from your home you just requires phone
connection and few contacts.
2. Online
Website:- Starting small website is small but very good business
idea This business contains huge potential. Today you can see many websites
earning in lakhs and Crore.
3. Freelancing:- You
can start your own freelancer business anytime, this business does not require
any money. You need to just post your expertise on open forum or freelancing
website. Make sure to post all information like past experience, project to
increase your prospective.
4. Photographer:- If
you are very good at clicking photos. You can turn your hobby in to business.
You just need very good camera to start this business. You can earn money by
providing professional photography services.
5. Personal
Tutor or Trainer: – If you possess good skill in teaching,
providing education or personal coaching is very good business idea. In this
business you don’t require any money for investment and you will not face any
recession in this business, because education is prime need today.
6. Interior
Designer:- Providing interior design services is good idea. Well,
this business requires special skill and creativity to be successful.
7. Match
Making or Wedding planner:- Mostly people hire match maker or
wedding planner in marriages, so starting Match making or wedding planning
business is wonderful idea. This business require small amount of investment.
8. Real
Estate Brokerage or Consultancy:- You can start your own real
estate brokerage or consultancy business without money. What you need is few
contacts with prospective buyers and sellers. If not, check online and print
media for properties that are to be leased or to be sold also take help of
classified website or local newspaper make database and start contacting.
9. Insurance
consultant or Agent:- Today many people seek advice for insurance.
If you are planning to start part-time business, than working as insurance
advisor or consultant is best idea to start with.
10. Consulting
business:- If you are expert in certain filed like personal
finance, branding, management, marketing or advertising you can start your own
consultancy firm.
11. Content
writing:- Creation of content is art and if you are master in it you
can start your own content writing business.
12. Security
agency or detective agency:- Security and safety are major concern
today, and people are ready to spend money for that. To start security agency
for providing manpower or to start detective agency is another good business
idea.
13. Dance,
Music or Drawing school:- If you are good at dance, music or drawing
you can start your own dance, music or drawing class. If you are seeking some
practice, initially you can join some course to upgrade your skills.
14. Career
counseling:- Millions of youngsters and their parents are confused
about various career options. You can research about various career options and
offer career counseling to them. Just share what you know do not promise the
world to them.
15. Fitness
or Yoga Teacher:- If you are professionally trained you can
act as fitness or yoga teacher.
16. Baby
Sitting and Cooking service:- If you are woman and want to start
small business than you can opt for babysitting service or cooking service.
This is hit idea in metro city as we find a lot of working woman in city and
they often seek this type of services.
17. Chocolate
maker:- This is another idea for woman, as we know chocolate is
loved all over world and if you learn to make it in different shape you have
very good business on your hands.
18. Tiffin
Service:- If you are very good cook and love to serve tasty food
than starting tiffin service is good idea.
19. Event
Manager:- You can act as event manager, if you are good
coordinator and can manage multiple task at same time. Today many corporate and
SME opt for Event manager for their programs.
20. IT
Support services:- Today IT is booming field and if you are
expert in IT you can start your own business of providing IT support and
services.
21. Insurance
Agency : You can start from your relative, friends etc.
22. Travel
Agency : You just need to tie ups with Cabs, Hospitality industries
and Travels and Tour companies to sell the service.
23. Teffin
Service : This business you can start with your kitchen groceries.
24. Paper
Bags : With the ban of plastics and Increasing awareness towards
environment has helped to increase the demand for paper bags.
25. Candle
Making : Candle making business you can start with a small start
budget and home-based basis. The popularity and consumer demand for scented and
decorative candles is increasing.
26. Day
Care :The demand day-care center in increasing rapidly. Its very
lucrative business.
27. Fitness
Instructor : Expertise in aerobics and yoga any individual
can initiate home-based business as a fitness instructor. With very low
start-up capital you can start this business from home.
28. Gift
Basket : A Gift Basket is a wonderful home based business one can
start with low startup capital. Gift baskets to can also sell to retailers.
29. Papad
Making : Very easy to sell.
30. Ethnic
cuisine : This business too calls for excellent culinary skills. You
can prepare several ethnic foods such as meat sausages, exotic pickles,
ready-to-cook spice mix, sweets, desserts and lots more.
31. Vastu
: Vastu
is an ancient Indian tradition that deals with proper positioning and magnetic
forces of the Earth.
32. Tailoring
: Skilled
with a good sewing machine can offer. For those who possess dress making
skills, creating special garments for weddings and other occasions will fetch
more income.
33. Soap
making : Making exotic, handmade soaps at home you need complete
know how . To make good profits from this venture, you will require knowledge
about the properties of different herbs, spices, roots, fruits, vegetable and
leaves in beauty therapy and skincare.
34. Start
a blog – I generate income in several ways with my blog. You could
also build your own business as a professional blogger. Click here for my
step-by-step guide on how to start a blog. Once you have managed to drive
traffic to your blog the sky is the limit. You can sell advertising, create
your own products to sell. Get paid for sponsored posts.
35. Aerial
film photography – Do you own a drone? This could be your chance
to turn it into an aerial photography business. They are widely used in the
real estate market and many other businesses.
36. Affiliate
marketing – Affiliate marketing offers you a great way to earn a
percentage of sales without having to create a product or maintain an
inventory.
37. Airport
transfer service – There are many people who need greater flexibility
when it comes to airport transfers.
38. Amazon
reselling – You can sell products on Amazon. You can import products
to sell or buy low and resell. If you enjoy finding great deals and make a
profit, Amazon reselling might be a good business for you.
39. Antique
refurbishing – The antique refurbishing market is a small
niche, but with the right marketing you can build a loyal customer base.
40. Art
collector – This isn’t the same as shop till you drop. You have to
know the value and the demand for the artworks you deal with.
41. Baking
–
You can turn your passion into a nice side business.
42. Boat
cleaning service – Boats are fun to use, but most people would
rather have someone else do the cleaning.
43. Bookkeeping –
Help small businesses to keep their receipts in order.
44. Brew
your own beer – Many successful beer breweries started out by
hobbyists.
45. Buy
and sell domain names – You don’t have to sell a domain name for
millions for turning it into a successful business.
46. Business
consulting – If you have skills that help to grow or
manage a business, there is a market for your service. Whether you are a
bookkeeper, strategist, marketing expert, IT guru, there are businesses out
there who need your service.
47. Car
detailing – Many people are willing to pay a higher price to have
their cars detailed on their own driveway. This is also a great weekend
business.
48. Car
flipping – If you know how to find a great deal and enjoy working on
cars, this could be your opportunity to become an entrepreneur.
49. Carpet
cleaning – You can start your carpet cleaning business renting the
equipment.
50. Catering
business – Starting a catering business requires a lot less capital
than opening a restaurant.
51. Cell
phone repair – Many people are happy to pay to repair a
faulty cell phone instead of buying a new phone.
52. Childcare – If
you love children, this might be a great business for you.
53. Christmas
light installer – Although this is a seasonal business, it
requires very little capital to start.
54. College
admissions essay editor – A great business if writing is your
passion. Be sure that your clients understand that you are an editor and that
you are not going to write the essay for them.
55. College
counseling – You can guide pre-college age kids to help
them prepare for what to expect in college. You could help them with
admissions, financial aid, career advice, and other college-related topics.
56. Commission
only sales – There are many companies that offer
commission only sales opportunities. If you partner with startup companies, you
might be able to negotiate part ownership.
57. Computer
lessons – You can offer training on your computer, using free
services like Skype or Google Hangout.
58. Computer
support and repair – Most small businesses can’t afford to hire a
full-time IT professional. If you enjoy helping people with computer problems,
starting an IT support service company might be for you.
59. Content
writing for websites – Great content is what differentiates
websites. Many businesses are happy to pay a writer to create website content.
60. Content
marketing – Content marketing is the heart of SEO. Businesses who
want to improve their search engine positions are your potential clients.
61. Contract
customer support – You could become the outsourced support
department for several small businesses.
62. Copywriting
and proofreading – Businesses are happy to outsource
proofreading to outside companies.
63. Custom
software consultant – When a company must have unique software created
they call a custom software consultant.
64. Accounting –
Many small businesses outsource their accounting needs. Your accounting service
will help companies keep track of their cash flow, generate reports such as
P&Ls.
65. Dance
instructor – All you need is physical fitness and a keen
sense of rhythm. Knowledge of many dance styles is a plus.
66. Data
analysis – Big data is big business these days. With the right
skills, you can earn a fortune as a data analysis consultant.
67. Debt
reduction service – Good research skills can help you provide
advice to people looking to reduce their debt.
68. Develop
a smartphone app – If you can learn the right coding language,
you could develop a smartphone app without leaving your house.
69. DJ-ing
–
DJ-ing can be a lot of fun. Play the music you love in a party atmosphere. If
you don’t mind working most weekends, evenings and holidays, this might be your
dream business.
70. Dog
walking – This is an easy job for dog lovers that gets you lots of
mild intensity exercise.
71. Drive
for Lyft or Uber – As long as cars are not self-driving there
will be a need for drivers.
72. Ebay
sales – Scouring discount shops for undervalued items and selling
them on eBay can be a good way to turn a quick profit.
73. Ebook
writing – There are many ebook niches which can earn you huge sums
of money. All you need is the ability to write and good research skills.
74. Editing
service – People require editing services for all sorts of reasons,
from college students to businesses writing press releases.
75. Elderly
care – Many elderly people require carers to regularly check up
on them. If you’re a people person, this could be a great business idea.
76. Executive
search – With the right knowledge, you can make big money helping
businesses headhunt talented executives.
77. Farmer’s
market – You can sell your own products at various farmers markets
within driving distance to your home.
78. Fitness
trainer – If you’re active and love to keep fit, you can make money
helping others do the same.
79. Fiverr
gigs – You can sell almost any service through Fiverr. It can be
a great way to make some quick income.
80. Furniture
maker – Custom furniture is in demand.
81. Ghostwriting –
Lots of people have great ideas for writing projects but don’t feel confident
in writing it themselves. Ghostwriters execute these ideas and can make lots of
money doing so.
82. Google
Adwords consultant – If you can learn how Google Adwords work,
lots of companies will hire you to consult them on it.
83. Graphic
design – You can put your artistic flair to work and design logos
and other material for companies as a graphic designer.
84. Handmade
jewelry – This is another business idea that can turn your creative
side into cash.
85. Handyman – A
handyman does all sorts of odd jobs, mainly centered around repairing and
installing things.
86. Home
appraisal – If you have the right knowledge and qualifications, you
can offer your appraisal service to homeowners looking to value their property.
87. Home
inspection service – Before buying a home it is customary to hire
a home inspector.
88. House
cleaning – This is a job almost anyone can do. Some people find
cleaning quite relaxing.
89. House
painting – Anyone can decorate a home, but many people are too busy
to decorate their own. There’s lots of work available for house painting
businesses.
90. House
sitting – One of the easiest jobs in the world is house sitting.
All you have to do is keep someone’s home occupied while they’re away.
91. Human
billboard – This is another easy job to execute. Human billboards
stand on the street holding advertising for various businesses.
92. Instagram
marketing – Sign-up for a free Instagram account and learn what
posts are most popular. You can then turn this knowledge into a marketing
business.
93. Interior
designer – If you have good taste and an eye for design, homeowners
can hire you to plan their home’s interior.
94. Investment
advice – If you have the right credentials, you can earn
commissions and consulting fees as an investment advisor.
95. Junk
removal service – If you don’t mind getting your hands dirty,
people are prepared to pay to have junk removed from their property.
96. Landing
page optimizer – Every website needs a great landing page.
Many businesses will pay a lot to get the perfect landing page.
97. Landscape
service – If you’re the outdoors type, landscaping can be a great
business.
98. Massage
therapy service – In this stressful modern world, there’s a lot
of money to be made offering relaxing massages.
99. Meditation
instructor – Meditation is another way to escape the
stress of the modern world. Teaching others how to meditate can lead to a
stress-free business.
100. Mobile
bike repair service – Cyclists can put their repair skills to work
with this job.
101. Mobile
hairstylist – Once you know how to cut hair properly, you
can run your own business providing haircuts at people’s homes.
102. Mobile
make-up artist – Many people want make-up artists to visit
them before big events, such as weddings.
103. Mobile
laundry service – Helping people save time by offering a
mobile laundry service can be an easy way to make money.
104. Mobile
mechanic – If you know your way around a car engine, being a mobile
mechanic could be a great business idea.
105. Modeling – You
don’t have to look like a supermodel to succeed in this business. Fashion
brands and photographers require models for all sorts of different situations.
106. Moving
service – Moving requires a lot of physical labor. People are
happy to pay for help.
107. Music
instructor – Any musical ability can be turned into a business by
teaching others how to play instruments.
108. Niche
marketing – Build a website around a niche. Market it and earn
advertising income. Sell your own niche products.
109. Mobile
notary public service – If you have the right qualifications,
offering your services as a mobile notary can be a very rewarding business
idea.
110. Office
cleaning – Office cleaning requires no special qualifications, just
hard work, and professionalism. This is the perfect business for nights and
weekends.
111. Online
dating consultant – Online dating is big business these days.
Helping others find love can be a great business plan.
112. Online
news correspondent – You can provide your services as a
journalist from anywhere in the world as an online news correspondent.
113. Online
subcontractor – Many companies are looking online to
subcontract work these days. This can be a very lucrative business idea.
114. Online
training – Any skills you possess can be turned into a business by
teaching others online.
115. Patent
a new idea – Listen to our interview with Stephen Key whose patented
ideas have generated billions in sales.
116. Personal
chef/ Caterer – Culinary skills are always in high demand. People
hire chefs and caterers for all kinds of special occasions.
117. Personal
fitness trainer – Active individuals can run a great business
helping others keep fit.
118. Podcasting – You
can turn any passion or hobby into a business by making your own podcast.
119. Presentation
design consultant – If you’ve got a great eye for presentation
and design, you can run a business offering consultancy services to others.
120. Product
distributor – Every company needs their products to reach
consumers. Distribution is a huge industry that can be entered with relative
ease.
121. Proofreading
–
As long as you have a good grasp of spelling and grammar, you can run a
business checking all kinds of written texts.
122. Property
manager – Many landlords are too busy or have too many properties
to regularly check up on all of them. Property managers can run a successful
business by doing this for them.
123. Personal
coach – If you’re an active and healthy individual with a big
personality, you can help train people to achieve all sorts of physical goals.
124. Personal
chef
– There’s big money to be made providing personalized cooking services.
125. Pet
grooming – Pet owners are willing to pay big bucks to make sure
their little darlings are perfectly presented.
126. Pet
sitting – If you love animals, this could be a great business idea.
All you have to do is look after pets while the owners are away.
127. Pool
cleaning – Most pool owners let their pools fester while they’re
not in use. When the weather gets right for using the pool again, there’s a
huge amount of work available for pool cleaners.
128. Portrait
photography – If you’ve got a camera and know how to use
it, there’s a lot of money to be made doing portrait photography.
129. Power
washing – With power washing, the equipment does most of the hard
work while you clean properties.
130. Product
photography – Businesses rely on product photographers to
make their products look awesome. All you need for this business idea is a
camera.
131. Professional
organizer – Busy people will hire others to organize their day.
132. Programmer – If
you have the right skills, programming is a hugely lucrative industry.
133. Publish
ebooks – You don’t even need writing skills to publish ebooks.
There’s lots of profit to be made hiring ghostwriters to execute your ideas.
134. Purchase
an existing website – Buying an existing website can be a quick
way to make money through the internet.
135. Real
estate sales – Real estate is a huge industry. Selling
houses can be of the biggest money-making business ideas out there.
136. Rent a
room through Airbnb – If you have the room to spare, renting
through Airbnb can be an incredibly easy way to make some extra income.
137. Rent
your car on Turo – This
is another minimal effort way to make some extra income. When your car’s not in
use, others will pay to borrow it.
138. Residential
cleaning – Anyone can run a successful residential cleaning
business, provided they’re hardworking and professional.
139. Review
website – You can build a review website and create reviews such
as mspy reviews, to make money.
140. RV
cleaning service – RV owners will pay others to make sure their
vehicle is clean.
141. SAT
tutoring – The academically minded can make a lot of money helping
students pass their SATs.
142. Sell
on Etsy – Etsy allows people to sell all kinds of creative
products. This is a great business idea for indulging your artistic side.
143. Shopping
service – People will pay to save them the hassle of going out and
buying products.
144. Small
business marketing consultant – If you have any experience
with marketing, you can run a successful business offering consultancy services
to small businesses.
145. Social
media marketing consultant – People with a good knowledge of sites
like Facebook and Twitter can run successful businesses consulting others on
how to succeed through these platforms.
146. Start
a Youtube channel – You can run a Youtube channel on any topic
and potentially attract a global audience with your videos.
147. Stock
photographer – Stock photography services sell pictures for
many different uses. You can make money taking pictures of almost any.
148. Task
rabbit – Workers can offer many different services through
TaskRabbit and make money online.
149. Tax
preparation – Filing taxes can be complicated. If you know
how to do it, others will pay you to sort theirs out for them.
150. Teach
English remotely – English is now the international language of
business and travel. Students all over the world will pay for online English
lessons.
151. Teach
DIYs
– If you know how to carry out a task, others will pay to learn from you.
152. Tour
guide – Guiding tourists around your local area can be a fun and
lucrative way of sharing your local knowledge.
153. Translator – If
you speak multiple languages, translation businesses can make a fortune.
154. Trash
removal – Removing trash is a dirty job, but it can also be a very
lucrative business idea.
155. Travel
consultant – Organize trips to popular destinations.
156. Videography –
With a video camera and some directing flair, you can turn to make videos into
a business.
157. Virtual
assistant – People require virtual assistants to carry out all kinds
of tasks remotely.
158. Voice
over talent – Whatever your accent, you can probably find
work somewhere recording voice-overs.
159. Website
designer – If you have the necessary skills, web design is a big
money field.
160. Web
development – With the right skills, all kinds of
companies will pay for you to assist with web development.
161. Wedding/Party/Event
planner – This can be a fun business idea for sociable people with
an eye for detail.
162. Wedding
photography – Everyone wants their big day to be recorded
for posterity.
163. Weight
loss consultant – Helping others lose weight is a morally good
and financially rewarding business idea.
164. Windshield
repair – Cars are expensive and car owners will pay a lot to fix
them when things go wrong.
165. Window
cleaning – With a ladder, some soap, and a bucket, you can offer
your services as a window cleaner.
166. WordPress
website consultant – If you know your way around the world’s most
popular blogging platform, there’s lots of money to be made as a WordPress
website consultant.
167. Writing
fiction – You can become a successful fiction writer. Check out
our interview with Ernest Dempsey who sold over 12,000 books on the Kindle
platform. We have also interviewed Joanna Penn, New York Times bestselling
author, who sold more than 350,000
books.
168. Writing
greeting cards for businesses
169. Concierge
service – If you live in an affluent area, you would be amazed at
what some people are willing to pay to not have to do boring chores themselves.
From grocery shopping to dry cleaning runs to booking travel and doctor’s
appointments, you can become a personal assistant to the super-busy, and
super-rich.
170. Mobile
auto detailing – How
many people do you know who have decent cars but drive around with buckets of
junk in the backseat and French fries stuck to the floor mats? Gross. With a
vacuum cleaner you may already own and a few cheap bottles of automotive
cleaning products, you can offer to come to anyone’s home or work and make
their car’s interior look like new. Professional shops can charge up to $100 or
more for this service.
171. Fact-checking
and research – Did you know that nearly every major magazine
and many websites obsessively check and re-check every fact and source in their
story? Best of all, very few employ in-house researchers to do this critical
task. Yes, it’s tedious, but it only requires a laptop and a telephone!
172. Bookkeeping
– Bookkeeping
and accounting is perhaps one of the most in-demand services that small
businesses will farm out to part-time freelancers. And you don’t need to be a
CPA to keep a company’s books—most of this work is routine data entry and
paying bills. No experience? You can find evening or online training pretty
easily.
173. Association
manager – Every day, people form new professional networks, community
associations, or groups of like-minded hobbyists. The only problem is groups
like these take a lot of administrative work to maintain. There are websites to
build and update, newsletters to write, dues to collect, meetings and events to
schedule, and mailing lists to maintain. Think you’re up to the task? By
creating templates and protocols, you could easily begin managing several
groups and start raking in the dough.
174. Property
manager – The
grown-up version of classic teenage jobs like shoveling snow and mowing lawns,
property managers help small to medium-sized landlords everywhere take care of
their real estate. The responsibilities can vary, from simply taking calls from
tenants and arranging for maintenance to doing the fixing and landscaping
yourself. If you want to go full-service, you can even offer to show
apartments, screen tenants, and collect the rent.
175. Sports
or activity clinics – Were you a slugger on your college
baseball team? Are you a great golfer? An artist or a musician? Start evening,
weekend, or summer clinics for local youth to learn. Parents are always looking
for enrichment activities for their children and are more than happy to pay you
for a day—or several—without their kids.
176. Clutter
consultant – Have a knack for organization? Another great
business opportunity in more affluent areas, you can work as a clutter
consultant to help people rid themselves of crap and regain their living space.
FYI, this would pair nicely with a junk removal service!
Summary
Starting any side business can help you earn extra cash. Tailor your business to your skills and you’ve got a recipe for success.
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