New Business Ideas

Starting a chicken egg farm is a good way to make an income but you will need a large space for them to feed on natural vegetation and bugs, as well as supplying extra commercial feed.

Worm farming is a way to get rid of food organic waste, obtaining liquid fertiliser in its place.

Whether you live in a city or a rural area, you can take the food that you grow or produce and sell it at local farmers’ markets to earn an income, as well as feeding your own family and friends.

Altering and tailoring clothes for other people is a perfect work-from-home business where you can use your sewing skills.

If sewing or embroidery is something you enjoy then the possibility of making embroidered items of clothing to sell could be a lucrative business.

If you are interested in designing and making clothes yourself, it is essential to do a pattern making course.

Fabrics, also known as textiles in the furniture and decorating businesses, can be damaged by the environment: light, temperature and humidity, especially direct sunlight, are the main causes of damage, as well as normal wear and tear.

If you are creative with your hands and ideas, then making handmade handbags may be the ideal job for a home entrepreneur.

Maternity clothes could be a lucrative market for you to design, manufacture and sell.

Working parents, especially those who are single parents, need a place of safety where their child/children are taken care of during working hours.

A night nanny is an overnight nanny/nurse who specialises in looking after new-born babies, especially within a family which has both parents working or a family which only has a single working parent.

Care for children in your home (or theirs)

The requirements for a day care centre are similar to those of a crèche, but for older children and children who need to be cared for during school holidays, especially for those families who have both or single parents working.

Families who have both parents working require help with their children while they are at work.

Working parents and parents with young children are often too busy to find the time to organise birthday parties. 

Create a business that rents out baby essentials to parents.

A personal shopper is someone who is paid to help another to purchase goods, either by accompanying them while shopping or by shopping on their behalf.

House sitting is the practice where people leave their house for a period of time and entrusts it to a house sitter, in exchange for assuming any combination of responsibilities.

A mobile beauty therapist or beautician can be of service in the various forms of beauty therapy such as skin, hair or nail care, whichever field is your passion.

Hair stylists are beauty service professionals who specialise in the fashioning and treatment of hair.

A makeup artist works on other people, applying makeup and prosthetics for theatre, television, film, fashion, magazines, weddings and the modelling industry.

Graphic design could also be known as visual communication design as its function is to create visual concepts to inform consumers of various products using words, images and/or graphics in physical and virtual art forms.

Jewelry manufacturers may design their own jewelry or be requisitioned to makes someone else’s design. Artistic ability, finger dexterity, fashion sense and visualisation skills are needed for this craft.

There are a number of online platforms enabling you to teach English online as a second language to people anywhere in the world.

Spending time helping seniors with personal care, beauty care, gardening, handyman work or transport are ways for you to earn money on an hourly basis.

Ask nursing homes and local senior centres how you can help provide the services offered below to seniors in their own homes or in nursing homes.

Some seniors may live in homes that have a garden that needs regular maintenance. Offer your services to keep these gardens maintained.

Seniors living in their own homes may require basic home maintenance such as replacing a light bulb or fixing a blocked drain. Offer your handyman services to seniors.

People want their carpets and furniture deep cleaned once or twice a year, as well as those hard to reach places as not everyone has the equipment or the time and energy to deep clean their homes.

If you enjoy working with plants, you can turn this into a business opportunity.

People are often looking for someone else to fix their homes and handle tasks they do not have the time or the skill for this.

A second-hand or thrift store is a place where used items are sold and opening a second-hand store is a great idea for an income source.

The products that you choose to make may be beauty creams, soaps, lotions, as well as food products.

If you love cycling consider running a small business to repair and refurbish bikes. Many cyclists do not have the time or know-how to repair their own bikes. Let that repair person be you!

The FOOD industry opens many potential businesses in various forms. Here is some advice no matter what kind of food business you want to start.

The FOOD industry opens many potential businesses in various forms. Here is some advice no matter what kind of food business you want to start.

If you enjoy cooking, you can sell your delicious meals to people who want food for small dinner parties or celebrations like birthdays.

Local street food meets immediate needs and is generally affordable for the local population.

If you are good at cooking food in bulk you can sell home-cooked pre-made meals.

If you are good at compiling good ingredients and coming up with amazing recipes you can sell your meal ideas to busy customers.

If you have some mode of transport, picking up grocery orders from your customers, doing the shop at the supermarket and then delivering them to your customer’s home should work well.

There are several different kinds of writers in various different business areas, each of which is specific to a particular area of a business.

Copywriting is the process of writing advertising promotional materials.

Proofreading is the reviewing and careful correcting of typography, grammar, spelling and punctuation in a client’s document, whereas editing improves the overall quality and readability of a document.

Making Candles is a perfect business for creative crafters as you would be your own ‘boss’, as well as having the freedom to work at times that suit you while building up your own business.

Carpentry, also known as woodworking, is one of the oldest skilled trades and is a craft in which the primary work preformed is the cutting, shaping, joining and installation of timber building materials.

Jewelry manufacturers may design their own jewelry or be requisitioned to makes someone else’s design. Artistic ability, finger dexterity, fashion sense and visualisation skills are needed for this craft.

After most parties there is a huge amount of mess to clean up and what could be better for anyone holding a party then to have a party clean-up service to come in to clean up the venue and return it to its normal clean state.

A gift basket is a gift that is delivered to a recipient at their home or business and may contain personal gifts, fruit and other items.

Pet sitting is defined as the act of caring for a pet in its own home while the owner is away and for this reason trust is of paramount importance.

A dog walker provides exercise and companionship for client’s dogs by taking the dogs for a walk from the dogs’ residences and then returning them back home.

Pet boarding is taking pets into a boarding facility like a hotel where all the guests are animals.

Doggie day-care involves pet sitting a dog at his/her home or at a large commercial facility for clients who have a busy schedule and work either full time or part-time and do not have enough time to spend with their pets.

Dog grooming is the hygienic care and cleaning of a dog, consisting of the dog being brushed, bathed and dried, nail clipping as well as fur being trimmed or clipped.

If making pet toys and bedding appeals to you, you need to be very careful about which products you use to make the toys.

Stock photos are professional photographs of common places, landmarks, nature, events or people that are bought and sold on a royalty-free basis and can be used and reused for commercial design purposes.

Pet photography is a fun and profitable business that combines a love of animals with technical skill in photography.

Traditional wedding photographs are posed by the photographer and would consist of the bridal couple, their party and families and friends.

Portrait photography is the art of capturing the character of a subject within a photograph, combining the correct technique with your personal expression.

Being an influencer involves the endorsement of various products in a specific industry such as clothing to a large audience who can be persuaded to purchase the endorsed products.

If you want to make this a career or a part-time hobby, you will have to make videos on a regular basis, get a following of subscribers and enable monetisation.

Social media copywriters specifically focus on producing material to promote goods on social media platforms.

A podcast can generate business leads and share important messages, while giving you fun in producing these.

To start a walking tour business you need to design a walking tour and test it in terms of how long it takes for a specific tour and that there are no walking obstacles.

Cultural or heritage tour guides are travel guides who know and have access to a lot of interesting and authentic information on the art, history, geography, food, lifestyle, religion   and culture of various world destinations.

A translator is someone who converts or translates the written word or concepts from one language to equivalent concepts in another language, whereas an interpreter translates orally or through sign language interpretation.