Part-Time Small Business Ideas

March 29th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under • by admin

If you’re an adult and not a stay at home mom, chances are you have a full-time job which keeps you from being at home from eight in the morning to five at night. Unfortunately the eight-to-five gig doesn’t always pay all of our expenses, and we have to find a secondary source of income. Some people turn to overtime and part-time jobs, but these are often very inflexible because you have to work when they want you to, not when it works for you. If you start your own home business, you can make additional income on your schedule, and not theirs. This will make it a lot easier to handle the additional workload if you can do it at your convenience. Here are some ideas to get you started on creating your own sources of additional revenue.

Flipping Houses - If you’ve ever seen some of those TLC and Discovery shows, flipping houses can be very profitable if you do it properly. Often times flippers make mistakes and try to do too much, but if you can do it right you can easily make tens of thousands of dollars for a couple month’s work of part-time repairs. You’ll want to know a lot about construction before considering this move.

Freelance Writing - Some people have a knack for writing, others do not. If you’re one who does, there are several companies online which will pay around $5-$15 for freelance written news articles, if you can get enough work this can be a very profitable part-time job.

Freelance Tech Work - If you went to college for a degree with the word computer in it, you’re in luck. There’s all sorts of freelance work to be had in programming, web design, database work and the like. If you’ve got the skills, you are worth a decent amount of money for your time.

eBay - EBay is a great way for you to get rid of a lot of the old junk sitting around your home that you want gone. It’s probably not a fantastic way to make extra income considering that they keep raising fees, but it’s a good way to get rid of stuff you no longer want.

Flipping Cars - If you’re a gear head, consider purchasing cars that need repair, and fixing them up and reselling them. You can also buy old cars and restore them for additional income.

Online Surveys – There’s a lot of junk that goes around with online surveys, but if you find a high quality online survey company, you can easily make $25 for an hours worth of work. You won’t get rich doing this, but you’ll get some nice extra income for fun!

Blogging – Increasingly people are monetizing their weblogs. You can use promotion techniques and advertising to turn your blog into a source of income.

Transcription - If you know how to type, chances are you can get some data entry or transcription work that you can do on the side whenever you want.

Babysitting - Who could forget this? We all did it when we were younger, so why not now? Get a few of the neighbor’s kids over on a Friday night and make some extra money!