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E-commerce shop -

Creating an e-commerce store to sell thrifted clothes or other items is a great small business idea to pursue. Find online store ideas by researching trending products or tapping into a micro niche.

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Dog grooming -

With experience and qualifications, you could become self-employed and work from home or become a mobile dog groomer, visiting owners' homes. You could also open your own dog salon.

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Web development -

If you're a web developer, offer your services to individuals and businesses looking to build professional, user-friendly websites.

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Handyman -

Starting a handyman business can be highly profitable for anyone with repair skills. Your duties can include formwork, carpentry, and electrical work.

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Consultant -

To be a consultant, you need to have expertise in something so you can market yourself as an advisor to others looking to work in that area. It could be on matters such as business development, marketing, sales, or customer service.

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Cleaning service -

If you want to work during hours when no one else does, you can focus your cleaning business on office clients. You can also focus on cleaning retail businesses or homes.

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Event planner -

An event planner is responsible for planning, organizing, and coordinating all aspects of an event. It could be corporate events, weddings, or even virtual events.

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Personal trainer -

Advertise your fitness skills and training services in places where everyone goes, as well as online. You can help clients get fit and avoid injury.

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Financial planner -

A financial planner, or advisor, works directly with clients and businesses in order to help them navigate the world of personal finance. However, you'll need a certificate that shows your expertise and credibility.

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Photographer -

As a photographer, there are several opportunities to make money. You can specialize in one area, the most common being weddings. You can also explore niches like portraits, pets, families, and homes.

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Lawn care provider -

Most people want their yards tidied up in the spring, their lawns mowed in the summer, their leaves removed in the fall, and their shrubs and driveways ready for winter snow.

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Pet sitter -

If you're an animal lover, consider pet sitting! A pet sitter cares for one or more pets while their owner is away. This type of care can be provided in your home or in the owner's home.

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Editing services -

Working with editing services, you'll manage material such as camera footage, sound, and graphics to produce videos and images for clients.

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Translator -

As a translator, you'll use your language skills to convert one written language into another. You're responsible for maintaining a text's style, structure, and tone, as well as interpreting cultural references, expressions, and slang.

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Meal prep services -

Meal prep services is a great business idea due to the growing demand for convenient and healthy dining options. Due to a busy lifestyle, people are after personalized, nutritionally balanced meals.

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Online tutoring -

If you're good at math or a specific language, try becoming an online tutor. Your main task will be to provide guidance and support to students.

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Professional organizer -

You can either do the organizing work or consult on the things that the homeowner could do to better organize themselves. Have a portfolio of different organizational scenarios in different rooms and talk with the homeowner about the style they like.

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Dog walker -

As a dog walker, you'll take pooches out for their daily constitutional one or more times a day, either individually or in small groups. Additional services may include playing with and feeding pets.

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Children's party planner -

The children's birthday party business is a multiple-million dollar industry, which can be worth investing in. From insurance costs to food and beverage selection, to arranging unforgettable entertainment, there's a lot of work in this field.

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Bookkeeper -

As a bookkeeper, you can help business owners and small companies keep track of the money they earn and spend.

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Alteration and sewing services -

Working in this area, you'll be responsible for constructing, amending, altering, repairing, and changing the garments of clients based on choice and preferences.

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Virtual assistant services -

A virtual assistant specializes in offering administrative services to clients from a remote location, usually a home office. Typical tasks include scheduling appointments, making phone calls, making travel arrangements, and managing email accounts.

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Flea market -

Flea markets are extremely popular, as people love looking through tables full of other people's unwanted items. Make sure to change your layout and put new stuff out for sale often. You want people to come back time and time again to see what's new.

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Travel planners -

Travel planners help clients make travel arrangements. In this role, you'll make hotel reservations, book flights, and arrange local transportation and activities.

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Golf coach -

Golfing is a game that business people use to develop relationships outside the office. Look for potential customers is in the corporate world.

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Teach seniors basic computer skills -

The elderly often face challenges in navigating devices and software. So offering computer skill classes for seniors addresses a critical need.

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Graphic design services -

If you're a graphic designer, there's some real potential in this field. Fliers, newsletters, magazines, and advertisements are just a few of the types of print media that businesses hire freelancers to create for them. Websites and online advertising need graphic design services as well.

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Music teacher -

If you're a talented musician, use those music skills to teach others. To get started, try to connect with local music schools for part-time gigs. This can also help you build a reputation with potential clients.

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Interior decorator -

People purchasing new homes can often be overwhelmed with the choices and possibilities in home decorating. Working within the client's budget, you'll choose wall paint colors and finishes, furniture pieces, and textiles such as rugs and upholstery.

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Marketing copywriter -

As a copywriter, you're responsible for producing engaging, straightforward texts, adapted to different advertising channels like websites or print ads.

Sources: (Entrepreneur) (USA Today)

See also: Starting and growing your business

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