What kind of business can I do from home? Which business does not need an office? Many of our aspiring entrepreneurs try to figure out how to reduce costs by operating businesses from home. Here we have a list of the small and medium businesses to operate without necessarily paying for office space.
- Blogging
Operating a blog does not require office space, what is needed is a website and internet to do your stuff. I can attest that more than 90 % of bloggers don’t have offices, they simply do their business from home.
- Online store
Online store simply require a WooCommerce website, where to source your products and internet. Once you have these three basic requirements, you will comfortably run this business from your home.
You can store your mobile phone, laptops and other electronics in your house so that when a customer orders one you can deliver using a motorbike.
- Cake baking business
Fortunately, cake baking can be done in your kitchen. Once you have your cakes, you and market them online and deliver to your customers once the orders have gone through.
The beauty of cake baking business is that even a cake store can be at your house.
- Day care business
Day care business involves setting up a location for taking care of babies. This can be converted to a school where the babies are taught basic aspects of life.
In some countries you can be allowed to operate this type of business from home as long as you maintain basic hygiene standards and also ensure you have all the licenses required.
- Betting company
What else do you need with a betting company besides a website, license and internet? This business is lucrative and is regarded as low-operational -cost venture. If you want to be a millionaire, do this type of business.
- Manicure/Pedicure
Manicure and pedicure business is also suitable when operated from home. I actually know of a friend who has operated this business without a business premise. What she does is, she moves from one house to the other if a customer demands she does the business out of her house. But in most cases, customers come to her house for the service.
- Salon
A salon is the most ideal business to operate from home. In this business there is nothing to display, so it’s to your advantage if you have a room in your house where you conduct your business.
- CV and Cover Letter writing
In this era of social media it’s absolutely no need to operate from an office if your work is writing professional CV and cover letter for clients. If you have an office, then you are simply wasting your money, unless you are offering other human resources related services.
- House cleaning services
In your estate there are several individuals who need house cleaning services. In case you are offering the service, you can simply make them know your location, which is your house. There is no reason to operate house cleaning business from an office when your customers can just call and get the service done.
- Professional services
Professional services like data analysis, law consulting, online writing, graphic design and web design can be done from the comfort of your house. If you are a data analyst, your work is to advertise online. Once a customer contacts you, you will request for instructions through email, receive payments and start the work…email is the best way to communicate. If you are a lawyer, you can also advise clients online.
- Wedding planner
Do you know you can work as a wedding planner without necessarily having an office? What you need is a website to advertise your services, payment method and few loyal clients who will initiate referrals.
- Soap making
If you are interested in making bar soap, you can go ahead and do it from your home. To make a soap is very easy, you only need the ingredients, which are normally imported from oil rich countries, China or Dubai.
In your house you will dedicate a room for the business.
- Shylock
Shylock business involves giving out unsecured loans. This type of business is good if conducted from home. In fact, it’s advisable not to operate a business of this nature from an office.
