what is a good side business to start on your own with limited funds?

Answer 1

Check out http://www.bbb.org/alerts/article.asp?ID=436 they give you the 411 on data entry jobs, envelop stuffing and home assembly work scams.



I work full time and found an international home-based business that works for me on the side. I looked into data entry jobs, but they all wanted you to pay money and most of them involved typing adds. Not what I had in mind. =/ But I really like the business I found. I did the free trial at first so I had time to check it out. I'm glad I did! =)

You can check out the site at: http://www.automaticbuilder.com/43264/

If this is something you might be interested in I'd be happy to help get you started.

Good Luck!

p.s.
After 3-6 month you can be making about $500 a month and after 1 year 1k a month. So it's not a get rich quick gimmick, it does take time. But it's steady and long term.

Answer 2

Think of all your interests & ask yourself if any of those could be expanded into a business. Just keep in mind...what's your expertise? What are your interests? What could you imagine yourself doing?

By researching the prospect of starting your own business -- what it entails, what you need to know, helpful hints, etc -- you'll feel better prepared to take that plunge.

I found some book titles that are relevant to your specific question:

* 101 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home by Susan Sweeney
* The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century by Paul Edwards
* Selling Online: How to Become a Successful E-Commerce Merchant by Jim Carroll
* I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It by Barbara Sher
* I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work by Julie Jansen
* The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start by Marian Betancourt
* The Shoestring Entrepreneur's Guide to Internet Start-Ups by Robert Spiegel
* Making a Living Without a Job : Winning Ways For Creating Work That You Love by Barbara Winter

I also posted some article links in the source box.

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 3

Buy or make some stencils & pick up a good vbariety of different bright or day-glo colors & go door to door offering to spray paint peoples address(just the numbers) on their curb by their driveway apron! You can charge anywheres from $10 to $25 depending on the artwork & degree of difficulty & I've done as many as twelve in an hour, which, if ya do the math, is about as much as any doctor makes & with far less investment, too!

Answer 4

A FANTASTIC business is USANA! I can't begin to cover all the great aspects of this business, however the top three is that you can start with a minimal amount of $ invested, have a flexible schedule, and after some persistant work, rival your income at your job and fire your boss! Not to mention it is a residual business that will keep on working even if you stop and take a vacation. Please contact me if you want to know more....

Answer 5

You could start your own affiliate website, write ebooks, or start a service business. Very low investment on all. You can get more ideas from this site where I found some ideas that helped me.

Answer 6

well, small thing always can help until fund become avalible for bigger things, like post a bulletin on myspace about your shop, make print outs about it put them where evr u can around town like in walmart, place them in the windshied wipers of cars in parking lots just anything u can do, if u had 2 go door to door, and let them see products and tell a little about your self that a little extreme but hey if u need business you need it

Answer 7

You may want to read the article "10 Weekend Home Businesses" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol67/weekend.htm for ideas of what businesses can you start on the side. For more part time business ideas, read Dan Ramsey's book "101 Best Weekend Businesses," http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1564142574/powerhomebizguid which offers 101 proven businesses that you can operate in your spare time without jeopardizing your full-time job.

If you are looking for low-cost startup businesses, you may want to check out Entrepreneur.com's list of businesses that can be started with limited funds http://www.entrepreneur.com/lowcostbusinesses/0,6617,,00.html

The best home business will depend on what you want, how you define to be interesting. A person may consider a pet sitting business to be the most exciting work in the world, while another person would rather watch TV than take care of dogs.

The key is to determine what your interests are, what you want to do, what is suitable for your lifestyle and your overall goals, and what can fit with your resources.

Dan Ramsey in his book "101 Best Home Businesses" has a chapter on how to find YOUR best home business. He suggests these 10 steps:

1. List 5 things you do best
2. List how others would benefit from what you do best
3. Find out how to give people what they want
4. Learn the value of your services to others
5. Find out who else offers similar services
6. Learn from the successes of others
7. Learn from the failures of others
8. Plan your own success
9. Make low cost mistakes
10. Enjoy what you do and how you do it

Some other home business ideas:

Top 10 Home Businesses with Rapid Break-Even Time http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol33/breakeven.htm
10 Profitable “Go-Out" Home Businesses http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol31/goout.htm
6 Hottest Businesses on the Web http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/web.htm

Here are some articles that provide tips on how you can choose the best business for you:

How Do You Choose a Home Business? http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/homebusiness.htm
No Clue as to What Business to Start? http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol25/noclue.htm
Tips on Choosing Your Own Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol10/choosing.htm
Hard Knock's Guide to Selecting a Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol6/bizselection.htm
7 Methods in Choosing a Business http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol72/methods.htm
Evaluating Your Business Ideas and Products http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol13/evaluateideas.htm

You can also check out the following books:

Turn Your Talents into Profits: 100+ Terrific Ideas for Starting Your Own Home-Based Microbusiness
The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
121 Internet Businesses You Can Start from Home
The Best Internet Businesses You Can Start
101 Ways to Make Money at Home

To give you ideas on what exactly do you need to start your own business, here are ten things you need to know before launching your own business “10 Things You Need to Know When Starting Your Own Home Business” http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/startingbiz.htm .

Answer 8

Tupperware

Answer 9

Go online and buy some life size cut outs of celebreties and take them to the flea market with a instant camera.Charge 2 dollars to take pics of people with these "celebrites".It looks pretty real!

Answer 10

ebay, direct sales (tupperware, amway etc), doing yard work which you can build into landscaping at your own pace, daycare-especially off hour which is much needed. A lot depends on your skills and interests.