make money?? or start a bussiness or something? i dont mean like lemonade stands or whatever, i dont plan on making 1000 dollars a month, i would love it if i made 200 a month, what can i do?
2006-07-23 12:30:55 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
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2006-07-23 12:32:56 · update #1
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2006-07-24 09:43:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
If your parents have got a regular gas mower and a weedeater/trimmer starting up a freelance under the table lawnmowing business is a great way to go. I've been doing this since i was just a little younger than youself and have made a very good profit...Enough so that, minus a $4,ooo dollar grant from the government, I was able to pay for my freshman year of college (all of it tuition, school supplies, books, room and board) Its a great way to go if you live in a suburban area. My sugestion is to charge about $15 bucks for a lawn that takes you and hour; $25 if its an hour and a half. (you'll be making over 10 bucks an hour this way) The best way to try and figure out how long a lawn takes you is do your family lawn a few times... see about how long it takes you.. pace it out and then compare potential lawns to your home one. You may have to charge more or less depending on your area. The best people to offer you services to are the elderly. They need it the most and are the most appreciative (you may even get tips) Oh and when you are orginally offering your sevice happen to mention that your trying to start early saving for college (even if your not thinking about it yet) and you'll have a lot more doors open for you. If your a female (like myself) its going to take a bit longer for people to belive that you can work just as hard as any guy your age but dont let that discourage you... if you do quality work in a year or two your going to be having to turn jobs down left and right cause you just wont have the time to do them all. GOOD LUCK KID!
2006-07-23 19:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by Gabby J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a neighborhood kid that does my lawn. He is dependable, does a good job, and gets paid 10 dollars per yard (which is basically more than 10 dollars an hour). A lot of our neighborhood use a service which costs $100 a month, but he has been so great, that I have stuck with him. It works out great for both of us - he gets a lot of extra spending cash (cause I am not the only house he does) and I get my yard worked on for only about $20-40 per month.
2006-07-23 19:51:13 · answer #3 · answered by Christopher B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You obviously have a computer or access to one. You also seem to know how to use one fairly well. Maybe you can offer to make and print flyer's for small local businesses and distribute them in the neighborhood or hand them out in front of the store for the business to announce specials etc.
Make a sample and show it around. You should have no problem charging $0.50 a copy for printing and distribution and $20.00 for designing one. You can use a simple software like MS works or Ms-Publisher.
If you print and distribute 500 copies a month for 5 businesses that is 100 copies per business. It will cost the business $70.00. ($20.00 for design $50.00 for printing and distribution).
Print one for each business and have copies made on color paper at local copy shop for $0.10 ea. at the end of the month you will have $200.00 for the copies you made and distributed and $100 for your design efforts. That is $300.00.
2006-07-23 19:49:56 · answer #4 · answered by a_khaze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, how about babysitting? Or yard work? Maybe there's a local deli that you can see if they are hiring someone to make coffee, sweep up and take out garbage and stuff, or a pizza place for the same. You have options, it just depends on whats close by.
Good Luck!
2006-07-23 19:34:13 · answer #5 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try a petsitting business. Walk the dogs, groom them, care for them while they're owners are away, (includes walking, feeding, grooming, picking up after them, etc.) Or play with cats, feed them, brush them, the whole shebang.
Or housesitting. Water plants, feed fish (if any) check on everything, keep it tidy for owners that are away, etc.
Or simply: Babysit! I earn a lot of my money doing that. And my cousin has had her pet/housesitting service for 6 years, and had made quite an income.
Goodluck!
2006-07-23 19:35:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most people do not hire at such a young age, but if you live in a neighbourhood where there are local stores or gift shops you can ask around for a summer job or a part time job. good luck
2006-07-23 19:33:33 · answer #7 · answered by kimmie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lawns, baby/pet/house sitting, running errands, typing papers, doing chores, paper route. Or you can do what I did--errands for a bowling alley. I hosted birthday parties, laced bowling shoes, and took tournament scores. I got paid under the table, but I made about $7.50/hr.
2006-07-23 19:40:11 · answer #8 · answered by Crys H. 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter is having the same trouble. Did you try a paper rout? Or a baby sitting job. She also dog sits and give baths and walks their dogs. When she baby sits she also cleans their house so she makes extra cash.
2006-07-23 19:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by top momma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Legally 13 y/o's aren't really allowed to work. You can do things like babysitting, mowing lawns, etc and thats fine.
2006-07-23 19:32:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Buy collectible items in garage sales and then sell them in Ebay for a profit.
2006-07-23 19:34:30 · answer #11 · answered by Doclester 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋