If you’re one of these people that love to work from the comfort of your home, there are plenty of home business ideas out there to make money. If you’ve been thinking about starting a home business and are looking for some ideas, here are some profitable home business ideas that you can literally start today.
Run a blog
You may think blogging is outdated, but it’s actually more popular than ever. Every day, hundreds of people start a new blog about all diverse kinds of interests. Many people like to blog about their daily lives, their favourite hobbies, travelling, and health & fitness – the list goes on. The best part of blogging is that it doesn’t cost a lot of money to get one up and running, and you can bring in a good amount of profit from your content – whether through donations, pay-walled blog posts or advertisements.
There are many blogging websites out there that you can use to get a blog up and running for free. A popular blogging website is Blogger by Google. It’s the best way to start and gain a small audience. With Blogger, you can customise the look of your blog to fit your style. It includes different themes, and you can even connect your own custom domain.
If you are looking for something more serious, platforms like Ghost can help you monetise your blog and include thousands of integrations to make sure your content reaches new people on different social media websites.
Complete online surveys
If you need a bit quick of cash, many companies are paying people to complete online surveys for their own market research. When it comes to how much you are paid, it depends on the type of company you are completing the survey for. Some companies will pay you a few pounds per survey completed and others will pay less. It may not be a lot of income at first, but if you’ve got a lot of time to spare, this is a good method for making some extra profit in the long run.
It’s best to do this while also having an extra source of income as this may not always be fully reliable, especially in the beginning.
Start a podcast
Just like blogging, podcasts are a fantastic way to build a dedicated audience that will want to listen to your stories and opinions on a wide variety of subject matters. As your podcast gets a bigger audience, sponsors will reach out and want to pay you money to highlight their products or services throughout an episode, and some sponsors have been known to pay out thousands of pounds.
Setting up a podcast can take time but a quick way you can get started is by streaming your podcast to Twitch, YouTube or SoundCloud, and share it out on social media. It’s completely free to use these sites and it doesn’t take any high-tech equipment to get things running.
Open an account on Fiverr
Fiverr is a great website if you want to expand your portfolio. Although the website won’t likely bring in massive amounts of money, many inexperienced freelancers use Fiverr to highlight their work and get paid for it. There are many different things you can do on Fiverr like video editing for clients, creating graphic designs, making logos for businesses, and selling art commissions. If you ever wanted to take requests for creating funny videos, you can even do that too – and still get paid.
Start a YouTube channel
Having a YouTube channel can be a fantastic way to promote your business. You can create fun and engaging videos around products you make and sell or create original video ideas and share them to the world. It’s simply up to you. All you need is basic editing skills and a camera, and you’ll be good to go.
As there is so much competition on YouTube, it can take time to build up a community on your channel and earn subscribers. Posting regular videos can help bring attention to your channel as the YouTube algorithm favours consistent uploads to the website. Once you’ve hit 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours in 12 months, you can start to earn money through advertisements using Google AdSense.
Sell handmade products online
Are you an artist or have a talent for creating really cool things? You can easily set up a store online in minutes to sell what you make. A popular marketplace where independent creators sell things online is Etsy.
If you’re looking for more professional marketplace, Shopify is a viable alternative if you want to create your own online store to sell handmade products. Shopify gives you more freedom to customise every part of your online store, as they have an easy-to-use drag-and-drop builder that lets you add custom logos, fonts, and colours.
Drop shipping
Starting a drop shipping business from home is simple to do. All you need to do is place products on your website for customers to purchase. When they’ve purchased the product you’ve listed, you then order the product from a supplier and have it delivered directly to the customer.
As drop shipping is fairly inexpensive to set up, there’s no need to purchase lots of items in bulk or incur delivery costs when the items are being sent to the customer. All you need is a stable internet connection. Some of the most popular products people sell when drop shipping are clothes, toys, and jewellery.
Go and start!
I hope these home business ideas have given you some direction on how you want to start your own business journey and earn money. Good luck!
Kieran is a blogger who is passionate about video games and loves technology.
