The advantages of a Home-based business
There are two choices when it comes to working- you can be employed in a regular job or set up your own business, based at home. A regular-office job requires,
- travel to and from work
- a boss or workmates you may or may not like
- a definite start and finish time
- fixed number of holidays
This translates into little or no flexibility and freedom while working, however youths generally favor such jobs.
Young people find it great to be able to have a job and earn money for whatever it is they are interested in. However, family and other commitments may enter the picture and juggling a regular job with these becomes difficult.
So a regular job is great when you are young, but once you leave school/college your priorities may change. You may find a business based at home a better option.
Working from home can mean
- very little or no travel
- you are your own boss
- you choose your work time
- you choose when you take holidays
Here are some work at home possibilities:
1. Teaching Musical Instruments: This involves expertise in your area and is a great way to turn your hobby into cash. Your working schedule is limited to when your students are available but you choose which days of the week you work.
2. Creating crafts and selling them at - online auction sites like eBay and TradeMe
3. Gardening for other people: This involves travel but ou can choose a time suitable for you and your client. It is your business so you choose your hours, clients and holidays.
4. Trading on auction sites such as eBay and TradeMe.
5. Online Surveys: The best deals are when you get paid each survey as opposed to accumulating points for either money or other rewards.
6. Online Data Entry: eg pasting short texts for companies and submitting them.
7. MLM ( multilevel marketing ): You earn money by selling products and pocketing the difference between the wholesale and retail price , as well as by recruiting others.
8. Selling Avon: The brochure is your “shop” and you show this “shop” to family, friends and people in your neighborhood and near by.
9. Owning a Website: This will enable you to promote your product or service. You can also do article marketing or earn through blogging.
So if you want to be your own boss and create your own working environment, there are a number of possibilities.