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INTRODUCTIONIf you need more income and another job is not the answer, thislisting was designed for you!We've prepared a selection of up-to-date businesses that can beoperated in or from your home on a part-time basis. Most ofthese businesses require no special training and relativelylittle investment. The most critical requirements are your:- Willingness to work and- Dedication to your businessLook through these suggestions for subjects that soundinteresting. Consider each as representative rather thanspecific. For example, if you know nothing about African Violets(#01) but are good with roses, by all means substitute roses forAfrican Violets. And, don't overlook the possibility of blendingthese (or other) suggestions to form the ideal businesscombination.When you have decided on your business, check state and localrequirements for licenses, permits and make arrangements forstart-up supplies. You will probably need business cards, aledger and a rubber stamp with your company name and address.Although your beginning supplies should be adequate, they neednot be fancy or expensive. Don't stock up too much as you willprobably need to make adjustments as you learn the needs of yourmarket. It is always a good idea to:- Write out your business plan - an outline of what you intendto do and how you plan to go about it.- List what you will buy from whom, how much it costs, where itwill be stored, how you will advertise, what price you willcharge, your gross and estimated net profits and when you willre-order.Include everything you can think of that your business willinvolve. The action will "force" you to organize your business(in your mind as well as on paper) and greatly increase yourchances for profit and success.In this (or any other) business, give careful thought to yourcapabilities and your potential market. Select something thatyou already know (or like and are willing to learn) and willstick to - that people in your area will pay for. Your productor service should be priced competitively, but at the level toyield a fair profit. This motivates customers to buy and you towork even harder!GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW BUSINESS!107 GREAT PART-TIME BUSINESSES01. AFRICAN VIOLETS. Specialize in the propagation and care ofthis popular indoor plant. Nurture, hybridize and sell when infull bloom. Carry accessories, such as pots, shelves andlighting. Keep a small but permanent ad in your local newspaper.02. ALTERATIONS. Replace buttons, let out cuffs, shortensleeves, turn collars, repair tears for clothing stores,laundries and cleaner who don't already offer this service. Youcan work for them or leave a price poster in their store.03. ARROWHEADS. Collect, buy, sell and MAKE (with deer horn andclove) Indian arrowheads for hobbyists, displays anddemonstrations. Sell instruction and/or information bookletsand do-it-yourself kits. Offer various types of flint.04. AUTO PARTS REBUILDING. Work with garages and mechanics. Specialize in rebuilding one part (carburetors, mastercylinders, electronic ignitions) for one or several makes. Install kits, ream and/or re-fit and guarantee all of your work.05. AUTO TOUCH-UP. Repair minor dents, cover rock chips, removerust, polish, clean tires. Renew rubber and plastic, deodorizeto help bring the best price or trade-in. Advertise underAuto/Trucks For Sale, with a price (e.g. "From $25.00")06. AUTO PAWN SHOP. Hold cars as collateral for short-termloans. Hold the title (if clear) or, "buy" the car with a 30day or so buy-back price agreement or limited power of attorney.Check laws and obtain legal advice before proceeding!07. AWNINGS, WINDOW. Design and install permanent and fold-upfabric and or metal awnings for storefronts, patios, housewindows, trailers and mobile homes. Offer a selection ofmaterials, colors and prices. Advertise prices and benefits.08. BABY DOLLS. Create dolls with fine wigs from client baby'sown baby hair as keepsake dolls. Try to get cloth from baby'sactual clothes to make similar looking outfits for the doll(work from a picture if possible). Put in glass case.09. BARBEQUE. Use a portable (trailer?) meat smoker to take tofairs, parades and festivals. Have a supply of preparedsandwiches ready, but always have a fire AND AROMA (throw in alittle suet or sauce) going to attract more business.10. BELT BUCKLES. Stock a selection of belt buckles fortruckers, workers, etc. Have special designs and insignias madefor local groups. Arrange to offer good prices on leather beltsas well (import some to sell at attractive prices).11. BENCH RENTALS. Build bus-stop style benches and with citypermission, place them free of cost to the city at variousbus-stops. Pay a sign painter to apply advertisements forclients who pay you by the month for the ads and space.12. BIRD TRAINING TAPES. Make endless or auto-reverse tapes toteach bird to talk, whistle or sing. Sell or rent the necessaryequipment to mount in or near cages. Charge extra to record thebird owner's own voice giving the instructions on tape.13. BIRDHOUSE BUILDING. Build and decorate fine, scientificallydesigned birdhouses and feeders for birds native to your area aswell as those that migrate to or through your area. Make uplittle info folders for each model.14. BIRTHDAY LISTS. Compile birthday (anniversary, etc.) ofpeople in your area to rent as mailing lists to local merchants.Or, contract to mail out cards each year on behalf of themerchants. Have a set minimum, as $25 for 50 mailings.15. BREAD SPECIALTIES. Bake unusual or otherwise unavailablevarieties of home made breads: oat bran, low calorie, ethnic,salt free. Keep a small ad in paper, take orders for loavesfresh from your kitchen and/or deliver fresh to stores.16. BRONZING. Bronze (or pearlize) baby shoes etc. Makemementos, awards and trophies. Design plaques and unique baseswith emphasis on local needs such as Chamber of Commerce ofcompany awards. Arrange for engraved plates on plaques.17. BRUSH CLEARING. With you truck, tractor and shredder,contract to clear brush and small trees from lots and acreage. Haul off excess debris or use a composter to recycle and sellorganic refuse. Offer to drag or level the cleared area.18. BUSINESS EQUIPMENT. Buy surplus equipment from bankruptcysales and auctions. Store and clean-up, but do not repair (letbuyer do that). Advertise bargain prices for qualified buyersand sell at double or triple your investment.19. CEMENT BLOCKS. Mold small orders of standard or customblocks (building, stepping stones, curbs) in all shapes andcolors. Make molds when necessary of plywood and tin. Takeorders, sell form your "yard" and through nurseries.20. TRUCK LETTERING. Use pre-cut, self-stick vinyl letters toproduce long lasting, professional truck signs (no art talentrequired). Use chalk snap lines to mark lines and center, peeland press in place. Stock and offer a variety of letters.21. CEMENT MARKERS. Make "engraved" cement or liquid marblemarkers and signs. Mold "backwards" letters into various colorsand textures of plastic-like cement for carved in effect. Polishmolded marker into a professional looking stone.22. CHAIR CANING. Use cane, plastic or other interestingmaterials to weave seats and backs onto casual and picturesquechairs for clients. Buy old chairs with promise at bargainprices to re-glue, refinish, re-cane and sell at a profit.23. CHINA AND GLASS DEALER. Collect and deal in antique andinteresting china and glass items. Buy at auctions, antiquestores, private and public sales and through youradvertisements. Deduct travel expenses for buying trips andvisits.24. CITY LOT CLEAN-UP. Work with the city to learn of lotsthat must be cleaned up. Contract to do the required work onlots they designate (city adds bill to owner's taxes). Contactabsentee (or local) owners to avoid future city actions.25. CLIENT LISTINGS. On your computer, input and maintaincustomer (or business) information: customer info, purchases,credit records, employee information, etc. Provide periodic andcustom sorts (including mailing lists) to clients.26. COLLECTION AGENT. Represent one or more commercial agencies(don't tell one about another, though). Solicit delinquentaccounts for collection from local businesses for a percentageof monies the agencies collect.27. COIN SEARCHING. Buy rolls of coins from banks (whateverdenomination you can afford). Search through them for coinsworth over face value. Keep all of these and replace with"regular' coins and trade back in. Best in small towns!28. COLLECTIONS. Accumulate collectibles (glass, matchbook,baseball cards, comic books). Make up (from common specimens)starter collections to sell to beginners. Sell valuable piecesindividually to collectors (some you got started).29. CONCESSION BOOTH. Operate a booth or stand at a recreationarea, flea market, shopping mall or parking lot. Sell your ownproducts and/or consignment items. Carry some attractivelypriced items just to attract more customers.30. CURB PAINTING. With a stencil and fast-dry black spray painthouse numbers on all curbs in a city block then go back andrequest a $2-$5 "donation" from occupants. Pass out circularsthe day before announcing your service.31. CUSTOM CLOTHING DESIGNS. Paint, block print or transferunique or custom designs onto items of clothing: smocks,T-shirts, jackets and fabrics to be made into clothing. Usedesigns, illustrations, cartoons, things of interest locally!32. DESERT GLASS. Collect and sell sun-baked, weather-beatenglass in interesting colors. Make your own synthetic version bybaking and/or sandblasting suitable objects with inexpensiveequipment. Advertise your materials in hobby magazines.33. DISTRESS SALES. Buy household items cheap at auctions andclose-out sales. Clean them up and sell as your own right out ofyour living room because you need the money (e.g. to pay afine), and never because you have new or better things!34. DOLL HOUSE FURNITURE. Make exquisite, scale furniture fordoll houses. Or, buy inexpensive imported items and upgradethem. Normally, a little re-enforcing, sanding and a coat ofstain or polyurethane makes all the difference in the world!35. DRIFTWOOD ART. With sandblaster, power or hand held wirebrush form and finish interesting pieces of driftwood (and otherwoods) into decorations, lamps, candle holders and plant mounts.Use deductible vacations to collect more driftwood.36. ELECTROPLATING. Offer a chrome (and other) metal platingservice in your shop. Advertise in the newspaper and list withauto, RV parts stores, auto restorers and body shops. Betweenjobs plate items to sell (ornaments, trophies etc.).37. FENCE INSTALLATION. Install fences for private homeowners.List with hardware stores and keep a small ad in the paper.Expand to furnishing the materials for a single bid. Offer avariety of both functional and ornamental fences.38. FISHING LURES. Use a fly-tying rig to tie flies and sell bythe dozen to individuals, bait shops, sports and departmentstores. Design, manufacture and decorate fishing luresespecially for waters in your area. Then advertise and expand!39. FLYER DISTRIBUTION. Hire kids or adults to distribute ads,samples, coupons, announcements door-to-door or on parked carwindows. Charge extra to record occupant reactions. Contractwith individual businesses and advertising agencies.40. FURNITURE RESALE. Select and buy promising articles offurniture cheap at garage sales, stores (trade-ins) andfurniture auctions. Clean up, do minor repairs and sell fromyour home. Concentrate on items that seem to do well in yourarea.41 COPY-READY MASTERS. With your desktop publishing system and"laser jet" printer, convert customer's material into copy readymasters that can be reproduced locally. Especially good forsmall orders (set-up costs are very expensive for these).42. DOG HOUSES. Build standard (bargain priced) and custom(higher priced) dog houses in different sizes, shapes andcolors. Include insulation, treated wood on bottom, insectrepellent pillows or storage areas under the roof as options.43. KITCHEN CABINET REFINISHING. Refinish in-home kitchencabinets. Remove old finish; sand, fill dents with coloredputty, stain (or paint), replace worn hardware, apply new finishand install new external door knobs and drawer pulls.44. WORD PROCESSING. Produce interim drafts and finishedprofessional letters, manuscripts and documents for students,lawyers, writers and businesses. Make provisions for clientediting and subsequent re-writing as a part of your service.45. TREE SURGERY. With a little training and experience, anyonecan trim, treat, fill and seal tree "wounds". Start with smalljobs and gradually increase as you build confidence and buy moreequipment. Take large contracts only when confident.46. ROOF COATING. METAL. Renew rusty and/or leaky metal roofswith paint, rust killer, galvanizing, aluminized tar orinsulating (foam) toppings. Charge by the square. Tip: usemobile home coating (aluminum or white) for a durable finish.47. RENTAL PREPARATION. Prepare apartments for occupancy: paint,do minor repairs, cover scratches, remove stains, replace bulbs,mow lawn, fix faucets and drains. Work with individual owners,rental agencies and real estate companies.48. SURPLUS SALES. Buy bargain priced items at auctions andsales. Store neatly in a secure area; advertise to find buyerswho need (and will pay for) them. Open your warehouse one or twodays a week or sell large items by appointment.49. ROCKING CHAIRS. Make beautiful, durable rocking chairs.Offer a variety of woods, finishes, sizes and styles to fitevery customer. Charge extra for carving, special styles ormade-to-measure models. Offer specials on Mr. & Mrs. sets.50. GAZEBOS. Build gazebos. Display a standard model at a goodprice that you can deliver or customer can assemble. Then offerlarger sizes and various extras, such as shape, screens, shingleroofs, benches. Use only quality materials.5l. GLASS ETCHING. Custom etch (with acid, engraving bit and/orsandblaster) glassware for individuals to-order and forwholesaling to retail stores. Offer monograms, town or companylogo, family crests, art designs and local themes.52. GOURD CULTURE. Grow and process a variety of interestinggourds. Make them into decorations, utensils, painted figures,birdhouses. Retail gourds and do-it-yourself finishing kits.Retail seed packets with instructions for prize gourds.53. GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS. Go to major state and federal auctionsand bid on items for subsequent resale. List with auctionauthorities to receive notices of pending auctions. Learn andfollow the rules to find the best bargains.54. GRAPHOANALYSlS. After learning the art and getting adiploma, offer your services as a handwriting analyst toindividuals, law enforcement agencies and attorneys. Start withlocal readings; work fairs for experience.55. HANGING PLANTS. Specialize in hanging plants (flowers,ferns, vines) of all sizes and descriptions. Display for salewhen in peak condition in attractive pots, with interestingholders and hangers. Advertise that you take in trades!56. HOME HANDYMAN. Perform handyman services for those who can'tor don't have the time. Advertise clearly what you do, keep yourappointments and guarantee your work (to the extent of yourhourly wages). Save customers expensive service calls.57 HOTHOUSE FABRICATING. Build and sell small hothouses, somewith temperature controlled venting. Offer electric heatingsystems for use in the cooler climates and be prepared to giveadvice on their use. Consider selling seedlings.58. HOUSE CLEANING. Offer one-time or periodic house cleaningservices. Perform the heavy tasks (shampoo rugs, clean stoves,wash windows, wax the floors, defrost). Have a check-list ofjobs to be done and agree on price beforehand.59. HOUSE PAINTING. Contract to paint houses and apartments orrooms by the job. Have assistance (high school kids?) on handwhen needed. Increase your profit by supplying quality (only)paint and supplies and bidding on the entire job.60. INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS. CASSETTES. Make recordings of yourselfor others teaching and demonstrating their specialties. Startwith simple operations (making a will; cleaning a VCR); graduateto more complex instructions as you learn.61. INVENTION PROMOTION. Purchase three to six month optionrights on interesting inventions for relatively low fee. Runtest promotions and buy only the successful ones - those you cansell for a nice profit or successfully market yourself.62. INVENTORIES. Specialize in taking inventories for areamerchants (at their convenience - usually after hours). Workalone or have a qualified team on call. Check with an insurancecompany to obtain bonding for yourself and assistants.63. JACK REPAIR. Repair hydraulic jacks (take a course ifnecessary) in your garage shop for individuals, garages,mechanics, retail stores. Buy, sell, take in trades and rebuildall kinds. Offer special prices to mechanics.64. JEWELRY BOXES. Make fine jewelry boxes to sell to andthrough gift stores, catalog sales and individuals. Line withvelvet, offer lacquered, inlaid, shell or seed covered versions.Have varied finished and storage arrangements.65. KITCHENWARE RENEWAL. Specialize in the renewal of finecutlery, pans and wood kitchen utensils. Refinish and reshape,install new handles, reline, make pieces to match missing partsof sets. Offer personalization service.66. KITES. Build, sell and demonstrate all kinds of kites andaccessories. Start a program to sell advertising space tosponsoring merchants during "meets" that you help stage (e.g.open, between schools, towns). Give away kites as prizes67 LAPIDARY (GEM MAKING). Operate a rock shop in your garage.Cut, polish facet, shape and mount gems in commercial andamateur findings. Sell mounted, unmounted gems and jewelry.Tumble imperfections and left-overs to sell separately.68- LAWN MAINTENANCE. Contract to mow lawns by the job orseason. Charge extra to edge, rake, collect and removeclippings. Refer related jobs to cooperating businesses for afinder's fee or commission. Expand your service as you grow.69. LIBRARY RESEARCH. Use your talent and the public library toprovide research data, technical details and backgroundinformation for clients who need their "homework" done. Chargeby the hour, page or a flat fee for your time and effort.70. LIGHTING SPECIALIST. Design, sell, service and installlighting systems for external residence and business buildings.Use inexpensive 12 volt systems among shrubs for security andbeauty; colored spotlights for unusual effects.71. LITTLE LEAGUE CARDS. Take pictures of small fry baseball(etc.) players and print on baseball-like cards, complete withtheir names, position and other "official" information. Offer insets with extra copies for proud parents and relatives.72. MAGAZINE. SUBSCRIPTIONS. Sell a variety of magazinesubscriptions from your "office". Use "gimmicky" ads, givecredit for leads and prizes for multiple sales. Do lots oftelephone canvassing. Have a special every time you call.73. MAILING LISTS. Compile mailing lists from various local andwider area sources (buy voting registration lists, check onbuying tax and license lists). Sell names to brokers or keepcurrent and rent them yourself (on self stick labels).74. MARBLE CASTING. With "synthetic marble", cast, finish andmarket figurines, ashtrays, office (pen bases) and commercial(trophies) items for wholesale accounts (stationery stores,etc.). Make one or two special items for local retail.75. METAL FOUNDRY. Operate a small metal foundry in your garageworkshop. Cast parts as a sub-contractor, custom items or yourown products. Buy or pick-up scrap metal to melt down. Examples:dresser knobs, door plates and trophy bases.76. METAL RECYCLING. Pick up, sort, process (dismantle, cleanwires) waste metals from any source. Accumulate into lots, waitfor periods of high prices and haul to salvage yards. Advertiseto buy surplus metals (at lower rates of course).77. MINIATURE GARDENS. Create various sizes of garden-likedisplay containers of live plants for hospital sick rooms, boxesfor balconies, rooftop planters, offices and residences. Includeinstructions for care to make your products last.78. MOSAIC TILE. Buy patterns or create custom designed piecesand install in an exclusive design for each customer. Offerexquisite kitchen and bathroom designs, as well as spa and evenswimming pool arrangements. Charge for tile too.79. MOSQUITO PATROL. With a sprayer mounted on your vehicle,contract to drive through neighborhoods on an established routeand spray for mosquitoes (normally with a light malathionmixture in diesel). Work with city or county authorities.80. MOVIE MAKING (SHORTS). With your 16MM or VCR camera andrelated equipment, make custom instructional, informative(company introductions), promotional and advertising clips. Usefor board meetings, briefings and for cable advertising.81. MOVING ASSISTANCE. With your truck HELP clients move (versus"move" them - to stay legal). You can help them pack load, move,unload unpack. Have stand-by crew ready to assist. Charge foryour time and expenses, not the move.82. NATURE'S PRODUCTS. When in an area with wild products(hickory nuts, maple syrup) that you can harvest, do so!Process, package and sell then as genuine products of nature.Clear your operation with the local health department first.83. WINDOWS AND SCREENS. Repair windows: replace glass, repairframes, renew or rebuild screens. List with hardware stores andkeep an ad in the paper. Fix one broken pane or bid to renewwindows and/or replace all screens on the house.84. NECKTlES. Make exclusive, hand made ties from exoticmaterials from all over the world. Offer a selection of designs,attach your exclusive label and advertise in men's magazines.Try local stores first then try larger markets.85. NEEDLECRAFT. Make your own style of homemade items (potholders, bonnets, towel rings) to sell on consignment, tocatalog companies, or at a booth at fairs or flea markets.Present them in tasteful fashion with your label attached.86. NElGHBORHOOD NEWS. Compile, publish and distribute aneighborhood newspaper (or newsletter) with local news, opinionsand interesting features. Include lots of names; sell space foropinions, announcements and advertisements.87. ON-CALL CLERK. Register with several stores to be calledfor temporary or emergency fill-in (for the store or anindividual), for clerical or sales situations. Should pay morethan normal wages and could lead to a permanent job.88. PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. Build and install (and maintain)playground equipment: forts, slides, climbing/monkey bars,sandboxes, swings, teeters, circle rides. Use commercialpatterns or design your own. Check on liability insurance.89. PET PHOTOGRAPHY. Specialize in pet portraits: in their home,your studio or in their own "natural" setting. Offer a packageprice for so many of each size. Go to dog shows and takepictures of willing subjects (the losers too!).90. PICNIC TABLES. Build standard, custom and deluxe modelpicnic tables Offer a variety of sizes, styles, finishes andcolors. Expand to folding model and sets with umbrellas. Offermatching chairs, end tables and child sized pieces.91. PICTURE FRAMING. Make unique picture frames for stores,artists and clients from moldings, scraps, unusual fabrics. Setup jigs for the standard sizes. Between orders make standardsized frames that can be finished in a variety of ways.92. PIES AND COOKIES. Take orders for or contract for yourspecialty baked goods. Deliver to wholesale customers incontainers that appear to be full and have your name and logoimprinted on the cartons. Give retail customers pick-up time.93. PILLOWS. Make and decorate designer, fancy, or "down home"pillows. Sell to boutiques, fairs, through party plans, salescatalogs and advertisements. Offer a variety of sizes, shapesand covers. Do custom work for client's decor.94. PLANT SCULPTURE. A profitable specialty: braid trunks, shapeinto interesting forms. Trim, bend, graft, to create valuablesculptures that bring premium prices. Use pictures in your ads;sell each plant as an individual creation.95. PRODUCT REPACKAGING. Buy bulk products (nails, beans,vinegar) by the ton or barrel. Re-package into neatly labeledpackets, pints or boxes a sell for much more. Check with a localattorney on any restrictive laws in your community.96. PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY. Take flattering, descriptive picturesof merchandise, clothing and satisfied customers foradvertisements, catalogs and brochures. Send sample brochures toprospective manufacturers, distributors and retailers.97. PRODUCT REPACKAGING. Buy bulk products (nails, paintthinner, beans, vinegar) by the ton or barrel. Purchase andre-package into neat (and full) packets, pints, boxes. Considerusing your own label (with legal advice) on containers.98. PROOFREADING. Review manuscripts and printed copy andadvertisements for accuracy and grammar. Get considerably moreto review for content quality and technical accuracy. Work witheditors, writers, publishers and educators.99. PROPERTY PORTFOLIOS. Prepare photograph and propertydescription folders. Make up folios for private parties (to makesure their property is shown in the best possible light), andfor real estate companies to use in sales presentations.100. RE-UPHOLSTERY SERVICE. Recover overstuffed chairs and sofasfor clients in your shop (sell fabrics). Buy good furniture thatneeds recovering cheap at auctions to re-upholster and resell ata nice profit. Take trade-ins to re-do.101. YARD CLEAN-UP. Contract with homeowners, Realtors andrental agents to clean up yards after winter, evictions, storms.Mow, remove debris, water, replant, fertilize. Use periodic adsin the paper, especially after winter or stormy weather.102- TOY MANUFACTURING. Create, manufacture and market uniquetoys that you can make in your shop possibly made in part by a"partner" seamstress. Market to local stores, catalog saleshouses or by mail. Go to and have your own booth at fairs.103. WRITE FOR CHILDREN. Write poems, Sunday school stories,puzzle explanations, riddles, etc. for children. Sell to localpapers, children's book publishers or in your own booklets.Check Writer's Guide in Library for more information!104. GAG WRITING. Specialize in one liners and short funnysituations. Sketch your ideas, list each on a separate card andfile by subject matter. Offer your collection to cartoonists orcomics. Get their addresses from Writer's Guide in the library.105 - SCHOOL DESK SALES. Buy old school desks at sales andclosed rural schools. Refurbish and decorate into nostalgicfurniture, plant stands and children's furniture. Sell restoreditems individually, wholesale to stores or finish to order.106 - PROMOTIONS. Organize community and commercial promotions:order bumper stickers, posters; arrange for news releases,interviews, photo sessions. Plan agenda, schedule workers,coordinate events for a fee or percentage of profits.107 - PEN PAL SERVICE. Advertise in both home and overseaspublications for correspondees. Charge for addresses or for asubscription to your club news with paid advertisements placedby those seeking penpals. Sell names to mailing list brokers.

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