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Showing posts with label Small business ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small business ideas. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2008

Exotic animal pet-shop | Business Ideas

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Today I want to propose you a niche business that is gaining new customers every day. I am talking about exotic animals (tarantulas, snakes, iguanas).


My business idea is that you make an exotic pet shop and not only to sell animals and food, but to make a mini hotel for owners to leave their animal while they go out of town, to sell medicine (if the animal gets sick) and to offer specialize help and consultation from a doctor if the animal is sick.


To make such a business you will need a couple more permits that the regular pet-shop. I am talking about permits that refer to safety in general, because you are dealing with some dangerous animals.


I wish you good luck!!!

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Costume rentals | Business Ideas

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Has anyone wished to be Superman or Batman, Snow white or a ballerina when they were kids? Now they can by dressing up. This business idea is a niche business idea, that in some countries other that U.S. or UK is unexploited.



This type of business would not need a big investment from you. For starters if you don’t have a lot of money to invest, you could do a website from where you can rent your costumes. When the business is starting to go well, you can rent a spate to place the shop.


Halloween in becoming a global celebration and everyone wants to rent costumes and have some fun.


For not depending only on the month of October (Halloween) you can rent costumes to multinational companies or to local companies that have costume parties, or parties with themes. They make a lot of parties across the year. Private parties or masquerades can also bring you nice profits. You can also rent tuxedos or evening dresses for special occasions.

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Friday, November 7, 2008

Rent a gadget | Business Ideas

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Have you ever needed a Gps but you didn’t buy one because you had to use it just once and then probably will have sat in its case, never used again?

Well, this business idea comes in the help of people who needs electronic items to use for a short period of time. The service is very simple, like we have the “Rent a Car” companies; we could have the “Rent a Gadget” concept.


You could rent a GPS, you could rent portable TV’s, portable DVD players, notebooks, and you could practically rent any type of gadget.

Your investment in the company will be very little. Let’s make a short calculation: A GPS gadget costs about 200 $, if you will rent it with 5 $ a day, in 40 days you will get your money back.

You could advertise with flyers and with a web site, you could also advertise in campuses and universities.

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Friday, October 31, 2008

Make money from dirty toys | Business Ideas

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Have you noticed that after a while you kids toys become all dirty. You don`t know how to clean them, and you can`t buy another toy because your child is emotionally attached to it. Usually a need becomes a good business idea.



Have you noticed that after a while you kids toys become all dirty. You don`t know how to clean them, and you can`t buy another toy because your child is emotionally attached to it. Usually a need becomes a good business idea.


That is why I come with a new service: cleaning kid’s toys. Either the toys come from household or from companies. You can set up a monthly fee for the companies and a price per toy for the households.


When I say companies a mean: kindergartens, medical cabinets for kids, kid stores, stomatology cabinets. They pay a monthly fee and your employees will get the toys and clean them back so other kids can enjoy them.

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Friday, October 24, 2008

A new business opportunity, free wireless network | Business Ideas

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I guess that everyone knows what is a wireless network, so the business opportunity that I have found is very simple. Give free internet wireless access for users. I know that you will ask me how would you get your money back, it`s very simple, by selling ad space.


Let’s say that I use your network and get online using a browser. When I open the browser for 10 or 15 seconds it displays me ads or commercials, and then after that I can navigate for free. From the user it doesn`t imply any cost and you will get your profits by selling ad space. It`s a win-win situation.


You will be paid more for displaying ads if you have a precise target. Let’s say that you will install a network in a university campus. In this case your users will be mainly students. Many companies want to have young people as their clients so their ads will be better targeted and you can charge them more money.

Good luck!!!


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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Automatic bike wash | Business Ideas

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You could say that people would wash their bikes at home. I am not so sure of that. In our days people prefer to not get their hands dirty in any way, and prefer to do it as quickly as possible.



Bike wash, can bring you revenue of over 20.000 euro (27.000 $) per year. You could have this business as a secondary job or as a secondary business, that would fill your pockets with about 1500 (2000$) euro per month.


The system is automatic and works independent, like a vending machine, people put 3 euro (5 $) in a slot and then the system washes the bike. If you live in a city that has a lot of bikes, this could be a good business, around 20-30 people would use your bike wash. The system need just 30 minutes of maintenance a week and you will need to fill up the system with detergent once every 400 washes.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Graffiti removal, a profitable niche | Business Ideas

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I bet you have seen a lot of walls painted with graffiti, some of them are very nice, but other is ruining the buildings aspect. Some of the times you can see shops that have graffiti on their windows, and that is not so good for the image of the shop. In some times clients may not enter your shop because of the graffiti.



That problem created a niche, graffiti removal. It is a business that you can start with a very small amount of money, under 8000 euro (10.000 $). All you need is a car that carries your equipment, chemical solutions that are environment friendly, 2 workers, and good promotion. You don’t have to start with new equipment, you con start with used equipment, and then extend your business.


Graffiti can be removed with chemical solutions, with water jet, or in extreme cases, sand blasting. You can remove graffiti from surfaces like: brick, glass, and metal, wood. As your clients you can have the city council with witch you can have an agreement to protect the local landmarks, statues and historical buildings. Other clients can be small business entrepreneurs who want their shops to look good.

You can advertise in outdoor media, and with flyers to keep the low cost of the project

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Friday, September 26, 2008

Sending cards, a profitable business | Business Ideas

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The business idea concept is a very simple one, you send cards from people who are to busy to do it themselves. Let’s say business people, that are always very busy and don’t find time to send a card to a business partner. Your company will come in help, and send cards from them.


Practically you don’t need any money to start this type of business, ok, you need some, to register the company, but that is it, you can work from homeTo offer a complete service you can write a nice greeting for them, make a beautiful signature and use a very special envelope. But be careful and not send the same greeting more than once, you never know how business people can meet and discuss about a beautiful greeting card that they received from your client


As business people keep getting busier, a service like this can come in handy; after all, a nice business card can make a business relation stronger.

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Garden landscaping | Business Ideas

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A small business idea that can get you high profits since the first month. A business like this cam be started with just 1000 euro (1500 $). The hard part in this business is that you find your first client, because, after that, he will recommend you to other people. Word of mouth is great in this business



Garden landscaping is a great business to start if you live in an area that has a very active real – estate market, with lots of homes. You don’t have to buy, at first, a lot of equipment, buy just the necessary, and if you need a special type of equipment, just rent it.

You can start with just a couple of workers, and then after you get more orders you can hire more, part –time. It will be great if you can make a deal with a real-estate developer in the area to recommend you to their clients, I’m sure that it will boost up your business.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Rent a bike | Business Ideas

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With all the migration to the big cities, people are finding much harder to get from point A to point B without running late. The car is no longer an option because of the traffic congestions and the roads are not getting bigger. So if you are a tourist or just being late and the subway or the bus doesn`t help you get a bike. It`s a healthy and fast way to get around in a city.


This could be a very simple business. Let’s take for example Berlin. In the major intersections, there is a place from where you can rent bikes. The bikes are looked with a special locking mechanism that only opens after you pay a fee. The fee costs in sending a text message to the company and the company send you back a code that will unlock the bike. The price is 3, 5 euro (5 $) for an hour, is not much if you think how much easier you can go in traffic.


You return the bike, not necessarily from where you picked it up, but from anyplace you could find a company’s “rent a bike” center. The company has between 500 – 1500 clients daily, and the length of a rental is between 50 – 80 minutes.


So, what are you waiting for?

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A new business opportunity - Dating services for animals

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Many people buy different animals and they don`t think on what responsibility this brings them, and what trouble they to put up to in order to mate them. If you have an animal you know how it is. When you wanted to find a partner for your animal, you couldn`t find one. I am sure that you have tried at your local vet and your friend and neighbrow, but no luck.


Basically it is a relatively simple business idea. You could create a web site or a local agency, where people who want to mate their animals could find their animals “soul mate”. I know it sounds weird, but it’s a low cost business that could bring you decent profits with minimum effort.


For each owner you make a sheet with the animal’s data, and then when a customer comes you have already a database. That database should contain the animal type, female or male, age, the dog owner’s address, the price he is asking. You could advertise in specialized magazines, in pet shops, in vetenerian cabinets.

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Friday, September 12, 2008

Money making adrenaline rush - Zorb | Business Ideas

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Zorb is a new way to pump your adrenaline. The Zorb was invented in New Zeeland in 1995 and from then it’s been used all over the world on slopes (it doesn’t matter if it is winter or summer), in any season it will bring you nice money.


This concept is very simple, a sphere, made from transparent PVC, that has a compartment in the middle where one human can stay. People don’t get injured because they are protected by a membrane of about 70 cm. The Zorb rolls over a mountain sloop giving the person inside a thrilling ride (it reaches about 50 km / h).


The rollover is chaotic, any bump may change the trajectory of the sphere, you can go up, down and left in a couple of seconds. For the business to be a success you have to find a mountain slope, with the length of about 50-100 m, and with not so many big rocks. Once you buy a Zorb the company will give you a complete training on how to use one of this "toys".


You will make considerable profits, and make a big splash in the world of extreme sports enthusiasts in your country.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Make money with painted chairs | Business Ideas

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This could be an interesting business idea if you think that you could start it with a small amount of money and doesn’t need much effort to make it work. In Greece this type of chairs are sold with about 50 euro (70$), but they could reach 150 euro (220$) depending on the model and the type of wood that it is being used.



The initial investment will be around 3000 euro (4300$), money with which you will have to buy special wood paint, brushes, wood and a wood cutting machine. The design doesn’t have to be complicated, but it’s a good thing if it has to have live colors.


People who buy this type of chairs are people with medium income, who have kids, or just want something colorful in their home. You can give them away as gifts for your friends and family. Maybe you could sell the chairs to a kinder garden and make cartoon designs to it. To keep the costs as low as possible, you don’t need a classic shop to sell your chairs; you could make an online shop, and sell the chairs all over the world.


To make the chairs popular you don’t have to invest large sums of money, you could make a web site, send companies e-mails and give flyers on the street. Also you could hire Art students to make their own designs and split the profits, even if it a small business you have lots of possibilities in selling them.


With all that said, I wish you good luck.

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

Putting company logos on cars | Business Ideas

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You drive your car in the city, when you go to work or simply because you have some business that you have to resolve, why not put your company logo on your car. I think that putting your company logo, telephone number and address is one of the cheapest ways to make your company known. The car inscription business is a good business to start if your country has registered a good economical growth, and many people decided to start their own business.
There are two ways to make custom logos and inscriptions:

1. With cutter plotter, this king of technology is kind of old, but many people still use it. It is harder because you have to cut manually the letters and the logos.

2. With a big printer, that could print large pieces so they could be applied directly to the car.
Using the printer is much easier to make complicated designs.
In many countries you will find families that run this kind of business in their spare time because it doesn’t need much money to start.
The Investment
The initial investment will be around 1500 euro (about 2200 $). With these money you will have to buy a cutter plotter, a used one costs about 500 euro (700$) a new one costs 2500 euro (3500$), a computer, a printer, a scanner, a phone and a drawing licensed software (like Corel Draw - 300 euro (420$)).
Office Space and employees
You don’t have need many employees, 1-2 are sufficient in the beginning (to keep the costs as low as possible and the profits high, you could be the only employee). For running your business you will need a small room in witch to put al the equipment. Also you do not need an office or a garage because the work will be done at the client’s garage.
To make a design, you will need about 30 minutes for a simple one and it could reach 3 hours for a much more complicated one.
Profits
Don’t expect to become a millionaire if you start this business, at least not in the first 5 years :), but the profits are quite good, every square meter of inscription costs about 15 - 20 euro (20 -30$) depending on the design. From that amount half of it goes into your pocket, that’s about 10 euro (15 $).

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

On call car paint shop | Business Ideas

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I know that you are angry when you see that your car has been scratched in the parking lot. A little scratch can make your car lock badly and you will want to repaint the part that has been scratched. But when you go to a paint shop, and see how muck trouble you have to put up to repaint a little scratch, you give up and leave it like it is.


I give you a business idea that comes for this problem; it’s an opportunity for business.


The paint shop comes to you. For little scratches, you can call a company, and they will come and paint your car at your home, or office or right there in the parking lot with a spray, a brush or an aerograph, depending on the scratch. They could make the car color on site, so there are no discrepancies between colors. It is easier, cheaper and doesn’t take for ever to fix it. In 30 minutes the scratch is history.


I think that many people will become clients of yours, because you will save them time and money.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Painted chairs, a new business opportunity

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This could be an interesting business idea if you think that you could start it with a small amount of money and doesn’t need much effort to make it work. In Greece this type of chairs are sold with about 50 euro (70$), but they could reach 150 euro (220$) depending on the model and the type of wood that it is being used.


The initial investment will be around 3000 euro (4300$), money with witch you will have to buy special wood paint, brushes, wood and a wood cutting machine. The design doesn’t have to be complicated, but it’s a good thing if it has to have live colours.


People who buy this type of chairs are people with medium income, who have kids, or just want something colourful in their home. You can give them away as gifts for your friends and family. Maybe you could sell the chairs to a kinder garden and make cartoon designs to it. To keep the costs as low as possible, you don’t need a classic shop to sell your chairs; you could make an online shop, and sell the chairs all over the world.


To make the chairs popular you don’t have to invest large sums of money, you could make a web site, send companies e-mails and give flyers on the street. Also you could hire Art students to make their own designs and split the profits, even if it a small business you have lots of possibilities in selling them.


With all that said, I wish you good luck.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

We will buy your groceries for you | Business Ideas

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This business idea addresses to entrepreneurs that want to enter the niche of busy people. I have discovered that people are so busy that they have no time for buying their groceries,
So, they make a list of what they want to buy, and send you the list by email or by SMS, and you will do the shopping for them, of course for certain fee. You will deliver their groceries at home, when they are available, with the cash recite.


The best way to make your service known is by word of mouth.


Just think of how easy it is for you to earn money. If you have 10 clients in one day, you make just one trip to the supermarket, and problem solved. It will take you maximum 2 hours to buy everything and another 2 hours in the evening to deliver the goods.

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