1. Child Care
If you don’t have any plans this weekend or have availability on afternoons and you’re great with kids, then offer to babysit or become a nanny. Start out by letting your friends, family, and neighbors know. If you watch children in your home, you may have to get a license.
2. Kids Toys & Keepsakes
When attending sporting events, functions and shows, many parents take their children with them. Many times the children want to feel more involved or need some form of related entertainment to keep them interested and occupied. By producing cost effective items such as cricket (for cricket matches), rugby balls (for rugby games) and other sporting equipment directly aimed at and manufactured for children, you could make quite a decent profit. You could approach the event venue and obtain permission to sell these items on the grand stands or even sell them outside the venue. By having a good relationship with event organisers you could secure yourself some great extra money.
3.Translator
If you’re fluent in another language, or would love to learn, you can also start making a living as translator. To get started, you should get accredited or earn a certification. After that, you can find gigs on most freelance websites. You can also use your language skills to teach English to students either remotely or in an actual classroom.
4.Online Casino Affiliate Opportunities
These are known to be by far the most rewarding of affiliate programs to be involved in. Great examples are Eurogrand Casino and Joyland Casino who will pay up to R490 per lead. Having a computer and access to the internet is essential for affiliate marketing of this nature. You will also need to follow strict rules and regulations for where and how you market the brand. With a little effort you can turn this business opportunity into great extra income. Sign up at OfferForge.
5. Tutor
Offer to teach extra maths and other subjects to high school learners and students. This can be done after hours, giving you free time during the day or directly after school.
6. Cartoonist
Have you gotten into trouble several times for doodling cute cartoon characters or drawing the teacher in a funny way? Think about designing cartoon strips or characters for magazines, newspapers, private leaflets, restaurant walls etc.
7. Snack Platters
This particular type of niche market business is popular as full service caterers are often quite expensive. A great example of a company that focuses just on snack platters in their catering business would be Gourmet Basket where everything they create is picnic style. You can easily advertise your platters and prices on websites such as SouthAfricanFoodies and start taking online orders! This particular type of business is ideal for stay at home moms or those who have a keen interest in cooking and presenting delicious snacks for small functions and events. Advertising your services online would be ideal as well as most people turn to the internet to research suppliers for their events.
8.Pet Care or Training
Whether it’s walking your neighbors’ dogs, training their four-legged friends, or watching their pets while they’re on vacation, working with pets can be a lucrative side business that you can do in your spare time.
9. Indoor Plants Service – This type of niche business could be very popular in the market. Many businesses want their offices to look inviting and pleasing to their clients and often try to incorporate plants and flowers into their open spaces. The problem with this is that these plants often die and can be expensive for the business to maintain. By offering an indoor plant hire service you can furnish local business’ offices with a variety of plants and visit them once or twice a week to clean, water and treat them. Tropical Plant Displays are great examples of South African companies that are doing well offering this very service.
10. Offer your skills or talents.
Are you good in writing sales letters or articles? There is a hot demand right now for really good copywriters and article writers. You can get writing projects from online business owners to the regular shop owner down the street. Because for as long as business need to market their business, there will always be a need for people who can write great marketing copy.
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