1. Teach your craft
Are you good at a certain craft, and others keep telling you they wish they could also learn to be as good as you? Well, share this talent – start offering classes. You can teach one-on-one or small classes. This can be from glass painting, fabric painting, pottery, sketching, bead craft, etc.
2. Music teacher
Do you already have piano and/or other musical instruments? Teach from your own home, or visit students’ homes. Singing lessons are also in demand.
3. Sewing Entrepreneur
With your sewing machine and your creative talent, start with sewing alterations. Design and make clothes for people from normal wear to specialised evening wear to fancy-dress costumes. With affordable, efficient, professional work and creativity, your business will grow quickly. Everyone needs alterations.
4. Online Flower & Gift Affiliates – Many websites that offer to deliver flowers and gifts to the browsers chosen recipient will offer affiliate marketing opportunities too. This helps them to make more sales in what is a thriving yet highly competitive market. Great affiliate programs that are already known to be doing well are offered by companies such as Net Florist, Interflora and SimplyFlowers.co.za. If you are interested in promoting the sale of flowers and gifts for birthdays, events and special occasions then this is the ideal affiliate program for you! Most of these website affiliate programs are fully automated so you can easily sign in and check your progress on sales and commissions. By putting the word out there, you can start earning good extra income today.
5. Kid’s Education and Craft Franchises
These franchises usually require low investment amounts and are fairly easy to set up. Products such as bedding, clothing, educational toys and books are usually sold either online, from a store or from space in your home. Educational lessons such as Maths and English are also common offerings of these types of franchises. Popular examples include Babies Online and Computers 4 Kids. Both are easy to set up and franchisees are provided with all the training materials and business plans. Babies’ Online franchisees are even sent on a business course at SA College at the expense of the head office.
6. Au Pair and Family Care Franchises – Franchises that offer professional child care, elderly care and cleaning services to families in South Africa are growing in popularity. A fantastic example to consider would be Handy Helpers. Buying into this particular franchise is a safe investment as you will be buying into an existing brand that is already stable and well supported. Marketing strategies and techniques are already in place so all you need to do in order to succeed is to be a dedicated and hard working business owner. This type of franchise can be run from the comfort of your own home.
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