25 profitable home business ideas you can start today
This really is a new era for home-based businesses. Shopify has put together some of the most approachable paths to creating a profitable business for yourself:
- Buy products in bulk and sell them online
- Sell homemade products
- Start a dropshipping store
- Start a print-on-demand business
- Offer online services
- Teach online classes
- Productize your service or expertise
- Grow an audience you can monetize
- Buy an existing ecommerce business
- Start a subscription-box business
- Turn your pet into an influencer
- Sell unwanted items
- Play video games
- Sell NFTs
- Become a virtual event planner
- Launch a photography business
- Start a beauty business
- Start an affiliate marketing business
- Start a day care
- Sell stuff on marketplaces
- Become a social media manager
- Become a virtual personal trainer
- Offer bookkeeping services
- Design websites
- Start a dog grooming business
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According to Shopify, the most successful businesses that survived the pandemic are: (1) health and beauty businesses, (2) subscription businesses, and (3) businesses that sell B2B and B2C.
What businesses can I start at home?
- Sell homemade products
- Offer online services
- Start a subscription box business
- Sell NFTs
- Grow an audience to monetize
- Start a dropshipping store
- Start a print-on-demand business
- Become a freelance writer
Suggested businesses for beginners to consider
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- Dropshipping
- Print on demand
- Selling unwanted items
- Homemade products
- Offering services
Resources: https://www.shopify.com/blog/home-business?