There are many home-based businesses out there that offer great opportunities for women who want to make money at home. If you have a computer and internet access, then you can start a home-based business today. These are 99 home-based business ideas for women who wish to work from home and make an income.
1. Online Tutoring
Online tutoring is a great way to make money while helping others at the same time. You can tutor people via Skype, Google Hangouts, Facebook Messenger, or any other type of video chat software. Check out websites like Tutor.com or Skillshare.com to get started making money online today!
2. Teaching
Many parents need help learning how to teach their children at home, and tutors can provide them with the assistance they need. If you have experience as a teacher or tutor, then becoming a tutor may be right up your alley.
3. Babysitter
If you enjoy spending time with babies, then baby care might be the perfect side hustle for you. You could also offer baby daycare so owners can work long hours, take advantage of the extra walkers you will have on hand, and still leave their little ones in good hands.
4. Tour Guide
Start off slow by walking small groups of people until you build up enough clients to expand your services.
5. Virtual Assistant
Are you an administrative assistant? These positions are often filled by assistants who specialize in tasks like email management, bookkeeping, customer service, data entry, scheduling, social media management, research, writing, graphic design, website maintenance, and much more.
6. Event Organizer
Do you love getting paid to organize and plan events? An Event Organizer position is a great opportunity to put your organizational skills to use each week.
7. Transcriptionist
Do you speak several languages fluently? Have a natural talent for typing? If you answered yes to both questions, then transcription may be the career path for you. Companies hire transcribers to turn audio recordings into written text.
8. Freelancer
Many startups and small-sized companies hire freelancers rather than employees, so you can choose your own schedule and work remotely. Plus, you can charge anywhere from $30 to $85 per hour, completely depending on your skill level.
9. Dog Sitter
Dog sitting is a popular choice among many pet owners who do not want to commit to full-time care of their four-legged friends. Companies like PetSittersClub.com connect sitters with homeowners looking for someone to watch over their dogs while they are away.
10. Travel Blogger
There is no need to worry about training or licensing; all you need is a car and two weeks of vacation.
11. Personal Shopper
Personal shoppers are hired by department stores and shopping malls to help customers find what they are looking for. From clothing to shoes to household items, personal shoppers are knowledgeable in the products they sell.
12. Online Counselor
Your client base will consist mainly of older adults who want to try something new without being judged.
13. House Cleaner
Housecleaning is not just for professionals. All it takes is a little know-how and some basic tools to get started cleaning houses on your own terms.
14. Interior Decoration
Whether you focus on one room at a time or tackle the entire house, chances are you will make good money as well as find interior decoration fun and profitable.
15. Online Psychiatric Counseling
Online Psychiatric Counseling is a great way to make money at home while helping others cope with their lives. You can help people online via video chat platforms like Skype, Google Hangouts, Zoom, and Facetime.
16. Social Media Managers
Social Media platforms allow you to connect easily with people from over the internet. Those who are not comfortable using these platforms for business promotion can hire you as a Social Media manager, and you can work for many companies.
17. Coaching at home
Coaching is becoming increasingly popular among people who do not have time to do an office job. Most coaching services require that you teach two to three times per day, Monday through Friday, and once or twice on Saturday and Sunday.
18. Content Writing
If you live near a major city, you might already know someone offering content writing jobs. To get started, check out freelancers.com and bid for projects! While applying for companies, you will likely need to pass a background check and meet certain experience requirements before being hired. Once you are approved, you can start earning good money working flexible hours.
19. Selling Your Crafts on Etsy
Etsy is a website dedicated to selling handmade items. While they were once just for artists, Etsy now offers something for everyone. You can find everything from clothing and jewelry to art and even pets.
20. Become an Airbnb Host
Airbnb is an accommodation site similar to Craigslist. People post free rooms or entire homes that they would like to rent out. As a host, you earn a place for guests to stay when visiting your city. To qualify as a host, you must first sign up and then list and rate each room or apartment you have. After that, you will need to accept guest’s bookings and ensure that the house or room is kept clean.
21. Become an Affiliate Marketer
An affiliate marketer works with merchants to help them promote their products and receive commission on any sales generated. This comes back to you in the form of earnings, but you are going to need to share your affiliate link so that you can generate commissions. Check out WealthyAffiliates.com to learn how to become an affiliate marketer.
22. Sell Your Photos
If you love taking pictures and enjoy sharing them with friends and family, consider selling some of your shots for cash. Sites like iStockPhoto, Shutterstock, Fotolia, and Dreamstime are places where photographers and creative people go to sell their images. There are also websites that specialize in creative photography, such as CreativeLive.
23. Blogging
Blogging is becoming increasingly popular among small business owners. A blog does not require much maintenance and it is a great way to build trust and authority with potential customers. Plus, you can use your blog to teach others about your industry.
24. Drop Shipping
Drop shipping is another great way to make money online. Basically, you find products that are being sold online and buy them at a discount. Then, you re-market these products to other businesses and earn a profit whenever they sell.
25. E-commerce
E-commerce is another great option if you want to start an online business. You set up your own website and then display product pages. When a visitor buys a product, you receive payment.
26. Network Marketing
Network marketing is similar to traditional direct sales, except that you do not have to recruit anyone. Instead, you create your own team of distributors and earn commissions off their sales.
27. Social Media Marketing
Social Media Marketing is one of the best ways to make money online. You do not need any special skills or experience to get started. All you need is a web browser and an internet connection.
28. Online Marketing Coach
You can inform people how to be successful with different types of marketing, such as affiliate marketing.
29. Website building
You can open a site, earn some traffic, and sign up with ad networks or even an affiliate network. Once you sign up (for free) with a company like ClickBank, they give you a unique referral link that you share with your friends. Whenever someone clicks on that link and purchases something, you earn a commission.
30. Course creation
You can become an online course maker and teacher by using platforms like Udemy, Teachable, and Skillshare. These sites allow you to design your own courses and charge students for lessons. If you enjoy teaching others, you can turn your passion into cash.
31. Flower Arranging
If you enjoy arranging flowers, then you could start a flower-arranging business. You’ll need to learn how to arrange flowers before you begin offering your services.
32. Gardening
If you enjoy gardening, then you could start your own landscaping business. You will need a lot of land to start a landscaping business.
33. Landscape designer
If you already have experience working as a landscaper, then you could use that experience to start your own landscaping company.
34. Lawn Mowing
If you enjoy mowing lawns, then you could start up a lawn mowing business. You will need proper equipment to start a lawn mowing business, including a riding lawnmower, push mower, edger, trimmer, blower, and leaf blower.
35. Snow Removal
If you enjoy snow removal, then you could start an ice-melting business. You will need special tools to melt ice, including a shovel, pickaxe, and scraper.
36. Window Washing
If you enjoy window washing, then you could start a window washing business. You will need buckets, brushes, squeegees, soap, and water.
37. Painting
If you enjoy painting, then you could start a painting business. You will need paintbrushes, rollers, paints, and canvases.
38. Freelance Writing
Freelance writers create content for websites, magazines, newspapers, books, and other publications. Writers often write about topics related to their expertise.
39. Online Store
An online store is a great way to start a home-based business. You can sell products or services online at websites such as eBay, Amazon, Etsy, and others. E-commerce is a good choice for people who want to work from home because they do not have to leave their houses to run their businesses.
40. Consulting
Consulting is a service where someone provides advice or guidance to help solve problems. A consultant might offer accounting, bookkeeping, marketing, legal, financial, or technical services.
41. Book writing
If you are a book writer, you could make money online by taking paid assignments or selling your creative works.
42. Accounting
If you are a talented accountant, then you should think about starting an accounting business.
43. Bookkeeping
Contact local companies and universities to inquire about whether they need bookkeepers.
44. Online marketing
Starting an online marketing business may sound scary, but it is quite simple.
45. Remote technical support
All you need to do is open a website and offer remote technical support to companies and individuals.
46. Marketing Consultant
Marketing consultants can provide these services to small businesses or individuals.
47. Financial consultant
If you enjoy working with finances and number crunching, then you could open a Financial consulting business.
48. Online veterinary
Another type of pet care business is online veterinary services.
49. Parking space owner
Many people own cars and find themselves frequently in need of parking space, lacking their garage at home.
50. Elderly caregiver
If you love older people and enjoy spending time with them, then you might want to consider becoming an elderly caregiver.
51. Real estate agent
Start by contacting local real estate companies and ask if they need online real estate agents to work for them.
There are many more businesses that you can pursue from home, and you can work as:
52. Jewelry Maker
You can also make jewelry items at home and sell them locally or offer them for sale online.
53. Freelance designer
If you have good design skills, you can work as a freelancer and help out people who need assistance.
54. Freelance coder
You can put your coding skills to good use and create websites, blogs, etc right from scratch.
55. Online thrifter
You can sell little-used or gently used items online at a discounted price.
56. Web Designer
If you love to design websites and happen to be good at coding, this is just the career that you should pursue. You can work as a freelancer.
57. Facebook Page Designer
Companies need help with designing eye-catching Facebook pages that can attract attention and help businesses reach out to their target audience without much effort.
58. Vintage Clothing Reseller
You can also resell vintage clothing items at a good price, given that there are ready-takers for the same.
59. Music Teacher
If you are good at teaching music, you can set up classes at home and even teach online.
60. Party Planner
Good at planning and organizing party events? That is a talent few people can boast of. Do not let it go to waste, as you can make money out of it. Birthday parties and pre-wedding rituals for friends and family are good places to start your career as a party event planner. As you advance in your career, you may organize large corporate events and lavish weddings. You may also offer your food services for such events in addition to managing them.
One of the most economical business ventures for women is event planning. You may work wonders for your clients if you have the right talents and relationships with skilled decorators, DJs, and other specialists.
61. Dance Instructor
You can also teach people how to dance if you are a talented dancer yourself, and show them how to move right and burn the dance floor!
62. YouTube Personality
This is another cool profession and a great side business that may help you earn a good 6- to 7-figure income right from your home after a few years.
63. Personal Trainer
People want to get fit but need someone who can provide them with the right guidance, and this is where you can step in, working as a personal trainer and having people come to your home for training sessions. You can also train online with a good income per hour.
64. Copywriter
Not everybody can write powerful sales copies and attractive sales pitches that can do the trick. As a copywriter, you can get hired by companies.
65. Researcher and fact-checker
So many companies and businesses out there, and even schools and universities, need people to help them stand on good ground as far as facts and figures are concerned. You can well imagine the kind of demand you will enjoy as a researcher and fact-checker.
66. Ebook Writer
You can get work from companies and businesses that outsource their ebook project writing requirements to talented writers.
67. Hot Air Balloon Operator
Despite the best care, PC systems are bound to fail sometimes or other times. This is where you can help. As a remote troubleshooter, you can help individuals and businesses get their systems back on track, right from your home.
68. Massage Therapist
You can also have people come to your home for massage therapy sessions. If you are a certified masseur, people will always be ready to come to get massaged by you, especially when you invest in a professional massage machine to elevate service quality, guarantee a superior experience, and draw in more clients.
69. Hair Stylist
You may also style the hair of customers, making them look their best at all times, especially on the special days of their lives.
70. Interior Designer
If you are good at making indoors look their best, a diploma in interior design will suit you well. It is a good idea to work online as an Interior Designer and offer tips and guidance on the web.
71. Home Staging Business
You can also help people with tips regarding home staging.
72. Seller of Collectibles
There is a great demand for collectible items and you can try selling collectibles if you want. There is good money in it, and it can be your part-time business without much active participation from your end.
73. Social Media Consultant
You can find work as a Social Media Consultant quite easily, given that so many company owners are trying to promote their businesses on social media platforms.
74. Dog Groomer
Owners love to have their dogs groomed well to make them look prim and proper, and that is where you can help.
75. Drone Trainer
If you are good at flying drones, you can also teach others to do the same. People can come to you for drone operating and flying lessons or you may teach them online.
76. Personal Stylist
Do you want to style people and get pleasure out of styling your dear ones? You can extend that and style others as well. The job of a Personal Stylist comes with good pay, and who knows, in time you might even catch the eyes of a celebrity or two.
77. Photographer
Do your friends and loved ones admire your photography skills and say that your shots are good enough? If you are confident of your photography talent, you can shoot images and sell them online.
78. Gift Basket Arranger
You can also try arranging gift baskets and making them suitable for your customers, or prepare ready-made gift baskets that can be sold online.
79. Furniture Upcycler
Basically, you can take old, broken, or wasted furniture items and re-purpose them.
80. Bicycle Repair Expert
Are you good at fixing your own bicycle and knowing which stuff goes where and how they should be fixed or replaced? Promote your talents online and very soon, people will flock to your doorstep.
81. Baker
If baking cookies, cakes, and other goodies is your talent, you can bake stuff and sell it online.
82. Jam Seller
You can also try making and selling jams, which is one of the best goodies that so many people like to have and gift to their loved ones.
83. Caterer
If you are good at catering, you can take up orders online and cover events such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and the like.
84. Florist
You can also make floral arrangements and sell them at online stores, or even take up local orders.
85. Fundraiser
You can also start obtaining contributions for an organization or party and work as a Fundraiser.
86. App Designer
If you are good at designing and developing mobile apps, this is another home-based business idea that you can pursue. You can start designing and developing mobile apps for individuals or businesses.
87. Tie-dye Shirt Designer
You can use your own images or choose from thousands of clipart images available online, use them to design your tie-dye shirts, and add text.
88. Life Coach
Providing direction and support in a variety of areas, such as goal-setting for future plans, a life coach works with clients to help them achieve their goals. You can work as one.
89. Wedding Coordinator
On the big day, a wedding coordinator helps the couple who are supposed to go to the altar and makes sure everything goes as planned.
90. Henna Designer
You can create beautiful henna designs on hand or on objects and teach people how to do the same.
91. Glass Blower
Glass Blowing is the practice of molding a mass of heated, pliable glass by forcing air through a tube into it. You can try making borosilicate glass into precise laboratory glassware.
92. Publicist
Publicists are primarily responsible for securing print and online press for artists. As a Publicist, you have to place longer pieces like interviews and features, secure audio or video premieres, secure album reviews, pitch story ideas to journalists, and assist clients in getting their work included in trend features.
93. Vacation Rental Owner
You have to buy, maintain, advertise, and rent out residences to tourists. Rentals of vacation homes and villas can be arranged directly from your end, typically online.
94. Mystery Shopper
You must assume the role of a customer and evaluate the level of customer service and the management of a certain company or chain of stores. You are expected to behave normally and carry out a specified duty, such as making a specific purchase or posing a specific set of questions.
95. Yoga Instructor
You must lead classes in meditation and yoga postures for large groups of individuals.
96. Travel Planner
Your job is to assist clients in creating travel plans, including reservations, flight bookings, and transportation arrangements.
97. Christmas Tree Farmer
Trees must be planted in the early spring, whereas grass must be planted in the fall. The trees need another 6–8 years to reach a height that is suitable for harvest. You must keep an eye out for pests, fertility problems, and weeds throughout this time and only take action when necessary.
98. Clothing Designer
You must design unique apparel, accessories, and footwear; sketch up concepts; choose materials and patterns; and provide instructions for manufacturing the items you have designed.
99. Digital marketing
In order to help businesses reach targeted consumers, you have to market their goods and services through digital platforms. Following the pandemic, businesses are investing substantially in digital marketing to reach out to new clients and promote their brand online. Digital marketing is a vast field with many options.
You can start by providing content creation, copywriting, editing, and proofreading services. You have the option of charging per word or per hour in this situation. Another highly sought-after area of digital marketing is graphic design. If you are knowledgeable about the technical facets of online marketing, such as link building, site construction, and keyword research, you can launch a full-fledged SEO agency from your home.
Final Words
Home-based businesses are great ways to make money at home. You do not need to leave your house to work, and many of these can be pursued if you have a computer enabled with an internet connection.
