I don't like going out to work every day and am wondering what other type of work I could do from home. (It doesn't need to pay as well as programming because I spend very little and have no family to support.)
Any suggestions?
- use software like tradestation or wealth-lab to build a workable trading system. trade from home.
- background checks. with rise in VC investment is also new needs for doing cheap background checks.
- penny auction arbitrage. there's a new startup in penny auctions every day. they start off unprofitable because not enough traffic. meaning, you can win cheap ipads for almost nothing and then sell on ebay.
- project management. people still need websites done. You can outsource to india using scriptlance or elance and do the project management from home.
- e-commerce. 1 idea: do a blog about living forever. when it starts to get traffic start selling a nutraceutical package on it.
- photography. do weddings cheap. you have to leave home but dont have to work as many days.
I'll think of more if people like these ideas.
Wedding photos are incredibly important to a lot of people. If you don't know what you're doing, then you could end up ruining someone's memory of the most important day of their life.
Look at wedding forums for photographer horror stories if you don't believe me.
- buy up popular domain names with the words misspelled (e.g. www.eatingdsorders.com, etc) - then do appropriate content (scrape sites) and google ads. Put together a portfolio of these names for cheap and sell to Demand Media
- Write e-books. "100 Ways to Lose Weight". "40 stocks that can Double this year". Use simple google ads to sell them. Write 10 books / mo to make decent living and one might be a breakout. Traditional publishing dead. Get your friends to write e-books. You'll market, they write, split 50-50.
- Therapists charge over $150-200 /hr. Charge $10 / hr and offer to do therapy over skype.
More coming.
I would like to write more often, and though making money would be a bonus, having a topic to focus on would help greatly. Where can I look to get started?
Thanks!
I suggest answering these questions before considering any "work from home" opportunities. If it's just a matter of your current job, why not look for another employer.
