101 Home-Based Business Ideas

   You know you want to work at home, but how do you get started? Where do you find your inspiration? Right here. Check out the list below and see if there is anything that catches you r fancy. Once you have a great idea, see other articles to develop it into a successful home business.

1. Babysitting. That´s right, pick up where you left off in your teens and start caring for other people´s kids again.
2. Catering. Make food for special events.
3. Petsitting. Look after pets that are left at home while their owners go on vacation.
4. Sandwich Delivery. Make and deliver gourmet sandwiches to places of business.
5. Scrapbooking.­ Are you creative with your photo albums? Teach classes or offer your services as a professional scrapbooker.
6. Frozen Food Service. Make homemade microwave meals. Freeze and sell.
7. Ebooks. What are you an expert in? Write a book about it and publish online.
8. Event organizer. Offer your services to organize parties, weddings and more.
9. Special Cakes. Make elegant birthday and wedding cakes.
10. Gift baskets. Arrange baskets for all occasions, birthdays, Christmas, baptism, etc.
11. Freelance writing. Get online and sell your stories and articles.
12. Jams and Jellies. Make and sell your own preserves.
13. Pets. Start a hamster farm or breed Siamese fighting fish.
14. Garden Produce. Sell fresh produce in a market or roadside stand.
15. Picker. Offer your services as a harvester of any crop. Great for kids, too.
16. Baby slings. Find a great pattern and fabric and make your own to sell.
17. Cloth diapers. Have a tested design? Make it to sell.
18. Elegant candles. Gel candles, fancy forms or with flowers embedded.
19. Handmade paper. Recycle and add flowers or leaves for unique products.
20. Greeting cards. Make your own with paper and fabric, plus your computer.
21. Seedlings. Sell baby herbs or vegetables and flowers.
22. Baby clothes. Sell a variety of infant clothing, wraps, etc.
23. Stuffed toys. Make bean bag teddies, soft blocks, etc. to sell.
24. Catalog company. Build up your own product list and print a catalog for your vendors to sell from.
25. Daycare. Look after kids in your home professionally.
26. Tutor. Dust off those Math skills and put them to money earning use.
27. Playhouses. Design and build your own playhouses for kids.
28. Wooden toys. Learn how to use the skillsaw and make old-fashioned toys.
29. Photographer. Are you good with a camera? Turn pro at special events.
30. Videographer. Tape weddings, birthdays, etc. Edit and sell the video.
31. Silk screening. Design and make your own shirts and hats to sell, or take on special jobs for soccer teams and businesses.
32. Embroidery. With a proper embroidery machine, you can make some cash.
33. Bread. Sell fresh baked bread and other baked goods to pre-ordering customers.
34. Weaving. Weave and sell custom-made placemats, napkins and the like.
35. Photo restoration. With a copy of Photoshop, you can restore ruined and old photos for people and earn money.
36. Translator. Time to advertise your second language!
37. Computer tech. Provide on-site trouble shooting and repairs.
38. ESL. Teach English to immigrants.
39. Lessons. Whatever you´re good at, writing, painting, horseback riding, teach someone else to do it for a fee.
40. Handbags. Design and sew your own beautiful handbags to sell.
41. Jewelry. Whether simple beaded jewelry or gorgeous silver and gold, get to it!
42. Booklets. Write short booklets on whatever you know best and sell them.
43. Natural beauty products. Make your own shampoo, coconut soap or facial scrubs.
44. Employment service. Match employers with prospective employees.
45. Matchmaker. Get couples together.
46. Housecleaning. Take the kids along to clean vacation homes.
47. Tour guide. If you live in a tourist attraction, offer yourself up as a guide.
48. Hair stylist. Take a short course to get started and start cutting in your home.
49. Organization specialist. Can you organize someone else´s home?
50. Laundry service. Wash, iron and fold clothing for inept bachelors.
51. Aromatherapy. Offer soothing essential oils for sale, or just the treatments.
52. Massages. Turn your living room into a massage room. A short course gets you going.
53. Ebay seller. Hit local flea markets to pick up your first inventory.
54. Secret Santa. Start a Santa, Easter Bunny, etc. mail service. Kids write to their favourite elf and you write back as Santa or the Bunny.
55. Video Rental. Got a big video or dvd collection? Start renting.
56. Craft kits. Take your favourite craft and turn it into a kit.
57. Paint. Sell your paintings online or from your garage.
58. Garage Sale Organizer. Help the uniniciated hold great garage sales!
59. Painter. Paint murals on bedroom walls.
60. Tailoring. Make custom-fit clothing.
61. Daycamp. Hold a summer day camp with fun activities and snacks.
62. Curriculumn. Write your own school curriculum for homeschoolers and schools.
63. Perfumery. Make and sell your own essential oil perfumes.
64. Computer classes. Teach computer skills to children and adults in your home.
65. Gardening. Offer to garden for others for a fee.
66. Flower arrangements. Grow and arrange flowers to sell.
67. Gift service. Do Christmas and birthday shopping for those too busy to do it themselves.
68. Diaper service. Pick up and laundering of cloth diapers.
69. Oddity specialist. Find odd and rare items for collectors.
70. Researcher. Research anything online and in the library for curious clients.
71. Kid videos. Tape anything kids like, animals playing, heavy machinery and turn it into a for-profit venture.
72. Ache relief. Design, make and sell corn-filled pillows to heat in the microwave.
73. Quilts. Make and sell baby quilts, full-size quilts or mini quilts.
74. Refinish furniture. Buy old, worn furniture at garage sales and fix it up for resale.
75. Eggs. Build a chicken coop and start selling farm-fresh eggs.
76. Pottery. Join the local guild and get started making your own plates and vases to sell.
77. Craft classes. Hold after-school classes in your home.
78. Stained Glass. Make suncatchers to sell and do custom projects as well.
79. Dough Ornaments. Make adorable dough ornaments to paint and sell.
80. Paint ceramic items. Buy plain ceramics and paint to resell.
81. Engraving. With a pen engraver, you can open up shop personalizing things.
82. Break-up artist. You offer pre-written, personalized breakup letters to be delivered.
83. Magician. Entertain kids at birthday parties.
84. Clown. See above.
85. Costume designer. Make costumes for Halloween, school plays, etc.
86. Cookbook. Compile recipes for church or women´s groups and they can sell their own cookbook after they pay you!
87. Ghostwrite. Write someone else´s story or speech and get money instead of credit.
88. Website. Start your own website to provide info on what you know best.
89. Safety inspector. Inspect homes to see if they are childproof.
90. Appraiser. Take a course to become a qualified home appraiser.
91. Notary Public. Being at home is a big advantage in this job.
92. DJ. Work nights when the kids are in bed.
93. Music lessons. Hold lessons in your home, piano, guitar, whatever you play.
94. Interior decorator. Help homeowners find the best design for their home and make it happen.
95. Organic cleaning supplies. Make your own organic cleaners to sell.
96. Party kits. Package all the makings of a party in a kit for clients.
97. Wind chimes. Make original windchimes.
98. Typist. Offer your services as a typist to offices and businesses.
99. At home secretary. Answer phones and sort mail for businesses that don´t have office space.

100. Science club. After school club where kids do fun experiments.

101. Dried flowers. Dry handpicked flowers for sale or use in salable items.

   This list is far from complete, I´m sure you will come up with your own ideas as well. The important thing is to have a jumping off point for your brainstorming!