Sunday, August 14, 2016

to start a home business ideas 55

Today tens of thousands of people who are considering starting a home business, and for good reason. On average, people can expect to have during their working lives two and three runs.

People who leave a career often think their second or third career choice of your own home. People who were part of the traditional strength of nine to five job and are thinking about this life in retirement, what to do next.

The good news: at home starting a business for almost every available that will take a risk and work hard.

1. accounting
Experience, training or licensing may be required

Create a brochure about their services. Before you do this, you need to know what these services are. They only do the bookkeeping for a small business? An involved level of accounting work not effectively balance sheets, income statements and other monthly or annual financial reports on a quarterly basis and / depending on business needs. Other specializations may include tax accounting, a wide space of possible work. Many business owners do not care to keep their own records on a daily basis, but to seek professional help with their taxes.

2. REPAIR OF CYCLES

In many parts of the country, tends this activity to be seasonal, but you can ways to find it. Rent to provide a storage unit for storing and these bikes in winter after an upgrade and any necessary repairs to them. If you want to meet Lance Armstrong wannabe, you can make business during the year. These runners train path through snow, sleet and darkness of the night. Some of them work on their own bikes, but many of them do not, so you get their business during the year. And if you continue to shop on Saturday night, you can be sure, a group of people who come to speak while cycling.

3. Boat Cleaning
Experience, training or licensing may be required

They are trailing boats out of the water for the winter or even for repairs midseason you need the cleaned hull. And the type of boat, is a good time to also give a very large, clean other - the bridges, residences, head and shoe covers. Start by approaching the houses have to sit on the terrace a boat. Or you can advertise your services to Marina you market rent to clean the boat, which offers its customers.

SERVICE BUSINESS PLAN. 4
A room for expansion

Provide a business from soup to nuts aircraft, including market research, the history of the business plan and financial statements. Plan your to the principle that the customer wants and to complement other services costs. You can customers an electronic file and allow from there, or you can follow the business plan on file and serve adapt. Have samples of business plans to show your clients - and you should include your own!

5. ramoneur

Learning a chimney sweep to be, nothing can mean to someone in the business to learn more about this. an expert in the fireplace By you can combine a business with an inspection of the chimney sweeps - the above whether the chimney cleaning, but when the fireplace is in need of repair in good condition or.

HOUSEKEEPING. 6

There are many directions you can take place this. If you work during the hours when no one else can focus on the desktop client. You can focus on the retail business and keep their customers in one or two blocks grouped. Restaurants are open every day in great need of a thorough cleaning and can be a great source of regular customers. You might want more interested in the house cleaning. Often the services that you do not have to spend much money on advertising or marketing as their customers come from oral cleaning.

7. Computer - Repair
Experience, training or licensing may be required

Study of the main types of system users want software - word processing software, image processing, direct mail, spreadsheets, design and especially security software. Examine all components - the types of monitors in all its variants; Keypads, wireless ergonomic wired; Types of mice; and peripheral devices such as printers and scanners. all Internet service providers (ISPs) are available range to be covered in the market fully aware. Imagine as the guru to meet the needs of users of the personal computer, a small business or a large enterprise.

8. CONSULTANT
A room for expansion

To be a consultant, you need to experience something that can be sold as a consultant to other search work in this area. Perhaps he managed several large transactions in your career with a pharmaceutical company, of a large shoe manufacturer or direct all marketing for many years she has done a chain of beauty supply stores or restaurants takeaways. You can use this experience to help others to do similar things, without making the same mistakes he make on the path taken.

9. DOG BREEDER

Experience, training or licensing may be required

The animals are very popular in the US While many people are willing to take on animal welfare, others are looking for a particular race. The breeds are more popular than ever and can command large sums of money. But a dog breeder is serious business catering with high expectations to be recognized at their consumer purchases of PET. You have to establish itself as war breeders to ensure the health and welfare of animals that usually bring them into the world.

10. Assistant eBay

Have items lurking around your home that you can sell on eBay? Calculate your selling price and decide or store them in your eBay set to auction. Then decide if you want a minimum bid and time you want the auction will take. You want to create a PayPal account to use for transactions. EBay provides all the information you need to know to start an eBay business.

Editorial Services Home Organizer

11. Editorial Services
A room for expansion

Here are some of the writing services can offer the comforts of home:

  • Proofreading.   This is where data validation is performed, and where the grammatical, stylistic and typographical detected.
  • Replay.   This is the last stop of a piece of "finished". Critics Proofreading changes were correct and no new errors are made created in the process.
  • Indexation.   There are courses available and indexing can indexing software.
  • Spending.   A developmental editor with a manuscript about the big things image to work as questions of organization and content.
  • Scrape the book.   This is provided an editorial service available written manuscripts by experts. They create a manuscript, as best you can, and then a book doctor puts in publishable form.
  • Ghostwriting.   As a ghostwriter, you really have to explore and write fitted the book and the name of the person other than the author.
  • Write.   Also as a company is in writing, it is that the promotion of a product or service is written.
  • The writing of the book.   Do you have experience in a professional matter, such as accounting or home decoration? Or personally like knitting? Why not write a book about?
  • Write Magazine article.   Newspapers and magazines are a great way to get your letter before tackling the difficult task of published a whole book to write.
  • Website Content - Provider.   Offer content of a website is a great way to take some money writing.

12. ELECTRONIC REPAIRS
A room for expansion

This company is similar to the computer repair business, but take fair in all types of electronic devices and computers. With small electronic devices must be able to bring their repair to have the customer projects for you, because you hard, the cost of traveling to harvesting equipment failure and depressed again to recover would be. You can also encourage people to give their old electronic devices, so you can use them for parts.

13 Event Planning
A room for expansion

One of the first things that have to do is visit all the places of potential event work. Visit Working with the marketing director each site and learn what is on each site. Start a database that you can sort the places with different characteristics - the number of people that each side has, the audiovisual equipment available on the site, you may need to arrange for the rental of chairs, etc. Then, when you start to plan an event with a customer, you can, what the most important parameters for the event can be found out, and gently pull three or four sides that meet the basic criteria. and the coupling parts, etc.

14. Expert Witness SERVICE
Experience, training or licensing may be required

One way to make money in this area, an expert is to be a witness himself. If you have expertise that could be useful in legal cases, it can be sold to a lawyer to act as an expert. Another way to be active in the field of experts is a kind of matchmaker to play, according to lawyers with expert for your business - either for the defense or the prosecution. Experts for the big money business is expected to fly anywhere to testify. There is no reason for your database witnesses can not be anywhere in the country.

15. FINANCIAL PLANNER
Experience, training or licensing may be required

To start, you need to go through the certification process, so you can send a CFP (Certified Financial Planner) in duplicate. The certification programs that have the experience and credibility, and this distinction, the people who can help choose a financial planner.

FLEA MARKET 16th

A room for expansion

People want to spend weekends full digging unwanted items to other people through tables, looking for treasure. Be sure to change the design and new sale put things often. You want to get people back again and again to see what's new. You do not even have this kind of stuff to do many new things new look. Simply move an item from a table draw on top of a shelf attention, even if the items in his inventory was, as it has begun sales.

17 Golf - Trainer
Experience, training or licensing may be required

The local public knows of course his coaching business. Maintain relationships with employees and encourage them to recommend it as a coach. A look for the customer is the business world. Golf is a game that business people to develop relationships outside the office use. You must be better than a means to develop a reputation as a golfer Golf Coach. There should also be a good teacher, he knows how to motivate to work with many types of people and will be ready.

18. HOME ENERGY AUDITORS
Experience, training or licensing may be required

All owners are always to store in search of ways on your bills. You can help them by providing an audit of your home and give them a breakdown of how it could achieve real savings in heating, cooling and power consumption. You can go ahead and make the deployment and installation of some of their suggestions in your home itself. Make a review of the entire machine, with efficiencies and age-related calculations of the device. And the boiler will not forget!

19. inspection
Experience, training or licensing may be required

To be successful, you want to create contacts with real estate agents who can recommend their services to clients. The area of ​​the inspection is that you constantly have to update their education and knowledge. New products are constantly coming on the market - if you know that the wooden bridges, we do not know how to study and new materials on the market, such as to evaluate compounds that look like real wood look long. Also keep up all the materials and problems with things like gas development, the production of carbon monoxide and other chemicals should security updates.

20. HOME ORGANIZERS
A room for expansion

You can choose to do the organizational work or house, and consultations about things reach the owners better organize could do. to have a portfolio of different organizational scenarios in different rooms of the house and he or she may speak to the owner about the style. Create understand checklists and questionnaires, such as the family used the house. Children are very busy with after-school activities? Or they are usually home after school and want access to their toys? Do they share rooms? All of these things will help you adjust an organization and is planning the hero of the family.

Import / export of solar energy

21 IMPORT / EXPORT - SPECIALIST
Experience, training or licensing may be required

If you do not already have professional experience in the import and / or export, which will have a longer learning curve. You can start by learning the basics of accommodation and training sessions to teach others what they need to know to get started in import / export. That alone probably you win your first customer. If you continue with the training seminars and expand their reach outside your immediate area, you could probably develop a sufficient customer base and be very fast will continue, but be careful not to exceed your learning curve!

22 Interior Decorator
Experience, training or licensing may be required

Market to build their talents for contractors. People who can buy a new home often be overwhelmed by the choices and ways to decorate the house. Design questionnaires to all major element and each main room of the house. Learning the owner's house to use - children there? Have Pets? She is the woman of the house in high heels? Do the residents of the house, you can not take your shoes? As each room is used? Where it can lighting and ambient lighting task be more appropriate?

23. Manufacture of jewelery
Experience, training or licensing may be required

There are many opportunities in the jewelry business and many different types of materials with which you can work to get. The work in metal will likely be in the way of specific tools. You should be able to heat the metal to handle, and you need to cut the metal working tools and burn. But there are many other materials that allow you to work to jewelry - to name just a glass, plastic, beads, feathers, wood some.

24. WRITING COPY OF MARKETING
Experience, training or licensing may be required

If you can write the text that makes people excited to sell to buy, what the customer has, you can make money in this business. Unless you work for writing a course out in the field a lot. There are courses or online courses at colleges and universities in the community who can give you a boost to get writing experience copy for brochures, catalogs, advertising and, of course, marketing copy for the web.

25. NOTAIRE / magistrate
Experience, training or licensing may be required

In most of the United States, a notary public is a public servant to testify to the legality of certain documents and to confirm, is approved by signing and affixing a seal. Most states require an examination and a background check is passed. This, at no cost, a notary and notary entry work has become insignificant. A justice usually performs marriage ceremonies. The states have different rules and procedures a JP and implementation to be service. JP and / or a notary does not cost a lot of money. And it's not a big risk rewarding! Many states set the prices they can charge for services JP. JPs can additional add and often do, including travel expenses and hourly rates for additional services such as meetings and samples, the preparation time and other special requests.

26. PERSONAL CONCIERGE

This business is for someone who is very effective and has the ability to make things happen. People who hires wait for things when they want it, and you need to achieve in a position not only by what they want, but with a personal touch and a smile on her face. The most likely customers for services personal concierge are executives in the office of 7 hours and there almost every night to 21 hours, leaving little time to do all these things, which are often carried out during the hours themselves.

27. PERSONAL TRAINER
Experience, training or licensing may be required

Post your services in places where everyone, including restaurants and grocery stores go. Having a website is a good idea - people want a little privacy in their decision-making with regard to health. You can go to their website and find out whether your approach to personal training is a method that works for them. It is important to emphasize the safety aspect of the use of a personal trainer. It can fit customers and to help prevent injury.

28 MANAGEMENT

His work, which in the case of rental, will ensure that the property runs smoothly. Spend For seasonal properties, most likely to ensure your time management that the property for the season of visits is maintained and, when no one is near ready. If the owner in the winter they go away for six weeks, the owner carries out regular inspections of the property. It is the contact point when the security system operator has to contact someone about a security breach.

29 Small Engine Repair

Experience, training or licensing may be required

Most community colleges offer a degree of current engine repair. Another way to learn, is a position part to a repair shop or a rental center where you can learn on the job, even if you want to be open about their plans time. You must be ready to work again on lawnmowers button, lawnmowers, generators, garden tools such as rakes and grinders, saws, shredders and snow blowers. You need to decide if the key to take, such as tractors, snowmobiles and ATVs works; Space may be your decision.

30 SOLAR ENERGY CONSULTANT
Experience, training or licensing may be required
A room for expansion

The solar advisor, you can basically perform an inspection of the house and to give the customer a report on their solar options for your home and specific site. This can range from the general solar systems per se and generate electricity in a simple gateway solar lighting. You can work in a company of solar products to be, to be launched in the field of solar energy. However, to be a consultant, it is often better not to recommend a company or product and capable products and options to be connected in the field of solar energy.

Income tax for graphic design

31 tax - preparer
Experience, training or licensing may be required

Most tax preparation franchises offer courses, seminars and training work for them to prepare. You learn a lot about tax preparation, while the work for them, before they leave on their own. There is a lot of support for training to learn tax preparation there and all of its complexity. And there are many people and companies who want to spend a few hundred dollars a year for someone else your taxes are willing to prepare and maintain tax cuts or tax burdens on their behalf to see.

32. taxidermist
Experience, training or licensing may be required

The world of taxidermy today is not exclusive to preserve the real samples. Taxidermy also relates to wholly artificial materials to create a sample. Taxidermy schools where you can learn the trade, are found in some levels of experience from beginner to master level in most of the country, usually in the form of courses for several weeks. Like any business, there are conventions taxidermy, you can participate and learn about the latest techniques and materials.

33. capitonnage

If you have a talent for sewing, upholstery repair could be a perfect business for you. One of the best ways to learn to be as drawn bolster cushion and break start it. Many books and videos available to you to learn this ability. Often loans for upholstered furniture will also need repairs. Do you have a list of people available to repair furniture, to recommend their clients. Or you can take the space, repair people with whom you work, to do this work for you, and add to the overall cost. You can also make this job even to learn especially small repairs.

34. SELL used books

Almost everyone has some boxes somewhere in the house hiding books. Why not make a business out of them? To win customers - especially repeat customers - you must have a few hours regular workshop. Make your business known for something, a specific category (or two) books, paperbacks with editions for sale, all dollars and children both formats and / or an exchange program. Maps, photographs, postcards, greeting cards and journals are close good margin in your business.

WEDDING PLANNER 35

You need to be updated on wedding trends and fashions, clothing styles, color trends - almost everything under the sun! Offer your customers a wing menu a la carte service choose to help the flowers, the wedding gown and bridesmaid dresses, choose the location and the setting of the caterer. Before opening your business, shopping bridal shops, and do so, as well as to be Bride to be, to see, to handle the types of services supply store wedding dress and as potential customers. You have all the details to know of society the impression must give you the go-to person for all members are planning a wedding.

Start $ 1,500 in 3000

36. REPAIR
Experience, training or licensing may be required

Each house has a number of devices, large and small. You can add your own or contract with appliance stores work on your warranty service calls to fulfill - or, best of all, you can do a little of each. Plan to start slowly and build your customer base in the recommendations and references based on a job well done. Consider the development of relations with business owners to be the go-to person to install the devices in the homes of new construction.

37. COMPUTER TRAINING
Experience, training or licensing may be required
A room for expansion

Once you have mastered in Macintosh and PC, you must provide the training in both types of computers. You could learn to make a living probably help seniors to use the Internet and e-mail with your loved ones to keep in touch, now spread widely throughout the country. Err on the side of caution in this case. People do not want to know every detail, which makes work a computer. If they are overloaded with information from the outset, explain bits, bytes and megapixels, they will continue forever with her paper and pencil.

38. DESKTOP PUBLISHER
Experience, training or licensing may be required

You can use desktop publishing software to create newsletters, magazines, books or even marketing materials. You can create the content of their publications desktop, or you can for you to pay to create an author content. Alternatively, you can design your services and desktop publishing advertising for newsletters and books, others to create with its contents.

39. decommissioning

Posters are everywhere. And they do not last forever, so they need to be repaired and replaced by a certain amount of frequency. The most common material is wood fence. However, vinyl is a popular choice of closure because of their durability and relatively maintenance-free. wrought iron fence is another common, especially in urban areas. You can enjoy shopping have worked for vintage iron fences during recovery.

40. freelance graphic designer
Experience, training or licensing may be required

Despite the proliferation of the Internet, print media is here to stay for the foreseeable future! Flyers, newsletters, magazines, newsletters, letters and communications are just some of the types of media that the self-rental business to provide for them. Web advertising and online sites also need graphic design services. Even if your experience unique in design, offer the works for potential clients, including creative editing and printing, and even to send the final piece. You can align the regular freelancers to parts of the work can not be done.

Gift Baskets Carpet

41. GIFT BASKET OF SERVICE
A room for expansion

to find a niche, is the best way to get started in the business gift basket. Êtes-vous un des chiens amoureux, Amant de cheval, ou l'exercice qui pourrait gourou paniers mettre des choses qui they maintiennent les gens avec cet intérêt aimeraient? Créez-vous déjà un produit Panier cadeau qu'un construit autour pourrait être? Avez-vous vos propres savons fait pour les 10 dernières années? Panier cadeau qui a un deux ou comprenait you savons, lotion pour les mains, Brosse et une manucure Kit pourrait être un beau panier pour recevoir.

42. GRAFFITI Retraits

Créer an arsenal of produits de nettoyage qui peut presque tous types Nettoyer they produits (peinture, craie, Marqueurs) of tous les types of surfaces (cement, bois, pavement). La meilleure façon a graffiti service make est d'offrir an array of semblable Souscription. Une fois par mois soit l'ou quel, the de sens pour vos clients INTERVALS, faire le tour de leurs biens et les nettoyer graffiti. they Charger combines redevance mensuelle trimestrielle ou et le rendre simple pour tout le monde - ils ne pas penser à doivent of graffiti, et vous venez de faire votre travail.

43. HAIR STYLIST
L 'expérience, la formation peuvent être ou de license nécessaires

Hairstyling est une entreprise qui peut être très populaire lucrative. Generally changement to déjà une carrière to Cosmetologie et veut of a coiffeur à domicile entreprise est susceptible d'être par une personne qui Lancee. If avez déjà vous votre formation in Cosmetologie et de license et de l'expérience les costs sous votre ceinture de travail dans un salon de coiffure, vous avez une suite qui vous probablement suivra bonne maison sans aucune hésitation.

44. MALESHERBES FARM STAND
Vous vous allez devez Decider vendre vos herbes si comme plantes vivantes, cueillies ou en coupées bouquets et emballés, ou séchées. Si vous avez l'intention de commercialiser aux cuisiniers à la place des jardiniers, vous voulez vendre vos herbes soit fraîches coupées et emballées dans des sacs Scellés, ou séché et vendu dans des sacs. Vous pouvez également un envisager arrangement "pick-your-own"; Cependant, il faut savoir que les herbes sont plus que la délicats plupart des produits de autocueillette. Vous pouvez enregistrer votre jardin beaucoup de conflits et de vos plantes beaucoup d'usure si vous faites la cueillette.

45. LANDSCAPER
L 'expérience, la formation ou de license peuvent être nécessaires

Si vous avez un talent pour ce type de travail, un diplôme ne sera pas nécessaire. La plupart des gens veulent que leurs verges rangea au printemps, leurs Pelouses tondues à l'été, leurs feuilles enlevées à l'automne, et leurs arbustes et les allées prêt pour la neige en hiver. Vous aussi voudrez d'offrir un travail de jardin, means que les semis de printemps de plantes annuelles et vivaces; préparation du potager, la plantation et à l'automne nettoyage; la lutte antiparasitaire et l'arrosage. Vous pouvez offrir un service de soins aux arbres. Il ya beaucoup à faire dans la cour qui n'a rien à voir avec les plantes: mur de pierre de restauration, les Clôtures, l'installation du système d'irrigation.

46. ​​MASSOTHÉRAPEUTE
L 'expérience, la formation ou de license peuvent être nécessaires

Vous souhaitez devenir certifié en Massothérapie pour être en mesure de vos commercialiser efficacement services. Cours menant à la certification comprennent non seulement des informations sur l'anatomie et la physiologie humaine et les effets que le massage a à la fois, mais aussi sur la façon de faire des affaires hors du champ de massage. Vous pouvez le faire soit un programme de certification ou un grade d'associé et de rester dans le $ 5,000 cadre de ce livre.

SERVICE 47. MOBILE

Beaucoup de gens qui se déplacent veulent embaucher quelqu'un pour faire le levage lourd pour eux. Vous pouvez laisser la grande échelle, à long distance de déplacement vers les grandes entreprises de déménagement. Votre travail peut être, mobile-sur-ville locale ou pour les emplois ville-next-door. Ce sont ceux que les gens commencent à penser peut-être qu'ils pourraient faire eux-mêmes, et il sera de votre devoir de les convaincre du contraire. Vos signes autour de la ville seront les tenter pour vous permettre de prendre soin de cette partie du mouvement, alors qu'ils sont occupés à prendre soin de ces autres 500 articles sur leur liste.

48. COURS DE MUSIQUE
L' expérience, la formation ou de licence peuvent être nécessaires

Vous voulez coller à l'instrument (s) que vous savez, mais vous pouvez être assez musicien qualifié pour offrir des leçons sur plusieurs instruments différents, ou ceux d'une classe particulière, par exemple, à cordes ou woodwind.You pouvez décider de prendre sur les individus ou les classes, en fonction de l'espace et la disponibilité des instruments. Les écoles publiques réduisent continuellement leur engagement envers l'art et de musique pour les étudiants, afin que vous puissiez essayer de travailler avec le système scolaire public pour compléter leurs efforts dans ces domaines.

49. PHOTOGRAPHE
L' expérience, la formation ou de licence peuvent être nécessaires

Faire de l'argent en tant que photographe peut être fait dans un certain nombre de façons différentes. Vous pouvez vous spécialiser dans un domaine, les mariages étant les plus courantes. Il ya des niches que vous pouvez explorer pour la photographie: portraits de personnes et leurs animaux de compagnie, les familles, et les maisons; photographies d'événements de vacances, des fêtes d'anniversaire ou de cartes de Noël; las posibilidades son infinitas.

50. RUG NETTOYAGE

Vous aurez besoin d'apprendre comment travailler avec toutes sortes de tissus de tapis, de synthétique pour les tapis de laine. Décidez si vous allez prendre des tapis anciens et précieux objets de famille; si oui, vous voulez obtenir une formation spécialisée dans la façon de gérer ces tapis et les moyens spécialisés de les nettoyer. Apprenez comment obtenir les taches et les odeurs tenaces sur les tapis - tels que chiens et chats odeurs - et vos services seront en grande demande.

De Sites à Pet Sitting

51. SITE WEB DEVELOPER
L' expérience, la formation ou de licence peuvent être nécessaires

De nombreux cours existent (dont beaucoup, logiquement, sont offerts en ligne) où vous pouvez apprendre la langue de la création d'un site web et vous pouvez en apprendre davantage sur les détails, comme la façon de mettre en place des systèmes de panier d'achat, des problèmes de sécurité, etc. Vous aurez, bien sûr, besoin d'en apprendre davantage sur chaque entreprise que vous concevez pour. Quelle est l'ambiance de l'entreprise que vous avez besoin de réfléchir à la conception d'un site Web - est-il sauvage et contemporain, ce qui signifie des couleurs brillantes et des graphiques amusants? Ou bien des couleurs plus classiques comme le noir, bleu marine et marron plus approprié?

3000 $ à 5000 $ pour démarrer

52. CHAMBRES D'HOTES

Avez-vous une chambre qui a sa propre salle de bains et est privé du reste de l'espace de vie? Êtes-vous près des attractions telles que une zone touristique, stade sportif ou le lieu pour un grand événement annuel? Ou est votre maison dans le pays avec la rainette crucifère, grillons d'été et croquants nuits d'automne qui pourraient donner un citadin un week-end de la vie paisible? Dites que vous pouvez louer la chambre pour 150 $ la nuit pour le vendredi et le samedi soir 48 semaines par an - qui est 14400 $ de revenus! Utilisez ce que vous avez et de créer une expérience unique.

53. NOËL DES VENTES D'ARBRES

If you want to start a Christmas tree farm, you need to plan ahead. It takes approximately seven years for a Balsam fir--perhaps the most traditional Christmas tree--to grow from a small sapling to a 5- to 6-foot tree. Selling your trees yourself is the best option. Consumers come to the property, pick the one they want, and you harvest it for them. The other option is to buy your trees from a wholesaler and sell them either in your yard or in a vacant lot that you rent from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

54. DAY CARE
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Perhaps you love children. Perhaps you have children of your own and the idea of taking care of a few more for part of the day appeals to you. Child-care needs continue to soar in the United States. Many people prefer the option of their child being cared for in a home environment while they are at work, opposed to a more institutional-like setting. These things mean that a homebased childcare business can get off and running immediately.

55. PET SITTING
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Starting a pet sitting service requires almost nothing in start-up costs. You do need some general credentials that will cost little or nothing to acquire. Your list of credentials should probably include personal pet ownership--if not currently, at least in the past--as well as other pet-related experience, including working at a pet food store, an animal hospital or other animal-related business. You will need to spend a little to become "bonded." This is known as "honesty insurance," and ensures your clients that you won't get their house keys and make off with their valuables (or that they'll get their money back if you do).

This article has been excerpted from   55 Surefire Home Based Businesses You Can Start for Under $5,000   by Entrepreneur Press & Cheryl Kimball (2009).

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