Business Ideas 51 – 60
51. Begin a business which deals in old and new American and British comics.
This business might: 1) Sell comics by mail from a catalogue. 2) Operate a comics of the month club for specialised collectors and 3) Run a comics stall at fairs and markets.
52. Be a home visiting wig salesperson.
By visiting the homes of potential buyers you provide a private and confidential service which is free of embarrassment. Buy a selection from wig manufacturers at trade prices. Advertise your service in newspapers and magazines.
53. Start a service which cleans wire baskets and supermarket trolleys.
BasketShine or CleanTrolleysRus could be the names of companies that make work of providing cusomers with a better shopping experience. Baskets and trolleys often spend most of the day on a dusty floor or outside, open to the elements.
54. Use wooden jigsaw pieces to make earrings and necklaces.
Add a hand painted design to the side of the jigsaw piece not covered by a part of the picture. Call your goods jigsaw puzzle jewellery. Sell from a stall at fairs, car boot sales or get it stocked at trendy shops.
55. Produce kits for making pictures.
Take metal rods and tubes of different diameters and cut into slices. Arrange the slices to make pictures and patterns. Mount these pictures and sell as craftwork. Or produce kits for making pictures with slices of rods and tubes. Use mail order to sell these kits to craftworkers.
56. Beauty treatment mud.
Locate a source of fresh, pure mud and package it in specially sealed containers. Sell this by post for beauty treatment.
57. Set up a business which produces a quality audio CD library of nursery rhymes.
Alternatively, produce a series of CDs which feature X-rated nursery rhymes for adults. Sell these by either getting them stocked in bookshops or by starting a monthly club.
58. Poetry competitions.
Compile and publish a monthly bulletin which informs subscribers of poetry competitions they are eligible to enter at home and abroad. Target your recruitment campaign for subscribers at practising poets.
59. Plans for woodworkers.
Bring out a series of plans for woodworkers, soft toy makers, leather workers and other craftworkers. Either sell printed copies of these plans at wholesale prices or sell the reproduction rights. Then any craftworker or hobbyist can start a mail order business selling the plans.
60. Newsletters compedium.
Publish a “Which?” newsletter about newsletters. As the number of newsletters and subscribers is ever increasing, there is a gap in the market for a newsletter which comments on and judges the value of the others.
