(1) HAND
DECORATING
Ordinary objects
pay well. Their value is often quadrupled.
Prepared
stencils and designs are available from hobby shops.
You can work in
attic or basement and need invest very little in
supplies.
Saleable items are initialed tumblers, stools, trays,
jugs, boxes,
waste-baskets, greeting cards, toys. Sell your work
to gift shops on
a sale or return basis.
(2)
ADDRESSING AND MAILING SERVICE
This work can be
obtained by writing or telephoning department stores,
retail and mail
order firms, addressing bureaux, and direct mail
services listed
in the telephone directory. You can advertise your
service under
"Employment" in local newspapers and in the telephone book.
(3) COLLECT AND SELL COINS
Coin collecting
is booming. Supplying collectors is a
profitable
home business.
Get to know values by reading books and catalogues.
Buy carefully
from reputable dealers and from private sources through
classified ads
in local papers. Sell through private contacts and
mail order advertisements
in "Coins" and other collectors' and hobby
magazines, and
in "Exchange & Mart " Weekly, under "Coins". See No
113 on Home Mail
Order Business . Combine with No 79.
(4)
CORRESPONDENCE CLUB
Your income is
from fees charged for people to join the club to receive
the names of
others who wish to correspond. In this home mail order
business you
cater for some special interest: hobbyists, coin or stamp
collectors,
booklovers, prize contest enthusiasts, writers. Place
classified ads
in writers', hobby, mechnics and women's magazines,
also
"London Weekly Advertiser" and "Saturday Tit Bits".
(5) PROFITABLE SEWING AT HOME
There is money
in a home dressmaking service. It often pays to specialise.
Some do well
re-modelling old dresses, or making novelties or children's
wear. A sign in
your window, a card on Y.W.C.A. notice boards and
students'
bulletins, classified ads in the local newspaper and calls
on dress shops
and gift stores bring business. See manuals at your local
library. A
money-saving idea if you make children's dresses is to buy
bulk remnants
from large manufacturers. A firm selling cotton print
and patterns, is
J.W. Coats & Co Ltd., Nelson, Lancs. Useful magazine:
"Pins and
Needles".
(6) MAKING
LAMPS AND SHADES
at home pays well, as they often sell for many
times the material costs.
Lamp shades can
be made in home workshops from linen, plastics, silk,
paper and
parchment. Local public libraries have manuals on the subject.
Outlets are gift
shops and department stores. Co-operate with interior
designers.
(7) RENTAL
BUSINESS
This has
mushroomed into an attractive new business opportunity.
People like to
borrow, do-it-yourselfers rent professional equipment.
Many men are
doing well these days by acting as rental agents for all
manner of things
- power tools, trucks, cars, electric generators, etc.
There is no
capital investment because you act as middleman between the
person owning
the equipment and the person renting it. Advertise in local
newspapers.
(8) ANIMAL
BREEDING
Pedigree dogs
and other pets command high prices today. It is important
to start with
the right stock and keep to the instructions given in
handbooks
available at local public libraries. Two females mated at
different times
of the year could prove profitable. People in all walks
of life make a
good income from breeding not only dogs but cats, canaries,
budgerigars,
etc., but dog breeding is particularly profitable. Whatever
type of animal
you choose to breed, it pays to go in for unusual ones,
such as Papillon
dogs, Persian cats, Chinese hamsters, etc. Sell through
classified
advertisement in local newspapers and "Sunday Times".
(9) BASKETRY
AND CANE WORK
can be
successful if you keep a good standard of workmanship.
Use bright
enamel paints for finishing and keep to standard designs
and articles.
Study the market and offer your products on sale or
return to gift
and novelty shops, stores, women's exchanges etc.
Basketry and
other wickerwork with raffia, needs, etc...,appeals
to many people.
Popular items are lamp shades, baskets, mats, trays,
footstools,
hats, chair seats and backs.
(10) LOCAL
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT
Suitable if you
are a good 'mixer' and have good local knowledge and
write plain
English. Start by sending local editors specimen reports.
(11)
CRITICISM OF WRITERS' MANUSCRIPTS
Profitable if
you are keen, have some flair, and study writers'
manuals.
Advertise in "The Writer", "Writer's Review", and
"Writing".
(12)
RESEARCH SERVICE
Writers,
lecturers, business companies and others need free-lance
specialists to
look up information which can be found in public and
special
libraries, museums and trade associations. Get work through
classified ads
in literary and writers' magazines. Home operators can
earn œ2.50 to
œ3.00 per hour. Your local reference libraries will help.
(13) BUYING
AND SELLING ON COMMISSION
Start with an
outbuilding or store room until you can take a small shop.
No knowledge of
your goods is necessary. Take a commission of 15% to 25%
on everything
you sell. Suppose a customer brings in a table, chair, or
camera for which
he asks a certain price. When you have found a buyer
you notify your
client, who collects the cash and pays your commission.
Your only
expenses are for the space, and classified ads. Furniture, T.V.
sets, cameras,
typewriters, prams, sell well.
(14) IDEAS
FOR CARTOONISTS
Cartoonists pay
well for ideas and gags that suit their style.
Write to
cartoonists care of the magazines in which their cartoons appear.
(15) AT-HOME
BABY SITTING
is an increasing
in-demand spare-time activity. Mothers bring their
child to the
baby-sitter's home, some taking seven or eight at once,
charging by the
hour, plus something extra if a meal is given. Combine
with No 92.
(16) AGENCY
SUPERVISORS
working from
home are wanted by Buying Protection Services, 20 Gorham,
Rottingdean,
Brighton. BN2 7DP.
(17)
INVISIBLE RE-WEAVING
This service is
popular and rewarding because it salvages costly
garments at
considerably less cost than would be needed to replace them.
There is
particularly good scope in small community neighbourhoods.
Various firms
which give help to home operators advertise in
"Exchange
& Mart", notably the Invisible Mending Co., Shaftesbury Avenue,
Piccadilly
Circus, London. W.1 and British Invisible Mending Service,
1 Hinde Street,
London. W.1.
(18)
HANDBILL DISTRIBUTION
for business
firms and other advertisers can be profitable.
Door-to-door
delivery can be arranged with senior school-children.
Sales letters
sent to department stores and other local advertisers
can bring good
results, also advertisements in "The Trader".
(19) RUG AND
FURNITURE CLEANING
is a growing
business. In America especially, more and more people own
and operate an
'on location' rug and furniture cleaning franchise,
such as
Service-master, 2117 North Wayne Ave., Chicago 14, Illinis.
In England
similar firms advertise in "Exchange & Mart", "Sunday
Times",
and "The
Observer".
(20) SELL MAGAZINES
This requires no
office and it can be evening work. Write to publishers
requesting the
right to get subscritions. Approach schools, hospitals,
offices and
private people in their home and at their business. Solicit
orders by
telephone and direct mail advertising. Or concentrate on
back numbers
which can be bought and sold through advertisements in
"Excange
& Mart". Old boys' weeklies such as "Magnet" and
"Gem" sell well.
Combine with No
114.
(21) HOME
MANUFACTURING
Many saleable
products can easily be made at home, and sold through
gift shops and
other retailers.
(22) USED
CRRESPONDENCE COURSES
at reasonable
prices are in demand and several people in America are
running this
type of mail order business. They include second-hand
instruction
manuals and self-improvement books in their lists.
Advertise under
"Educational" in "Exchange & Mart". Combine with NO
114.
(23)
UPHOLSTERING AND FURNITURE REMODELLING
Once you have
learned the "know-how" this can pay well. Public libraries
have some good
books on the subject and a lot can be learned from craft
and hobby
magazines. Many start with just a box of
hand tools and some
special
equipment. They call in a specialist for extra difficult jobs
and get discount
prices on their work. Advertise in local papers.
(24) WINDOW
DRESSING
calls for, of
course, artistic ability and skill with tools, plus
imagination. It
is advisable to get tuition in the subject at evening
classes.
(25)
MAKE PLYWOOD NOVELTIES
and sell through
gift shops. Popular items: weather vanes, ships,
squirrels, dogs,
birds, row-boats, name and address backgroungs,
picture puzzles,
jigsaw puzzles, jewel boxes, comic plaques, doll
furniture.
(26)
JUVENILE CLOTHING EXCHANGE
Many women in
the suburbs of London and other cities run a children's
clothing
exchange, where mothers exchange children's unwanted,
out-grown
garments for others and pay an exchange fee. This project
can be combined
with the sale of boys' and youths' wear such as shorts,
T-shirts etc.,
of your own make, or from wholesale suppliers listed
in "The
Trader".
(27) BOOK
INDEXING
Indexing books
for non-fiction publishers is pleasant, profitable work.
The technique
can be learned from handbooks in public libraries. Work
is obtained by
writing to non-fiction publishers listed in the "Writers
and Artists Year
Book".
(28) DANCING
LESSONS
Needs skill and
a gift for teaching. Local classified ads bring pupils.
Teach in your
own home at first. Special classes for middle-aged
people pay well.
(29)
HANDWRITING ANALYSIS
This is a
service which can be profitably advertised with classified
ads in magazines
and newspapers. The skill can be acquired from manuals
on graphology.
(30)
REMINDER BUREAU
With such a
service you undertake for an annual fee to remind people
of birthdays,
wedding anniversaries, dates for payments, etc. You get
your customers
through "Personal" ads in "Sunday Times" and
"Observer".
(31) RAISING
RABBITS
has the
advantage of three markets: selling fur, breeding stock,
and meat. This
project can be started in a large backyard free from
local
restrictions against raising animals. Get "know-how" from local
library.
(32)
ENTERTINING
in the form of
singing, recitations, magic, dancing, doing a comedy
act etc., calls
for skill in your particular line, and a "way" with
an audience. To
get bookings it is necessary to become well known in
your area by
giving benefit performances for charitable affairs,
hospitals and
orphanages. These can lead to paid bookings at clubs,
social
gatherings, night clubs.
(33)
EMBROIDERING
beautifully
decorated cigarette cases, velvet compacts, pin cushions,
baby dresses
etc., is profitable. Sales are through gift shops. Get
"Embroidery"
magazine which advertises opportunities and a correspondence
course from
Embroiderers Guild, 73 Wimpole Street, London W.1.
(34) DRAW
CARTOONS FOR MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS
Cartoons are
well paid today and there are some excellent handbooks
and
correspondence courses on the subject. Some cartoonists do well
by specialising
in supplying industrial magazines with cartoons.
Markets are
listed in "Writers and Artist Year Book".
(35)
DECORATED CANDLES
These are good
sellers to gift shops. Study craft magazines,
visit gift
shops, and try to turn out something different.
(36)
PART-TIME PUBLICITY WORK
You supply
public relations help to small businesses in your area,
arranging press
parties, preparing news releases, arranging interviews,
etc. Know-how
can be obtained from handbooks on public relations at
your public
library.
(37) MAKING
& SELLING HANDMADE SHELL DECORATED JEWELLERY
For this home
business you need artistic ability, finger dexterity
and knowledge of
the market. Handbooks give full information. Sell
through friends,
neighbours, church groups, members of women's clubs,
gift and novelty
shops, dress shops and beauty salons.
(38) DOG
TRAINING
If you have the
gift for it and the necessary know-how from books on
dog training you
can get this kind of profitable work with regular
advertising in
the local press. This can be combined with the sale
of dog
requisites.
(39)
BOOK-KEEPING SERVICE
Local newspapers
often contain part-time vacancies, or you can
approach
grocers, service stations, clubs, public houses and various
retailers who
may need a home book-keeping service, rather than a
more expensive
firm of accountants, to help prepare and maintain
tax forms and
records. Training can be obtained at evening classes
or by
correspondence from School of Careers, Aldermaston Court,
Aldermaston,
Berkshire.
(40)
MANUFACTURER'S REPRESENTATIVE AT HOME
This means
calling in independent and chain retail stores of all kinds
and soliciting
volume orders. You handle no merchandise but send the
orders to the
factory which then ships the order direct to the retailer.
There is no
selling door-to-door to consumers. You need no office,
only a telephone
and some stationery. Ask your reference librarian
for books.
(41)
WOODWORKING
using 3/8"
or 1/2" plywood, is profitable if you can make such items
as attractive
bedside cabinets and kitchen fixtures, and charge not
more than
100% above the cost of the materials.
Consult your local
library for
books.
(42) A
MENDING SERVICE
for single men,
business girls, school-teachers, professional people
and over-worked
housewives can pay well. Advertise at week-ends in the
classified
section of your local newspaper. This work can be combined
with some other
sewing.
(43) RAISING
CANARIES, BUDGERIGARS AND PARAKEETS
You need a sunny
room, starting with one or two pairs of birds. Sell
the offspring to
friends, neighbours and local pet stores.
(44) MAKING
AND SELLING FOODS
This pays
handsomely. Items in demand are cakes, jams, jellies,
maple syrup,
apple cider, cheese, cookies, candies, etc. Sell through
gift shops, tea
rooms, hotels, grocers, and by small classified
advertisements
in national Sunday newspapers and women's magazines.
It is usual to
fix prices by doubling the cost of ingredients.
(45)
MODELLING
Photographers,
art schools, advertising agencies, moving picture
agencies,
department stores, T.V. stations, want women, men and boys
as models for
advretising, illustrations for clothes and other products,
magazine
illustrations.
(46) PROFITS
IN KNITTING
This is a home
activity that pays well. Women buy sweaters, dresses
and two and
three-piece suits; men need mufflers, gloves, socks,
jackets,
sweaters; and children's knitted wear is also in demand
at good prices.
Sell privately through local babywear shops, gift
shops and other
suitable retail outlets; by mail order; also by
approaching
suitable firms. If your standard of work is high you
may get homework
from firms such as Harrop Bros., (Sirdar Wools),
Africa House,
Kingsway, London W.C.2, Emu Wools Ltd, 15 Woodstock Street,
London, W.1.;
Lavender Knitting Mill Ltd, 21 Kingly Street,
Regent Street
London, W.1.; Laines du Pinguin Ltd., 7 Lexington Street,
London W.1. A
sample of your work may be requested. Write for details,
enclosing s.a.e.
(47) NURSERY
SCHOOL
Many women with
the necessary experience with children earn good
money operating
a nursery school simply by making their services
known through
local classified advertisements.
(48)
NOVELTY, TOY AND BRIC-A-BRAC SHOP
Interesting if
you can make articles in demand that also sell
to wholesalers,
mail order houses, stores, souvenir shops, gift shops.
Typical items:
paperweights, desk sets, book-ends.
(49)
DEMONSTRATIONS
Details of an
attractive range of luxury skin care products for
demonstrating
from your own home at generous profits are obtainable
from B & G
Delaney, 18 Wellington Square, Chelsea, London SW3.
Agents to sell
beauty preparations are wanted by Avon Cosmetics Ltd.,
84 Baker Street,
London W.1.
(50) SELLING
SHIRTS
to friends and
workmates at actual wholesale prices is a popular
spare time
activity. A free starting outfit of actual shirting samples,
coloured
illustration, etc., is offered by K.L.Shirts, 349 Edgware Road,
London W2.
(51) HOOKED
AND BRAIDED RUGS
and novelties
made at home sell well in local shops. Lamp and vase mats,
handbags, hot
dish mats, seat covers, toilet seat covers, backrests and
slippers are in
demand. Rugmaking kits are obtainable from Winwood
Textiles,
Kidderminster, Worcs.
(52)
COLLECTING AND SELLING SCRAP METAL
is profitable.
If you have transport you can start by collecting scrap
in your
locality. Your local library will have a book on metal
identification
that will tell you how to identify steel, lead, zinc,
bronze, brass,
iron, etc. Your librarian will help you to track
down buyers.
(53) SELL
PRINTED STATIONERY
There are many
outlets, stationers, friends, and by mail order.
Books giving the
know-how are obtainable from your public library
and new and
secondhand printed machinery is advertised weekly in
the
"Exchange & Mart". Profits are good and reliable work much in
demand. Start
spare-time and develop into full-time.
(54)
MUSHROOM GROWING
This can be
conducted in a shed or basement. A thorough knowledge
of the subject
is essential. Sales can be made through a sign in
your window;
through local newspaper advertisements or a roadside
stand; and to
local greengrocers, restaurants and hotels. A mushroom
growing kit is
available from BM1, 421 London Road, Mitcham, Surrey.
(55) MAKING
CURTAINS AND RUGS
is a pleasant
home occupation. Many people are glad of such a
money-saving
service. Get business through telephone and personal
calls, letters
and classified advertisements in local newspaper,
sell privately
and through gift shops. Get supplies at trade rates
through
wholesalers listed in the telephone book and in craft journals.
(56) A FILM
DEVELOPING SERVICE
can be a very
profitable occupation, especially in the summer.
You can work
from home and get business by offering chemists 25%
commission to
act as agents.
(57)
CHILDREN'S PLAYROOM
Some women have
developed a profitable second income by turning one
of their rooms
into children;s playroom, fixing it up
with bright
walls, games,
puzzles, toys and books. They take in neighbours'
children aged
from 4 to 10 for an agreed rate per afternoon,
leaving parents
ree for shopping etc.
(58) CURIOS
AND NOVELTIES
Made at home,
these items can be sold directly to the public or
through retail
outlets such as gift shops, novelty and curio shops.
(59) COLLECT
AND SELL AUTOGRAPHS
These can be
picked up, often cheaply, from estate sales and
secondhand
bookshops, also by writing to famous people telling
them how much
you appreciate something they have done or written
(such letters
often bring a thank you note). Sell by mail order
through
classified ads in the literary magazines. Combine with No 87.
(60) BABY
SITTING AGENCY
A baby sitting
(and invalid sitting) agency is well worthwhile.
Operators
advertise for baby sitters in the local
newspaper and
check their
suitability. The agency mails postcards to parents,
women's groups
and church groups making known its service. Fees
to parents range
from œ2 to œ3 per hour (more after midnight).
The agency takes
20 per cent to 40 per cent of the sitter's fee.
A one-woman or
one-man agency can handle 35 to 40 sitters.
(61) BUYING
AND SELLING OLD CHINA AND GLASS
It is possible
to make good profits by buying certain types of old
china and glass
from secondhand stores, auction sales, etc., and
selling them
privately and to antique dealers. It is necessary to
get to know the
subject and which items are in demand; this can be
done by studying
books in the public library.
(62)
FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE REPAIRING
If you have the
ability there is good scope in this field because
everywhere
people like to be able to call in someone to salvage old
furniture,
remodel lamps, fix chairs and sofas, etc.
(63)
MANAGING BLOCKS OF FLATS
Owners of
apartment houses are often glad to pay 5% of the rent to
someone who will
collect monthly rents, place income in the bank,
superintend
maintenance and show people over vacant flats. Some
people make a
good income of this, managing several blocks of flats.
Books on the
subject are likely to be found in local libraries.
A classified
advertisement offering your services in the local
paper could be
tried.
(64) FELT
CRAFT
it is quite easy
and often highly lucrative. Home operators obtain
low-priced kits
from supply houses, scraps from departent stores,
milliners and
mills, and make toy animals, table mats, handbags,
holders, hot
dish pads, slippers, hats, belts glass cases, felt
flowers, purses.
Sell to gift shops.
(65) OPERATE
A SPARETIME AGENCY ROM HOME
Details of
various agencies from Wessex First Aid Co., 6a Royal Parade,
Kew Gardens,
Richmond, Surrey; Progressive Insurance Brokers, 7 Judd
Street, London
W.C.1; Garden Estate Nurseries Ltd., 4 Station Road,
Wytleaf, Surrey.
(66) WRITING
FOR MONEY
Thousands of
magazines pay well for articles and stories that suit
their public.
Many beginners get into print with the help of manuals
such as
"Write for Money" (from your authorised distributor). Markets
are listed in
"Writers and Artists Year Book".
(67) A HOME
REPAIR SHOP
for toys, dolls
and household items is appreciated in most towns.
Such a service
can be made known with announcements on notice boards,
a sign in your
window and with classified advertisements in local
newspapers.
(68)
PREPARING CURRICULUM VITAE (C.V.'s)
on your home
P.C. and printing out on daisy-wheel or laser printer.
Very prestigious
results are achieved thus materially assisting job
candidates. Fees
of £25 - £50 can be collected for the finished product.
Advertise your
service in local/national newspapers.
(69)
WORDPROCESSING SERVICE
from home using
P.C. appropriate software as 'Wordstar' and a daisy-wheel
printer.
Reports, special letters, quotations, invoices can easily be
produced using
state-of-the-art peripherals. Customers will be small
businesses such
as builders, doctors, accountants. Demand will be regular.
All data is kept
on magnetic discs and can be amended or extended with a
few keystrokes.
Charge an hourly rate negotiated with the client.
Get work through
notice boards, classified ads.
(70)
DRESSMAKING FOR OFF-SIZED FOLK
Because so many
people cannot wear the standard-sized costumes sold
in shops, this
is an excellent speciality.
(71) WRITING
COMPUTER SOTWARE
Children love
novel computer games thus creating a constant demand
for new and
better arcade quality software. If you have programming
skills (or these
skills can be acquired through local college courses)
then writing
these games using computer language could prove a very
profitable
venture. Companies marketing these games (Commodore, Atari,
Amstrad, Sega,
etc) either buy them outright or pay royalties on all
copies of your
game sold.
(72)
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES
There is money
in this. Build up a collection of colour slides on two or
three popular
subjects. Read up these subjects over a period. Then write
offering to give
illustrated talks to clubs, civic organisations,
educational institutions
and employees of business firms. Projectors
can be hired.
(73) HAT
RENOVATING
A number of
women in small and larger towns add to their income by
giving 'new
life' to hats, changing the style to make them look new
and different.
Classified local advertisements and personal
recommendations
bring customers.
(74) POULTRY
BREEDING
If you have the
inclination and the space, plus some ability for
buying and
selling you could look into this possibility, studying
the journals and
manuals on the subject at the local library.
(75) HOME
IMPORT-EXPORT BUSINESS
This field
bristles with opportunities and involves only very modest
expenditure to
start. One operator claims to make an average of œ15,000
to œ20,000 a year
and he started with very little capital. The necessary
know-how is
easily acquired; there are reliable manuals on world trade,
showing how to
start, how to get government help, how and where to buy,
how to sell
locally and by mail, etc. There is a good deal of useful
information and
a wealth of source addreses in "Export-Import without
Capital"
(from your authorised distributor).
(76)
PRINTING SERVICE
Selling printed
items (letterheads, envelopes, forms etc.,) through
local
solicitation involves no equipment, no stock, no financial
investment, no
figuring. You find a wholesaler printer who will
supply a
catalogue and samples; these do the main job. This idea can
be extended to a
mail order printing service, operated through
classified
advertisements in such periodicals as "Exchange & Mart",
and "The
Trader". Many people are getting 20% to 30% discount on
jobs they feed
to their printer - a quick and easy sideline income
that combines
well with a mimeographing service.
(77)
PREPARING SPEECHES
If you have the
ability to prepare speeches there is well paid work
to be obtained
from persons active in trade associations, literary clubs,
political groups
and social clubs. A letter, with your business card,
sent to the
secretaries of such associations may well lead to interesting
work. Payment
can be quite high according to the type of speech and the
amount of
research needed . Combine with No 66.
(78) PART
-TIME TAXI DRIVING
It is necessary
to be over 21 years of age and to possess a driver's
licence. Apply
to local taxicab companies.
(79) DEALING
IN POSTAGE STAMPS
gives plenty of
scope today with the ever-increasing interest in stamp
collecting for
pleasure and profit. There are over 3 million collectors
of stamps in the
British Isles and about 12 million throughout the world.
Even if you
confine yourself to supplying collectors in Great Britain,
you can make a
good income. Many people are earning £75 to £150 weekly
(and much more)
selling postage stamps by mail order from home.
You can get
started without investment as a number of suppliers
"drop
ship" direct to your customers, so that you do not have to carry
a lot of stock.
Some leading mail order stamp dealers, now making
thousands of
pounds a year, started on the kitchen table. Offer the
right stamps in
the right manner and you cannot fail to make this
absorbing hobby
profitable. Nor do you need experience and knowledge
of stamps if you
follow the simple method given in Stanley Green's
"Profitable
Stamp Dealing" (from your authorised distributor) which
shows exactly
how to start and reveals tested money-making and
money-saving
techniques. This project could bve combined with No 114.
(80) PAPER
HANGING
if you can do it
well, is a wanted service. Insert classified ads
saying you will
decorate houses at low rates (get the know-how from
library books).
Request a discount of 20% on wallpaper supplied by
retailers.
(81) PLASTIC
CRAFTWORK
can be carried
out on a card table at home. Manuals are readily
obtainable
showing how to make jewel boxes, paperweights, candleholders,
pen-holders,
cigarette boxes, costume jewellery and ornamental plaques
for gift shop
outlets.
(82) THERE
IS MONEY IN CARS
first in selling
used or new cars, second in running a motor insurance
agency. You can
buy used cars cheaply at weekly auctions and sell
for excellent
profits from home. Advertise in your local paper under
cars for sale.
Details of a motor insurance agency are obtainabe from
Gambles and
Childs Ltd., Quebec Street, Leeds.
(83)
PART-TIME SECRETARY
Many women do
secretarial work at home for dentists, doctors and
lawyers who do
not require a secretary all day. They call for the
client's
recordings from a dictation machine and perform the work
at home, at a
considerable saving for the client. Other likely
customers;
ministers, associations, mail order frims, stores,
restaurants, gas
and electric companies. Freelance secretarial
vacancies are
dealt with by Freelance Secretaries, 36 Cavendish Road,
Chesham, Bucks.
(Tel. Chesham 2620). Enclose a stamped addressed
envelope when
writing.
(84) POTTERY CRAFT PRODUCTS
can now be made
at home at low expenditure on kits and clays from
craft supply
houses. There is a good market for gaily-decorated
tiles for
hanging on walls, decoration of fireplaces, etc., small
pitchers and
mugs, vases and flower bowls.
(85) PROFITS
FROM PLASTIC LAMINATING
There is a
demand for this service because so many people have
documents and
papers they want to preserve from deterioration by
having them
covered with a layer of plastic that is airtight.
Business firms
want photos, cards, maps, charts, clippings, etc.,
protected. Firms
that show you how to get started advertise in
"Exchange
& Mart".
(86) PET
OWNER SERVICE
Shampooing and
boarding pets is a sought-after service in
higher-income
areas. Poodle clipping is also in demand. Your local
public library
probably has books on dogs and clipping. Cards
displayed at
newsagents and classified advertisements in local
newspapers bring
this kind of business.
(87) LOCATE
OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS
This pays well.
You place two-line classified ads in literary
periodicals such
as "Books and Bookman", "Times Literary Supplement",
"Time and
Tide", offering to find scarce books a "free search service".
You insert other
ads indicating specific titles wanted in "The Clique".
As offers come
in you fix the price to your customer (double or treble
the price you
are quoted) on a postcard. Contact several large
secondhand book
dealers, tell them that you are in the book finding
business, and
get their prices and terms. Useful manual:
"Money from
Old Books" (see page 12) from your authorised distributor.
(88)
TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE
Such services
are used by lawyers, doctors, repair men, contractos
and others who
are not always able to have someone to answer
'phone calls'.
Many housewives, shut-ins, married couples and others
find that a
telephone answering service pays well. A monthly fee is charged.
(89)
COMPUTERISED BOOK-KEEPING/ACCOUNTING SERVICE
Using a home
P.C. and software such as "Sage" or "Pegasus"
accounting
packages you are able to offer a fully computerised
book-keeping and
accounting service including; purchase ledger,
profit and loss
accounts, sales ledger, nominal ledger, profit forecasting.
Book-keeping and
VAT returns are the bane of all small/medium
businesses. Many
will be happy to off-load on to your service
allowing them
more time to actually running their businesses.
Hard copy of
ledgers are printed out for use by chartered accountants
for submission
to inland revenue and customs and excise officials.
Fees are
negotiable but œ25 per hour should be the minimum aim.
Contact local
Chamber of Commerce for names of potential local
businesses and
run classified ads in local/regional newspapers.
(90) TOY
MAKING
calls for a keen
interest, market study and initiative; in demand are:
tricks, games,
game boards, masks, educational toys, models, puppets
and any other
types. Felt for soft toy-making is obtainable at low
prices from
Griffiiths & Co., 6 Hanover Street, Merthyr Tydfil and
from
B.Brown(holborn) Ltd., 32 Grenville Street, London E.C.1 Kits
are available
from Cuddlycraft Supplies, Lewes Street, Brighton, Sussex,
and from Hobbies
Ltd., 78a New Oxford Street, London W.C.1. Eyes,
squeaks and
growls for soft toymakers are supplied by Swisscross Ltd.,
202 Tulse Hill,
London S.W.2. Get know-how from project books and
popular hobby
and science magazines and from toymaking manual available
from Christine
Veasey Publications, Elm House, Elm Street, London, W.C.1.
In this
home-shop field an original idea can make a fortune.
(91) TEACH
TYPEWRITING
Many
stenographers take a typing class at home in the evening,
using rented
typewriters and ads in local papers. Combine with NO 110.
(92) A LIST
BROKING SERVICE
can provide a
good income, spare-time or full-time. List Broking
is big business
in America and is a fast growing field in the U.K.
It is the use of
one firm's mailing list by another non-competing firm.
Operating such a
Mailing List Exchange is easy and profits are high
. Instruction
manuals on the subject are advertised in the various
mail order
journals.
(93)
CHINCHILLA BREEDING
is equally
profitable. This can be undertaken at home since most people
have a spare
corner or cupboard under the stairs to
keep the cages.
Chinchillas are
becoming extremely popular animals hence this can
become a very
profitable croft business.
(94) WEDDING
VIDEO SERVICE
offering a
personal video of this special occasion is a profitable
usage of a
"camcorder". Many young brides want a living momento of
their
wedding-day. œ20-œ30 per copy can be realised for 1-2 hours work.
Up to a dozen
copies can be sold from each ceremony. Advertise in
your local
paper. A "camcorder" can be purchased as cheaply as œ450.
(95)
TYPEWRITER REPAIRS
A home
typewriter repair service can pay well. Get business through
office supply
stores and small classified advertisements in local papers
at weekends.
(96) WATCH
REPAIRING
can be highly
profitable. A watch repairing course is offered by
Watchcraft, 121
The Broadway, Wimbledon, London S.W.15.
(97) STENCIL
CUTTING
for churches,
clubs and business firms pays well. It is simply
typing on to a
wax stencil (without the typewriter ribbon). Erasures
and corrections
are made with a liquid which may be bought at any
office
stationery shop. Combine with Bo. 110.
(98) SELLING
OCCULT AND METAPHYSICAL BOOKS BY MAIL
is interesting
and can be profitable. In England a reliable advertising
medium for such
books is "Prediction"; in America "Fate". Source of
supply: New
Knowledge Books, P.O. Box 9, Horsham, Sussex. Combine with
No. 114.
(99) SILK
SCREEN PRINTING
can be excellent
home business. The process is used for greeting cards,
posters, show
cards, personalised place cards, etc. This method of
printing by
stencils through tautly stretched silk in a frame is easy
to learn and
there is no scarcity of manuals.
(100) T.V.
REPAIR SERVICE
is a good
spare-time business. There are useful manuals on the subject.
(101) SELLING
INSURANCE
This is growing
enormously and the future market is very great.
Most insurance
companies have training facilities. Men and Women act
as sole
proprietor, operating their own business in their own time.
See No. 82.
(102)
SIGHT-SEEING GUIDANCE AND LECTURING
is usually
seasonal work. It is necessary to be a fluent talker and
know how to
handle people. Become familiar with the points of
interest you
will talk about from handbooks at your public library.
Apply to
sight-seeing companies in your area.
(103) SECOND
HAND BOOK SERVICE
Books can often
be bought cheaply at private sales, from markets and
side-street
secondhand bookshops, and through classified advertisements
in "Book
Market" and "Exchange & Mart" (under books). They can be
sold
to specialist
booksellers and through classified advertisement under
"Books"
in "Exchange & Mart". A list of books to look for worth œ6 to
œ850 per volume,
is given in the manual "Money from Old Books", available
from the
distributor of this manual. Combine with No 114.
(104) DESK
TOP PUBLISHING
Armed with an
Apple Macintosh computer and software such as "Pagemaker"
and a laser
printer (total outlay for second-hand equipment ....see
'Computer for
Sale' in "Exchange & Mart"....as little as œ3500) and
a few hours home
training from the 'user friendly' manuals accompanying
this equipment
you have the basis for a readymade business.
Charge œ25 - œ40
per hour for preparing the artwork for letterheads,
manuals,
business cards, etc. Customers will be small printers, large
printers with
overspill, mail-order dealers.
(105) MONEY
FROM YOUR CAMERA
Sizeable incomes
are being made by free-lance photographers.
Clubs often want
group shots of the membership. Home portraiture
pays well. Local
business firms buy pictures of their products.
Retail stores
want photographic show cards. Picture postcards of
your town may
sell well through local newsagents, stationers and
gift shops. Many
find it profitable to contact business firms offering
to photograph
merchandise for illustration in their sales literature.
"The
Writers' and Artist' Year Book" contains a detailed list of firms
wishing to buy
all types of photographs. Correspondence courses are
advertised in
"Amateur Photographer". Agencies that consider photographs
for syndication
at best prices are: Keystone Press Agency Ltd.,
Keystone House,
Red Lion Court, London E.C.4. (Tel:353 9634), Associated
Press Ltd., News
Photo Dept., 83/86 Farringdon Street, London E.C.4.
(tel:583 1691).
(106)
HANDYMAN SERVICE
Profitable odd
jobs for local householders include furniture repairing,
patching up
cement, simple plumbing, washing cars, sharpening lawn
mowers, garden
tidying, fixing labour-saving devices, shelves, etc.
With the help of
the popular manuals available anyone can give first
aid for the
metal fitting and utencils in the house. It is often
possible to pick
up commission through work obtained for paper hangers,
plasterers,
carpenters, etc.
(107) 'TRAINING
VIDEO' MAKING
Many small and
medium sized companies place much emphasis on group
training. This
is very time consuming in terms of staff employed
on training
tasks. Offering a 'training video' service will attract
such customers.
A training session is 'video recorded' and the company
use this to
impart the required skills to groups of their employees.
(108) WRITING
SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Most people can
write tips on household management, cookery, child care,
etc. Jokes,
anecdotes, children's sayings, business-building gimmicks,
etc., are in
demand. Many such items receive sizeable
cheques from
magazines. Combine with Nos 66 and 77.
(109) MAKE
AND SELL COSTUME JEWELLERY
Home-made
costume jewellery sell well to jewellery outlets, gift shops,
hairdressers
shops, clothes boutiques, and by direct mail.
It is
possible to
start with limited capital. Read books
borrowed from
the local
library, study trade journals, and literature issued by
manufacturers of
fittings and supplies. Catalogues from
Leisurecrafts Ltd.,
Romford Road,
London E.12. Write also to Gemcraft, 96
Grove Vale,
London S.E.22.
(110) HOME
TYPING
pays well if the
right techniques are followed. Business
firms,
professional
people and associations in your area need typing done
by free-lance
typists. Authors need novels, short
stories, plays,
non-fiction
books and articles typed and they are easily reached
through
classified ads in writers' and literary magazines. Type
name lists for
business firms such as department stores and mail
order
houses. See "Money from Home
Typing" (from your authorised
distributor).
(111)
COLLECTION SERVICE
Many people with
the ability to write good letters have done well
helping business
firms with their overdue accounts.
Sample collection
letters given in
handbooks from public libraries can be adapted to
suit various
types of businesses. Charge customers
from 10% on all
money brought
in.
(112) TELEX/FAX/PHOTOCOPYING
SERVICE
Communication
and fast coying are vital requirements of modern
businesses and
executive professionals. Second-hand
fascimile and
photocopiers are
cheaply available. You can charge 10p
per photocopy,
œ1.00 per minute
for fax transmission and œ1.50 per min for telexing.
Advertise your
service in classified sections of local newsapapers.
This business
can be dovetailed with an existing business or run from home.
(113) HOME
MAIL ORDER BUSINESS
You can start and
operate a profitable mail order business at home
with limited
capital if you go the right way about it.
Starting with
almost no
capital it is possible to make œ100 a week part-time and œ700
(and much more)
full time. "I've found mail order a
wonderful, a proven
way to make high
profits in spare time, at home. I think
it is the finest
spare-time
business of all", writes James Carr, author of a well known
Mail Order
Course. "You can start anywhere", he writes, "using your kitchen
table for an
office. You do no personal selling. You
can start with a
modest amount of
savings and grow big. Possibilities are
practically
unlimited if you
use these techniques (described in his course).
A home mail
order business changed my whole life".
Fortunes have
been made by selling books, manuals, folios and
correspondence
courses by mail. Other sound lines are
selling gifts,
novelties,
kitchen gadgets, stamps to collectors, running an envelope
addressing
service, list broking service or print agency.
Mail order
know-how is
essential and obtainable from such courses as those
described on the
LIBRARY page of this DISC.
(114) SELLING
SELF-HELP AN 'HOW' BOOKS BY MAIL
This is the most
satisfactory type of mail order business.
Easy,
pleasant and
profitable, it is an ideal spare-time or full-time activity,
especially
suitable for the beginner in mail order.
We do not know of
anything else
that can be sold as easily and with as little capital as
books. They bring continual repeat business for
related books. No
licence is
needed to sell books. Bookselling by
post in the way we
recommend
provides the easiest, most inexpensive way to get mail order
experience. Certain types of books are not easily
available in local
shops - such as
self-help and 'how' books. Your
prospective customers
run into
millions. People buy more books of this
type every year.
We specialize in
such books which sell well by post: manuals on additional
income,
spare-time earning, practical reference books, popular
psychology
guides, health manuals and occult books.
Typical classified
advertisements
you can insert are "INCREASE YOUR INCOME!
Free list
of money-making
manuals" (Your name and
address). Manuals on Spare-time
earning, Mail
Order etc., List Free"
"Moneymaking
Opportunities for Homeworkers. Details free".
These
advertisements costing under œ15 each are suitable for the
"Employment:
Various' section of "Exchange & Mart" and classified
sections of
"Saturday Tit Bits", "Homemaker", "Reveille",
"London
Weekly Advertiser", "Do-It-Yourself", "Yorkshire Evening
Post",
"The
Trader", etc., You can start in this field on a shoe
string - just
the cost of your first few classified ads and a
supply of
circulars and manuals from us. Tested
circulars such
as
"Money-Making Manuals" can be supplied.
(115) CRAFT
WORK
Because good
craftsmanship is scarce today home craftsmen can readily
sell attractive
work through gift shops, furniture stores and other
retailers, also
privately. Unusual bookshelves,
bookracks, bookends,
novelties,
wireworks, marquetry, leatherwork, etc.
Addresses of
handicraft
materials and hobby kit suppliers are usually obtainable
at local public
libraries.
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