Stay-At-Home Mom: 7 Businesses you can start doing

Quick tips for stay at home moms to make a living and keep busy at the same time.

Whether you’re a stay-at-home Mom or Dad, or simply someone who enjoys the concept of working from home, this article is for you.

A growing number of women are appreciating and preferring to be stay-at-home mothers. This could be because their spouse is financially secure and capable of caring for the family, owing to relocation, or simply because they prefer to stay at home to care for the children.

Staying at home may become boring with time, and in light of recent economic challenges, more and more women are considering beginning a business from home that will not interfere too much with the home front.

Here is a list of business ideas you can do from home to show you that you can be at home and still make money.

1. Web developer/Graphic designer

If you have web developing or graphic skills, this is the time to let it shine. Put the word out through friends and relatives and you are in business. Companies, businesses, and individuals are constantly looking for graphic designers and web developers, so if you are good at this, you will make money.

2. Freelance writing/ Blogging/ Virtual assistant

Do you have a flair for writing short stories, articles? You could be a freelance writer, a lot of magazines, newspapers, blogs and online platforms employ the services of freelance content writers. All you have to do is to know your niche be it fashion, lifestyle, sports or beauty and be on the lookout for job offers.

The same goes for virtual assistant jobs; a lot of assistant jobs are now being outsourced via the internet so try to tap into that or you can just start up a blog of your own to focus on anything you are interested in.

3. Catering

These days, people have become so busy, they find it diffucult to create time to cook. So there is a ready market for catering home-made foods. You could also go into cake or pastries making. You would most likely need a little training if you are going to focus on cakes and pastries but you probably already have the soup cooking skills. All you have to do is advertise your services, cook and package in attractive containers and be ready to deliver.

4. Fashion designing/Handcraft

If you are a creative person, you may be interested in handcrafts. There are so many crafts you can start such as fashion designing, bead making and wire works, Ankara craft, paper craft, leather works etc. You will most definitely a training first.

5. Start an online store

Without leaving the comfort of your home, you can buy and sell items to people all over the country. All you have to do is to have online stores on e-commerce websites like jumia and konga or if you have enough capital you could have your own e-commerce website and then place your goods for sale. You could convert a spare room in your house to your warehouse for storing your items or you could just ‘drop ship’ as that will save you the hassles of space and delivery.

6. Home tutoring

If you are learned on a particular topic or subject, you could make money on it. Start tutoring lessons in your neighborhood and get paid for it.

7. Daycare Center

If you have a child or children, you would probably have ‘baby whispering’ skills. Start from babysitting your friends’ kids and then progress from there.

Whatever you decide to do, ensure you brand and package your items and yourself as this will help your business move forward.