Work From Home Business Ideas

I have compiled a list of ideas for those contemplating starting their own work from home business.

You’ll find more of that kind of information first on my Work From Home Blog.

I have categorized it with a bold title and then gave various ideas listed. This list isn’t the be all and end all of ideas, but a great starting place for brainstorming.

I suggest that you take the some of the titles that interest you and use the Google search bar at the top of the page to begin researching the industry. If you would like to find an already existing business you can become a representative for, I suggest googling, for example sell greeting cards.

If you have any questions, comments, or thoughts – please post them in the comments section below!

• Artist: Freelance, Painting, Sketches, Portraits, Design, Galleries
• Business To Business: Product Distribution, Organizing Home Businesses, Advertising, Coupon & Mailing Services, Time Management Specialist
• Cleaning Services: Commercial, Apartment, Residential, House, Carpets, Furniture, & Blinds, Windows, Pools
• Collectables & Antiques: Collectables, Furniture Refurbishing
• Computers: Locating Service, Greeting Cards & Card Mailing, Christian Cards, Invitations & Announcements, Secretarial Services, Desktop Publishing, Candy Wrappers, Word Processing, Web Design, Information Professional, Tarot Reader, Notary/Signing Agent, Graphics Designer/Desktop Publisher, Office Specialist, T-Shirt Print Designer, Computer Repair, Magazines & Software, Online Computer Training, Computer training for kids, Resume Writer, Medical & Legal Transcription, Medical Billing, Training, Software Trainer, Computer Upgrade Service.
• Consultant: Art, Career Advisor, Landscape, Wedding, Marketing, Skincare & Cosmetics, Health Related, Webpreneur, Home Decorator, Personal Coach, Big Business, Small Business, Home Business, Security, Credit, Internet, Color, Animal Behavior, Educational, Inventor, Specialty Food Item, Relocation.
• Cooking & Baking: Gourmet Jam & Jelly, Personal & Jelly, Personal Chef, Gift Baskets, Catering, Cake Decorating, Cooking School
• Crafts: Dried Floral Design, Crafts Business, Christian Crafts, Embossed Notecards, Sewing, Handmade Soap, Gift Baskets, Crafter, Painting, Crafting Newsletter, Hair Accessories, Nursing Baby In Style, Airbrush Art, Weaving, Chair Caning, Baskets, Cloth, Jewelry Designer, Silk Flower arrangements, Teach your craft, Scrapbooking, Monogramming, Silk Screening, Calligraphy, Needlework, Create and sell homemade crafts such as pillows, rugs or dolls at flea markets, on consignment and/or retail, Clothing Designer
• Decorating: Gift Baskets, Gift Packages, Balloon Pantry, Nursery Baby Name Shelves, Home decorating, Balloon decorating, Interior Design, Holiday decorating
• Errand Runner: Workplace Lunch Delivery Service, Personal Shopper, Pick up prescriptions, Children’s Transportation Service, Dry clean service, pick-up and delivery Limo Service, House-sitting, Court-Paper Serving. Private attorneys, Restaurant delivery service, Home meal delivery, Deliver party balloons
• Event Planner: Unique Party Coordinator, Event & Party Planning, Balloon Pantry, Children’s Party Planning, Wedding-planning service, Conventions, Reunion Organizer, Seminar Promotion, Welcoming Service, Garage sale organizer, Wedding Coordinator/Planner
• Fitness: Mobile Personal Training, Pregnancy Fitness Classes, Senior citizen exercise classes, Massage Therapy, Reflexologist, Exercise classes
• Foreign Language: Translator (Speaking, Books, Documents)
• Handy Woman/Man Services
• Health Related: Hands On Therapy, Birth & Breastfeeding Resources Provider, Organic Gardening, Medical Billing, Work At Home Nurses, Herbalist, Vegetarian Expert, Homeopathic Counselor, Post surgery and Recuperative Care-Giving, Elder Care
• Internet Business: Parents’ Internet Search Engine, Online Auctions, Web Site For Profit, Web Page Design, Program Development, Retail Web Site, Online Mall, Web Design, Training
• Kids: Teach Speed Reading, Baby Gifts, Daycare Provider, Game Designer, Childcare, Daycare, Children’s Musical Videos, Pen-Pal to Kids, Kid’s Products, Tutoring, Children’s Clothing, Designing & Selling Baby Items, Storyteller, Designing & Selling Cloth Diapers, Disposable Bibs, Selling Children’s Books, Kid’s Craft Gifts, Kindergarten Prep Class, Birthday Party Planner, Nanny Finding Service, Newborn Announcement Service, Child-Identification Program, Children’s fitness, dance, gymnastics, karate, Children’s Transportation Service, Baby-proofing service, Computer training for kids, New mother/Infant home care, Clown service
• Landscaping/Gardening: Lawn care, Office Plant Maintenance, Herb gardener, Flowerscaping service, Garden consulting, Herb wreaths and crafts, Interior and exterior landscape design, Plant doctor service
• Legal: Attorney, Paralegal
• Mail Order
• Moving Business: Packing & Unpacking, Local Moving
• Misc.: Home Provider, Personal Product Development, Selling Second Hand Books, Community Greeting Service, Mystery Shopper, Hair stylist, Mobile knife sharpening, Bed and Breakfast Inn, Family Tree Researcher, Old book and magazine dealer, Start your own ___ of-the-month club, Balloon-Delivery Service, Luggage rental, Records Researcher, Furniture Refinishing
• Music: Karaoke Jockey, Mobile Disc Jockey, Singer & Songwriter, Special Occasion Singer
• Number Crunching: Bookkeeping, Accountant, Financial Planner, Mortgage/Debt-Reduction Service, Tax Preparer, Budget Expert
• Organizer: Home, Office, Closets, Computers
• Painting: Graffiti Removal
• Pets: Doggie Treats, Pet Sitting, Pet Grooming, Walk-your-pet, Pet-food and supplies home delivery, Dog trainer, Horse boarding & Care, Pooper Scooper Service, Pets and livestock, Aquarium Maintenance, Breeding, Pet Daycare, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo
• Photography: Weddings, Outdoor, School pictures, Little League/ sport team photos, Photo birth announcements, Children’s Photo Studios, Keepsake Albums/Videos
• Publishing: Newsletters, Local Parenting Magazine, Countdown Calendars, Children’s Magazine, eBooks, Magazines & Software, Wedding guide, Welcome Wagon for the newbie in town, Real-Estate Magazine, Self-Publish Erotica Book, Self-Publishing, A hometown history guide, Publish a personalized newsletter for families
• Real-Estate: Vacation Rentals, Bed & Breakfast Inn, Realtor, Real-Estate Appraiser, Property Manager
• Referral Service: Homeowner Referral Network
• Reviewer: Children’s Educational Software, Restaurants, Books, Children’s Toys
• Sewing: Custom Clothing, Hand knits, Doll clothes, Mother and daughter matching dresses, Seamstress/Tailor, Costumes, Curtains, drapes and shades, Upholstery, Custom cushions and pillows, Monogramming
• Small Business: Business-Plan Consulting, Business-travel management, Professional office consultant, Sales consultant
• Sports: Golf club cleaning, Excel in a certain sport? Tutor, Self-defense instructor, Toga or Tai Chi Instructor
• Travel Industry: Travel Business, Vacation Home Rentals, Conduct walking tours through your town, Adventure Tourism
• Tutor: Kids, Adults, Computers and computer software, Art, Music, You can tutor on basically any subject you love and excel in
• Writing: Memoir Writing, Greeting Cards & Card Mailing Service, Write A Book, eBooks, Booklets, Book Author, Personalized Letters, “How To” Booklets, Writing About Personal Problems, Curriculum Development, Self-Publishing, Resume Service, Freelance Writer, Business Writer, Erotica, Ghost Writing, Historical Writing & Research, Produce a publication much like the welcome wagon so newcomers know of the different businesses in the area, You can write on any subject you enjoy and sell it, Freelance Editor, PR Agency, Greeting cards, Romance, Mystery, Ghost writer, Comedy
• Video Taping Service: Weddings, Make a family-history video. Compile everyone’s video into a big family reunion, Births, Video Brochures, for corporations, Bar Mitzvah, Birthdays