Building Income Ideas

These ideas can help you build income doing something you enjoy and are good at! All the extra income earning activities here can be done from home, cafe, or any open space and require very little or no investment. These ideas make income fast with minimum financial risk.

Animals

Dog Training
If you have a penchant for the pack, training young pups might just be for you! Dog trainers build income by teaching discipline, love, and responsiveness to...More Dog Training >

Pet Grooming
Do you love to transform scraggly pets into walking things of beauty? Are animals happy and comfortable in your presence? Pet grooming helps build income...More Pet Grooming >

Pet Boarding/Pet Sitting
You can easily provide temporary or permanent boarding for animals whose owners are traveling or don't have adequate time or space. This is an excellent way to earn more and...More Pet Boarding >

Pet Breeding/Animal Breeding
Do you love to see the look on people's faces when they get the pet they've always wanted? Do you love pedigrees, shows, and the varied talents of...More Pet Breeding >

Automotive

Custom Car Builder/Restorer
Are you a fanatic about old hot rods, race cars, or Japanese turbo machines? Do you know the difference between a hemi and a 4-valve twin overhead cam? Love to assemble or build...More Car Builder >

Auto Mechanic
Do you love getting inside a motor? Rebuilding transmissions? Tracing and fixing electrical snafus? Want steady recurring extra income? Have a garage...More Auto Mechanic >

Business Services

Personal Secretary
Secretarial work is one of the oldest and most respected professions, and also one of the most useful for generating extra income. If you have an... More Secretary >

Bookkeeper
If you have knowledge of or want to learn basic accounting, are good at numbers, and are organized and detailed by nature, a bookkeeping service is for you! Bookkeepers... More Bookkeeper >

Market Research
Are you curious and love searching for new information on the Internet, at the library, and in newspapers and magazines? Market researchers find information, analyze... More Market Research >

Import-Export Representative
If you live near a big city, large industrial or agricultural companies, or a major airport, seaport, truck or train hub you are in a perfect position to... More Import-Export >

Careers

Career Coach
Have you had success with job searches, moving up the corporate ladder, or changing careers in the past? Do you enjoy counseling and coaching others? Like to see people...More Career Coach >

Headhunter
Are you good at networking and selling? Got some experience or contacts in a particular field? Got a telephone? Great! You're on your way to being a headhunter! Find open...More Headhunter >

Resume Writer
Are you good at reading, writing, and editing? Can you build a story from a series of facts? Are you good at formatting documents and letters? Resume writing might...More Resume Writer >

Clothing and Fashion

T-Shirt Designer
If you have a creative mind and eye for fashion or catchy sayings, you can make money putting your ideas on T-Shirts with zero cost! All you need is...More T-Shirts >

Tailor/Seamstress
Even in today's off-the-rack clothing culture, there is a big market for customizing and fixing clothes. To build income as a tailor or seamstress, all you need...More Tailor >

Vintage Clothing Dealer
Vintage and retro clothing is HOT in the fashion world! If you love old designs, are willing to find them online, at garage and tag sales, at estate...More Vintage Clothing >

Events

Balloon Artist
Do you enjoy making people smile? Can you come up with wild shapes, fancy forms or imitatations of animals or people? If so, you will love being a balloon artist! Building income requires a little...More Balloon Artist >

Clown
Does sad make you happy? Can you express an eclectic variety of emotions with your face and body? Willing to wear a funny shoes and makeup? Great! You might ...More Clown >

Event Planner/Wedding Planner
Are you super-organized? A master of timing and effects? Have a sense of theater and style? Love working with people? All reasons to want to be an event or wedding planner! Plan and...More Event Planner >

Food & Wine

Baker
Every house has an oven, right? What comes out of it is down to your baking genius! If you have the ultimate pie, cookies, tart, or cake recipe, you can start a business and start building income right...More Baker >

Caterer
If your food and event management instincts are well-honed, just take the path Martha Stewart did to get her brand off the ground. As a caterer, you will be...More Caterer >

Personal Chef
Can you take a bunch of celery sticks, a lemon, and parmesan cheese and turn it into a gourmet meal, accented with just the right wine and a to-die-for dessert? How about...More Chef >

Cooking Teacher
Do you enjoy the creativity of groups? Make every day a dinner party by teaching classes on cooking from your home or the neighborhood community center! You will find earning...More Cooking Teacher >

Insurance

Insurance Agent/Insurance Broker
If you are great at sales and building connections, and want to earn a great living with long term residual income, then the insurance sales business...More Insurance Agent >

Claims Adjuster
If you are good at numbers and estimating, and you are familiar with vehicles, businesses, houses, buildings, construction, jewelry, or any other insurable item...More Claims Adjuster >

Billing Specialist
If you have an eye for detail, are comfortable with numbers and billing or accounting software, and quick to learn, pursuing an insurance billing...More Billing Specialist >

Field Inspector
Are you looking for a job where you can work from home, travel locally, and build income easily? Take a look at becoming an independent field inspector. You...More Field Inspector >

Teaching

Teach English
Do you like to teach people how to communicate? You may be surprised how many people will pay significant money for an English language tutor. This is something ANYBODY can do. You can build income...More Teach English >

Teach Guitar
Do you have a passion for the acoustic or electric guitar? Do you love to rock out like a hurricane or play flamenco? Would you like to earn money doing what you do every day to relax? Teaching...More Teach Guitar >

Tutor Kids in Math
Do you have a mind for mathematics? Do you play number games for enjoyment? Would you like to see a child develop his math skills and excel in school? Tutoring kids in math might just...More Math Tutor >

Driving Instructor
Are you a safe driver with lots of miles under your belt? Are you willing to coach a nervous newbie through their first few weeks of driving? Think about taking a drivers instruction...More Driving Instructor >

Writing

Write Children's Books
Do you love children and have a passion for teaching through the act of storytelling? That's right! Children learn best through stories, and if you've got the gift of storytelling, then...More Writing >

Internet Blogger
Do you have intense curiosity, political passion, or enjoy testing out different products and services? Then the Internet is your oyster! Pick a topic you love and know lots about, get a Blogger...More Blogger >

Freelance Journalist
Have you considered or have already blogged but discovered you're too old school for that? Do you read the constitution or industry journals in your spare time? Do you like to dig into...More Journalist >

Legal Services

Process Server

Legal Secretary

Court Clerk

Expert Witness

Personal Care and Beauty

Hair Dresser

Stylist

Barber

Physical Development and Training

Physical Trainer

Dance Instructor

Yoga Instructor

Martial Arts Instructor

Sales

Advertising Sales

Affiliate Marketer

Independent Sales Representative

Sales Trainer/Consultant