Relatively simple business ideas

[Persevere]

Ebay business - Buy peoples junk then sell it on ebay
Window cleaning business
Car cleaning business
Sandwich van business
Flyer design business
Will writing business
Tax returns business

Can anyone add to this list?

 

[extremedistro]

Why?????????

 

[SneakSMS]

Ebay business - Buy peoples junk then sell it on ebay
Window cleaning business
Car cleaning business
Sandwich van business
Flyer design business
Will writing business
Tax returns business

Can anyone add to this list?

a) silly thread

b) Will writing and tax returns are simple? And lets see an amateur make some decent flyers then.

 

[Persevere]

http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=147833

Dog walking
Babysitting
Garden maintenance

 

[LicensedToTrade]

Ah it is you again. So do all of these businesses come under your $30 business budget? I can see the inspiration for your username.

Can I ask what business you are in?

 

[toastking]

I think the OP means simple to think up, rather than simple to carry out, the sort of small businesses that people have. Or am I wrong?

 

[Persevere]

a) silly thread

b) Will writing and tax returns are simple? And lets see an amateur make some decent flyers then.

What's silly about it.

The key is "relatively". Obviously you will need to teach yourself some skills in order to be able to do a lot of these. I didn't want to exclude the less simple ideas.

 

[Persevere]

I think the OP means simple to think up, rather than simple to carry out, the sort of small businesses that people have. Or am I wrong?

I do mean carry out, but not necessarily totally simple, just ideas that a lot of people with motivation and a will to learn can carry out.

 

[LicensedToTrade]

I do mean carry out, but not necessarily totally simple, just ideas that a lot of people with motivation and a will to learn can carry out.

If they had that much motivation and a willingness to learn, why would they start a hobby when they can start a business?

 

[Persevere]

Ah it is you again. So do all of these businesses come under your $30 business budget? I can see the inspiration for your username.

Can I ask what business you are in?

Some of them, not all.

I don't have a business. I work as a financial analyst for a large corporation. I've always wanted to start my own business and have been training myself in business skills like copywriting, SEO, marketing etc and brainstorming and storing business ideas that I hope to put to use at a later date.

 

[Beachcomber]

b) Will writing and tax returns are simple?

Of course they are - anyone can do it.

Will writing =


The cat gets the lot.
No, I'm not nuts.


Signed..................... Witness.......................



Tax returns =


This tax year I got £...........
I spent £...........
I kept £............
of which you get £............
end.


Wheres the art in that?

 

[thebigIAM]

Beachcomber, have you just demonstrated that tax doesn't need to be taxing?

 

[PromoAde]

...and brainstorming and storing business ideas that I hope to put to use at a later date.

I think the key thing about ideas is - what's different? You could start a sandwich van, but why? What are you bringing to the table that makes you stand out? Same goes with anything you have listed.

If you are going to start a business, then put 100% in and make it really special. Don't just start another version of something that already exists.

 

[Persevere]

I think the key thing about ideas is - what's different? You could start a sandwich van, but why? What are you bringing to the table that makes you stand out? Same goes with anything you have listed.

If you are going to start a business, then put 100% in and make it really special. Don't just start another version of something that already exists.

Thanks for the advice but I disagree to some extent. For example, I work in a building where about 3000 people work, with many more thousands working around the same area. There is no sandwich van in the area. If somebody were to start a sandwich van business that sold sandwiches every day to 1% of the people in this building spending an average of £3 each, that's £90 revenue just for pulling up outside one building.

That said, I have other more unique ideas that I think could make a lot more money but will take time for me to put together and perfect. My plan is to build up a portfolio of website domains, then use the profits from the simple ideas to fund the more lucrative ideas. I know that trying to start up lots of businesses at the same time would usually lead to a big failure but I have a fairly complicated plan to get people to help me make it work.

 

[sellickbhoy]

are you doing an ebook type thing where you give someone 50 great business ideas for £30?

someone pays you £30 and you email them a link to this thread (or some half baked word doc with much the same content?)

 

[Persevere]

are you doing an ebook type thing where you give someone 50 great business ideas for £30?

someone pays you £30 and you email them a link to this thread (or some half baked word doc with much the same content?)

Haha. No, but you are not a million miles off the mark.

 

[nekoinu]

Sell car aerials and electrical goods from the back of your van... £830 million later and you got Sir Alan Sugar.

 

[PromoAde]

If somebody were to start a sandwich van business that sold sandwiches every day to 1% of the people in this building spending an average of £3 each, that's £90 revenue just for pulling up outside one building.

It's very easy to convince yourself that something will work based on pure theory. "If X amount of people buy X amount from me, I'll make loads of money" It never works that way.

Running a business is very hard work. Tax issues, accounting, insurance, hard graft, people management, marketing... to name a few!
So what I'm saying is, be prepared, because it won't be a case of simply turning up and people flocking to whatever service you provide.

 

[LicensedToTrade]

Some of them, not all.

I don't have a business. I work as a financial analyst for a large corporation. I've always wanted to start my own business and have been training myself in business skills like copywriting, SEO, marketing etc and brainstorming and storing business ideas that I hope to put to use at a later date.

Nothing wrong with not having your own business. Experience within a large organisation is just as valid as operating your own company. Sure there is a certain amount of respect attributed to someone who can go it alone and run the show themselves, but just because someone owns a business doesn't automatically mean they have any idea what they are doing. I'm much more impressed with you because of your current position than I would be if you told me you owned a website that sold sweets.

 

[inspired38]

there are a wide range of low cost business that you can set up but you will find the return low and the competition cheap - there is always an offset between cost of entry and returns available and in the market today you must look for differentiation and also a point of difference.

ANy business that solves a problem for enough people is a good idea - as long as there is some recurring income from it. A business without recurring income is harder to build and less valuable to sell.

Regards

 

[BusinessIdeas]

Starting a [URLNO="http://www.briteways.com"]cash loans business [/URLNO]is relatively simple and is highly lucrative:

No stock to carry, No expensive premises, Tiny overheads, No VAT on turnover, No selling, Lots of repeat business, Only work a few hours a week: I could go on......

www.briteways.com

 

[toastking]

Starting a [urlno="http://www.briteways.com"]cash loans business [/urlno]is relatively simple and is highly lucrative:

No stock to carry, No expensive premises, Tiny overheads, No VAT on turnover, No selling, Lots of repeat business, Only work a few hours a week: I could go on......

www.briteways.com

Is this what you do by any chance? I can imagine its a total pain in the arse getting the money back!!!

 

[BusinessIdeas]

Is this what you do by any chance? I can imagine its a total pain in the arse getting the money back!!!

Yes this is what I do, and its not difficult at all

 

[toastking]

Yes this is what I do, and its not difficult at all

I just looked at your website, sounds interesting. Will look into it more and ask you some questions I expect when I have a little more time. Guessing your little kit gives you solutions to the problems that I can probably think up.

 

[BusinessIdeas]

I just looked at your website, sounds interesting. Will look into it more and ask you some questions I expect when I have a little more time. Guessing your little kit gives you solutions to the problems that I can probably think up.

We have been running this business for a very long time and have years of experience, will be happy to answer questions by phone or email Tel: 01407 721 026 mobile 07813 899 942 or email: [email protected]
- Gina

 

[PureIT]

Window cleaning business = not as easy as people think. Building up a round, dealing with moany people, dealing with the poor weather. Ask my brother he has a very successful cleaning company, I'm sure he would say it's far from easy

 

[Grencolur]

Persevere

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Cheers
Tony

 

[roydmoorian]

Starting a [urlno="http://www.briteways.com"]cash loans business [/urlno]is relatively simple and is highly lucrative:

No stock to carry, No expensive premises, Tiny overheads, No VAT on turnover, No selling, Lots of repeat business, Only work a few hours a week: I could go on......

www.briteways.com

Sorry, I can't pay this week - can I give you double next week ? (when I have had time to do a moonlight flit) :|

 

[BusinessIdeas]

Sorry, I can't pay this week - can I give you double next week ? (when I have had time to do a moonlight flit) :|

Yep it can happen, but our losses from bad debt are a mere 3.25% p.a. and are totally claimable as a taxable expense against profits, and the profits are quite considerable