October 27, 2005

EARN MONEY AT HOME!

Blogdaughter/niece Sarah of That's Not Very Nice! has a stuck-at-home-mom question:

The point of this is that I need something to do until Shorty goes to school full time, and I am willing to do just about anything to pass the time and make a buck. Things I am good at are:

Cooking and baking
Quilting
Braided rag rugs
err...collecting aluminum cans
Finding and reselling antiques

Are there any ideas that anyone else has of things that I could do with my son tagging along, or stuff I could make at home that would sell well? It is kind of hard to find something that has almost no overhead, that will pay anything at all.

Outside of eBay, I'm a little light on ideas. The only reason eBay worked for me is that my product was extremely lightweight (VERY cheap shipping), and I always got it at cost (I sold currency to collectors - one of the perqs of being a bank teller).

Normally I'd suggest hitting Google, but "work at home" as a search term brings up results that are 98% shady schemes.

So, I'll let you guys pipe up.

Posted by: Harvey at 07:31 AM | Comments (12) | Add Comment
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1 Make your rugs and sell them at Craft shows. There is always some around somewhere, at schools, churches, etc. My parents used to make crafts and then sell them at the shows and would make a bundle on them. Usually anywhere from $500-$1000 per show (shows are either 1 or 2 days, saturday and/or sunday)

Posted by: Machelle at October 27, 2005 07:54 AM (ZAyoW)

2 You could even make the rugs and sell them on ebay - if the craft fairs don't pan out - or both places if you work fast enough. If you want real flexibility - do them only one or two at a time - when the rugs are done - put them on ebay to sell while you're making others. If you take orders for them then you "must" make the rug by a certain time... might not work.

Posted by: Teresa at October 27, 2005 08:02 AM (FZwDL)

3 Check with your local infant / youth shop about selling the Quilts & Rugs. For some reason expectant parents are willing / expected to spend absorbent amounts of cash at youth boutiques, that may be an alternative to the craft show.

Posted by: phin at October 27, 2005 08:57 AM (Xvpen)

4 Cook me food! Oh wait, you said "and make a buck." Never mind.

Posted by: Ogre at October 27, 2005 09:04 AM (/k+l4)

5 Design masks and bright tear away clothing... no, not for stripping. Good for hitting banks.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at October 27, 2005 02:03 PM (j9fvU)

6 Hey! I'm good at emptying aluminum cans!!! Maybe we could have a partnership! Step 1: Harvey buys cans of beer. Step 2: I empty cans. Step 3: Sarah collects cans. Step 4: Profit!

Posted by: jimmyb at October 27, 2005 02:09 PM (V6v7O)

7 jimmyb-It's a deal! I see no flaws in that plan. Heck, if Harvey is buying, we can all drink, and that makes for more cans....yeah....drinking as a career...yeah.....*burp*....Profit!

Posted by: Sarah at October 27, 2005 02:46 PM (HYDqY)

8 Wait... whatever happened to collecting underpants? I thought THAT was the first step to EVERY successful business plan...

Posted by: Harvey at October 27, 2005 04:54 PM (ubhj8)

9 I tried that one and it didn't pan out. I know..I was surprised too. :-)

Posted by: Sarah at October 27, 2005 04:59 PM (HYDqY)

10 Collect aluminum cans ???????????? Profit Brilliant JimmyB!

Posted by: Fitch at October 27, 2005 08:07 PM (Hn838)

11 Mystery Shopper. I did this when I had one child. You do NOT make a lot of money. But I could have pizza once a week for free if I wanted to, plus get paid for it. The pizza deal did require a digital camera. The others did not. If you are interested, let me know. There are many out there that are NOT legit. You should NEVER have to pay to be a shopper.

Posted by: vw bug at October 28, 2005 05:40 AM (9PYn2)

12 I did some mystery shops while my hubby was out of work - it got us regular trips out to eat, even Lone Star Steakhouse and a really nice sports bar/pub & grill. Good resource for mystery sh*pping info - http://volition.com/mystery.html - they have links to all the reputable mystery sh*pping companies and do not charge. (Excuse the asterisks - Harvey's spam filter didn't like how I originally wrote it.)

Posted by: songstress7 at November 07, 2005 11:06 PM (0zDjn)

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