By Charlotte Goodwin, Money Maven
If you have a talent for creating crafts, baking homemade goods or hosting great parties; you can supplement your income by using your skills and following a few easy steps. The Money Maven shares with you a few ways you can easily and quickly design a micro-business that with see you share your talent with other and help inject spending or saving money into the kitty!
Opening a craft stall at your local weekend artisan market can see you not only earning some cold hard cash but also a name in the community as a local artist of original works! Whether you make cards, quilts, candles or soap there are plenty of markets looking for new stall owners. Make sure to set your selling price above your creating price and stall rental price to turn a profit, but also make sure you put effort into advertising yourself with business cards and fancy gift wrapping! These are micro-business steps that are sure to sell your products and have your customers returning every time. Most Australian market stalls rent for around $50-$60 and if you set you original crafts at an attractive but reasonable price, you’ll be on your way to making a very pretty penny in no time. Jump online to find out whom to contact to enter your craft stall into your local market, visit Australian Markets & Fairs and search for your city to find a market closest to you.
Are you a cake-decorating pro, cupcake queen or cookie chef? You can sell your baked goods locally on Etsy. All you have to do is determine how much you will sell each item for, how much of your selling price the site will take as commission (Etsy charges 20c per listed item and charges 3.5% of the item price per sale transaction) and take into account your method of delivery or postage and you’ll have your very own micro-business up and running in no time at all! It’s based completely online, so you don’t have the worry of renting store or market space and there are no face-to-face dealings with customers. Exactly how much you can stand to make from your online store is difficult to predict as it will vary dependant upon what you are selling and at what price, but the average Etsy seller can make anywhere from $1 an hour to a couple of thousand dollars a year. Etsy is also great for making contacts within your field of interest who can give you great pointers on selling and buying baked goods online. The website is easy to navigate, safe to use and visited by hoards of creative shoppers looking for edible goods everyday. Get baking, visit Etsy to set up your own online bakery and start to share your creations with the world wide web today!
Become an in-home sales hostess and earn yourself cash rewards, vouchers and discounts. If you are a beauty-lover and would love to host an in-home beauty party, contact Nutrimetics to learn how to set one up. You can host a private event in your own home with friends, family and colleagues. Every Nutrimetics host receives a cosmetics reward pack depending upon how many parties you host and the total value of the cosmetics you manage to sell. If you aren’t so interested in hosting parties, but would love to sell beauty products in your local area, you can lodge a request to become an Avon or Nutrimetics brand representative and product consultant. If the latest fashion looks and style trends are more your style, you could become an UnderCoverWear party hostess. As a party hostess you will set-up and host parties at client’s houses. It’s a great way to make extra money and meet new people who share your passion for fashion!
Have you got a keen eye for product quality and customer service? Are you opinionated and just want your voice to be heard? Then you should get paid to shop just by providing your report on the products, facilities, sales skills and staff you encounter on your weekly shopping trips! You are prescribed with assignments ranging from $15-$90 per assignment (depending upon the level of detail required). Just by doing the things you normally would in your week, eating out at a restaurant, going to the cinema or taking a trip to the salon, you can substantially supplement your income and enjoy doing so! Apply online to become a retail mystery shopper and get rewarded for being shop-savvy today!
If you think you don’t have any ‘special skills,’ you are wrong! If you can read this article, chances are that you write in and speak English. Local community colleges and TAFE centres need tutors to lead English classes for new-Australians, exchange students and travellers year-round. If you think you would be interested in helping a foreigner learn English, contact your local community college or TAFE. You can make $30-$90 per hour of tutoring, the higher your subject or teaching skills the more you will be eligible to be paid for your services. TutorFinder allows you to list yourself online with a summary of your skills, your minimum hourly rate. The site also lists jobs across Australia for those in need of a tutor and those wanting to become a tutor in a range of subject areas. Start supplementing your income today with your native tongue, it’s just as easy as that!
