110 Business Ideas - Side Hustles & Startup Ventures
Digital Products
- Create a collection of printable planners and sell them on Etsy or your own website.
- Develop a niche online course teaching a specialised skill such as urban sketching or 3D modelling.
- Design and sell digital wallpapers or icon packs for mobile and desktop devices.
- Offer pre-made social media templates for small businesses looking to improve branding.
- Build and sell Notion or Airtable templates tailored for freelancers or students.
- Create and sell eBooks teaching specific professional or creative skills.
- Design PowerPoint or Keynote templates for business presentations.
- Develop digital planners compatible with tablets and styluses.
- Sell printable art collections featuring motivational quotes or minimalist designs.
- Offer editable resumes and CV templates for creative professionals.
- Build a subscription-based platform for digital learning resources.
- Create a series of themed stock photo bundles for niche industries.
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Service-Based
- Start a virtual assistant business offering admin and social media support to entrepreneurs.
- Offer proofreading and editing services for bloggers and small publishers.
- Provide home organisation or decluttering consultations online or locally.
- Start a personal styling or wardrobe planning service for professionals.
- Offer local pet-sitting or dog-walking services with an eco-friendly twist.
- Provide online tutoring for students in a specific subject or skill.
- Start a gardening or landscaping service for urban homes.
- Offer content writing and SEO optimisation packages for small businesses.
- Create a social media management agency focusing on sustainable brands.
- Offer photography and branding sessions for freelancers or startups.
- Provide digital organisation services such as file decluttering or inbox clean-up.
- Offer personal budgeting and finance coaching for young professionals.
- See also: Innovation Ideas - Sustainability, Tech & Social Progress
Local Business
- Open a pop-up café that doubles as an art gallery for local creators.
- Launch a mobile coffee cart for events, markets, and business districts.
- Start a home-based bakery specialising in allergen-free treats.
- Create a community composting service for households and small restaurants.
- Offer a bicycle repair and tune-up service with free local pickup.
- Open a boutique selling handmade and locally sourced crafts.
- Launch a zero-waste grocery shop or refill station.
- Create a mobile pet grooming service targeting busy pet owners.
- Start a pop-up plant shop with locally grown greenery and workshops.
- Offer a subscription for regular flower deliveries from local growers.
- Run art workshops for children or adults in community spaces.
Online Content
- Launch a YouTube channel that reviews sustainable lifestyle products.
- Start a blog offering tutorials on digital illustration or animation.
- Create a niche podcast exploring future tech trends and ethical implications.
- Build a following on TikTok sharing practical side hustle case studies.
- Monetise your expertise with a newsletter offering premium insights to subscribers.
- Create a content series documenting your journey building a small business.
- Launch a blog reviewing tools for freelancers and creatives.
- Offer paid digital guides or toolkits through your blog or channel.
- Collaborate with small brands for affiliate partnerships and sponsored content.
- Start a Substack publication exploring creative entrepreneurship.
- Create short-form educational videos on business skills for beginners.
Subscription Ideas
- Start a subscription box for eco-friendly home essentials or crafts.
- Offer a digital membership that gives monthly access to design assets or templates.
- Create a book club subscription that sends curated reads with themed extras.
- Offer an online coaching subscription for creative entrepreneurs.
- Curate a local food discovery box featuring small producers and seasonal goods.
- Create a coffee or tea tasting club delivering new blends each month.
- Offer a pet treat subscription box with sustainable packaging.
- Start a digital newsletter subscription offering market insights or creative prompts.
- Build a membership site for freelancers sharing tools and resources.
- Develop a craft subscription that sends new DIY kits each month.
- Offer digital subscriptions for exclusive stock photos or design elements.
Seasonal Businesses
- Start a pop-up gift wrapping service during the winter holidays.
- Offer personalised ornaments or greeting cards for festive seasons.
- Run a temporary photography booth for graduations and school events.
- Offer garden clean-up and planting services in spring.
- Create a summer event planning service specialising in outdoor gatherings.
- Sell handmade holiday decorations at local markets.
- Offer Halloween costume rentals or DIY kits.
- Start a seasonal pop-up food stall at fairs or events.
- Provide corporate gifting services during major holidays.
- Create custom Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day gift bundles.
Eco-Friendly
- Start a business making reusable fabric wraps or bags from upcycled textiles.
- Develop an online platform promoting local sustainable artisans.
- Create refillable candle jars or eco-conscious home fragrances.
- Offer eco-auditing services for small businesses to reduce waste.
- Sell plant-based cleaning products in minimalist, refillable packaging.
- Create furniture or home decor from reclaimed wood or materials.
- Offer a bicycle courier service with zero-emission delivery.
- Build a marketplace for second-hand or upcycled fashion items.
- Create digital guides for living a low-waste lifestyle.
- Offer eco-friendly event planning focusing on sustainability.
- Start a composting education and product business for urban homes.
AI-Powered
- Develop an AI chatbot to help small businesses automate customer service.
- Create a productivity app that uses AI to summarise meetings or notes.
- Offer AI-enhanced content creation services for social media and blogs.
- Build a tool that helps freelancers generate proposals and invoices automatically.
- Launch a personalised learning platform powered by AI-driven recommendations.
- Create a custom AI tool that assists artists in generating creative concepts.
- Develop an AI resume builder tailored for creative industries.
- Offer AI-powered website optimisation and analytics services.
- Build a chatbot that offers daily business tips or marketing insights.
- Develop a voice-based AI productivity assistant for remote workers.
Creative Freelancing
- Offer branding design services with a focus on storytelling and visual identity.
- Provide voiceover work for audiobooks, ads, or explainer videos.
- Specialise in short-form video editing for social media creators.
- Offer copywriting for ethical and purpose-driven brands.
- Create illustrated assets for small games or apps as a freelancer.
- Start a niche photography service such as food or product photography.
- Provide creative consultancy for new brands or startups.
- Offer layout and design services for self-published authors.
- Start a podcast editing and post-production business.
- Offer voice acting and audio branding for podcasts or adverts.
- Create 3D models or assets for indie developers and creators.
Passive Income
- Invest in dividend-paying stocks or crowdfunding property projects.
- Create a library of stock photos or videos and sell them on major platforms.
- Write and self-publish eBooks on niche topics using print-on-demand services.
- Develop an automated dropshipping store focusing on a specific hobby niche.
- License your digital artwork or music for commercial use online.
- Create an online course and host it on Udemy or Skillshare.
- Build and monetise niche websites with affiliate marketing.
- Develop and sell mobile apps or simple games with in-app ads.
- Sell print-on-demand merchandise like T-shirts and mugs with custom designs.
- Create a database of stock sound effects for video creators.
- License photography or video footage to commercial agencies.