Today, I would share with you some 11 profitable businesses you can start during this X`mas season with small to zero capital.
All you need is staying consistent and being skillful about it. We can all attest to the fact during festive seasons, a whole lot of activities happen. How about earning sums out of it rightfully?
Below are some businesses you can start this Christmas season
1. Start Driving a Taxi
Though drivers, particularly Bolt, Uber and other drivers are earning almost 1000 cedis a week, it is expected of that drivers on these Driving Apps would earn much better, even quadruplet this festive season. This is because people who go out for parties, churches and other events would need them. If you have a car, you can register it on either Bolt or Uber and start earning more than 6000 cedis a month for just using your driving skills.
2. You cook or bake good? Open a catering business
Here`s the thing, as people would go out partying, they would need one basic thing, in fact, always, food and drink (or alcohol). Almost 70% of people would make merry as a thanksgiving this x`mas. Both churches and clubs would hold big events. There would be thousands of people present. you can choose a dish or a pastry you do well at, prepare them and start selling. you can also cook for families and churches during this Christmas. you can also book a stance during an event and sell food or snacks like popcorn.
3. Roam, search for affordable hotels / guesthouses and be a hotel/ guesthouse Agent
Most People would definitely travel to visit their families in different states. some foreigners would travel from countries to your country to celebrate Christmas. People in abroad would need accommodation when they come to your country. you can start speaking to hotel and guest house managers that you can get them clients, so they pay commissions on clients you bring to them. Remember, some clients would even like to tip you. Most People won`t be able to afford certain cost of hotels and cannot locate cheap ones too. you are in the hood and knows most of the hotels and guest houses, why don’t you start such business.
4. If you love fashion and good at marketing start selling fashionable products
Start selling sneakers, hoodies, jerseys, swimming costumes and the others. it would be profitable I bet you. what you can do is this, go to the sellers, speak to them about your intention, take pictures of the products and post them on your social media handles and boost them, you would be paid for commission on every sale and also make good profits from the buyer. I recommend you sell designers but cheap ones, even if its fake.
5. Be a Painter
It is very usual to see houses newly painted during Christmas festive seasons in Ghana, I don`t know for other countries too.Most Ghanaian love to enter the new year with everything fresh and new. they would change most of their old household items as well. if you`re a painter, you can earn a lot this Christmas with your painting skills. go online and learn more about painting and its beautiful painting designs. deploy your skills, impressed clients would definitely recommend you to their friends and families.
6. Love riding or cycling? start a courier service
As most online shops would be running promotions this Christmas, a lot of people would shop online. it will then most of the time be needed to be delivered to their doorsteps. The demand for riders would increase about 46.5% this Christmas. if you can ride a motorbike this is for you. get yourself a driving license and start operation. People would buy gifts to surprise their friends, families, loved ones and bosses. Get paid for delivering these gifts. The good about this business idea too is that prices of fuel have decreased so well. With this, you won`t have to spend so much on fuel.
7. Start a Graphic Designing firm
A lot of companies would run promos and they would need a graphic designer to get them attractive flyers to grab the attention of buyers. if you can design nice brochures and ads in other to win your clients competitors, start working now
8. Be a Web Designer
In most cases, companies who would run Christmas promos during this festive season want to attract customers. This means they would need web designers to design online shopping website with great Christmas themes to reach customers from far ends, hence the demand of web designers would increase this festive season.
If you are capable of designing a creative website, then it would be good for you to start such business. The beauty in this is that web designing is in demand all-year-round, big thanks to the growth of online marketing.
9.Take Photographs of People and sell it to them, be a Photographer.
Indeed, Photos are evidence of good memories—particularly during occasions. If you have the ability to capture beautiful moments during events then you would surely be in demand during this season.
Most individuals and business firms would want services that are affordable during events, especially big ones, which is why your business, if it is a start-up, have the bigger probability of getting patronized than those already-established ones because they can be costive. But keep in thought that establishing a business is not black magic, so stay consistent, start planning.
10.Sell Christmas Crackers (Knockouts)
Christmas crackers (knockout) business can sell very well in the festival season. You can sell the crackers both offline and online. However, you must check your country`s laws concerning crackers before commencing the business.
11. Speak to entertainers and commence holding events
yes, people would go out partying this x`mas season right? … where would they go partying? events right? yes … if you have a good capital, you can start organizing Christmas events throughout this month.
I recommend you get experienced event organizers, speak to celebrities and entertainers then put money into it. you can host pool parties, beach parties, club parties and a whole lot of countless others.
Conclusion
We hope the above-mentioned ideas create a side hustle that earn you extra income this X’Mas season.
