Quote of The Day :

We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Delivering School Books to Parents

Every year when the school reopens and children are promoted to new grades, the children will need a new set of books. This is the time when parents will have to spend time hunting for the prescribed texts from book stores in town. It is not as easy as always thought to be, when it comes to getting the full set of books prescribed. Parents often face headaches when the stock runs out or certain books are unavailable. They will face the inconvenience of having to hunt around the bookshops around town, not necessarily with positive results.

You can start a business in getting orders from parents and they deliver the books to them. There would not be much to do because every year the titles of the books are almost the same, maybe with slight changes. This you can liaise and find out from the Ministry of Education or the local education office. Get the list early and contact parents to place the order.

You don't have to carry stock because you can liaise and work in synergy with a local book stores that would have the stock ready for delivery. Arrange a commission for yourself and everybody wins.

On - The Spot Car Oil Change

I have not seen this business done. I wonder why. If you start the business now you will have a monopoly market, at least in the initial stages. Every 3,000 miles every car needs an oil change. Normally the owner will have to take the car to the oil change people and wait for the oil to be changed but you can reverse the procedure. Instead of the customer coming to you, you go to the customer and get the oil change on the spot.

Having an oil change at petrol kiosks or wherever it is now involves a couple of inconveniences, which includes time. Sometimes you don't get your oil changed immediately if the place is busy. Waiting time may sometimes be killing.

Now if you provide the service to get car owners to change their car oil on the spot and fast, you will attract many motorists. All you need is a small van to carry the engine oil with you and simple tools for the job. To get customers, pass around business visiting cards. You can also call car owners and inform them of your service. From time to time you would have accumulated a good number of customers to keep you busy and the money coming in.

Selling Balloons to Children

The total cost of making a helium balloon is about 10 cents. If you go to places where there are a lot of children gathering, you can sell each for a dollar and make a hefty profit. All you need is some balloons of different sizes, some strings and a tank of helium.

Nowadays balloons are designed in various patterns and this will attract children's attention even the more.

Go where there is a fun fair, an exhibition or even children's playground may be a good place to go especially on holidays.

This is a business where the cost of investment is peanuts but the percentage returns is high. Not many people will want to do this business. That accounts for why we seldom see balloons sellers. You may not be rich selling balloons but neither will you be one just contemplating what to do and not doing anything at all. The business is good, the money is good. Take it.