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Online Domestic Maid Service, Confectionaries/Cake Making, Online Event Management, E-Courses, Light Manufacturing, Etc.
INTRODUCTION
According to www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk a part-time business is a commercial endeavour that requires less than full time commitment in terms of hours, resources, and overall dedication. It is typically run alongside other employment or personal commitment, offering flexibility and a way to earn extra income or pursue other interests. It has numerous advantages including flexibility, work life balance, additional income, and the opportunity to test a business concept without significant financial risk. It also allows for a gradual transition into entrepreneurship leveraging existing skills and resources while maintaining a regular income source. It also has its disadvantages. Running part-time business has drawbacks like potentially inconsistent income, increased financial risk, longer hours and a lack of guidance, according to www.indeed.com. It can also lead to less job security, limited career advancement, and the need to pay tax on both part time and full time income.
According to www.bankrate.com, the pros of part-time businesses include financial and emotional rewards as your business succeeds, while the downside is that you assume personal risks and responsibilities when doing the part-time business. Being a part-time business owner, one needs to work hard to see the business succeeds. In the words of www.legalvision.co.uk, a part-time business has advantages of established infrastructure and customer base, cash flow and immediate revenue generation, high initial investment; and its downsides are, despite the possibility that your part-time business will succeed, you will have to work and assume personal risks, variable income and stress.
The following are the ten opportunities that we are showcasing in this Business Opportunities Report.
1. ONLINE TUTORING. Online tutoring offers a flexible way to teach, allowing individuals to share their knowledge and expertise from anywhere. Platforms like, Preply, Superprof, and Tuteria connect tutors with students seeking help in various subjects, languages and skills. Online tutoring is a popular way to make extra income in Nigeria with platforms like Superprof, Educere, and Tutoria offering numerous opportunities. These platforms connect tutors with students looking for assistance in various subjects, including mathematics, science, languages, and more. While starting your own online tutoring business, ensure that you are focusing on an area that you have an overwhelming skill advantage, where you can help students out on challenging subject areas. In the case that you will start your own by using services of other tutors with you doing the coordinating, you need to be on top of the game in terms of imparting the required knowledge for students to have excellent results in the examinations they will be entering for.
2. ONLINE EVENT MANAGEMENT. It involves using technology to plan, organize and execute events entirely or partially online. This includes features like event registration, ticketing, scheduling attendees which can include interactive features like chat, polls, and quizzes. Online invitations and promotion strategies are crucial for reaching the target audience and driving event attendance. It ensures smooth virtual event operation requiring careful planning of platform compatibility, technical support and decision management, gathering data on attendee engagement, feedback, and event performance essential for continuous improvement. You can start your own operation by using the services of existing event management platforms before you are able to build your own application. For quick success, you may have to, for the sake of getting customers, leverage on highly populated communities of people like your local church/religious organization, secondary school/tertiary institution alumni, cooperative societies, etc.
3 CAKES AND CONFECTIONARIES MAKING. A part-time business in confectionaries and cakes making offers a flexible opportunity to combine your love for baking with income generation. To learn the art and prepare for starting your own business, you could consider roles like cake decoration, assistant baker, or bakery worker, often found in bakeries or confectionary shops. There are different part-time roles assistant baker/baker assist with the preparation of various baked goods, including cakes, and may also be involved in decorating cake decorator focuses on the artistic aspects of cake making creating intricate designs and decorating. You will need to build an interactive online presence to be able to take orders and fulfill same remotely.
4. E-COURSES. An online course, also known as an e-course is any course that is taught virtually (via the digital platform) unlike traditional teaching methods. E-courses allow you to structure the course in interactive ways to make learning more effective. If you have proficiency in any area of human endeavor, like cooking Chinese dishes, you can offer its training as an e-course. Another example; if you can teach a subject like Mathematics for WAEC Ordinary Level examination, you can offer an e-course that students can subscribe to, which they can study at their own time. The course will offer complete teaching of the Mathematics syllabus of WASC. E-courses are different from e-tutoring in the sense that e-tutoring allows some level of contact with individual learners, making you customize your attention to the needs of each learner. With e-courses, no contact with individual learners is assumed. E-courses are usually structured as video recordings which people can watch at their own convenience. E-courses represent a smart way to turn any proficiency you have into money. If you already have some success in any training or knowledge sharing endeavor, you may consider packaging it as an e-course. Pricing of e-courses can be made as flexible as possible depending on the target market that is being served. Some are offered tuition-free with payment coming in terms of course certificate. Other pricing models are subscription based and one-time payment.
5. ONLINE –DOMESTIC MAID SERVICE. Several online platforms and agencies offer part-time domestic maid services connecting employees with maids who are available for a few hours or days each week. Some examples include Helper4u.in, HelperPlace and Helpling Singapore. These services often allow you to search for maids based on location, experience and availability, with some offering online booking and payment options. Many of these services cater specifically to part-time needs, allowing you to hire a maid for a few hours per day or week as needed. Many services also offer online booking and payment options making it easier to manage the hiring process. To start your own online-Domestic Maid Service, you need to have an interactive website with sections for those who will want to register as prospective maids as well as for those who want to hire these maids. There must also be provision for training of the maids to prepare them ahead of being placed with potential employers. For proper security precaution, both prospective employers and maids must provide appropriate guarantees in form of guarantors which must be of specified social standing.
David Solomon Business Opportunities Report – Special June 2025 edition
Prepared by Sunday Ikotun and Kola Owolabi. Sunday Ikotun is on the consulting staff of David Solomon Consulting Limited. Kola Owolabi is the CEO of David Solomon Consulting – He is a Fellow of the Nigerian
David Solomon Consulting Limited is based in Igbesa, a suburb of metropolitan Lagos, in the vicinity of nterprise Issue
To be concluded next week.
