I will depart from my usual style of posting today to bring you something that might be helpful if you are having difficulty trying to decide what type of home business you might be interested in. I ran across a book entitled: Great Big Book of Business Lists.
The book listed 62 different small manufacturing businesses that entrepreneurs might start at home. I thought the list was worth quoting here as it seemed to be comprehensive and a good starting point for any of you that might be looking for this type of help.
Obviously, it would help to have expertise in your chosen niche . . . however, I can tell you that there are dropshippers available that can send any kind of product to a buyer. So even though you may not plan to actually construct patio furniture, you still have the opportunity to sell it if you can do a good job of finding profitable sources and markets for this product.
Here is the list as quoted:
1- Patio Furniture Manufacturing
2- Online Manufacturer's Directory
3- Kitchen Cutting Boards
4- Bookends
5- Weather Vanes
6- Waterbeds
7- Custom Picture Frames
8- Wooden Signs
9- Scratch Posts
10-Wooden Sash Windows
11- Bird Houses
12- Online Bird House Sales
13- Wind Chimes
14- Saunas
15- Prototype Design
16- Roof Trusses
17- Floating Docks
18- Canoe Paddles
19- CD Racks
20- Art Easels
21- Picnic Tables
22- Wood Moldings
23- Old English Telephone Booths
24- Hide-A-Beds
25- Packing Crates
26- Store Display Cases
27- Futons
28- Woodturnings
29- Window Sash Mirrors
30- Magnetic Signs
31- Specialty Soaps
32- Mailboxes
33- Silk Screened Mouse Pads
34- Staircases
35- Porch Columns
36- Theme Bunk Beds
37- First Aid Kits
38- Christmas Ornaments
39- Custom Doorstops
40- Wood Clothes Hangers
41- Mold Making
42- Trade Show Displays
43- Snowboards
44- Rubber Stamps
45- Clocks
46- Brooms and Brushes
47- Window Shutters and Blinds
48- Tree House Kits
49- Store Directory Boards
50- Plastic Displays
51- Online Factory Direct
52- Office Dividers
53- Antenna Ornaments
54- Dog Houses
55- Jewelry Boxes
56- Fence Panels
57- Garden Arbors
58- Lattice Manufacturing
59- Driftwood and Log Furniture
60- Air Freshner Manufacturing
61- Aluminum Door and Window Manufacturing
62- Awning Manufacturing
Of course this list is only a beginning to help some of you get the creative juices flowing and think about:
- Things you enjoy doing (or working with)
- Ways you might be able to provide custom, one-of-a-kind products
- Or find sourcing companies that carry what you want to sell
- Whether or not you might be able to compete with other known sources of these same products
- How you will identify your customers, especially online
If you can answer these questions, you may just have a great idea for a home based business that is transacted over the Internet.
