13 Businesses You Can Start With Less Than $100

Start a Local Website or Newspaper

Do you know what is going on in your community?  Perhaps start a Facebook Page about all the things happening, activities for kids, new businesses and functions, and keep the community involved.  Once it is up and running, you could start charging advertising space on either a website or start a basic newspaper that you can distribute to local businesses.

You can include local stories, promote events happening in your area or even keep people up to date during a disaster.

Where to Find Advertisers:

You will need to build up your audience first, but have an ‘Advertising Page’ that can list all the services you can do such as sponsored stories, website banners or promotion of an event.

But Starting a Website is Expensive?

It doesn’t have to be – there are plenty of cheap or even free website platforms out there if you have an eye for detail and style!  Even a directory website is a great start to build traffic by offering free listings until you really build up a following.

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Make Unique Gift Baskets

Gift baskets make a wonderful gift for new Mums or business people as they can be totally personalised.  If you are good at putting together beautiful gift baskets and photographing them, maybe sell them online and offer your services to other locals who may also enjoy your gift baskets.  Other items that you could do include Nappy Cakes and Chocolate Bouquets.

You can even start selling your gift baskets on Etsy!

Become a Unique Tea Blend Creator

Tea is so hot right now.  If you have a good palette for flavoured tea’s, why not look at creating your very own blend of tea and selling it for a profit.  For under $100 you could purchase a few teas to blend and keep the packaging extremely simple.  I’ve even seen tea blends sold in test tube containers which are super adorable. You could sell your new tea blend at a local market, on Etsy or just start up your very own Facebook Page.  Have influencers try your tea.

These are really popular ideas for wedding favours too!

You can purchase tea from reputable sellers (you must have top quality!) such as:

• T2 Tea has teas and tools and also offers Afterpay.
• Tealth has handmade white tea that is a luxury tea famous around the world.
• Debonair Tea Company is UK based and makes exceptional tea

You can pick up clear test tubes with stoppers from:

• Petals x Bonbons has 7ml plain test tubes with cork top tubes for $1.20 each
• I Love Love Australia has 40ml plastic test tubes (5 per pack) for $16.99 including free delivery

Wrap them in bubble-wrap to post with a little twine tie and label – and you are set!

Make Second Hand Furniture Fabulous!

Look at purchasing a few pieces of furniture from Ebay or local Buy, Swap and Sell Pages.  Then buy a few pots of Chalk Paint – this paint is brilliant as you don’t need to sand the furniture first, just give it a coat, sand, then add a waxy coat over the top – and your furniture goes from drab to fab!  You can purchase chalk paint from most hardware stores.

Even better if you are handy with a sewing machine and can re-upholder old chair seats etc.

Furniture is always fairly high-demand and by making it look great, you could easily double or triple your money!

Where to Buy Second Hand Furniture:

There are actually loads of great places to look such as:

• Ebay
• Gumtree
• Local Facebook Buy Swap and Sell Pages
• Trading Post
• Advertise in local newspapers
• Thrift Stores
• Garage Sales

Where to Buy Chalk Paint:

The cheapest place we found to purchase chalk paint is:

• Catch

Where to Sell Your Furniture:

You can look at selling your furniture at local markets, Etsy, Ebay, Gumtree, advertise in your local newsletters or even approach furniture stores in your area to see if they will sell your products on commission!

If you are passionate about becoming your own boss, just take the step and do it!  Many of these business ideas are perfect to start on the side, and you can work your way up as you get busier and busier!

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