Bee-Keeping:
Beekeeping is an economical and beneficial business to participate in. About 7,000beekeepers are even exploring the rearing of exotic species modern bee hives.Roughly 300,000 colonies produce 7,500 metric ton honey each year. Pakistan’s climatic conditions and bee flora deliver brilliant opportunities for beekeeping.
Honeybee flora is available in all provinces including our Northern areas, FATA and AJK.
If you feel you are inexperienced and need some help, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) offers training to individuals and groups you can also, have special training courses arranged on request.
Once you know what to do, grab a variety of flowers and a couple of wooden hivesand you are good to go. After you join the bee farming community, move yourbusiness out of your backyard and start to sell bee’s wax and royal jelly in addition to honey.
With this business you aren’t only helping yourself you are helping the environmentas well. So pat yourself on the back and give the bees a healthy ecosystem topollinate crops.
Blogging:
Blogging isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but if you have the passion to write about meaningful topics that you think will definitely attract your reader’s eye, then this can be a simple way to lock in a little extra something at the end of each month.
If you feel intimated and over whelmed whenever you think you can start a blog, don’t worry, that’s natural. However, it doesn’t necessarily have to be such anintense process. A conventional blog primarily revolves around informal opinionated written content that the writer connects with their audience through. This is whyusually bloggers find themselves at ease while writing down their perspective, and ifdone correctly, they can make a profit while doing it.
Start by registering your blog and getting proper hosting, now don’t forget tocustomize it. Adding your personality is basically what you are getting paid to do.After you write and publish, promote it. This is definitely as important as writing it.Optimize SEO with a few adjustments every now and then to keep a healthy flowunique readers. No readers equals no payday, and you don’t want that.
Blogging is a great type of passive income as you would need a few hours to write itand you can continue to make money off of it well after writing it. Associatesponsored content and marketing affiliations to your content for added bonus. The best part is it is next to nothing on the investment scale, so if you are up for a littlechallenge, and again, love to voice your opinion with carefully curated writtenpieces, this a surefire low investment idea specifically for you.
Boutique:
This is not a new market in anyway nor is it unsaturated, but the love of shopping and finding a perfect dress is just want every girl wants. As the millennials gain popularity in the spending pool, businesses have evolved to be more inclusive of their needs and preferences. Apparel is an important industry in our economy having a 46% share in total manufacturing. It is an industry that isn’t dying out anytime soon.
Innovation and dedication are two traits that set each apparel provider apart from each other. To summarize, if you have something new, you are going to find yourself with a lot of customers. The frequency of bringing cutting-edge designs to the market will help you sustain the pressure of a saturated market. You have to really take advantage of the low cost of fabric found all across the country and customize your designs with the abundance of skilled tailors.
Catering:
Enjoy cooking? Why not make some money doing what you love to do? Try small events at first in your local neighborhood and surrounding areas by cooking out of your own kitchen. That gives you more than enough time to understand the challenges that you will face if, and when, you do plan on taking it to the next level.
Define a menu and assign a few rates it is as simple as that. You can even start off with limited dishes or just one genre before taking on too much at one time, leavingyou exhausted.
Catering is a fun way to branch out into Event Planning and Management as well. If you start off small as mentioned above it gets easier to make a transition and score a few birthdays and tea parties that can later develop into grander and more refined events.
Coffee House / Tea Room:
Cafés and coffee houses are finding their way into our daily routines. They are becoming a common place to meet up for a late breakfast on the weekends or a small laidback gathering to unwind after work. In the last thirty years alone Pakistan’s coffeehouse industry has tripled its size.
If you are looking to join the coffeehouse bandwagon, you might want to analyze the market situation of your targeted area first. A few points to keep in mind, demand and preferred tastes, effective and attention-grabbing marketing strategies and how to set yourself apart: your individuality. It’s important for your customer to know how to differentiate from the rest.
The best customer group to benefit from is the – “Takeaway”. Takeaway customers are important and a helpful asset for your café because they pay the same amount and cost you less in terms of occupancy. Make sure to focus on special marketing strategies to boost takeaways instead of solely focusing on walk-in customers that spend a considerable amount of time occupying your tables.
To immediately encourage business focus on quality. Take the time to carefully link your brand with other popular relevant brands to increase chances of being noticed.Social Media is everywhere, its power shouldn’t be taken lightly. Social Media influencer’s are now a trending way to gain positive attention in addition to extensive Social Media marketing.
DayCare:
This is an extra ordinary investment for any individual who is eager to take care of young kids not ready for school yet. These growing years are the cutest, obviously, but also the vital for grooming and early etiquettes. Which is why working mothers are always anxious when it comes to secondary care while they are away.
More and more women feel comfortable leaving their children at daycare centers in the hopes of providing them a wholesome, clean and constructive learning environment. If your target is to provide a safe yet playful environment and take measures accordingly you are pretty much all set. Now, all you need is your investment for the area, equipment, food and first aid. Charge your tuition according to the number of children you forecast would attend from the location you have selected and let the rest fall in place.
Digital Marketing Service:
With all these businesses popping up its obvious people need to push their brands in order to be recognized. Since the world today is all about digitalization, Social Media Platforms have become the latest, and effective, marketing tool. So if you know a thing or two about digital marketing, this is definitely an option with endless possibilities.
You can choose to even start a small firm that provides services or solo – if you feel up to that challenge. Nevertheless, it is a field with vast potential and is an investment worthwhile. This is convenient for non-technical background entrepreneurs as well who are good at marketing and partner up with a buddy from IT.
EBook Publishing:
For those who love a good book and possess amazing writing skills, EBook Publishing is an astoundingly entertaining source of income. There are a couple ofwebsites that allow EBook publishing for free, including amazon. Your earningsthough depend mainly on the quality of your work. Royalties and collaborations arealso additional channels that can help add on to your overall income.
E-Commerce Business:
Conventional businesses requiring physical interaction are now declining especiallyafter COVID-19. Alternatively, this has allowed the increase in e-commerce sites allover the globe. New and existing businesses alike, are leaning towards creating andimproving their online stores.
If you have a product you’d like to sell, why look for a physical store. With the help of free e-commerce platforms you can create a store having an unforgettable userinterface and a streamlined user experience all from the comfort of your home.Make shopping easier for your customer and business easy for you.
Websites still can be a little costly to run sometimes. If you look to avoid anywebsite related startup cost, you can always turn to Facebook or Instagram tomarket and sell your products. It’s also a simple way to initially calculate customerresponse before you invest time on designing and creating a website.
Fish Farm:
This sector has unlimited potential as amoney-making business. The areas in NWFP and north of Punjab, are best suited for fishery development as the waterunderground is sweet.
There are several types of fish that can be profitable to raise, however, the mostprofitable is Tilapia. If compared to other fish its large size, quick growth and highprotein content are all major contributing reasons to its high demand. Another typeof fish farming is Shrimp farming and since its demand is always soaring it doesn’tmatter how small or big you start, you will still having a highly demanded resource.
Your major investment would be on equipment, feed, healthcare, transportation andharvesting. So this isn’t your basic “low investment” idea but it is a prospering idea.
Food Truck:
Less is more with the food truck. Simple menus and good clean food. That is the basic expectation you have to achieve while offering Food Truck services. The things that matter, other than the food of course, is the location. You want to selecta location that appeals to your targeted audience.
Make sure you have all relevant licensing and permits before you open up your Food Truck for business. If you weren’t interested in the coffee house idea because of lack of initial finances, then this is the option for you. Food Trucks are significantly cheaper to set up as compared to a sit-down with a good ambiance.
Freelance Content Writing:
This is a no-investment idea that allows work from home, on-the-go or actually however you like. It requires no technical knowledge, unless the topics at hand are technical in nature. It only requires that you are familiar and confident in all aspectsof the English language.
What makes you different from the rest would be any additional unique skills that can add to your reader’s experience. Successful writers will usually master various types of writing styles in order to take up variety of different tasks. For example, news related content is delivered in crisp, informational paragraphs with a catchy main point at the top. Whereas, blogging is personal, friendly and typically opinionated.
Gift Basket Making:
People love to show their loved ones they care. What better way than to surprise them with an assortment of products suited to their originality? If you are artistic and resourceful and know how to present gifts, you will find this the best thing on the list.
Personalized gift baskets are easy for you to assemble and so will require a low investment leaving you a higher profit margin. If you really want to keep your investment at a minimum link yourself with an influencer and couple yourself with afew popular brands. You will find your business spread all over social media in no time.
Graphic Designing:
Graphic Designing is used in many forms in every business. Logos, business cards, letterheads, and brochures are needed by every company. If you don’t have any formal education in Graphic Designing you can effortlessly learn from online websites such as Coursera, and YouTube, without any charge. Your investment- a laptop and a strong internet connection. That is it.
The IT industry is booming in Pakistan and so there is no shortage of Graphic Designers either, but what is needed is a Graphic Designer that knows how to showcase unique skills. Aim to go beyond what everyone is providing by enhancing your skills and continually evolving.
Green Energy:
Worldwide people are looking into less expensive energy alternatives. Pakistan is nodifferent. It is a new industry and will have quite a few obstacles, but what’s the fun if everything is so simple. The benefits and profits are more than enough of a reason to be motivated to invest in this industry.
Green energyoriginates from natural sources including sunlight, rain, wind, tides, plants, and geothermal heat.Since these forms of energy are renewable, as in replenished naturally, they are independent of finite resources and are less taxing on the environment.
GYM:
Fitness is everywhere nowadays. From active wear in apparel to healthy eating in eatery we are surrounded by factors promoting a healthier lifestyle. With a moderate capital, you could start a small scale gym. Convert a spacious room in your house, by adding easy to acquire gym equipment from different vendors at affordable prices. Just make sure you take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of all clients during yoga/workout sessions.
Ask your neighbors and friends to join and spread the word of yourgym. If you are really enthusiastic about encouraging a healthy lifestyle, don’t miss out on the opportunity to offer healthy snacks and drinks to your clients. You can charge a monthly subscription fee covering food and exercise to help keep up with running costs.
Hair, Nail, Or Beauty Salon:
Just like apparel and food, Hair and Skincare aren’t far behind on scalable businesses. Hair, nail and beauty salons have become a popular visit by many women. Each salon having its own profitability and scope, none of the three are anyless of an option provided that you know what you are doing and have an eye on latest trends and new techniques.
Initially Salon startups are quite cash-consuming. Hence they require complete and all-inclusive planning. Your business plan should include all services you can offer, both, technically and financially. Know your target customers. This helps to identify the exact trends and our routines they are more likely to show interest in and focus primarily on these and branch out into other areas and skill levels as you gain customer confidence and sustain the initial crunch.
Investment – Collectibles & Antiques:
As of 2020, IBIS World’s statistic claims the size of Online Antiques & Collectibles Sales market is worth $1.5billion. Why not take advantage of Pakistan’s share with your business?
No need to invest in a heavy duty website in the first-go. Take it slow invest in a couple of valuable pieces. Place your items on Facebook, Instagram and OLX.
Investment – Startups:
There are many startups just waiting for the right invertors. This is the best option ifyou have an extra amount that you’d like to not spend uselessly on late-night fast food. Your investment will be used by the startup to launch their business. In return,you will receive a fixed, mutually agreed upon, amount.
It’s also fun to join forces with a couple of friends and invests that you know everyone on-board and feel secure during the entire process.
Mobile Accessories Dealer:
Mobile devices have taken over. People from every age group, social and economic background may possess one or two mobile devices each. This means the demand for mobile accessories will also rise. A business dealing in affordable and unique mobile accessories will quickly find its standing in the market.
Momentarily, this is one of the most favored idea invested in as it does not require you to own a set of specialized skills.
Mushroom Cultivation:
As funny as it sounds – we are serious. This unusual idea is extremely popular and rapidly gaining popularity. The reason for that is fairly simple. Limited capital, basic equipment and a little mushroom farming knowledge are required to get you up and running.
Try to keep yourself up-to-date with self-learning reading about, packaging, cultivating and harvesting mushrooms will obviously never go to waste. You can also find many DIY blogs and other informative tips available online to help you find solutions to problems you encounter during the process. Someone’s experience may be of help to you.
Also, become familiar with types and species of mushrooms in order to know which mushroom you should have an abundant supply of and which mushroom can give more profits. For example, Pakistan’sclimate is most suitable for the oystermushroomwhich can be grown all year, except for four months after May because of our unfavorable summer heat.
To start mushroom farming today, you don’t need to have a vast area, a small pieceof land is just as sufficient. Mushrooms can also be easily grown in pots and containers in case you don’t have any land to cultivate on. A kilo of mushrooms is usually priced at nearly Rs.1500 to Rs.1700 and takes about 35 days to gather.
Mushroom farming has a lot of scope for fresh entrants. With CPEC there is a rise of foreigners that need an abundant supply of mushrooms while cooking.
Organic Farm:
More and more people are reverting to traditionally cultivated produce as the world has realized the harm and dangers of mass-produced genetically modified vegetables and fruits. This is exactly why we are observing a radical shift in organic agriculture in Pakistan as well. One report has documented that nearly 33% of farmers have already made the switch to organic.
Depending on the scale of your farm, it will definitely require some investment. An organic farm continually requires money to keep with demands and changes which is why could even choose to finance cultivators if you feel like you want to skip out on the actual farming.
Personal / Private Chef:
APrivate Chefworks in a single household full-time, cooking each meal, every day of the month.Private Chefsare part of a domestic staff and can be provided accommodation based on their employers preference. A Personal Chef isn’t confined to a single family.
Personal and private chefsare accountable for cooking and safely packaging accurately labeled dishes. On special occasions, an employer may require a personal chefto organize and manage a team of cooks and become a caterer for the event.
Photography:
The simplest way to start off is to go out for a stroll with your DSLR camera and creativity in high gear. Later post the clicks to a photography page and see yourself grow.
You can also expand your business to include event photography which isceaselessly requiring good photographer with an original perspective whilecapturing moments forever. At first focus on taking pictures and creating timeless albums. As you master the art you can create personalized gifts for your clients to choose from.
Another trending aspect of photography that skilled and futuristic photographers would enjoy participating in is – commercial photography. Companies requireattractive and modern pictures for their online stores. Although this will requireadditional equipment, it is nothing you can collect over a period of time.
Poultry Farm:
Currently, the poultry sector generates incomes and jobs for approximately 1.5million people. With a yearly growth rate of 10-12%, it is one the most organizedbranches of our country’s agro-based sector.
There are a four main divisions of a Poultry farm, Breeding/Hatchery, MeatProduction, Egg Production and Feed production. Large scale poultry farms withhigher levels of investment go for all four, but you can stick to any single field andstill succeed.
Again our advice is if you are unwilling to get into the technical aspects of farming your best bet is to finance an existing or start-up poultry farm, as they need the money and you save the effort. It’s a win-win.
Real Estate:
In Pakistan this is probably the most popular industry that people tend to invest in, other than gold. As soon as they have a handsome amount they buy a property and just forget it for a while. Although some construct a home or office for rent purposes, their primary focus stays on allowing the property to hit a certain value before they consider selling.
If you are interested in buying and selling properties, stay on top of the market prices and try to sell when you see the price reach its peak. You can easily attempt to gain maximum profit by using this method. Investing in Real Estate is safe, you possess total ownership and can anticipate its value to increase over time. You can without a doubt expect the value to increase from anywhere around 12% to 30%. Not a bad investment if you have the funds and don’t want to put in laborious efforts.
Translator:
The only investment – learn a language. The National University of ModernLanguages (NUML) offers a variety of language courses to help you achieve thisgoal, learn a language and acquire a rare skill, often leading to higher pay scales.
Again we will mention CPEC, but obviously with this new addition to our economywe will be requiring many Mandarin translators for oral and written content. Even ifCPEC creates a massive need for translators, their demand isn’t limited to CPEConly. Quite a lot of companies search for people who can translate languages forthem. There are several online courses available as well for students or busyindividuals who can’t take the time to join a full-time course at a university.
Online Tutor:
Online tutors are in high demand after COVID-19, even domestically. People feelmore confident in protecting their children without compromising their study time.
Many teachers and students have opted to pick up a few online tutoring jobs tocollect extra cash at the end of the month. You can turn this into a full-time source of income with flexible schedules andconvenience. All you need is your expert knowledge on the subject of your choice, alaptop and a strong internet connection.
Vacation Host:
Pakistan is one of those countries that is rich in scenic beauty and interesting culture. Whether it’s the ice capped mountains in the background of Saif Ul MalookLake or the unique ancient Hinduism-like culture preserved in Kalash, Pakistan is jampacked with cultural diversity and foods to experience.
So offering that spare room in your home for national or international visitors is a fun way to earn a small sum of additional cash. You will have to invest quite a bit of time rather than huge finances, which is certainly a plus.
As fun as this may be, don’t forget to take precautionary steps to protect yourself and your guests. Make sure you are very well informed before becoming a host.