Ever dream of running a part-time business while keeping your day job? Want to operate a sideline business along with your current business? Or are you simply curious about entrepreneurship, and want to test the waters before you commit to the world of commerce? Whatever your reason, here are  sure-fire ways to get started today with your own part-time business.

 

Computer Tutor
Whether you're an expert at Windows or Linux, desktop publishing or Web research, HTML or word processing, you can help anyone enhance their computer skills. Start promoting your computer-training services by teaching classes through organizations in your community which offer adult education courses.

 

Medical Transcription
Work as an important member of a medical team without leaving your homebased office. There's big demand by hospitals, doctors, dentists, chiropractors and veterinarians who need outside help transcribing patient medical records. Training in medical terminology and linguistic skills will keep your business healthy.

 

Personal Chef
What's for dinner, honey? Great home-cooked meals for working parents and busy professionals who hire you as a personal chef. There's plenty of demand for this specialized service. So plan your menu, make out your shopping list, and go to work to satisfy your hungry clientele.

T-Shirt Design
If you're an artist in search of a medium, why not make T-shirts your canvas? Paint, draw, bead or appliqué your designs on plain T-shirts, and spend your weekends showcasing your art-to-wear at markets and crafts fairs.

 

Restaurant Delivery
Whether it's macaroni and cheese or a five-course gourmet meal, at-home meal replacement is fast becoming the newest way to dine. When customers want their restaurant orders "to go," you'll be "on the go" with your restaurant delivery service. A great way to make your late afternoons and weekends extra-profitable!

 

Yoga and Tai Chi Instructor
In today's hectic, fast-paced world, parents, business owners and students alike can benefit from the deep-breathing, relaxation and centering techniques you can teach them. Get started by offering classes at health clubs,or on your own.

Massage Therapy
From time to time, most people enjoy a massage. But for people with injuries or boomers with aging bodies, getting a massage approaches being a necessity since some people use massage as an alternative to more costly physical therapy.

Giving massages doesn't mean opening a massage parlor. Massage-to-go as well as offering massages in one's own home are increasingly en vogue because many clients prefer their massage therapist to come to them or will choose a home-based practitioner over the inconvenience of driving and parking in crowded commercial areas to go to a more "clinical" office.

Combining massage with another type of health treatment, such as acupuncture, can be a winning combination in attracting clients. Keep in mind though that every additional service you add will require additional training. While less recognized by most medical professionals than acupuncture, many massage therapists also offer acupressure, polarity therapy, reflexology, reiki, shiatsu and therapeutic touch (t-touch), and more.

Starting a Tutoring Service
Put your skills and talents to work by teaching others how to do what you're best at. People are hiring tutors in almost any area in which skills can be taught and acquired: academic subjects and computer use, athletic skills and hobbies. While most independent tutors have students come to their homes, some go the clients' homes or may be able to use space at the students' schools, or if they're helping students with a sport, they'll use the appropriate kind of field or facility.

Office and Home Organizer
Attention all neatniks: Help packrats, overworked executives, and other organizationally challenged individuals clean out messy closets, straighten files, and throw out the excess clutter. Putting your knack for neatness to part-time business use is bound to arrange some tidy profits for you.

Child-care service

Institutional day-care solutions do not always appeal to single parents or dual-career couples. Not only are there not enough facilities, but many parents also prefer their infants, toddlers and preschoolers to be in a home setting. Because so many are shift workers, day care for evenings, nights and weekends is especially in demand. Want to increase sales? Hire an assistant to take on more children.

Elder and geriatric care

If there's a business with long-term potential, it's one that serves the mushrooming number of aging citizens. Seniors want to live in their own homes, but to maintain their independence, they need help that many adult children no longer have time to provide. If this area interests you, consider creating a homebased business helping seniors pay bills, delivering meals or supervising medication management.

EBay trading and sales:

Sales over the Internet keep growing, and women now surpass men in online purchasing. Both new and used items sell well on eBay. EBay has become a primary or supplementary way for all kinds of people to sell, from artisans to estate-sale specialists