Daily Archives: February 12, 2015

Deal In Bangers

We look at a lot of unusual or off-beat ideas here but sometimes it’s easy to overlook something run-of-the-mill but lucrative. There’s a seemingly endless market for cheap second hand cars, and a profit to be made by supplying them, particularly if you have some basic mechanical knowledge.

Often, the only difference between a car which can be bought for £500 and one that can be sold for £1,000 is a good clean/valet, and an improved advertisement and photographs. Sell just a couple of cars each month like this and you could very easily make an extra £12,000 a year.

Not everyone is interested in cars of course, but if you are, this is a great way to combine business with pleasure.

The Party Princess

Cary George has an unusual Florida based business. She dresses as a ‘Disney princesses’ (with minor alterations  so as to avoid a law suit), and entertains children at parties. For that she earns upward of $50 an hour.

Children’s parties are big business and this looks like an opportunity that could work for people of either sex. Disney characters and super heroes aren’t restricted to just the one gender. It goes without saying though, that you’ll need to be really good with children, and not everyone will have the right temperament for this kind of work.

If this interests you, start out by looking at what’s available for children’s parties in your area, and form working relationships with organisations and venues already operating in this field.

The Archers

Quick…what comes to mind when  you hear the word ‘archery’? Chances are that one of two images came to mind  – either something related to Robin Hood, or someone standing in a field with a complicated-looking bow, slowly and methodically firing arrows at a static target. Unless you’ve seen it before, I doubt you were thinking about Lars Andersen. Continue reading