43 Business Ideas You can Start as a Hobby

Passion is widely known to be an important element of success. If you want to succeed in your business, you should put passion into it.  For people who have not been into business, but already have passion or a hobby which they always love to do, they can turn that passion into business. There are also a lot of people who want to start a part-time or a home-based business which they can run while doing their daytime or fulltime job. Others also want to try their venture gradually until they are already ready to manage it around the clock. If you want to start a business easily and enthusiastically, here are 43 business ideas that you can start as a hobby.

1. Adventure, tour and travel – Do you love adventures and travelling? You can start this as a business by getting clients to join you.

2. Antique collection – Turn your collection into precious products for sale or for bidding online or offline. Auction them on eBay, Amazon, in your own website, or in the other online marketplaces.

3. Art painting – Promote your masterpiece in the market. You can also offer self-portraits for clients.

4. Baking and cooking – Offer your tasty menus and sweet delicacies outside your home. You can also offer catering services.

5. Blogging – Transform your online journal into a money making machine through Google Adsense, Affiliate programs, direct advertising, and other blog monetization schemes.

6. Candle making – If you got skills in candle making, then you can produce them for customers.

7. Ceramics – Can you make beautiful ceramic products, such as figurines and flower vase? You can turn that into a business.

8. Content writing – There are many online companies and websites that need contents. If you love writing and researching, you can offer your services to them.

9. Cosmetology and hairdressing – Perhaps you love doing the makeup and hairstyle of your friends and family members. If you see satisfaction from them, you can also offer services to clients.

10. Dance tutorial – Teach your dancing skills to others and earn income from it.

11. Disc Jockey – Turn your talent a hit in the bars and earn a living from it.

12. Dog training – Are you some kind of a dog whisperer? Make pet lovers happy by giving their dogs learn new tricks.

13. Dressmaking and sewing – This can be a hobby for all ages. This can also be a business for all ages.

14. Fashion design – Expand your creativity and confidence. Let the world know you talent.

15. Floral arrangement – You can start a flower shop if you want to pursue in business.

16. Furniture making – Furniture are always needed in every household. You can also be more creative in making the best furniture that sells.

17. Gardening and landscaping – You can start this for relaxing and getting rid of your stress. You can continue that as a business.

18. Gift basket making – Create unique gift baskets for special customers.

19. Graphic design – This is a common hobby and a service. But if you can stand from the crowd, this can be a lucrative business.

20. Herbal soap making – This idea has been for years. But since herbs are safer, these products still make it to the market.

21. Jewelry making and designing – You can start this for your own. But you can extend on designing jewelries for others.

22. Interior decoration – It’s great to design and decorate your own home. If you have an outstanding skill or talent, you can also offer your services to other homeowners.

23. Life coaching – Are you good in motivating and changing other lives for better. You can offer your time to clients and charge them for your coaching and consultancy services.

24. Magic show – Can you do some astonishing magic tricks? You can be on demand for many shows and events.

25. Local market research – If you are enthusiastic in making consumer research, you can provide this service to companies that need market data, such as consumers’ brand awareness and other statistics.

26. Music tutorial – Everybody loves music. If you’re a great singer, you can teach voice lessons to your clients. You can also teach how to play instruments, such as how to play the piano and guitar.

27. Personal fitness training – Train people to achieve their health and fitness goals. But you should achieve your own fitness goals first.

28. Photography – Photography is a great hobby. Yes, it can be a profitable business.

29. Proofreading – If you’re fun of reading and you have an excellent grammar, you can offer editing and proofreading services to clients.

30. Personal shopping – If you love to shop. Turn your passion to something you can earn of. You can also be a mystery shopper who can be hired by some companies who need some market data.

31. Pet breeding – You can breed exotic fish (in a legal way). You can also breed other common pets like cats and dogs.

32. Pet groomer – If you really love pets, you can also become a pet groomer, who makes dogs and other domesticated pets look cleaner and more beautiful.

33. Product review – You can review any product that you’ve actually used, such as books and gadgets. Make your book reading and gadget playing hobbies into services.

34. Recycling – If your hobby is making something out of junks, then recycling can be the business for you.

35. Poultry farming – You can start this as a hobby, then expand it to a full time business once you see something profitable.

36. Scrapbooking – This is a popular pastime in the United States. You can start scrapbooking your personal and family history. Then you can show it to your friends. If they honestly love it, you can start this as a business.

37. Sports training – Now that summer is fast approaching, you can share your skills in playing basketball, boxing, mixed martial arts, or any sports that people love to learn this summer and in any season.

38. Social media management – If your past time is lurking on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Google+ and in any top social networking sites, you have probably earned great influence on those social media. There are companies who need their brand and products to be promoted in the social media. You can help and offer them services, like social media promotion and marketing.

39. T-shirt printing and painting – Put your talent in painting and designing on T-shirts you may sell to customers.

40. Toy making – Always feel young and live your childhood by making toy masterpieces.

41. Video making and editing – Enter the world of entertainment.

42. Website design and development – This is actually my hobby in the past. Now I already earned money from it.

43. Wood carving and sculpture – This require special skills. But if this is your longtime hobby, you can surely create great products out of wood, or even out of stone.

So what’s your own hobby that you think can be turned into a good business? If you have a big or small business idea to share with us, feel free to make a comment below. You can also learn more business ideas and opportunities here.