95 Best Home Businesses of the 90's reviewed for the Noughties - [71-80]
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71. Mediator
Mediators can be employed in many situations from dealing with employee/ employer disputes, marital disagreements and even quarrels between neighbours or business partners. A mediator is able to help facilitate conflict between warring parties and hopefully divert the ensuing journey into the legal system.
Relevancy in the Naughties
The courts are becoming more and more bogged down with cases such as these so a mediating service for many people becomes a much cheaper and less intrusive option. This home based business, which can easily be accommodated within your home, is definitely growing.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely and growing.
72. Mystery Shopping
Mystery shoppers are contracted by retail chains covering every type of sales area - hardware, fast food, clothing, grocery and departmental stores. Their purpose is to aid these businesses in assessing the shopper's experience and providing feedback on areas such as customer service, store layout, convenience etc.
Relevancy in the Naughties
Mystery shopping will continue to be a viable business as more shoppers become less communicative with these stores and vote with their feet rather than express feedback.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
73. Pet-Sitting
Pet-sitting for people who take holidays without their pets is fast becoming a growing home based business opportunity. Customers would rather have their pets cared for in a home environment rather than impound them in a kennel for a few weeks.
Relevancy in the Naughties
Lifestyle objectives are on the rise so more people are wanting to get away for weekends now that at any time in history. Thus, it leaves the problem of what to do with the cat, the dog or the goldfish. This is where the Pet-sitting home based business comes in and will continue to grow at least for the next decade or two.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinite and fast-growing.
74. Plant Care-giver
Plant care-givers are really troubleshooters for gardens. They can easily remedy a problem plant giving suggestions and advice to those who want to keep their gardens flourishing.
Relevancy in the Naughties
This is a very viable business from the perspective of opportunities. However, very few people are willing to pay much for this type of service especially if they only paid $6.99 for that Fuschia at the local nursery. The target market for this type of business is in an area where mature gardens abound or at least people have planted some exotic plants that are worth keeping healthy.
Expected Lifespan
Indefintely.
75. Proposal and Grant Writer
A Grant Writer is able to offer their services to businesses or non-profit organisations to help them source funds from other bodies which often require a grant proposal to underpin the project.
Relevancy in the Naughties
The area of sourcing funds from government or philanthropic organisations is becoming very competitive. Therefore, many businesses are searching out people with skills in compiling formal applications to increase their chances for success.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
76. Referral Service
Many people hunt out referrals from others for the best doctor, best restaurant, and even the best bookstore. While most of this is done via word-of-mouth from trusted sources people will also phone services looking for referrals.
Relevancy in the Noughties
With the advent of online sites such as Central Referral and others this service may not be viable in the future. However, there may be some online opportunities that could be beckoning someone wanting to start an internet based service which could earn revenue from advertising and subscriptions.
Expected Lifespan
Limited.
77. Repair Service
This home based business offers customers a service to repair their goods to a current working status. From electronic equipment, to machines such as mowers, gardening tools and vacuum cleaners this business can help those who have very little idea how to fix a problem gadget.
Relevancy in the Naughties
This is an interesting one as often the cost to repair an item can sometimes outstrip the price of buying a new one. One common example is fixing TV and DVD remotes. The repair cost becomes so inhibiting that is better to buy a universal remote or buy a brand new one from the manufacturer.
The viability of making money in this venture depends on the items being repaired. It is actually more economical for retailers to offer a repair service specific to the object needing repair than it is for a generic repair service to fix them.
Expected Lifespan
Unkown but expected to be limited.
78. Restoration Services
This home business offers customers the option to restore items whether they are of antique or sentimental value. Often upholstery on antique cars or furniture are warranted by the general public so too are repairing knick-knacks that have nostalgic value.
Relevancy in the Naughties
This type of business will be required indefinitely as people will always want some older items to be kept in good condition.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely.
79. Reunion Planner
A reunion planner can organise many types of reunions whether they be family-based, graduating classes or even organisational reunions.
Relevancy in the Naughties
People like to catch up and rekindle old memories but the thought of being the one to organise a reunion can be quite daunting. The reunion planner can easily create an event from Whoa! to Go! and with the rise in reunions is an excellent home based business.
Expected Lifespan
Indefinitely and growing at least for the next decade.
80. Rubber Stamp Business
Producing rubber stamps for individuals as well as businesses has been a need ever since rubber became available. Born out of the wax and seal era, rubber stamps surpassed this technology and has been used effectively throughout our society.
Relevancy in the Noughties
However, the rubber stamp business is fast becoming an unnecessary piece of stationery. During the nineties there was a rise in stamps that no longer required inking but even these will be short-lived. The advent of photocopiers that can stamp a page which has been duplicated with notices such as "Confidential", "Faxed" and "Copy" are fast becoming common place. Also many document softwares such as Adobe's Acrobat can stamp digital documents.
Expected Lifespan
<5-10 years
Tomorrow we will review the next ten from [81-90].
If you want more specific knowledge of setup costs, educational prerequisites and experience required then try reading the book - The Best Home Businesses for the 21st Century
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