10 Business Ideas for Moms to Work from Home

Stay-at-home moms take care of their families and perform a very important job. But it can be hard to manage with just one income in this day and age. And while supplementing your income would be great, it's not easy to find legitimate work from home opportunities. If you can invest time and maybe a little money, you can start your own business that you can operate from your home's comfort.

Here are just a few additional income generation options:

1. Make and Sell Gift Baskets

You can put together and sell gift baskets if you have a talent to pick products that go well with each other and have an artistic touch in how you present them. Companies typically give their valued customers and employees hampers or gift baskets during the Christmas season. You could also create baby shower gift baskets, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, and any other festivities.

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2. Become a Blogger

A great business that can be started with less than $100 and with no money at all in some cases. Thanks to the internet, sharing information with a wide audience is so easy these days. You can blog anything that interests you about pretty much. By monetizing it, you make money with a blog. The more people you're reading your blog, the greater your chances of making money out of it. Keep in mind, though, that blogging requires patience, perseverance, time and hard work to earn a decent income.

3. Nanny Services

You could run a service for the nanny. This certainly has the potential to grow, like the service I heard about that started on a shoe-string budget but grew in just two years to employ twenty nannies.

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4. Sell on eBay or Amazon

A lady I know has a department store arrangement to buy their shoes at very low prices at the end of the season. She then lists them with a tidy profit on eBay and nets them. If you know how to do it the right way, selling on eBay is worth it. Try to visit local thrift shops or garage sales and see if you are able to find items that are easy to re-sell at a high price. You can even try to improve the piece by refining or replenishing furniture,

5. Tutor

You might consider offering your services as a tutor if you love teaching and have qualifications in a particular subject. You can get referrals from your friends and family and connect with them through the teachers of your child and the PTA school. You are in a great position to start your own tutoring business if you were a teacher before you became a stay-at-home mom.

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6. Start to Make Homemade Foods

Selling homemade food is a great way to make some extra money for moms who have a cooking talent. Specialty cakes, chocolate truffles or other delicious creations can be made for sale. If you enjoy cooking for someone else, you might be able to offer your services as a personal chef.

7. Open a Day Care

So many parents are looking for their children's good daycare services. You will need to make sure that you have all the licensing requirements in place to start your own daycare business, but once you do that, it has the potential to be a lucrative way to make extra money. You can run a home-based daycare and then move on with additional staff to open your own daycare center as your business grows. The website of Small Business Administration, especially this page, is a great place to learn more about opening a day car center.

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8. Pet Service

Pet owners usually need someone to look after their pets while on business or vacation. Instead of putting their dogs or cats in a kennel, most people prefer to leave their pets in their own home or in someone else's home. If you enjoy taking care of animals, you can provide a pet day care. If you don't have enough space in your home to keep animals, you can offer pet sitting services where you can visit the home of the pet owner and give their pet food, water and exercise. Other services that you can regularly offer are pet grooming, dog walking, etc.

9. Freelance

You can work for any number of employers from anywhere in the world by using sites like Freelancer.com. Freelancers who have built up a good reputation and are working on it seriously have the potential to earn more than someone who works a normal 9-5 job.

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10. Garage Sale

It's as simple as going to thrift stores, selling yard to other people and getting good deals anywhere else. Then set up your garage sale on weekends. You can take it one step further and offer for a small fee to sell the stuff of other people.