80 Best Homeschool-Friendly Business Ideas (2023)

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The most important thing you need to know is that your business idea doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. In fact, there are tons of businesses out there that can be started with just a little bit of money and a small amount of time commitment from the owner.

In this blog post, we’ll go over 80 homeschool-friendly business ideas for moms who want additional income while still spending quality time with their kids.

80 Brilliant Business Ideas For Homeschooling Families

There are as many ways to earn an income online and offline as your imagination will allow you to conceive. And they don’t have to involve taking surveys or compromising your privacy by sharing receipts.

1. Take and Sell Photography

If you love photography, start by taking pictures, even if you have to start by using your smartphone or borrowing a camera.

There is a huge market for “stock photography” where you can sell your photographic or digital art creations… especially if you include photographs of people that includes a variety of ethnicities.

Many realtors do not make good photographers. It would be very easy to take your eye for design and assist a local realtor or two (or more) in photographing houses for sale to include in the listing.

Love scary stuff? Link up with people in your area who host haunted houses during the fall season and set up a camera system to photograph attendees’ reactions. You could sell your services to the hosts, or share the profits with the host.

Or if you’re looking for something different, there’s a surprisingly large market for taking photos of your feet.

2. Create & Sell Online Courses

What are you knowledgeable about? What “useless information” do you have floating in your mind? Turn it into a course!

Whether you love to dance, write, draw, sew, play games, or teach… anything you enjoy can be turned into a course and sold to people wanting your information.

You can start for free on websites like Thinkific (with up to 3 courses). Podia is a great alternative with much better email services, and integrated video hosting, plus they offer an unlimited number of courses and digital products for a much more reasonable price than Thinkific’s paid upgrade.

Currently, I use ThriveCart to host my courses. You’ll need a video host with them, but they cost a relatively affordable one-time fee, have an excellent checkout system, and offer great analytics.

3. Create and Sell Digital Products

Love organizing? Finances? Parenting? Teaching? Dancing? Design? Think about what you are knowledgeable and passionate about, and turn it into a digital product to sell.

Create spreadsheets, ebooks, worksheets, and/or workbooks about your organizing tips to sell on your own website or through other websites like Etsy or Amazon.

I also sell my digital products using ThriveCart. They offer a program that is simple to use and provides everything you need for having an online presence (including email marketing). Podia, Thinkific, SendOwl, eJunkie, and Easy Digital Downloads are also great alternatives to use too.

4. Begin A Network Marketing Business

Network Marketing is extremely controversial, but it is a legitimate way to make a supplemental income or even make a very comfortable living. Unfortunately, network marketing (MLM) often has a poor reputation because people promote their companies in obnoxious, spammy ways.

And yes, network marketing is a *real* business. It is a marketing, coaching, and consulting business.

And there is quite literally a company for every interest!

• If you love natural health, consider a network marketing business centered around selling essential oils or supplements where you can also coach your customers on how to use them and incorporate a healthy lifestyle into a wellness regimen.
• Love makeup? There are a few excellent skincare and cosmetic companies with a passion for tougher safety regulations across the beauty industry.
• If you love cooking… check out Pampered Chef
• If you love fun jewelry… check out Keep Collective or Magnetude Jewelry
• Love playing games with your kids? There is a company where you can earn an income promoting educational board games.
• There is even one for scrapbooking, car oil, and just about any hobby, you can think of!

Quite literally something for everyone!

If you choose to do network marketing, be extra cautious about the company you choose AND the team you choose. Be sure to choose a high-quality team too that teaches modern authentic marketing practices that focus on YOUR strengths, experiences, and knowledge.

If you need help finding a reputable company and team, you’re welcome to contact me. I do have many connections involved in network marketing who also teach proper marketing methods that won’t ruin your relationships. I’d love to provide you with those connections!

Or check out the opportunity I endorse for the Christian-based team I lead over on my opportunity page.

5. Start a Blog

Running a blog doesn’t have to be complicated. You can literally write about anything your heart desires… and there are specific things you can do to increase your blog page views.

Once you gain enough traffic, you’ll be able to add advertisements to earn some passive income while you focus on content creation.

You’ll also have one location where you can compile numerous streams of income (like I do)… like hosting sales pages for your online courses and digital products, writing articles, and including affiliate links (where you’ll gain commissions on each purchase using your link), collect emails for email marketing, and provide links to any product or drop shipping pages you may choose to have.

If you need help getting started with blogging, I have an article for you specifically for creating a new blog.

6. Affiliate Marketing

Affiliate marketing allows you to make a commission off products or services purchased by people using your link. You can use social media, emails, and blog articles to help promote your affiliate links.

Some of my favorite affiliate programs to use:

• KiwiCo (a monthly subscription for STEM activities for kids)
• Tuttle Twins (books/curriculum for teaching kids economics, entrepreneurship, and Constitutional Rights)
• Think Outside (monthly subscription box for getting kids outside)
• BookRoo (book subscription for kids)
• HealthMeans (health/wellness summits)
• Garden Tower (indoor/outdoor container gardening system)
• Amare (non-GMO, gut health supplements)
• Rocky Mountain Oils (essential oils, healthy cleaner…etc)
• EMF Harmony (home/car/jewelry to help with EMF exposure)
• Share A Sale (database of affiliate programs)
• Thrive Market (healthy foods, snacks, household products)

7. Email Marketing Services

Emailing your list is a great way to stay in touch with the people who want to hear from you. This is a great way to promote affiliate links, blog articles, products you have for sale, and services you offer.

If you enjoy writing, you could set up a virtual assistance business and help established bloggers with their email marketing program.

You can get started with email marketing for free, like MailerLite, or jump in with higher quality options, like ConvertKit

8. Make Money with Amazon

There are several ways to make money with Amazon…

• Physical product sales where you ship it yourself or send it FBA (fulfilled by Amazon) and they’ll do all the shipping after you send it to their warehouse,
• Digital product sales,
• Kindle eBook sales (or Kindle Unlimited),
• Book sales (they’ll even print and ship it for you),
• Mechanical Turk (selling your services),
• Dropshipping (you design it, they’ll make it and ship it as it sells),
• Affiliate Sales

9. Start A Virtual Assistance Business

It isn’t difficult to network in the various social media groups designed for business owners to find simple work to do for small businesses. Virtual Assistants (VAs) basically virtually help a business (meaning… not in person or on-site, but through computer work) handle a variety of organizational tasks.

This can mean helping a business with social media needs, website design, submitting information on a website, formatting and editing information, writing, email management, replying to comments on the website or social media, answering questions, scheduling calls, or any other simple task that the business owner needs help with.

10. Start A Website Design Business

Designing websites in today’s day isn’t as difficult as it used to be. Knowing how to write HTML code may be helpful, but with all the customizable themes out there for various website types, it isn’t difficult to unleash your creative mind and come up with some beautiful website options.

A great place to market website design services is through bloggers, social media groups for business owners, Fivvr, UpWork, and other freelance websites.

11. Start A Graphic Design Business

Graphic design is huge… creating beautiful graphics, infographics, website graphics, social media graphics, altered photos, videos, logos… etc… for businesses to use in their marketing.

A great place to market graphic design services is through bloggers, social media groups for business owners, Fivvr, UpWork, and other freelance websites. If you offer a referral program to bloggers (also known as an affiliate program), you’re likely to gain more business faster.

12. Vlogging (blogging but through video)

Vlogging is pretty much the same as blogging… only you use video. If you’re going to become a Vlogger, I highly recommend having your own website to embed your videos into and share your videos by uploading them across various social media channels.

YouTube does allow you to monetize your videos once you have a set number of subscribers. If you’re going to start a channel, also consider some of the YouTube alternatives like Rumble (who will also help you monetize), Odysee, and others. It doesn’t take much extra time to cross-post your videos, and each has a unique set of viewers, especially with so many people leaving YouTube.

13. Provide Video Content Creation Services

Video content is projected to be the most viewed type of content in 2020, compared to text, photos, and digital graphics. Many websites, including Facebook and YouTube, offer ways to make money by creating and publishing video content. You could also provide services to other businesses or bloggers to create video content for them as well. Or create courses centered around delivering your content through videos.

14. Provide Video Editing Services

Providing editing work for people creating videos is a much-needed venture. You can sell these services on a variety of websites, like Fivvr, 99designs, and Upwork.

15. Sell Handmade Products

More and more people are flocking to handmade items made with love and care than factory-made. It feels great to support families, paying them for their passion and crafts. You can sell your handmade items on your own website, social media, Amazon, eBay, and Etsy websites.

16. Set Up A Social Media Management Business

One of the many services you can provide to businesses or bloggers is to help them manage their social media. It’s often a daunting job not many business owners want to take on, especially when having a presence on more than one social media network.

17. Start NonLinear Marketing (Social Media Promotion or Influencer Marketing)

Nonlinear marketing… influencer marketing… social media promotion… it’s all the same thing where you provide social media, website, and/or email updates to your followers including someone’s products or services and how they integrate into your lifestyle. To help businesses with this, you’ll need a good-sized following, and incorporate photos of you with the product or using the services with a mention of how it helps solve your problems or improve your quality of life.

18. Sell Items on Third-Party Marketplaces, like eBay, Walmart, and Amazon

Whether you sell thrift store finds, or create your own products to sell, eBay is a thriving place to sell or auction off things.

19. Write and Sell A Book

There are many ways to sell a book… with or without hiring a publisher

• Online through various bookstores
• In various bookstores
• On Amazon (printed and shipped for you or through ebook)
• Through Amazon Kindle Unlimited
• On print on demand websites
• Or on your own website (this is much easier if you also have an affiliate program where you pay marketers a commission to help promote your book)

20. Start A Book Editing Business

My clients and I frequent Fivvr to hire people to help edit our books. With more published and self-published authors popping up, the need for a quality editor is continually increasing.

21. Provide eBook Formatting Services

Writing and editing a book is one thing… formatting that book into a PDF or ePUB format is a different task… one that many writers struggle with. If you’re tech-savvy, or willing to learn, there is a growing need for helping writers get their books into the proper format before they can sell.

22. Buy and Sell Domain Names

Have you ever had a website name in mind and went to go buy it, just to find it costs $40,000? I’ve run into this numerous times… having great ideas for a website, just to be turned off at needing to spend over $1,000 for the domain. The most expensive I’ve seen is $130,000. It’s pretty crazy! Though it does take some strategy to come up with the ideas that aren’t already taken… and sometimes can take a while for a buyer. My favorite website domain that I’ve eyed down for 2 years is still for sale at $1,300… so I don’t see this as a quick turnaround. Just make sure it is worth hanging on to for a couple of years at the typical $15/year rate.

23. Provide Online Coaching

Turn your skills and abilities into a coaching program. Whether you’re into fitness, business, product design, crafting, cooking, marketing, personal development, managing grief, or managing through various stages of life challenges…etc… there is a way to develop a coaching program around what you’re already good at.

Need help gaining students? Fivvr allows you to sell your services for $5 while you gain experience and testimonials. Market yourself on social media (Pinterest, for example, has been especially kind to me). Learn Search Engine Optimization to get noticed in internet searches (like Google or Bing).

24. Provide Online Consulting

Consulting is very similar to coaching. Though instead of walking people through how to do what they’re doing… in consulting you identify what needs to change, help create a plan on how to implement those changes, and leave the implementation up to your client.

25. Begin Drop Shipping

Drop-Shipping has endured huge growth in the past couple of years. IF you do it right, you could potentially make some really good money.

Many people suggest setting up a store filled with products created in China, and having the manufacturers do all the shipping for you… but everyone I’ve talked with who has done this ends up having more items returned than makes it worthwhile.

For me, I use dropshipping through a couple of manufacturers in the US and Europe who place my designs on their shirts and household items. When an item sells, they print it out and ship it. They take the manufacturing costs, and I take the profits.

My favorite websites for drop shipping

• Merch By Amazon
• Printful
• Art of Where

26. Millennials may Provide SEO Management or Consulting

SEO is gaining popularity among website owners and bloggers. It stands for Search Engine Optimization and basically involves creating keywords that will help your website show up in Google at a higher rank, producing more visibility.

Pinterest is another search engine that has been massively popular in the past decade… but has recently been making updates that have bloggers scrambling trying to figure out how to compensate for severe (sometimes 50-80%) drops in traffic… which means severely lower ad revenue. Adding SEO to their website traffic strategy is a much-needed task that leaves many website owners and bloggers confused, and spinning their wheels. Helping them helps you earn an income while providing them with a much-needed service.

27. Begin A Startup Company

Put your creative thinking skills to use and create an online service, tool, or marketplace that solves a growing need. Then you can turn around and automate as much of it as possible, hire a team to help you manage the project, or sell the entire project to an investor or firm.

28. Provide Personal Shopping Services

Love to shop? People are busy, and not everyone enjoys running errands. Whether it is delivering groceries, shopping for gifts, or shopping for household items or clothing… becoming a personal shopper may be rewarding in more ways than one.

29. Open A Franchise

Many companies are always looking to expand their brand by allowing you to open up one of their stores in a new location. Literally, any type of business can be available for franchising… just make sure you read the rules of having a piece of that brand.

30. Provide Online Translations

More and more companies are going international. We are too! We currently have consultants in the UK, Canada, US, Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and Mexico… and are always looking to expand. If you’re bilingual (or multilingual), you can easily put those skills to use by connecting with companies, coaches, consultants, network marketers, bloggers, and virtually anyone who offers a service or product and provide translation services.

31. Provide Voice Services

Love to talk? Good at reading? Or need something to do to help pass the time? Many companies, marketers, coaches, consultants, and bloggers are looking for someone to help provide transcriptions back and forth between voice and text.

• Voice to text transcriptions
• Text to voice transcriptions
• Voiceover services

32. Host an Air BnB

Have room in your home? Maybe an apartment over your garage? Or have some extra funds available to purchase an additional property? You could easily rent it out to people on AirBnB… or network with a local realtor and provide short-term or corporate rentals.

33. Provide Data Entry Services

Many companies and hospitals are looking for help entering data into their databases. It isn’t overly exciting work, but it is much needed and doesn’t require dealing with people or making sales.

34. Provide Grocery Delivery Services

More and more people are wanting to ditch the crowds and have their groceries delivered… especially stay-at-home moms, home-based entrepreneurs, and business owners. You can get paid by making their routines simpler by providing grocery delivery services.

35. Sell Your Skills

Is there something you’re good at? Something you can use to help someone else? There is a market for you!

Whether you are good at design, creating things, writing, editing, teaching, organizing, problem-solving, critical thinking, categorizing, scheduling, analysis, listening, talking, research, reporting, finances, humor, coordinating, event planning, photography, videography, marketing, personal development coaching, life coaching, cooking, baking, programming… etc…

My favorite websites to sell skills on include:

• Fivvr,
• Upwork,
• 99designs,
• having your own website

37. Become A Virtual Tutor

There are many websites now that allow you to become a tutor online… meaning you can tutor other people without actually having to be there in person. Though you could also tutor people in person too. There are a variety of subjects that you could provide tutoring in… like math, reading, language, science, history, economics, social studies, civics, art, music, theater, technology, woodworking, robotics, animal husbandry, gardening, dance… etc. If you’re good with a certain subject, there will be people who could use your tutelage and will be willing to pay you for your time and expertise.

36. Do Odd Jobs in Your Community

You’d be surprised to see how much your community needs… both online and offline. People are always looking for help… many are willing to pay for quality help. Network with your local businesses and neighbors to see what you can do to help them achieve fulfilling a need.

38. Provide Freelance Writing Services

Freelance writing (sometimes also called ghostwriters) is in high demand. If you’re good at writing, you can get paid to write articles for other websites, books, brochures, pamphlets, or update their existing website pages.

39. Assist local small businesses with increasing their online presence

Many business owners (especially small businesses), nonprofits, and churches struggle with managing their online presence. If you have a knack for social media and knowledge in maintaining websites (or are willing to learn), there are quite literally an unlimited amount of people you can help expand by increasing online awareness and attracting new customers, members, and donors.

40. Create A Membership Program

Do you like to create things? Are you filled with great ideas? Are you knowledgeable about a specific topic? Filled with life or business wisdom you’d like to share? Creating a membership where people pay a monthly, quarterly, or yearly fee to be in your membership will give you the outlet you need to share your expertise and passions in.

What benefits do current homeschool families have those previous generations didn’t:

To sum it up in two words: The internet.

More specifically: the networking abilities that come with the modern internet capabilities.

You have the ability to reach an unprecedented number of people. Put that together with your own personal talents, and you’ve reached any entrepreneur’s dream!

Entrepreneur? YES!! It has never been easier to be your boss. Today you can start your own business for as little as no investment (or only investing time), or as much as a couple of million dollars, depending on where your interests are. There is no limit on what you can do and how much you can earn.

Your grandparents didn’t have that opportunity. Your parents might have, but likely overlooked opportunities, or didn’t have the mindset needed to start or be successful. But you… You are in such a unique position with so many resources available to you.

Whether you are passionate about makeup, fashion, traveling, photography, non-toxic living, essential oils, food, jewelry, scrapbooking, health, fitness, crafts, or pets… you may create your own line of work based on what you and your family enjoy.

Whether you enjoy networking with people, or like to hang out solo… you can create your own income flow that no one can take away from you (as long as it’s legal).

Where do you start when it comes to beginning a homeschool-friendly business?

Dream.

Seriously, dream. Every droplet of success originated with a dream. Dream big. That giant dream that scares you to your core – dream it, write out a plan to get there, and go for it! Have your kids join you in diving into personal development. Spend some time building your dreams by changing your mindset to take responsibility for forging your future.

Today, homeschooling parents have unique opportunities available to them in the age of the internet that previous generations would have never dreamed of having.

The 2 Best Kept Secrets For Homeschooling Families To Earn An Income

Yes! Embrace this crazy world, and find your niche! Find yourself. Find what makes you happy. And then dive right in!

For me, this often looks like two things: blogging, and marketing… which go hand in hand beautifully, and when done right may be an easy way to generate passive income too.

The easiest way: blog.

You can start a blog for free. Or start a social media page for free (or Pinterest… or YouTube/Vimeo… etc…). Though I’d suggest working your way to affording your own domain if you’re serious about running your own business using the internet. Once you have enough followers, you’ll be able to monetize that blog with your own products (digital or physical). Selling physical products online has become a much more simple process with websites like Amazon, Etsy, eBay, and many others. Don’t have a physical product? Utilize companies like Printful for drop-shipping, or put your knowledge to use and sell a digital product! There are literally endless ways to monetize a blog and generate additional income.

Just keep in mind that blogging is difficult to launch and be immediately profitable unless you have a solid marketing strategy and programs to monetize your efforts set up right away too. It isn’t impossible to turn a profit right away, but not always easy.

Digital Content Ideas:

Digital products are fairly simple to create, can be free to make (aside from your time), and can be reused an infinite amount of times. You can also give away some digital content to acquire email subscribers that you can build relationships and market to as well. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, and there is no shame in revamping newer versions to keep them fresh and relevant.

• Digital Class (sharing info you’re knowledgable about, or how-to guides)
• Email Class
• Digital Scrapbooks
• Worksheets or digital downloads
• Planners (financial, organizational, homeschool, studying, crafting, meal planning… etc)
• eBooks

Affiliate Programs:

You can also monetize a website or social media page through affiliate programs, which have products or services that can be used in a variety of niches. There are also a nearly unlimited amount of companies out there who would be thrilled to pay you commissions for writing about or recommending their products. Fashion, jewelry, food, pets, crafts, travel, babies, kids’ education, books, healthy lifestyle, essential oils, supplements, fitness equipment, finance… I can’t think of a single topic that doesn’t have some sort of affiliate program that you could take advantage of. There are even blogger networks you can become a part of that provide exclusive access to companies seeking a blogger to help them market their products!

Whether or not you have your own products to sell, affiliate programs can be very useful and encouraging, especially when those products fit in with what you’re writing about or selling.

The fastest way: network marketing.

This one can be tricky. You have to want to help other people, and you need to be plugged in with the right mentors and support system. Many people quit before they are successful, and many people either don’t have teams to provide them with the proper guidance to follow. But if you’re selective with who you join and are joining a company with a mission that truly resonates with you, there is no reason why you wouldn’t be successful. And yes, you absolutely can be successful without bugging friends and family (blogs and social media come in handy here too)!

Just like there is an affiliate program for every niche, there is also a network marketing company for every niche. I do have a few favorites that come to mind that you can check out in this guide.

Network Marketing has a seemingly unlimited number of perks including:

• tax benefits,
• bonuses,
• location and time freedom (you can literally work from anywhere at any time),
• you are paid based on your accomplishments,
• build a residual income that can set you up to actually be able to retire or enjoy maternity leave (meaning if you set it up right, you’ll continue to be paid even when you’re taking extended time off…),
• your growth (and paycheck) potential is virtually unlimited,
• choose who you work with,
• meet a whole gaggle of people who are positive, encouraging, and completely enjoyable to be around.
• learn some incredible marketing and business lessons that could enable you to expand a business in other directions outside of network marketing,
• and often the products sold through network marketing companies are high quality.

Plus, what other business could you possibly be promoted or double your income every year, twice a year, or even every month??

Just make sure the company and team you choose are high quality.

How Can I Guarantee My Success In Network Marketing???

Find your motivation. Find your inspiration. Accept that you will have to work hard and sacrifice.

And most importantly… make sure you join a company that has high-quality products that you actively use and love… with a team that teaches authentic marketing practices (which can be difficult to find).

The worst aspect of network marketing is all the people running around the internet spamming everything and everyone in their paths. Building a business the right way is crucial… and having a solid team who teaches the right way to build is the most important aspect next to the products or services that you’ll be providing.

Whether you work for someone else or you work for yourself, you will have to put in the hours, blood, sweat, and tears to accomplish your goals.

Working for yourself, however, provides unique situations that can provide a whole different life that would otherwise be impossible to achieve.

Either way, blogging and/or network marketing are two major examples of how you can pull yourself out of where you are today and work towards a better future.

Remove The Shackles

You’re not stuck. You do have options. Change can be scary, but it also can be worth it. And if you’re feeling stuck… there is plenty of guidance in my favorite book you should check out, filled with quotes to give you direction and clarity.

Don’t be afraid to take a dive into something different that has the potential to enhance your quality of life exponentially. Don’t feel cornered based on a previous generation’s decision. Don’t feel pigeonholed into your current status quo just because someone else has taken the reins in your life. Venture out and find your happiness. Find what speaks to you, and run with it.

Be your own superhero and make your world a better place.

Where do you start?

Change begins with your mindset.

You have to choose to want something different. You have to choose to challenge yourself and to rise to the occasion to meet or exceed that challenge.

That really depends on what it is you want to do. You start by figuring out what you want, and answer these questions:

• Where do you want to see your life in 5 years?
• What makes you happy?
• What have you dreamed of doing your whole life?
• What do you enjoy?
• WHY do you want to venture out doing your own thing?
• WHEN do you want to see results by?

There truly is something for everyone in the online space where you can adapt what you do to include various ways to make money online.

The moral of the story: You’re not destined to feel stuck, stressed, and unfulfilled.

You’re not destined to live a life of complete debt and hopelessness of achieving long-lost dreams… unless you choose to. There are so many different options out there you are able to seize and will your ideal future into existence if you take the initiative and put the work in. You can have a career you enjoy, with the ability to work from anywhere while maintaining the ability to take time off when you need it and maximize your time with family.

You can choose to live a meaningful life and be paid for it based on YOUR worth, and not someone else’s perceived value of your work.

I’d like to challenge you to do this:

• Dream up your best future
• List out what you want to do
• Create an action plan for getting there
• Be bold and courageous enough to ask for help
• Lean into faith, and listen for God’s guidance

Take a chance. Take the challenge. Invest in yourself.

Looking for more info about adopting a healthier lifestyle? Check out our online courses or my home business opportunity centered around maximizing your physical and mental health.

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