Businesses to start from home

[XJ75]

My wife has recently found herself in a position whereby she will be on 4 months gardening leave. She hasn't enjoyed her job and is looking for something new to do. Whether or not she ends up back in a 9-5 aside, I am trying to think of something that she can start from home, which could potentially grow into something to replace the 9-5 long term.

Ideally something with minimal overheads/start up costs, in case it doesn't pan out and she goes back to an office job. I used to be a web developer so I'm leaning towards something web-based as I'll be able to help get her set up.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

[XJ75]

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She's a business analyst in banking, but doesn't necessarily want to pursue something similar. She enjoys problem solving/analysis, but I don't think many businesses that you can start from home would lend itself to that. Income is relatively irrelevant, she/we don't need her to make any income to get by. Either a lifestyle business or a proper business. We have no children or other commitments (yet), but that may change in the future.

singlecoil said:

Minimal start up and running costs puts her in the same bracket as a great many other people. When the barrier to entry is so low then there will be a lot of people entering.

A web site will be of little use without a good way of driving traffic to it.

Don't mind some start up costs, she's just not in a position to plough £100k into something that might not succeed.

I know digital marketing and SEO relatively well too, so I can help her with that also.

[XJ75]

I personally think there's mileage in a web design company specialising in template-based sites for small businesses with small budgets. Knock together a Wordpress site in a couple of hours and charge £200.

There are a lot of agencies out there that would charge Joe Bloggs Dog Walking Services £1k for a static 5-page website.