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Every business no matter how big or small it is, needs customers in-order to make profit, and a school environment represent a gathering of so many potential customers. A good student is one that is all round, not just in academics, but in life generally. Becoming financially independent as a student in High school or in the University is one way you can show that you are gradually becoming a real man or woman who is productive.
It is easy as a student to depend on your periodic income from parents, but better than being easy, is being really financially successful. It is possible as a student to focus well on your academics, and use your spare time to build a future early on in life. You may hardly find any student who is a good business person, looking for job after graduation. Besides the long term benefits, it is a quick way to earn money to afford anything you need any time.
Speaking of business ideas for students, here is a list of 5 profitable ones you can do:
1. Laundry Services: Students are activity people; involving in one activity or the other in campus, and never having time for themselves. You can set up a mini laundry services business to help fellow busy students wash their clothes or iron their clothes every week. You will be surprised at how many students will patronize you. All you need is just a well decorated flier and word of mouth persuasion. You can even hire fellow students when your business grows.
2. Tutorials: As a student, you are in school to acquire knowledge, and like we were all taught, any knowledge not applied is wasted. You can turn the knowledge you are acquiring daily into a money making venture in your spare time. Tutorial services is one of such ways. There are a lot of students in your class who do not understand as fast as you do, so offering to put them through one on one or in a group is a big way to convert your time and knowledge to profits, and the beautiful thing is that you too will learn in the process too. Imagine you are taking 20 Students every weekend, and each pays you $20 dollars (3,000 Naira) for a month, that is about $400, or N64,000 for you monthly.
3. Do Research Work and Sell: With the help of a little knowledge in web design, you can create a website or blog where you post research work you have done by topics. Try find out what research topics are being given out to students in your department or class, then do your research and sell it on your website or blog. Any interested student will pay any amount you fix on it to download the research work. Your possible clients are Final year seminar and project students.
4. Procurement Services: Most sellers in schools tend to take advantage of students by selling their stuff at a much higher price than normal to students on campus. They generally believe that the student won't have time to go outside school to buy it, so whatever price they charge, they are going to buy. You can step in here and make yourself great money. All you need do is to identify the kind of products in demand among students and find time every weekend to go outside school to cheaper markets and procure them, and then sell to students at a much cheaper price than the price on campus. You can even use your room as a sales place. As long as your publicity is good, students will find you. Trust me, people love good stuff at cheap prices.
5. Make and Sell your Stuff: This will require your skills. If you are good at graphic designs, contact campus churches, event planners to make design graphics for them. If you are good with fabrics, you can make customized T-shirts for Final year students, and make big money. You are a caterer, you can look out for student birthdays and make cakes, and sell. Whatever skill you have can be converted to big cash if you do not fold your hand.
It is easy as a student to depend on your periodic income from parents, but better than being easy, is being really financially successful. It is possible as a student to focus well on your academics, and use your spare time to build a future early on in life. You may hardly find any student who is a good business person, looking for job after graduation. Besides the long term benefits, it is a quick way to earn money to afford anything you need any time.
Speaking of business ideas for students, here is a list of 5 profitable ones you can do:
1. Laundry Services: Students are activity people; involving in one activity or the other in campus, and never having time for themselves. You can set up a mini laundry services business to help fellow busy students wash their clothes or iron their clothes every week. You will be surprised at how many students will patronize you. All you need is just a well decorated flier and word of mouth persuasion. You can even hire fellow students when your business grows.
2. Tutorials: As a student, you are in school to acquire knowledge, and like we were all taught, any knowledge not applied is wasted. You can turn the knowledge you are acquiring daily into a money making venture in your spare time. Tutorial services is one of such ways. There are a lot of students in your class who do not understand as fast as you do, so offering to put them through one on one or in a group is a big way to convert your time and knowledge to profits, and the beautiful thing is that you too will learn in the process too. Imagine you are taking 20 Students every weekend, and each pays you $20 dollars (3,000 Naira) for a month, that is about $400, or N64,000 for you monthly.
3. Do Research Work and Sell: With the help of a little knowledge in web design, you can create a website or blog where you post research work you have done by topics. Try find out what research topics are being given out to students in your department or class, then do your research and sell it on your website or blog. Any interested student will pay any amount you fix on it to download the research work. Your possible clients are Final year seminar and project students.
4. Procurement Services: Most sellers in schools tend to take advantage of students by selling their stuff at a much higher price than normal to students on campus. They generally believe that the student won't have time to go outside school to buy it, so whatever price they charge, they are going to buy. You can step in here and make yourself great money. All you need do is to identify the kind of products in demand among students and find time every weekend to go outside school to cheaper markets and procure them, and then sell to students at a much cheaper price than the price on campus. You can even use your room as a sales place. As long as your publicity is good, students will find you. Trust me, people love good stuff at cheap prices.
5. Make and Sell your Stuff: This will require your skills. If you are good at graphic designs, contact campus churches, event planners to make design graphics for them. If you are good with fabrics, you can make customized T-shirts for Final year students, and make big money. You are a caterer, you can look out for student birthdays and make cakes, and sell. Whatever skill you have can be converted to big cash if you do not fold your hand.
While I was a student in the University of Benin, I was into Event planning, and I made good money. You too can if you can see the opportunities in your school.
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