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When talking about business to start with zero investments, we are basically looking at small business ideas that one can start at home. These are business opportunities with the potential to grow if one is passionate about making it.
One needs to look at the level of their own preparedness. Having a proper mindset will determine how successful your business will be. With zero investment or minimal capital, there are questions one needs to ask themselves before venturing into the world of business.
How prepared are you to face business challenges, are you ready to make mistakes and how well can you handle failure in business. Do you have a business plan? What idea do you have considering you have zero capital?
As you seek to find answers to the above questions, these are some business ideas you can start with zero investment.
1.Marketing Agricultural Produce
The idea of doing farming for business is great and quite lucrative, what happens if you do not have enough cash to do agribusiness. This is considering the value for land and the whole process of planting, weeding, and harvesting.
That’s how the business of marketing agricultural produce comes in. All you need is to engage farmers from the rural areas while you do the marketing in the urban areas. You can also travel to some of these farms and do the purchase then come and sell.
This will basically require less to minimal capital to start. What is needed is the ability to do proper marketing so as to reach the high profile clientele who can pay well. eg buying a kilo of tomatoes at kshs.50 and sell at kshs. 80.
2.Camping Site and Hiking services
Are you passionate about traveling, outdoor activities, and hiking? Do you live near a recreation facility or a guest house where seminars, workshops, and retreats can be done? Then you need to market yourself fully as this can be a great business idea which can grow to become a big company.
By starting small you create more avenues for growth. Due to the fact that you have zero investments, you play a major role in ensuring the success of the business. You act as the manager, the guide and marketer as well.
You need to be adventurous and understand the history of the region you are focusing on.
Have the ability to market your work to a well-paying audience.
Brand and market your business through social media.
- Start a PR Consultancy Business.
In every organization whether big or small the survival depends on its reputation. Public Relations or PR is the practice of managing the spread of information between an individual or an organization and the public. It means the business you are doing is managing the reputation of your clients. It involves making your clients look good in the face of the public and other businesses.
You’ll need a convenient location where clients can visit. You can also run the business from home. In the early stages of the business, you can plan meetings with clients in hotels or their offices before you rent your own office.
PR is about image, presentation, and perception. It is, therefore, necessary to consider the nature and location of your office. In summary, to succeed in PR business, you need to develop your own ideas on how to reach the public and change someone’s image.
- Professional Shoe Shine Business
This is a highly profitable business that requires very minimal funding to start up. In order to look professional, you need to create an image that is different from what we are used to. It should look more prestigious with a better working environment. Find a location which is busy with human traffic. This can be anywhere near big supermarkets, malls, and major bus stops.
The license will only cost very little amount from the local authorities. You’ll need to make a shed, comfortable seats, and footrests. This can be made by the local fundi at a small fee. You also need different colors and types of shoe polishes, brushes, dyes, sponges and buckets or jerry cans for water.
Professional shoe shining can be very lucrative though it appears to be a menial job. If you can serve up to 100 clients per day, each paying Kshs. 50. It means you’ll be taking home Kshs. 5,000 every day.
5.Offer Tutoring Services
You may have a talent or be an expert in a certain field. The business idea will come when you decide to coach and mentor others at a small fee. As a campus student, you can coach fellow students in a subject which you are very good. This can be done to help those who are weak to improve without having to do all the work for them.
Coaching can also involve sports like swimming or playing a musical instrument such as the piano. Dancing and singing be coached. When this is done at a fee that’s when the business model now applies.
- Liquid Detergent Business
Detergents are used for cleaning in homes, offices, car wash, restaurants, and other businesses. The basic ingredients and other tools needed are readily available with a minimal budget of about Kshs. 1,000.
Soap is made by combining fats and oils with a chemical (sodium hydroxide). You can also add other substances such as herbs, perfumes, and honey to bathing soaps which are known to heal, soothe and protect the skin.
While mixing the ingredients its necessary to observe safety measures since there is a chemical process involved. A simple basic training is needed so as to know what comes first. The use of hand gloves and face mask is always necessary.
Once the products are ready for sale, you have to decide on the packaging quantities you will use in the market. The packaging will also determine the prices.
- Real Estate Agent
The real estate industry has become a lucrative business in Kenya. This has led to an increase in the need for agents who act as middlemen between the buyers and sellers. They also connect tenants with landlords. The agent then makes a commission on these transactions.
As you start the requirements are very minimal. Having a fixed location is necessary so as to build trust in this industry. As an agent whose main duty is to sell the property on behalf of the owner, marketing skills will come in handy.
During the initial stages, you will have to get the details of the property and the advertising on social media, churches and shopping centers. You can do this by printing fliers and posters. This way you are assured of getting clients.
An agreement is signed between the owner of the property and the agent stating clearly the terms and conditions that both have agreed on. In the case of selling a fixed asset, a commission of about 10 percent on the total value is set. This ensures the agent makes a good income especially if he has a good number of clients.
- Gathering and Sell of Plastic Materials
The gathering selling of plastic items for the purpose of recycling is a great business idea. These plastic items are found lying around. All you need are a few items like a weighing scale and large collection bags to start off. You also need to identify a company that in the manufacture of plastic goods like chairs, plates, cups, buckets, and basins.
You identify specific areas like hotels where water bottles and empty soda bottles are discarded. This way you will have a regular supply of the same items. Once established, more people will come with similar items to sell to you making you a middleman.
By engaging in this business you also participate in conserving the environment.
- Start a Garage Business
The demand for repair and service of cars has grown with the increased number of cars on our roads. Starting a garage will, therefore, be a lucrative business. The best advantage of this business is that you don’t need to stock anything. Any items needed for repair is bought only when needed.
You can start by engaging a qualified mechanic who will be paid on commission. The business can be done at a place where there is a good number of cars eg a residential area or near the main road.
The most useful requirement in a garage is the tools you need. Simple tools such as spanners, screws drivers, hammers and pliers are needed as you begin. Others can be acquired as you progress. You can also engage other team players in this industry so as to share the cost.
10.Music, Movies, Phone Accessories.
Music and movies are always on demand, especially with young people. A business of burning and selling movies to students will always do well. To include also uploading of music in flash discs or DVDs at a small fee.
Mobile phone accessories such as earphones, memory cards, chargers, phone cases, screen guards, power banks and USB cables are usually on demand from students and young people. The business can easily be done from your room.
In conclusions, the above business ideas apply to anybody who is willing and ready to take the risk of venturing into the business world. A business like a shoe shining and selling of agricultural produce does not require much capital. The success of these two will depend on the aggressiveness and tenacity of the owner. Engaging in the world of PR consultancy and real estate agent may require marketing skills so as to win over long-term clients who will ensure the smooth running of the business. The ability to get someone to buy property will require trust and loyalty. One needs to be careful in this line of business to avoid being messed up in fraud cases. There are many more business ideas one can go through and engage in. Determination and hard work will prove how far one will go despite starting small. A simple idea like camping and hiking can grow to full tour guide company if well managed.
