In this article, I have complied list of business you can do within students residential areas.
Many students have been asking us what type of business they can do within school hostels and make it without interfering with their studies.
I don’t want to bore you with long talks, so let’s dive in to Business ideas you can start within student areas.
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HAIR PLAITING/STYLING BUSINESS: If you have the skills you can visit female hostels and other female students to render your service to them at an affordable price.
If you are fast enough you can plait/weave 3-4 students a day by the end of the day, you’ve made enough cash that can sustain you throughout the week.
LODGE/HOUSE AGENT: You can help students secure a house they will live and get #2,000-#3,000 commission.
This is sometimes a seasonal business you make huge profit when new students are newly admitted into the school, they’d love to come and secure a place for themselves.
BEAD MAKING: If you make jewelries out of beads, you can start bead making business and supply to students that needs it.
This is a business you can where you make money by selling your beads and also hire to students for an event or photoshot.
SELLING OF HANDOUTS: A lot of people make money from selling handouts in school. Your target should be on year one students that are yet to know the school’s administration (freshers!!!).
Get a course that students are offering most especially year one students, make photocopies of it and sell to them.
DROPSHIPPING: In this kind of business you don’t buy goods in stock but you can help the retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer sell their goods by transferring the customer order and shipment details to the retailer, manufacturer or wholesaler who then ship goods directly to the customers.
You can do this business with a laptop or phone that has internet access make use of the social media to advertise the goods, setup an online shop on social media, you get commission out of the goods you sell to customers.
MANICURE AND PEDICURE: You can offer a nail fixing service to female students, this is done mostly on weekends and you can charge students as low as #200.
This is achieved by visiting the female hostels and lodges to render your services to them. The equipments that you need for this business will not cost you more than #5,000.
BARBING SALON BUSINESS: If you have the skills you can start this business in your lodge, school hostel or attach yourself in a barbing salon to render service to customers.
The only expense you’ll make is when you buy equipments and then the stipend you’ll pay the salon owner for accommodating you.
DOING ASSIGNMENTS FOR STUDENTS: There are lazy students that wouldn’t stress themselves out by running around or surfing the internet because of an assignment, you can make money by doing assignments for lazy students.
These and many more are businesses you can do in school to sustain yourself and it will not affect you in any way.
Do not engage in illegal activities to make your money whereas there are businesses you can do on your own, even if you do not know the mechanics or skills you can still pay to receive trainings.
Put yourself in check and know whether you have right skills for the business. The worst thing that could ever happen to you is going into a business you can’t manage or you do not have the idea on how it’s been done.
Be Smart!!!
