16+ Best Business Ideas for Women at Home
Home Business for Women
Are you looking for business ideas for women at home that really work?
Perfect, because I’m going to show you a list of online business ideas that women are doing today.
There’s no need to reinvent the wheel, you can follow a proven success model, make it your own, and become successful.
I know when I was looking for business ideas I had no idea what I wanted to do and I couldn’t find anything that seemed legitimate online.
Out of frustration, pregnant with my second child and wanting to stay home with my kids, I decided to reach out to successful work from home moms and ask them:
- What is their business?
- How could others get started?
- How much does their business earn?
They were gracious enough to answer so I created this website to share their stories for people like me looking for LEGITIMATE business ideas for women at home that pay well AND with the tools and resources you’ll need to get started.
As women, we have many talents and sometimes need help narrowing down what we really want to do. This is a great list of business ideas for ladies sitting at home as well.
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How To Find The Best Business Ideas For Women at Home
Use this list! Take a look at each business idea on this list and decide what’s feasible for you and your family.
This basketball quote has stuck with me over time, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”.
It’s important to just get out there and Start. Something.
This list of business ideas is perfect for housewives because they not only pay well but can also provide you with the freedom to spend more time with your family and build an empire.
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16+ Small Business Ideas for Women at Home
I am passionate about the top online business ideas for women on this list because I’ve used some of them to build my own income from home. Check them out below.
1. Blogging
Blogging is the #1 online business idea for women because it’s what I do :-). I was inspired by other moms who enjoy blogging as a business and also have the advantage of staying home to raise their kids at the same time.
Blogging is one of the best passive income. I make money just for people reading my articles from ads.
I can assure you, I did not write this article today and yet it’s making me money.
When you get a nice amount of people reading your articles it brings in a nice income. Here’s a screenshot of my earnings from the other day.
I made $400 in one day just from ads, and I also make a lot of money in Affiliate sales. You can see how I make money blogging.
You DO NOT need to be an excellent writer to become a blogger, you just write like you talk.
I spent a lot of time working on my blog the first year with a full-time job, busy toddler, pregnant with my second child and also “trying” to be a wonderful wife to my wonderful husband.
Now I work VERY part-time and I’m making more money than when I was at my corporate job.
Blogging is such a great business idea because I’ve learned so many skills like how to create a WordPress website, write, learn search engine optimization, social media, and so much more.
I could offer so many of these things I’ve learned as a service and charge a nice fee and so can you once you learn the ins and outs.
But I’m not doing that just YET because I’m remembering my “Why” and focusing on being there for my kids, I make enough money with my blog where I don’t have to look for more work.
It is important to note that blogging does take a while to earn a decent income. It took me a year before I started earning money that really mattered.
If you like to travel you could even start a travel blog, see how you can make money traveling here.
If you want to start a blog, I’ve detailed all the steps in my How to Start a WordPress Blog article from scratch! I also mention the most popular niches that make the most money and get the most traffic.
2. Get Into Real Estate BUT w/o Selling or Buying Anything
Yes, this really is a thing. I met Boss Mom Danielle Pierce who is doing this earning over $400,000 a year WHILE homeschooling her 3 kids!
It’s called Property Preservation or Repairing Foreclosed Homes. Danielle outsources 100% of the work and only does admin work.
How much you can make varies but Danielle says it’s very feasible to gross $100k+ or more in revenue within 18 months
Check out my interview with Danielle to see 3. Proofreader
Do you find yourself easily catching errors when reading? Do you cringe when you see grammar mistakes? If so, you might make a great Proofreader. This is one of the best businesses for ladies as we tend to have a keen eye for detail.
Proofreaders are NEEDED, I know because I use one myself.
Caitlin Pyle made $43,000 her first year Proofreading PART-TIME! You can see the full interview in my How to Become a Proofreader article. There are many others making between $1,000-$4,000 a month.
If you want to learn the skills needed to start your own freelance proofreading hustle or see if this is the right career for you, check out this FREE introductory workshop.
4. Bookkeeper
Bookkeepers record financial transactions from the comfort of their home.
I had the pleasure of interviewing two successful stay-at-home moms who work from home as a Bookkeeper and started out with NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE.
This is a MUST read as one of the moms has NINE kids, homeschools six, AND still has time to earn a living Bookkeeping. So I’m convinced anyone can do this. You’ll have to read it in my How to Become a Bookkeeper article.
If you want to start your own Virtual Bookkeeping Business and make $60 per hour, check out this free bookkeeper training to find out if it’s right for you.
5. Make money putting kids to sleep
Did you know you could make $2k to $10k per month helping parents get their kids to sleep through the night?
That’s what happened to Jayne Havens. She is a stay-at-home mom, always getting asked if she could help others get their kids to sleep through the night since she had early success.
She started charging people, and in her first month in business, she made $2,400! By the end of her first year in business, she was having $10,000 months!!!
Naturally, other women wanted to learn how to do the same thing so she began teaching them and they started having the exact same success! See how she did it and how you can too in our how to become a sleep consultant article.
6. Become a Freelancer
Freelance jobs are one of the best business ideas because you work when you want with unlimited earning potential!
Your skillset may be one of the following:
- Virtual Assistant
- Social media
- Design tech
- Copywriting
- Customer Service, etc.
If you’ve ever had an interest in one of these it’s time to pursue it!
If you don’t know-how, that’s okay because I met BOSS MOM Micala who is helping women start a profitable freelance business from scratch.
She was a teacher working 50-60 hours per week earning $2,300 per month, miserable dropping her baby off at daycare every day. She needed to work. And, wanted to work but on her own terms. So she turned to freelancing.
Within a few months of freelancing, she was working 15-20 hours per week, earning double her old paycheck with her baby beside her every step of the way. Now she teaches moms/women how to do the same.
I had an AMAZING interview with her on how to become a freelancer online. She shares some of her tips and experiences on how to get started freelancing from home.
Micala created a free workshop to show you how she did it and how you can too. Spend some time listening to her experience to see if freelancing is right for you. Click here to check out the free workshop.
7. Freelance Content Creator
This is a different take on Freelancing than what we mentioned above. This form is unlike anything you’ve ever heard before.
I met Shannon Livingston who does this and she’s a stay at home mom, and she makes so much money she was able to retire her husband from his job and now both of them are now home living life on their own terms.
She teaches others how to do the same, so we did some digging to see if this could be duplicated.
We found one of her students and asked how much did she earn and she told us in her first month, she made $4,000! (She just finished her program). We had to interview her to see exactly how and we did! Check out our How to become a content creator article. See how she did it and how you can too!
8. Sell on Amazon (FBA program)
If you like shopping and searching for a good deal, you should definitely consider Amazon’s FBA program as one of the best businesses for women. You find good deals on products at brick and mortar stores or wherever and resell them on Amazon for a higher price.
I recommend taking this FREE 7 Day Email Course on how to start selling on Amazon from Jessica who makes a full-time living doing this and her husband was able to quit his job to work with her in less than a year of starting! You can check it all out in my How to Sell on Amazon article.
My sister took the course and is selling products on Amazon already!
9. Flip Items from Flea Markets and Thrift Shops
Rob from the Flea Market Flipper is the MASTER flipper (I know he’s not a woman, but he does this with his family). He made over $130,000 flipping items from Flea Markets and thrift stores PART-TIME.
And, you don’t need to have a lot of money to start either. Rob recommends his students to start with a budget of $20-$50 to find items. Based on that, they should be able to make $100-$300 (mostly reselling on eBay) and then take some of the profit and do it again.
Rob created a free workshop to turn your passion for visiting thrift stores, yard sales, & flea markets into a profitable reselling business – in as little as 14 days. They make it easy and fun to follow in their footsteps.
10. Freelance Writing
Do you like to write and need a business idea for housewives? You can make a lot of money as a writer, I know because I interviewed Holly Johnson who makes OVER $200,000 a year as a Freelance Writer. I didn’t even know that was possible!
Holly said that she finds it hard NOT to earn $40,000-$50,000 a year writing full-time.
She’s found the secret sauce when it comes to writing and charging the right rate for your work. She created a free introductory training on how to build a six-figure writing career.
I highly recommend taking Holly’s course if you want to work from home writing and follow her path to success.
I also have a number of ways to get writing gigs below
You make a printable once and can sell it over and over and over again.
This is a great way to make money from home and to see how to get started check out my article How To Make Printables to sell on Etsy.
12. Life Coach
Do you love personal development and enjoy helping people? Do you want to build a business of your own? If that’s you, you should consider becoming a Life Coach.
See how Natalie Bacon became a Life Coach making six-figures on her way to seven-figures in my my article on How to Become a Life Coach.
How much you can make really depends on your market. If you are targeting lower-income you can charge $47 per hour, if you’re targeting higher-income you could charge $297 per hour or much more.
It also depends on your model, are you doing 1-to-1 coaching or group coaching. If interested consider taking this Life Coach Certificate Course.
13. Start a Dog Bakery Business
Starting a dog bakery is a great business idea for women because the earning potential is great. We interviewed Kristen Larsen and she showed us how she has $4,000 months selling dog treats!
If you have a dog, like to bake this is definitely something to consider.
See how she got started and how you can too in our how to start a dog treat bakery article.
14. Start a Baby Equipment Rental Business
Do you live in a popular tourist area? Did you know you could make a lucrative side hustle renting baby equipment to traveling families? I didn’t either, but I interviewed boss mom Ashley Anderson who made me a believer.
If you’re interested in doing something like this I recommend reading my interview with Ashley on
Boss Mom Theo McArthur has great success with it and created a dropshipping course on Udemy that teaches you how to launch your first profitable Dropship Website in 14 Days or less and grow your Income to $10,000 per month in profits.