If you are good at helping your children with their homework, organizing parties, decorating the home or you like dealing with children, the entertainment and education market has an option for you. We give you these part-time business options.
Part-time business ideas for parents
1. Interior decoration
Decoration and image agency (residential and business). Take charge of the design and decoration of houses and offices, from permanent proposals to themed and seasonal decorations: Christmas, national celebrations, etc.
Mexican families allocate 28% of their Christmas bonus to expenses such as home decoration or remodeling, for example. So offer packages that cover the whole year and include taking care of the accessories during the assembly and disassembly by season. Charge per project, monthly or annually, and establish an accessible rate with a virtual agenda.
2. Academic assistance
Channeling information to carry out school work. If you like education or you are a teacher, this idea is for you. Form agreements with local libraries to learn about their collection and direct your clients to the sources they need to consult.
According to the degree of specialization that you manage, you can guide from school work to thesis. The best: the expert does not have to be you. Create a website to fill out the information request. In addition, in Mexico there is a potential market of much more than 30 million students.
3. Gift Specialist
Personal or executive gift advisor. Look for agreements with brand stores, department stores and boutiques to use their catalogs, so that you know all the offer in terms of gifts. Captivate companies without neglecting private consumers who may be interested in your service, in addition to creating a system of surveys and questionnaires to find out the profile and tastes of the person to whom you want to give something.
Charge a percentage on the sale of each present or a fee for the service. On average, Mexicans spend $350 for each gift.
4. Cultural club
Club recommendations on what to read, watch and listen. Study the profile of your clients and based on their tastes and preferences, make them related recommendations for music, movies and books, all tailored.
Create a website by subscription (monthly fee) that gives access to forums and specialized information where users can rub shoulders with exemplary figures and experts. Get sponsorships for free content from production houses or publishers looking to promote themselves.
5. Design and sale of presents
Give the unique touch that people are looking for in their events by offering items with exclusive designs. One option is to create an online store where they can choose the different models and presentations of chocolates, flowers, bottles and arrangements.
Integrate a broad base of suppliers capable of resolving your designs with high quality. You can attend to the wedding market, since around 600,000 are celebrated annually in our country.
6. Personalized fashion for children
Customization center for children’s clothing, footwear and accessories. The idea is that the children decorate and intervene the garments with paint, glitter and prints. The advantage for parents is that they will be able to stimulate their children’s creativity with recreational activities while they acquire.
Locate yourself in a shopping mall with a high influx of families and hire staff who like to work with children. Sell each garment and what is necessary for its decoration in packages to which you add a profit margin. It also charges for the time that the infant spends in your premises and thus you will add value with a childcare service.
7. Planning theme parties
Organization and comprehensive logistics of parties with specific themes. Set up your network of suppliers (decoration, music, gastronomy, theater) to plan every detail of events that support a plot, theme and proposal according to seasonal holidays (New Year, Day of the Dead, February 14) or by tastes of clients (costume parties, with superhero motifs, religious festivals, etc.).
Design a website with videos and photos to publicize products, services and topics that you master. For the convenience of your clients, offer alternatives that fit their budget and charge according to the size of the event.
8. Creative education (child)
Workshops and courses to encourage creativity and manual development of children. It implements programs that stimulate and motivate their intellect, with a focus on arts, sciences, and technological development. Look for your clients in schools and give courses at home or for parties.
Charges according to the event and number of children to attend. Remember that the children’s entertainment industry has had an average annual sustained growth of 30% in the country.
9. Organic products
Self-service store of products with organic certification. Distribute green merchandise where you include natural products and objects with low environmental impact. Rent a store and hire shopkeepers who you train in these products.
A self-service store will allow your audience to consciously and calmly compare brands; Characteristic of a client like your market, which in Mexico has remained among the consumer trends in large cities for the last five years.
10. Video games at home
Rental of video games in mobile stores. Outfit trailers with video game equipment, from the blockbuster classics to the newest. Transport the service to your home, but also take it some days of the week to areas without access to this form of entertainment.
Rent by the hour and charge for each extra player that rents new equipment. Take advantage of the fact that the video game industry in the country is valued at US$1.2 billion.