If you are a teacher and you – or your family – has experienced an economic downturn, businesses for teachers may be one solution you can tap into. Whether it is a wedding, family event, or a business’ marketing materials, people pay good money for professional photography. Since business travellers and corporate types use this fare class the most, it makes sense that your chance for cheap business class tickets are better during non-business days, and weeks.

For entrepreneurs with some sewing skills, you can start an alterations business where customers send or bring in their garments and other items to be altered or repaired. With nearly 100,000 different custom extensions both free and paid available in Google Chrome’s marketplace, there’s a huge opportunity for creating a useful extension for people to use while browsing the web as a low effort business idea.

Summer is the peak travel season, with the most expensive prices on first and business class flights to Beijing. This makes it more convenient and this allows you to spend more time on the other important aspects of your start-up business. A trading business can take a while to get the hang of. And until you build your knowledge, you risk both overpaying and also tying up your money with slow selling items.

Marketing agencies can charge a lot for their services and thanks to advancing remote technology and the internet, marketing efforts can be done remotely, keeping overhead low and profits high. Ideally, a small business owner should spend around 35 – 50% of their time marketing their product.

Part-time dance instructors get a fraction of the pie that their full-time peers enjoy, but it can add up to hundreds each week if you’re consistent—making for a great side business idea to those with the skills and drive. There are certain times of the year and in a week when business class sees lower occupancy rates than normal.