Testing Business Ideas

If you’ve thought of creating an online business in the past but never knew what to base your business on, I made a list for you to help kickstart your brain to generate some ideas. There are institutions looking out for part-time college counselors , making this a fantastic side business idea, or you can even start your own practice and charge anywhere from $25-$100+ per hour for your consultative services if you’re well-versed on the subject.

Tracey Wallace is the Editor-in-Chief at BigCommerce, where she covers all things ecommerce: marketing, design, development, strategy, plus emerging trends, including omnichannel and cloud is also the Founder of Doris Sleep , a bed pillow company selling 100% certified recycled plastic bottle filled pillows in three custom sizes.

In many cases, B2B brands think of themselves as regional businesses, but with technology today, there’s opportunities to reach new marketers with a simple website, shipping processes and understanding of how their customers are using Google to find solutions like theirs.

If you understand and know all there is to know about paid advertising, you could start your own ad management company online and sell your services to the many websites and companies online that need it. The truth is, this is something that you can take the time to learn and really should.

Use an existing idea (if you know that market and demand are there), just execute it better.” At the very least, if you don’t find your next business endeavor on this list, you’ll hopefully be inspired to come up with your own unique small business idea.