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Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown are two unprecedented events of our lives. This pandemic and the resultant lockdown have disrupted our society. It won’t be wrong to say that they have changed how we work, how we meet people and how we socialize. Our world might have changed completely, and unless we find medicine or vaccination for this novel virus, we may never go back to normal.
These new times call for new business ideas that do not need much investment and can be built with new rules and regulations. A post lockdown business idea will have to be innovative and capable of filling gaps between new demands and their supply.
By gaps, we mean the demand for services and products created by the pandemic. There are plenty of gaps that need to be filled to make the new world function smoothly. Following are some small business ideas that will need minimum investment.
Small Business Ideas that can Work Wonders After Lockdown –
- Home Haircuts
Everyone is going to get out of the lockdown needing a haircut and a good shave. But a salon is one place that people are going to avoid at all costs. It’s true that the salon business owners are going to do everything in their might to sanitize their properties, but people will take time to warm up to the idea of going to a salon.
You can take advantage of this situation to start a home salon. What you can do is send a trained hairdresser, with all the equipment like scissors, spray bottle, etc. to people’s home. If you plan to do it yourself, you have to learn to give atleast the basic haircuts and know how to shave other people.
Furthermore, it will help if you can create a clear guideline for yourself and for your clients. Let them know how you are going to ensure their safety while taking care of your own. If you are already a salon owner, this idea will help you tremendously after the lockdown. You can also create special home packages for elderly people and children.
- Cleaning Services
Indian are used to hiring help and maids. During this lockdown, people had to say goodbye to all the household help. Needless to say, a lot of households are in a mess, and they are waiting for their maids to come back. But most of the people are also worried if it will be okay to let their maid come back.
In these confusing times, you can create a cleaning services company that offers cleaning of homes and offices in a safe way. Create a plan as to how the cleaning will be done by trained staff while ensuring complete safety against coronavirus.
You can think about hiring household maids who are out of a job now and train them to work for you. This way, people will have a clean house, and the needy men and women will have a job. You will have to register your business before you start though and learn about taxes and GST Wikipedia can help you with this.
- Designer Masks
Masks are going to be a part of our lives for a long time to come. Now, that’s one hard-hitting truth that can be converted into a business opportunity. With masks becoming an everyday essential, it won’t be long before people would want stylish and sometimes matching (to their dress) masks. You can consider starting a mask business where you take ideas from people and custom-create masks for them. Masks can have people’s initials on them, favourite cartoon characters, a motivational quote, and so much more.
In order to pull this business off, you need some knowledge of sewing, or you can create a team of individuals who already know how to sew and sell your masks through clothes shops and online portals.
- Online Fitness Classes
Do you know how to do Yoga? You can use this knowledge to build a business. It will take a few months before people start going to gyms. In this time period, you can establish yourself as a yoga guru or an aerobics teacher who teaches everything online. This is a minimum investment business that will be loved by everyone because not everyone goes to a gym. All you need for this business is a laptop and a good internet connection.
With this business, you will help people stay fit in their own home and will also motivate individuals who never had time to go to the gym. Not sure how you will manage the accounts of a business like this? Take help from Khatabook, an app that can help you manage your business ledger on your phone.
- Shopping for Elders
This pandemic has made life very hard for elders who are considered to be at high risk of coronavirus. One of the hardest things they have had to do during the lockdown has been going to the departmental stores to shop for groceries. Yes, there are stores that provide home delivery, but most of the older people are not internet savvy.
A good small business idea will be to home deliver groceries to older people. You can build a team that will collect their requirement from their doorstep. Write down their list, go to the grocery store and deliver the items back to their doorstep. Learn more about goods and services tax before registering your business and hiring people.
All of these small business ideas are as new as the coronavirus. They have popped out of the necessity to work around the restrictions and ensure the safety of everyone involved. Try any of the above ideas and who knows, you may end up building a thriving business.
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