Personal Services Business Ideas
If you want to help clients in their personal lives by improving their looks or organising their lives, then these are potential business ideas for you. Here are 10 personal services business ideas you can start straight away:
91. Professional organising service
A professional organising service helps clients to organise their homes, whether it’s papers, clutter or clothing.
How to start this business idea
If you’re good at organising various spaces throughout the house, you can offer your services to family and friends. This will help you have examples to show potential clients and help you to gain experience and work out the kinks in your service.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once you’ve developed a successful business you can also create courses or write books offering a wider audience advice on how to organise their lives.
92. Personal Shopper
A personal shopper buys outfits for clients who don’t have a good sense of style and need some help coming up with daily ensembles.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need to interview your clients to get a feel for their tastes and dislikes. You can send pictures of clothing to your client before buying or you can go shopping together so you can advise and guide your customers.
How to keep this business idea successful
Eventually you’ll build enough trust with your clients to make good decisions on their behalf. You can also expand your offering into other styling areas such as make-up, hair and nails.
93. Housesitting
To keep their homes safe, people hire house sitters to look after their homes while they’re away. You can make a full-time job out of sleeping in other people’s homes, or creating an agency to find house sitters.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need some experience but ultimately, you’re being paid for your presence in someone’s home. So as long as you come across trustworthy and reliable you should find enough work.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once you’ve learnt all the tricks of the trade you can start offering additional services or even start an agency that finds and recommends house sitters to homeowners.
94. Wedding Planner
A wedding planner can help the bridal couple create an incredible day that they’ll always remember. Wedding couples hire planners so that their event is memorable but also stress-free for everyone involved.
How to start this business idea
You will need to negotiate with vendors, manage the budget and coordinate the entire event. You’ll need to handle every aspect of planning a wedding.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once you have a few weddings under your belt, you can partner with wedding venues to offer your help and services to new bridal couples.
95. Mobile beautician
For customers who want their hair and nails done in the comfort of their own home, you can offer this service and come to them. Being mobile will also keep your overheads down and increase your customer reach.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need relevant qualifications, skill sets and experience to ensure you can deliver high quality work that your customers love. You can start this business idea as a part-time business until you get enough customers to support you full-time.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can continue to expand your offering by upskilling yourself. You can offer packages to transform a group of women for a party or an event.
96. Event Planning
If you’re organised and also can come up with creative and unique events, you should try offering an event planning service.
How to start this business idea
You should offer to plan events for people and businesses you know or places you visit frequently. The more successful events you pull-off the easier it will be for you to find clients.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once you’ve established a bit of a track record you should approach larger businesses and educational institutes to create phenomenal events.
97. Hair Stylist
A hair stylist curls, straightens and braids hair, amongst other things. You can offer your expertise to customers who want to look nice for their special events or competitions.
How to start this business idea
Offer your services at schools for matric dances, at dancing competitions and for private functions, until you have a big enough customer base to support you.
How to keep this business idea successful
Keep taking courses and learning new techniques, you can also learn to style all kinds of hair to expand your target market.
98. Doula Services
A doula helps an expectant mother with all the non-medical aspects of labour and delivery. This service is growing in popularity as women look for alternative options and advice.
How to start this business idea
You will need to become a certified doulas. Once you have this certification you can offer your services at hospitals, clinics and gynaecologist practises.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can share your knowledge about the benefits of your service and the alternative birthing options. You can also write a book on the subject to expand your customer reach.
99. Professional Make-Up Artist
Considering how many new make-up products have some out in recent years, customers are struggling to keep up and may need professional assistance.
How to start this business idea
You can offer your services for parties, events and competitions. Continue to take courses and learn new techniques to offer a quality service to your customers.
How to keep this business idea successful
Keep expanding your repertoire and the events that you support. Eventually, you’ll develop a reputation and customers will start coming to you. You can also offer classes to teach clients to do their own make-up.
100. Online Travel Agent
An online travel agent offers their services to customers who want the best travel packages.
How to start this business idea
To ensure the success of your travel agency connect with hotel chains, airlines and major events within countries to get discounts. Some customers will want out of the ordinary experiences and for these you’ll need to find unique and interesting accommodation and experiences.
How to keep this business idea successful
Create unique packages that offer travellers out of the ordinary experiences around the world. To expand your audience, you can also help international travellers have incredible holidays within South Africa.