What does a farmer, or a horse, dog, or cat breeder do if they want to take a vacation or have to have surgery? Call you! Seriously, if you have experience with farm animal care or are willing to take on a large number of animals to care for, you can make a tremendous amount of money at this. You can also hire people to help you and make more money by just taking a small percentage of their regular charge.

These are just a few of many unusual money making ideas out there today. You can literally find thousands more when you look at money making opportunities online. You’ll find information on how you can have your own successful glass replacement business, carpet cleaning business, lawn care business, typing or proofreading business, credit counseling business, even your own rent-a-clown business. These are unusual businesses because people don’t realize they can be run from your home, with minimal to no start-up costs.

You can also look at franchises for unusual business ideas. New ones are popping up every day, especially in fitness area. The costs to having your own franchise range from nominal to huge. It all depends on how much you’re willing to or have funds to invest, but it’s likely you can find a franchise that fits your budget.

And franchises are a particularly good idea if you live in a bedroom community or small town—or there’s one close to you. You can make huge profits there with one of hot deli or sub franchises. People don’t always want to drive to largest city near your location to grab a sub and a cup of coffee, so that makes these great unusual business opportunities for your area. And once you have them set up, you can usually manage them from your home!

Before you sign up for or invest in anything, whether it’s one of unusual business opportunities or a franchise get facts. If you decide you want to be a rent-a-clown, make sure there’s a market for that in your area.

If you’re signing up with a mystery shopping service online, make sure it’s real deal. And have a plan on how you’re going to turn your unusual money making opportunity into a successful business. Planning makes all difference when it comes to starting, owning, and running any business. So do your homework. You won’t regret it!

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Disadvantages

Lack of public information on general sales methods and techniques used. This is not passive income system. You should work all time you want to run your business.

Common mistakes to avoid

1. Listing an item with wrong auction expiration time. It’s a known fact that more buyers browse auction sites on Sunday evenings than any other time during week.

2. Not giving your listing attention it deserves. Lots of people place items without photos and even good description. Lots of people use all kinds of flashing animation, multicolored text and other bells and whistles in an attempt to entice bidders. Listings like these are distracting, hard to read, and will always discourage people from bidding, resulting in a lower final sales price.

3. Using a reserve price. Using a reserve price to guarantee that one will get a minimum price for an item. People will not bid on "Reserve" auctions as they don't want to get "Reserve not yet met" message.

4. Not planning your business activities. It is always better to create business plan and start implementing it. Ebay business requires procedured to be done everyday so plan it thoroughly.

5. Not selecting several good drop shippers. Your business should be stable. Drop shippers can quit and also they can kill your business by not meeting your expectations. So rotate them until you get several good ones for your business.

You can find books to read first and Online Actions list at http://www.RichTrack.com.

Written by Helen Peshkova, RichTrack.com.