17+ Business Ideas For Teens & Young Entrepreneurs in 2022
Are you a teen looking for a way to make some money? Check out these business ideas for teens and get started today!
Age is just a number…Joan CollinsAnd rightly so.
Being a teenager, many people would have advised you to focus on your studies or school, or just be a kid, when you know in your heart that you will be successful in your business.
Next time someone tells you that you’re “too young” to start a business, tell them about Mark Cuban, who started selling garbage bags from the age of 12 and eventually became a billionaire or remind them about Warren Buffett, who started selling chewing gum from the very young age of 6!
If people had told them that they were “too young”, they might not have been where they are now.
But before you jump at the ideas listed below, have a look at the advantages and the disadvantages of starting a business in your teenage years.
Advantages- Low investment.
- Low risk.
- You can experiment with your career.
- You can learn essential skills that aren’t taught in school.
- Be independent from an early age.
- Takes time and effort.
- Might take a toll on academic performance.
- Difficult to maintain work-life balance.
- Legal formalities can be a roadblock.
Business Ideas for Teens & How to Start One in 2022
With the above criteria in mind, let’s take a look at 17+ business ideas for teens.
1. Start Dropshipping
Yeah, yeah, I know, this is too mainstream, but this is one trend that has not become boring yet.
Most of the trading done online is under the dropshipping model of business only.
Google agrees. Have a look.
In fact, you can start many of the ideas listed later in this article under this model and make online business even easier for yourself.
2. Sell Handmade Products
Why gift your handmade things for free, when you can earn from them?
These products can range from jewellery, accessories, pottery, furniture, to artefacts, art, etc.
If you have deft hands and want to make use of them.
3. Garage Sale Organising Business
You can work as a garage sales organiser for people who are, well, too lazy to do it on their own.
Running a successful garage sale is no small feat. You need to know which items to showcase in the front, which ones in the back, how to price them, and how to catch people’s attention.
Put your natural organisational and sales skills to use for this side hustle.
You can also sell some of those garage sale items in your online store.
4. Gift Basket Service Business
Well, these are Sheldon’s words, but if you don’t agree with them and absolutely love gift shopping, have a go at this option.
With more and more options available in the market, giving gifts has become increasingly difficult and tiresome for some people.
If you are one of those people who always seem to know exactly what to give to someone, use your “gift”, to pick the perfect present for your customers.
5. Videographer/ Photographer
Pictures are forever. If you can find a way to make every moment special with your lens, use that skill to earn some cash.
You can either freelance as a photographer or videographer for events, or click and upload your original work on your website where people can buy them to use good quality images.
Product photography is a good line of the photography profession to try out, and you can make a swift buck with it.
6. Proofreading Business
If you know the difference between except, accept, and expect, or you can correctly use then and than, you’re better than many native English speakers.
Use that expertise and start a proofreading business to channel your inner “grammar nazi” and help other businesses, writers, and professionals perfect their content online.
7. Scrunchies Store
These days, Instagram is crawling with beautiful scrunchies that adorn people’s luscious hair.
People absolutely love these hair tie-cum-accessory which they can wear on their hair and wrists, and look stunning either way.
You can also start your own online scrunchie store on Dukaan like “Blue Bear” did.
8. Digital Art Store
If you are skilled at digital art, be it digital photography, computer-generated media, or darkroom and digital installation art, you can launch an online digital art store just like “artxyana” here.
9. Graphic Designing
If you have the required skill set, you can start a graphic designing business and do freelance work.
You can work on a contractual basis or even be the exclusive partner for brands where you provide them with their logos, branding elements, and other requirements.
9. Skincare Store
With the life we lead today, our bodies are exposed to so many harmful elements that affect us negatively, inside and out.
That’s why healthy eating and skincare has become extremely important these days.
There are all kinds of products in the market to choose from, and you can open your own store of skincare products online, just like “The Herbal Zest”.
10. Haircare Store
Just like skincare, haircare has also become very necessary among one and all.
All the pollution, exposure to the sun, and lack of nutrition have adverse effects on people’s hair just as much as their skin.
With natural products being introduced in the market every day, you can open your very own all-natural online haircare store.
These products can be things that your customers use on their scalp or eat/drink to enable healthy hair growth.
11. Candles Store / Home Decor Store
Home decor was always popular and is one thing that always keeps changing with time.
You can open your own candle & home decor store where you can sell candles, aroma diffusers, and other decor products all in one place.
And because of its fickle nature, you will always have a steady flow of customers provided you keep up the quality of your products and customer experience.
12. Handmade Jewellery Store
Jewellery is used on so many occasions, to mark important events, show our love and appreciation for the special people in our lives, and also to mark things that are forever.
If you have an eye for classy jewellery or can make quirky pieces yourself, think about starting a jewellery store online as your teen adventure in the business world!
Have a look at these jewellery stores online for inspiration!
13. Recycling Services
If you want to run an environment-friendly business and earn profits for yourself, start a recycling business.
The basic idea here is to collect redeemable things from people who generally throw them away, and make something useful out of those.
Then, you can sell those recycled, sustainable products to your customers through your online store, just like these!
14. Thrift Store
While we are on the matter of sustainability, let’s discuss the apparel industry, which collectively contributes heavily to the waste generated by industries.
In fact, if this trend continues, by 2050, over 150 million tonnes of clothing waste will block landfills.
Fleeting trends, ever-changing style, and low-quality products are the main reason for this waste, but there are things that can be done about this problem.
Through a thrift store, you can sell these old clothes that are trash for someone, but a treasure for another.
This is why thrift stores are on a steep rise in popularity. Here are our favourite thrift stores.
You can also sell other goods like books, furniture, kitchenware, etc.
15. T-shirt Designing Business
T-shirt designing is a whole new subsection of the t-shirt industry that has arisen in the past few years.
This business is amazingly lucrative and although it requires some investment, it runs a very low risk of loss.
What’s even better is that teens are the best choice to run this kind of business as they are the ones who set these trends that go on a t-shirt.
You can design as well as sell your t-shirts in your online store directly to customers.
16. Social Media Influencer
Social media influencer is a word that did not even exist a decade ago, before the launch of platforms like Instagram and TikTok, but now, it is a mainstream career option.
Many people have made full-time careers out of this and lead a fun life as well.
If you have the talent to promote other businesses, influence (in a positive and genuine manner) your followers to hang on to your every word, and of course, a huge following on social media, you can be a social media influencer.
17. Online Reselling Business
Reselling businesses have been in existence since long ago, but with everything going online, reselling more or less started to be associated with fraud and got a bad name.
Now, it has started to gain popularity again and with genuine, trustworthy platforms like Dukaan Plus coming to the rescue of hardworking sellers, you can also start your reselling business online.
18. Podcast Business
Podcasts are very popular these days, and most audio streaming platforms are proudly hosting multiple podcasts on various topics on their platforms.
If you feel that you are a talented orator, and can capture your audience’s attention just with your voice, start a podcast.
You can talk about anything that interests you and your listeners, and remember to engage with them as much as possible to maintain that connection.
Conclusion
In today’s world where we have everything at our fingertips, and people can make money doing whatever it is that they love, teen businesses are blossoming everywhere.
As you saw in this article as well, many teen entrepreneurs are thriving and hustling their way to success from a very early age.
It is for this reason that Dukaan has dedicated its platform to serve the needs of entrepreneurs like you, in the best way possible, so that you only have to focus on growing your business, and leave the rest to it.
With amazing marketing features, built-in live chat feature, SEO optimisation, and even things like logistics and delivery, you get it all in one place.
We understand that your time and effort is put to better use when you think about scaling up your operations and adding more products quickly, rather than creating WhatsApp stories or other promotional designs, so we took care of that too!