My wife is a stay at home Mom and is bored - unfortunately she doesn't have the best formal education credentials but she is far from stupid. However this does heavily impact her ability to get a job that pays much more than minimum wage, usually labor intensive. She has a herniated bulging disc in her lower back, so I'd prefer her not do a lot of manual labor all day. I wanted to hear from you guys what sort of entrepreneurial endeavors she might embark on with my programming/web expertise and a little bit of cash backing her. The catch is, she needs to be able to do it from home. She doesn't need to get rich - even earning ~$1000/mo would be acceptable as long as the man(woman) hours to money earned ratio is reasonable. Ideas?
Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
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Re: Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
#2This might be right up her alley:
http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/how-to-build-a-niche-site/
It's not HN-ey, but I can see it working for her.
Best of luck!
Re: Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
#3Not HN-ish but has she considered Avon?
My wife sells Avon and it's a not half-bad way to make some income on the side.
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#4Elance, textbroker, mechanical turk, etc?
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#5can she market childrens apps? its very difficult to get your app exposure. i personally would pay for something like that. today the main option is review sites but theyre super saturated.
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#6AirBNB hires at home customer service reps or at least they used to anyways not sure if they still do.
A lot of companies hire people to manage social media too.
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#7try trada.com amazon mechanical turk, odesk.com elance.com
Re: Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
#8try trada.com amazon mechanical turk, odesk.com elance.com
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#9What is your wife interested in? It's much easier to run a small business when you are genuinely interested in the field.
(A) Customers respond to someone who knows what they're talking about
(B) In any case you're happier doing something you enjoy
Suggest some possibilities!
Re: Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...
#10Not programming related, but a good way would be ebay. Just have her buy/sell in an area she's familiar with and it's pretty easy to make money while enjoying a hobby at the same time.