1. Freelancing in Pakistan
Freelancing is becoming famous in Asian countries, especially Pakistan, as Americans and Europeans often hire Asian freelancers to do their projects at affordable prices.
They prefer to hire Asians due to low labor costs. That's why online freelancing is becoming the most profitable small business in Pakistan in 2022 these days.
A number of Pakistani students, employees, and even educated housewives are associated with this online home business to generate side income.
You can also easily start this business at home. All you need is to get high speed broadband internet connection and showcase your skills like content writing, logo designing or web development services, etc to earn money online. Here are the best freelancing websites in Pakistan to get potential clients.
How to start a freelance business?
2. Content Writing Services
There are hundreds of thousands of sites out there and most of them require new content to update their website. If you have a good command of English (as most websites are in English), you should start offering your content writing services.
Just offer your writing services through freelance sites or you can directly contact website owners to suggest/provide your services.
Furthermore, you should also create a good portfolio for presentation. You can create an attractive and catchy LinkedIn, About.
Also, if you start writing guest posts for the best blog posts, it will help you build a strong portfolio. If the seller/employer asks you to show a writing sample, send it.
3. Content writing
Writing is fun. If you are a writing expert, sell your writing services. A writing spirit essentially writes content, books, and novels on behalf of others.
But when you ghostwrite, you get paid but your name goes unrecognized. To make money ghostwriting, you need a laptop, the internet, and good writing skills.
4. Online virtual assistant services
A virtual assistant is essentially a self-employed person who provides clients with professional services remotely from home.
Skills are an important factor because without skills you cannot provide excellent service. So this is another micro business idea that you can start on a small scale.
5. Resume typing services
A number of graduates are looking for jobs in Pakistan. Most of them lack resume writing skills. If you work as an HR manager and know all about resume writing strategies, you can help job seekers create good resumes to get the job they want.
6. Tutoring services
Tutoring is becoming one of the best lucrative small business ideas in Pakistan. If you hold a bachelor's/master's degree and also master some specific subjects, offer your tutoring services to students.
7. SEO Consulting Small Businesses in Pakistan
SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. According to Forbes, the SEO industry is worth $80 billion. And yet the industry is growing.
The main reason behind the huge growth of this industry is that almost all website owners want to increase their website traffic. To increase website traffic and search rankings, website owners often hire SEO experts or even SEO agencies to optimize their websites.
This is one of the best small business ideas in Pakistan that you can start with a very low investment. In fact, this is one of the new small business ideas for students in Pakistan. If you don't have enough funds to start an office, don't despair. Start from your home.
8. Affiliate marketing
Simply put, if you sell a product/service on behalf of someone else, you get paid a commission.
The affiliate marketing market size is increasing day by day. The size of affiliate marketing is expected to reach $6.8 billion by the end of 2020, says the Huffington Post. First, you need to register with affiliate marketing networks to get affiliate links for products/services. Here are some affiliate marketing platforms you should join now:
Shared sales
CJ branches
Amazon Associates
You can earn money by referring friends to buy products or services from your affiliate links. Alternatively, you can also sell through Quora answering or blogging.
9. Consulting in the field of social media
Social media consulting is another good and profitable business idea in Pakistan that does not require much investment. You should be good to start this business
10. Start your YouTube channel
If you want to start a home business in Pakistan, consider this idea. Although this is not a new business idea, it is nevertheless unique, useful, and feasible.
Nowadays, people consume videos for various purposes such as learning, increasing knowledge, or just for fun. Forbes reveals that videos will account for 80% of web traffic by 2019 and will apparently increase further in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
This means that internet users prefer watching videos instead of reading lengthy content. You can create your own YouTube channel for free and start earning money from a hosted AdSense account.
If you want your channel to become a brand, you may need to purchase video editing software to create engaging YouTube videos.
Some YouTube channel ideas I can share with you such as:
Home cooking channel
Fun vlogs
News channels
Reaction Channels (Share your reviews and feedback on songs, movies and games)
Mobile review
And much more.
Also read: How YouTube can increase your profit
11. Web development and service design
Offering web development services in Pakistan. You can also offer your web development services abroad using freelance sites. You can also offer other services, e.g.
WordPress website development and customization services
Offering services in different languages such as PHP, JAVA, C++, or .Net development
Software development, customization, and maintenance
If you start this business in Pakistan at home, you will not need any significant investment. However, if you launch this startup professionally, you will need to set up an office for business activities.
12. Graphic design services
Graphic design involves creating visual products. There is more to graphic design