[michael papworth]

Has anyone got a sideline to cover emergencies like bad weather or temporary incapacity or illness?

I'd been wondering about refurbishing old vacuum cleaners in the evenings or something similar. I enjoy messing about with stuff like that and it might make enough to buy the odd pack of sausages etc.

I'd also thought about setting up an eBay shop selling classical CDs. You can pick them up for a song (!!!) at car boot sales and charity shops. I'd enjoy collecting them. (I'd sell off all the Beethoven and Shostakovich and probably keep all the Mozart and Bach.)

What do you think?

Any suggestions for what might be a good idea?

[kirky]

snow clearing

[pikeman]

Into fishing so collect fishing books suprising what people will pay. Selling a few now. Trouble is cannot even go fishing everything froze over

[Lakes and Pennine]

do a bit of singing but its a bit quiat for the next 2 months

[jouk45]

if the weather is as bad as this next year, get one of these and make a fortune clearning pathways ect, 
http://www.arco.co.uk/products/5772000

[cozy]

Ebay have got abit expensive over the last couple of years. We used to sell alot of stuff on there as PDF files till they banned that. In your case though, I'd look into Ebay, we made quite a few quid on it. There are quite a few things to learn on there about keeping your listing costs to a minimum, but if you have alot of stuff to sell, then go for it.

Another thing is, alot of people buy on Ebay, and sell on markets. Good luck mate.

[Slash]

I'm a pornstar,Window Cleaning is my sideline

[stephen s]

snow clearing

 

[stevef78]

Ebay have got abit expensive over the last couple of years. We used to sell alot of stuff on there as PDF files till they banned that. In your case though, I'd look into Ebay, we made quite a few quid on it. There are quite a few things to learn on there about keeping your listing costs to a minimum, but if you have alot of stuff to sell, then go for it.

Another thing is, alot of people buy on Ebay, and sell on markets. Good luck mate.

hia mate just wonderin if ya can still get away with digital delivery??but also send a cd rom to the custy with the pdf/ebook on them???seen quite a few peeps doin it..

[cozy]

You can try it, untill someone bubbles you. The only problem is, if you keep doing it after you have been warned not to by Ebay, you get banned. I was / am still a member of VERO. Copyrite section, means you can really target the cometition by claiming they are selling your items. Bit complicated, and a pain in the butt.

CD's will work for awhile, till the other sellers of similar items decide to wee on your cornflakes, if you know what I mean.

[stevef78]

You can try it, untill someone bubbles you. The only problem is, if you keep doing it after you have been warned not to by Ebay, you get banned. I was / am still a member of VERO. Copyrite section, means you can really target the cometition by claiming they are selling your items. Bit complicated, and a pain in the butt.

CD's will work for awhile, till the other sellers of similar items decide to wee on your cornflakes, if you know what I mean.

aargh didnt realise what VERO was,i used to do quite a bit of dropshipping on ebay,trainers,womens handbags etc and was always getting them pulled buy ebay for trademark infringements???;(( now i realise what others were doin,either reporting the items as they were the same as theres or because i was doing them cheaper,sly but wise i suppose,thanks for the insight...also how did you become a member of VERO??? thanks again steve

[cozy]

It's fairly easy to become a member of Vero.You have to be a seller with a "Me page", think it's called something else now, have your profile filled out fully etc. All you need to do is, find someone selling either the same PDF or CD and e-mail Vero. You will have to confirm your details by fax, then you will see them remove the item from sale. Now you are registered as a member or copyrite owner. Now you blow the rest of the oposition out of the water.

One of the item we sold was a guide to setting up a proofreading business. Anything that was similar we would vero it.

If you click on vero's page in Ebay, you will see how it works and how to get in. Some parts may have changed lately, don't know.

[Walter Pole]

I run a taxi as my bad weather insurance....thank goodness I have had to fall back over these last few weeks.  I dont know how some of you guys can survive in this weather, my last 'proper' window cleaning day was 18th December  

[kirky]

I run a taxi as my bad weather insurance....thank goodness I have had to fall back over these last few weeks.  I dont know how some of you guys can survive in this weather, my last 'proper' window cleaning day was 18th December  

one of my neighbours drives a black cab,it aint been doin much latley though

[Walter Pole]

It is better to own your own car, some investment in licences and insurance, CRB, medical etc but easily covers costs within a few weeks.

[G Griffin]

Backing Vinnie Jones to win Celebrity Big Brother 

[reachandshine]

Got a couple of cleaning jobs done early mornings before I start round, keeps me ticking over when weathers bad.
 

[michael papworth]

Got a couple of cleaning jobs done early mornings before I start round, keeps me ticking over when weathers bad.
 

Cleaning what? Domestics? Shops? Offices?

Seems like a good idea. Room for a few referrals.

(I used to get lots of enquiries when I was doing Tesco's store front windows ... both from other businesses in the area and from domestics. Problem is, the stores I worked in were miles from home.)

[stevef78]

It's fairly easy to become a member of Vero.You have to be a seller with a "Me page", think it's called something else now, have your profile filled out fully etc. All you need to do is, find someone selling either the same PDF or CD and e-mail Vero. You will have to confirm your details by fax, then you will see them remove the item from sale. Now you are registered as a member or copyrite owner. Now you blow the rest of the oposition out of the water.

One of the item we sold was a guide to setting up a proofreading business. Anything that was similar we would vero it.

If you click on vero's page in Ebay, you will see how it works and how to get in. Some parts may have changed lately, don't know.

nice one cozy i had a shop etc and a me page all set up(still called the same)i was on there before and seen some people sellin the trainers i used to sell,basicly just copying the pic off there site,sellin em on ebay and getting em dropshipped to the cust,will start blowin them up i thinks and start doin the trainers again as was a good part time income, you can get em for $40 from china and flog em for 100quid plus. so good to do,been reading about the VERO pages just before on ebay and your info has inspired me once again so thanks )

[Ian Rochester]

We've got a few sidelines, main ones are on the websites below, ie: bike hire and holiday cottages.

We're in the process of setting up a private hire business which has come about due to needing to be insured and licenced for transporting people and bikes across to whitehaven to do the C2C cycle route, so I thought might as well make use of the vehicle and get it working at weekends!