China-Singapore Jingwei, October 6th (Wei Wei) Have you ever imagined that you would go out of the house during the holidays, set up a booth with three or five friends, and earn some pocket money?
During the 11th, some people go out to play, some people stay at home with their families, and some people find ways to "make money".
Nowadays, many young people are no longer constrained by their own jobs and are trying side jobs in different fields.
Maybe you also want to try to start a side business where you can make money outside of your main business.
Sino-Singapore Jingwei also interviewed several young people who are engaged in side jobs. What are their side jobs?
Can you really make money?
Rui Rui bartender
Trunk bar earns 30,000 yuan a month
Around May, due to the impact of the epidemic, bars could not be opened for business. At that time, the rent pressure was relatively high. A friend happened to be a trunk bar in the circle of friends. I thought I would just start a side business.
At the beginning of this trunk bar, I didn’t want to make a lot of money. There are many practical materials for setting up the stall. Sometimes the wine we make may not be sold for two days, so we throw it away, and the consumption is relatively large.
We have two or three friends to open together, there are dozens or even hundreds of customers every day, the monthly turnover is about 70,000 yuan, and we can earn more than 30,000 yuan without the cost.
Location selection is also important.
We changed several places, starting at the riverside under the Liangma Bridge, where there was a lot of traffic, and later moved to the square near Wangjing Soho.
Generally, the stalls are set up around seven or eight in the evening, and the closing time is uncertain.
Source of Rui Rui's trunk bar: Photo courtesy of the interviewee
I have also read on Xiaohongshu, some people take the trunk bar as a side business, and I have also been to some trunk bars to drink, but the overall performance is not particularly perfect, and the professionalism needs to be strengthened.
I personally think that if you want to do a side business, you should also do it well. It is best to choose a field that you are good at or interested in.
For example, if you are a trunk bar, you can find a bar to learn about cocktails. As long as the cocktails are ready, the aroma of the wine is not afraid of the deep alleys, and there will be repeat customers after they are done.
I also met some college students who came out to make trunk bars. Although there were only a few cocktails, these drinks were combined with movies. They also brought projectors to watch movies, and professional photographers took pictures of customers. , I think this idea is also very good.
If you don't have much start-up capital, you can find two or three friends to buy some materials, and the cost will not be very high.
Some wines are dozens of yuan a bottle, and if you buy some ice cubes, a few thousand yuan may be enough to start the capital. If you have a car, you can use the trunk of the car directly. If you don’t have a car, you can buy a stroller and some small lights. A little ambience.
If you plan to do it for a long time, you still need to find a way to attract individual customers and turn individual customers into repeat customers. At this time, you may need some creativity.
The price of wine is also a science.
It mostly depends on the surrounding competitors and needs to be calculated carefully.
Of course, the most important thing is to find a place with a higher traffic flow, plus your own wine is also good, it is possible for two or three people to reach 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a month.
The trunk bar experience this time also gave me some inspiration.
Some customers have given us feedback that this format is very good. When the weather is good in spring and autumn, we may organize some customers to come out to play.
R&D personnel of an Internet company
Farming sea creatures is expected to earn 1,000 yuan per month
I have been working in Beijing for more than six years. In May of this year, I finally moved to my own house, and my dream of "fishing" came true.
I've always been interested in aquaculture of marine organisms, and I didn't think about it as a side business at first, but when we evaluated the market, we found that it's very possible as a side business.
At first, I was attracted to the clownfish, the protagonist of the cartoon "Finding Nemo".
This kind of clownfish has a short reproductive cycle. It lays eggs twice in a month, with 600 eggs each time, and the survival rate is 70%-80%, that is, a pair of fish can breed nearly 1,000 a month.
One of these small fry can be sold for about 8-10 yuan. We calculated that raising a pair can bring relatively large benefits.
We also raised a pair of clownfish, but because we had no breeding experience, one of the female fish quickly became ill, and after being treated for a period of time, it still did not survive. In the end, only the male fish remained, and the breeding was unsuccessful.
I also keep entry-level corals - "leather", about a hundred dollars.
This coral is pure soft body, without bones, like leather, with small tentacles of about one millimeter on it, which will naturally grow into a circle, like a dandelion.
Raising corals is like raising flowers. After breeding, they can be cut and sold. A mother can be cut into six or eight pieces and tied to small stones. When it grows on its own, it can be divided into many pieces. All can be sold.
In addition to clownfish and corals, I also raised two anemones, "Big Hand Star Flower" and "Red Pacifier", as well as some seaweeds.
After several months of breeding, the corals and sea anemones have already reproduced almost, and they can be sold after the National Day holiday.
Source of pacifier anemone: Photo courtesy of the interviewee
Now I have 5 "leather", each about 100 yuan; "big hand star flower" has thirty or forty heads, about 7 yuan a head; "red pacifier" is 200 yuan a piece, there are currently two.
Counting down, a total of about 1200 yuan can be sold.
If it can run stably in the later stage, it is expected to bring about 1,000 yuan of income per month.
Of course, raising a tank of sea creatures requires some investment to maintain the fish tank into an ocean-like ecosystem that can be recycled.
The hardware cost in the early stage is about 10,000 yuan, including a large fish tank and equipment in the fish tank, such as wave-making pumps, ultraviolet lamps, etc.
In addition, some nitrifying bacteria and algae need to be put in to keep it in a stable state.
Every month, salt is used for irrigation, electricity is used for operation, etc., and it takes about 200 yuan per month to calculate.
Source of Shanshan's fish tank: Photo courtesy of the interviewee
In addition to the hardware cost, the most important thing is to buy some marine creatures. I chose some beginner creatures, which are relatively easy to breed, and cost about 2,000 yuan.
Novices still choose some well-raised creatures, which is more fulfilling.
If you really take "keeping the tank" as a sideline, you will need to invest more creatures in the later stage. After adding creatures, the burden of the fish tank will be large, and of course you will need to invest more time to maintain it.
I'm quite satisfied with the current state, I don't need to spend too much energy, I can watch it normally, and it can bring some benefits from time to time.
Xiaoyu, product manager of an Internet company
Set up a stall selling mobile phone accessories to earn 100 yuan a day
I've always wanted to do a side business, to make a little bit of money outside of my main business.
One day in August this year, I occasionally swiped a short video on Douyin, and saw someone selling that kind of doll on a keychain for only one dollar each.
I had an idea and thought that if I set up a stall to sell it, I should be able to make money.
That night, I placed an order for 100 little dolls in the live broadcast room, and he will give you what kind of doll you choose.
After the goods arrived, I went to a station exit of Metro Line 5 to set up a stall at 4 p.m. that day.
I sorted out the goods, and the better-looking ones are priced at 5 yuan, and the ones with slightly worse appearance are priced at 5 yuan.
Source: Photo courtesy of the interviewee
At first, I was a little embarrassed and didn't know how to attract customers.
Later, when I saw the owner of the fruit stand next to me selling "Does anyone want fruit?", I also summoned the courage to shout, "Does anyone want small dolls and mobile phone accessories?" Soon some customers came to watch.
This kind of small doll has a relatively wide audience. At first, I thought that it was mostly bought by parents for children.
Actually not, most of the buyers are young people of the same age as me. Young people are slightly less sensitive to price, and the product price can actually be higher.
I sold it for nearly two hours, and it was basically sold out, and I probably made more than 100 yuan.
I was inspired by this experience, and I bought some more goods, but because of the busy work, this batch of goods has not been sold yet.
This kind of stall still requires time and cost. Although the profit rate seems to be good, the total amount of money earned is relatively small.
Side business is actually an attempt, and I will continue to explore more profitable side business.
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