5 Best Small Business Ideas for Diwali with Minimum Investment

“Diwali is the festival of decoration, cleaning, refreshing, energising and innovation. Let's make this diwali season to enlighten your pockets and mind. Money is one of the essential parts of bringing Happiness and Joy in life. Unless you have money in your pockets, you can not enjoy and live happily. So why not use this auspicious occasion to start a new business”

Today, I am going to introduce you, five best business ideas for diwali to earn money without much investment. These ideas can lay down a solid foundation to make you an entrepreneur and you can raise your own business empire.”  

Mehandi Designing Business Idea in Diwali Season

If you are creative and love to create something which looks beautiful, then you should use these skills in the coming ‘Diwali Season’ to create Mehandi Designing in the hands of people.

Every female has the innate nature to look beautiful. Be it a girl or a lady, everyone wants to look beautiful. They decorate every part of their body to look beautiful. Certainly, they want to look beautiful with their beautifully designed hands and feet.

Investment

Investment in terms of money, it hardly exceed more than Rs.500/-

Requirements

• Mehandi packers of various few varieties
• Clean towel or any cotton cloth
• Cleaner
• A Sample design book to show your customer(if necessary)
• The most valuable thing is your designing skills and patience.

Potential Income from Mehandi Designing

Charges vary from place to place and depend upon designing.

From a single customer you can earn a minimum Rs.200/- Rs.500/-. In a day it you could any amount ranging from Rs.3,000/- to Rs.5000/-

White Washing and Cleaning Business in Festive Season

Be it home or shops, cleaning, painting, white washing prefer everybody on the occasion of Diwali. Nobody wants to keep rubbish and unused things at their homes or shops. White washing, cleaning and painting work goes for months or two. There is a big opportunity to use this ‘Income Generating Season of Diwali’ to garner money.

Even if you are not experienced but have skills to manage a team of a few people to get the job done, then you can start a new business. White wash, Cleaning and painting jobs are done throughout the years. However, ‘Diwali Season’ is the peak time to earn money.

Investment

To start this business no store, room or shop is mandatory. It can be started from home.

• In terms of investment you have to purchase a few buckets, drum, pipe, brushes,ladders, ropes and straps. These items are alway be your property. It Hardly could cast Rs.10,000/-
• A two wheeler  bike or  even bicycles is  sufficient to visit from house to house and shop to shop to find out the potential customer.
• Additionally, you should have a fund to hire a few labourers who have experience or are skilled in this job. This fund amount depends upon the size of the team and their skills. Moreover, the period of agreement with the labourers. However, Rs.50,000/- Rs60,000/- is the ideal amount.

Income from this business

There is a huge profit in this business. No business has much profit in a quick time. Even if you start this business with three or four people, you can earn more than Rs.Rs.5,000/- Rs6,000/- per day without actually involving oneself. Evern for a normal Home, you can charge Rs.20,000-Rs.25,000/-. It hardly takes two to three days to complete the job. The cost of Lime, putty, paint and other material could be included or excluded in agreement to the client. It depends upon the agreement.

Selling of Sweets in Diwali

Generally, sweet manufacturing and selling is done by some particular community from generation to generation. Sweet manufacturing and selling are considered their heretical business. For a normal person who  has no experience or heretical business, thinks that he has no such skills. However, it is not always true. Even if you have no such heretical business, nor skill of manufacturing sweets,still you can start your business of selling sweets.

Sweet is one of the most essential things of all festivals of every religion. Be it Diwali, Holi, Dussehra, birthday, meeting of families, occasion achievement, promotion in office and welcoming of new one in the family is done with sharing sweets. Id-Ul-Fiter, Id-Ul-Juha or Christmas to Vaishakhi, sweets are purchased by every household.  India is known as the land of festivals. Here, throughout the year, some festivals continue to happen. Especially, in our country  there is a big population of almost 70% of its total population of whom every other day some festivals are celebrated. Sweet selling is an evergreen going business.

Investment :  To Start a new sweet selling business, investment amount depends upon many factors like, size of your business, location, infrastructure, varieties of items.

The first and most essenting thing is the shop. It can be taken on rent. It could cost a minimum Rs.15,000-Rs.20,000/- Per month in the common residential market. Tray and other items could cost you Rs. 30,000/- Rs.50,000/-

To start this business, for 10X10 Sq.ft  Shop  3-4 people are required.

Income: In festivals like Diwali or Deepawali Season goes for more than a month. The Sale of sweets is at an all time high in the ‘Diwali Season’. You can earn Rs.8,000-Rs.10,000 net profit after all sorts of deduction.

Apart from the peak festivity Season, you can earn Rs.4,000/- Rs.5,000/- Per day.

Manufacturing of new Namkeen/ and Gujhiya

After sweet, Namkeen comes in 2nd in the number of consumable products in the market.   Namkeen and Gujhiya can be made by anybody at home or at a factory. To manufacture namkeen and Gujhiya even basic knowledge is sufficient. Almost, in every household some kinds of Namkeen and Gujhiya are made. These two products are the most consumable products with long durability. A lot of experiments are still need to be done. You can prepare namkeen and Gujhiya of your own recipe. It could be your hit and trial business, and its area is still almost untapped. There is no limit to its varieties and taste.

Investment required

You could start this business from home. Your household utensils and equipment of basic things are sufficient.  Apart from a few materials, equipment can be purchased according to the needs. Packing box/ Jar/ and printed labels and sealing machines are required to be purchased. It could cost from Rs.30,000-Rs.50,000/-

Total manpower requirement depends upon the size of business you want to create. In starting, 2-3 family members are sufficient. For marketing and supply 2-3 people are okay.

It means From total cost of Rs.100,000 You can start a new business.

Income : Income depends upon sales and quality of products.  Apart from quality and varieties; marketing, proper supply of products, and customer services are the most essential things.

Income in Diwali Season could average reach up to Rs.10,000/- Rs15,000/- after all kinds of  deductions. In the normal season, your net income would be not less than Rs5,000- Rs.6,000/-per day after paying off all the liabilities.

Banners and Calender selling

On the occasion of Diwali, almost every household uses banners, calendars to decorate their houses, shops, or offices.  Banners and calendar uses are not limited to a particular festival like Diwali or Deepawali but on other auspicious occasions banners and calendars are used. For example- party, farewell, picnic, birthday, office opening, inauguration etc. There is a big scope of making money by selling banners and Calendars of various designs and sizes. If you are skilled in Craft designing from paper, then it would give many advantages to your skills.

How to Start this business : If you have done craft and designing courses, then you already know  what banners are and how it is prepared.If not, no matter,you can buy readymade banners from the wholesale market at the lowest price and sell them into the local market. You can start this business  from one person as a person of being yourself. Or you could hire someone for this job; it's up to you.

Investment Required

This business can be started with a very minimum amount. If you want to start with yourself only, then Rs.10,000/-Rs.15,000/-. If you want to start at a large scale then the amount of investment depends upon the quantity of purchase materials and size of your team. However ₹ 400,000/- to ₹ 500,000/- is enough to start at a reasonably large scale.

Income : Income of any business depends upon number of buyers and quantity of purchase. Good marketing, good behaviour, and business etiquettes and a clear vision are keys to success in any business. From a single person startup and investment amount of Rs.10,000/-  one can earn Rs,500/- to Rs.700/-  per day.  At a large scale,  income could be 10 to 15 times higher of a single person’s startup. 

Conclusion : There are several occasions in life, which give suitable opportunities to change your life.  Festivals are one of them suitable opportunities.  A right decision and at the right time with consistent regular improvement are keys to success of business.

So, why not take a right decision during this festival season of Diwali to start your business career. A new source of income will bring happiness and joy in your family. Starting up a new business from ground level, gives you many opportunities to learn and grow. You  can raise your business empire from scratch. You could become a source and inspiration of happiness and joy for many families.