Small Business Ideas For Students In Pakistan

Being a student, it is difficult to start and manage a business, but if you have the skills, passion, and qualities of an entrepreneur, then no one can stop you from achieving your goal. We will share some very interesting and outstanding small business ideas for students in Pakistan that will help you a lot to start your business.

Freelance business in Pakistan

In Asian countries, the business of freelancing is trendy. A self-employed person is known as a freelancer. In the lockdown, many people started freelancing because you can do freelancing by sitting in your homes. The international companies that do not have enough time to do their projects hire Asian freelancers to do their projects because of affordable rates.

It is a small but successful business in Pakistan. It needs your hard work and knowledge. Freelancing is like a part-time job. You can do it whenever you are free. To start freelancing, you need a good internet connection and a laptop. Additionally, you must have fast typing speed, grip on grammar, and make good sentence sense.

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In Pakistan, many students, housewives, employees, and professors are doing this job in their free time for some extra income. There are many websites from where you can reach the clients.

You can choose graphic designing, web developing, or content writing field in freelancing, whichever you want. You can earn a handsome amount of money if you are an expert in any of the above fields.

Wedding planning services

Wedding planning services is a business that is becoming popular day by day. A wedding is a special day for everyone, and they want everything perfect. For this reason, they hire a professional wedding planner who plans their wedding decorations and other things according to their mindset and gives them perfectly what they want.

As a student, you can start this wedding planning business and work on it in your free time. To become an expert and professional wedding planner, you must know all the following key points, that are as follows.

• You must know how to manage wedding planning according to the customer's budget.
• Make a list of all the things like lights, music, entrance decorations, and refreshment plan.
• Always hire professional photographers and DJs for the function.
• You must know how to make a good deal with vendors.
• Manage all the activities of the wedding day.

Suppose you want to start this business. First of all, collect all the informative information about this profession. You need a low investment to start this small business. You can also advertise your wedding planning services on social media and TV.

Fries/chips business

This business is the most profitable among all small businesses. As a student, if you want to earn a good amount of money,  then this is the best idea for you. You can do this business in the evening if you’re going to school or college in the morning. People doing the fries/chips business are earning about 3,000 to 5,000 PKR in one day. You’ll get surprised by hearing this news, but it is the truth.

This business does not take most of your effort, but it takes your time. You do not need a large amount of money to invest in this business. It is a small business, and it just needs a low investment. To start this business, you need all the required things that are used in making fries and a perfect location. The location must be near a school, colleges, or any shopping center.

Travel consultation

Being a student, you can start a travel consultation business. It is a good idea for you for a startup. You can do this business in your free time. Many people in Pakistan love to travel. They mostly travel to the northern areas and European countries.

You can start your travel agency in which you can provide a travel consultation to the tourists. In this business, you can organize different trips like student and business trips and also personal vacations. In the last year, about 1.75 million foreign tourists visited the northern areas of Pakistan.

For those people who travel outside Pakistan, you can provide them ticket booking services and hotel services. To grow your business fast, advertise it through billboards, ads, and social media. It is a highly profitable business.

Travel consulting helps travel companies to provide them guidance about different areas. They also help them to improve their customer service, distribution strategy, business efficiency, and conversion rate. The airlines, OTA(s), TMC(s) said that travel consulting plays a significant role in our business. Travel consulting services give expert ideas to travel companies.

Real estate property business

If you want to start a small business as a student with low investment and high profit, then a real estate property business is the best idea for you. It is a very profitable and good business in Pakistan. You do not need a bundle of money to start the real estate property business. This business is becoming popular in Pakistan now. All you have is good information and knowledge of the property market.

The first thing you have to do is give a name to your business that should give it a professional look. The agents are earning a good amount of commission on property selling. Then create a compelling portfolio that includes the services that you provide, the mission, and the goals of your marketing business.

If you want to become a successful property market in Pakistan, then always keep yourself up-to-date with the market values. If you want any kind of guidance about the property market, you can go to the property agents for more information. You can start this business on a small scale, and later with the experience you get, you can expand this business on a large scale.

Photography business

The business of photography is becoming trendy in Pakistan. Mostly the students are joining this business to earn money in their free time. It is a trendy business in Pakistan. If you’re a selfie lover or love to click photos, then photography is the best option for you. You can shoot small videos of what you like, such as nature, rain, cooking food, makeup videos, and many more.

For high-quality photos, you need a DSLR and then add some lenses to it. If you are a tourist and love to click some traveling shots, then you can make an album of travel diaries. You can also start wedding photography and can take such projects.

When you get to know about photography, then you can start your YouTube channel for vlogging and earn from it. But the most important thing about photography is that you must have the skills to click a good photo and know how to add effects to it. If you don’t know about it properly, then you should learn photography first.

Makeup studio

Makeup studio is trending as the number 1 business in Pakistan. If you love makeup and have the skills and passion for doing makeup, then you can open a makeup studio at your home. When people love your makeup skills, they will automatically come to you and will get inspiration from you too. It is a small business idea for students, especially for those girls who want to become entrepreneurs. 

To open a makeup studio, you must have high-quality makeup products. You can get the products from any store, or you can also shop online. Many online stores have branded quality makeup at reasonable prices. Additionally, you can give makeup classes to the girls. You can promote your makeup skills by making videos of your makeup and posting it on YouTube. In this way, you can earn money from both resources.

First of all, to start a makeup studio, plan your business, such as the name of your business and the charges of makeup. You must have a makeup certificate and license from a government institution. In this way, the customers will know that you have professional makeup skills.

Import and export business ideas in Pakistan

As a student, you cannot start a large business of import and export. But you can do this business on a small scale. There are many options in the import and export business, such as:

• You can become a consultant of import and export.
• You can import the spare parts of the vehicles, home accessories like cutting machines, tech, and electronics.
• Also, you can become a part of a customs agent for the work of custom clearing.
• You can also become a part of the cargo tracking service.

In Pakistan, the rate of imports is more than exports. Therefore, it is an unbalanced sector. But now the government of Pakistan is promoting its exports to balance this. If you start this business, you can earn a good amount of money. You’ll not only get good revenue from this business, but it will also give a benefit to the economy of Pakistan.

Baking on order

Baking cakes is a small scale business idea for students. Nowadays, many students and housewives are already doing this business and earning a good amount of money. If you love baking and know how to bake a good cake then, baking is an excellent opportunity for you. On social media, people sell customized cakes at high prices, even without going outside of their houses.

If you want to start this home-based bakery business, then firstly decide the name of your bakery then make a business plan. Then it will be very easy for you to get more and more customers. You need the equipment and all the ingredients for cooking to start your business. You can get all these things from any local store, or you can also order it from any social media site. 

Besides, you can make different types of cakes like birthday cakes, anniversary cakes, and many more. This business requires low investment, but you can make a proper setup for your business when you get the profit.

YouTube

YouTube is such a fantastic platform that offers you to earn a good amount of money. In Pakistan, many TV channels and celebrities upload their videos and dramas on YouTube to get good revenue from it. Even if you’re a school, college, or university going student, you can earn money by uploading videos on YouTube. You can make your content for free. There is no time and age restriction. To get traffic and how to start a YouTube channel, here is a guide for you:

• First, make a YouTube channel and give a name to your channel.
• Shoot videos for your YouTube channel.
• Edit the video to get more views and likes and then upload it on YouTube.
• You can make money on the views you get on your YouTube videos.

Tips and tricks for your YouTube channel

• Make videos on that content, which is mostly searched on YouTube.
• Try to make your videos more and more interesting that will engage the audience.
• Your content should be strong and good enough that the user will automatically like, comment, and subscribe to your channel.
• The name of your videos should be that is most searched.
• Add tags and a good description that explains everything so well. It causes your videos to be searched in most results.
• Advertise or market your YouTube channel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
• Even if you are not getting many views on your videos, don’t give up; slowly and gradually, you’ ll get the views.
• Never copy-paste any other video and then post on your YouTube channel. You can face a copyright claim, or maybe your account can be banned from YouTube.
• Try to make good and effective videos. Never make vulgar or explicit videos that are not allowed by YouTube TOS.

So as a student, now you know many businesses that you can do. So choose any of the above businesses and buckle up to be an entrepreneur. This way, you will not only be able to manage your expenses, but you will also be contributing to the economy of Pakistan.