Hi my fellow Nairalanders, happy new year to you guys and I wish you guys all the best in this new year. Thread on lucrative business you can start with small capital.
1) EVENT PLANNING: event planning has become one of the most promising career paths in the current labor marketplace. You can start event planning business by volunteers for caterers,florist, planning birthdays party for your friends and family at non profit or work for an established event planner. Create an event portfolio, showcase your work with photos, brochures and invitations of the event you've planned. Create a website, social media account and business cards and make sure you develop your network.
2) Ushering Company: to begin a career in usher service business, you must make sure you are a good communicator or do as much research and be passionate. Start by doing a trail runs. Most of this will be free,be meticulous and do it as if you have been paid a million for it. Create an instagram account,get a business card and don't forget to advertise your company to event planners.

3)NAIL BUSINESS: it's a profitable business. Gain experience with 1month to 2month. To fully start the business the capital should be about 20thousand Naira. This would be used in purchasing the needed materials like nail fits kit, cuticle,exfoliator,resuable nails forms,sable brush's,oil,paints e.t.c . One can makes up to 200 percent profit. A material bought can be used for about 10 people. Using a nail varnish as an example. The prices depend on the location and the types of customers one has. On the average french tip cost 400hunderednaira,french tip with acrylic costs 600hunderedNaira, pedicure for man cost 2,000naira and above, pedicure for women cost 1,000naira and above. Promote your business on all social media,make a business card. You might be surprised about the prices that is the prices range of my little cousin,she still in secondary school and she is making a little cash from this business.
5) CLEANING SERVICES: it cost 17thousand naira to 27,000naira to clean a two bedroom apartment,a three bedroom apartment typically costs 23,000naira to 33,000naira. While the cost of cleaning a duplex with more than three bedroom rooms ranges from 34,000naira to 55,000naira. On average house cleaning in Nigeria is about 4,000naira to 8,000 per room depending on the location.
The material needed to start up the cleaning business are sponges, Yello duster, cleaning brush,glass polishing clothes,a mop and bucket, protect glove e.t.c Get a little experience, build an email list, email marketing isn't dead,local promotion,promote it on all social media platforms, Make friends with agent, they will serve as a referrals for you. Get a business card and always promote your business. The prices up there is what my friend charges for her cleaning services and trust me, her business is growing day by day.

5) ZOBO BUSINESS: zobo business is a lucrative business and it doesn't require huge capital. For small scale entrepreneur, you can begin with 5,000 without branding . For a large scale you can start up with 20000Naira. We both know that one of the things that sell in our current age is "packaging" it is what makes the difference between a winning business and a failing one. So I will advise you to brand your bottle. Learn how to make a zobo drink on free youtube video or pm me and I will teach you for free. Package your zobo well and sell it for supermarket owners, minerals shop around your vicinity. Open a instagram account for your zobo drink and make sure you advertise it on every social media platforms. Go to carnivals, music concert,rent a little space over there and sell your package Zobo. Make a business card and a website.

This is a business university, if you are a jobless graduate and you have nothing doing..you better camp here and learn a thing or two.

Goodluck >

SMOKED CATFISH BUSINESS: The four basic steps in smoking catfish are cleaning, curing, smoking and drying. To be precise you start this business with 20,000 upwards. I will give you some analysis. With the irregular power supply in Nigeria,get a oven that run on just cooking gas or coal but I will prefer cooking gas. You can also start with local method. All you need is packaging,make sure you wash, Clean and dried your fish well. Accessibility to market, the market is not really the challenge, the major problem you might face is your inability to market your product or produce. I will advise you to have a good market plans such as by advertising to hotels and guest houses, advertise to caterers and chefs you know, make a soup video you cook with your fish,
Supply to supermarket too. Open instagram account and advertise your product or produce on every social media platforms. My neighbor is into this business,she makes sales almost every weekend,she will dresses up every Friday and go to hotel,guest houses to advertise her product. Now she doesn't do that anymore,they ordered she supply because she's already popular. She has a good marketing plan and don't forget to have a business cards. It is very important.

6)ANKARA BUSINESS: 4 keynote to start up ankara fabric business in Nigeria are skill and experience,Niche,set up a physical sell online. Ankara business is a lucrative business as most Nigeria wear the native attire. There are several free online fashion school and youtube video you can use to enhance your skill. Open a business instagram account and you advertise your business on all social media platforms,open a website,get a business card, advertise your business to tailors that sew in large quantities.
Note: Rome isn't built in a day,you will learn,gain ,loss business isn't easy and it's not a day job. The most important thing is that you shouldn't quit and the sky will be your beginning.

walkwithgod:
I'd be adding a few to the list soon, OP.

Okay,I will be glad if you do so.

ecomalchemist:
This is a business university, if you are a jobless graduate and you have nothing doing..you better camp here and learn a thing or two.

Goodluck >

Thanks

PINK LIP BALM: You can start serving this massive market by manufacturing and selling your own pink lip balm today. It's easy and inexpensive product to make, which it's a great choice for new entrepreneurs. For example,you can market lip balms that unique scents or colors or go after the organic market. Make sure you understand lip balm ingredients, choose a premium label,design your label, photography your product. Advertise your product on every social media platforms, supply to supermarket around your victinity to sell for you. Make a video of you, using your pink lip balm. Get a business card.
Note: if you don't know how to make a pink lips balm, I can teach you.

SUGAR BABY BUSINESS: according to stats on seeking arrangement, the most popular sugar baby/ sugar daddy website, the average baby is 25 and about $2,800 monthly through her sugar baby/ sugar daddy arrangements. These are tips to bag a sugar daddy. Been a sugar baby is not an easy task as it requires one key thing"PACKAGING" invest in your hair,get a good bleaching cream,make sure you invest in a good quality bleaching cream, invest in good perfumes and nails. Here is a list of of those places to meet a sugar daddy,any country club in Lagos,viagra shops in Ikoyi, business meeting section of night clubs,oil and gas end of the year party, pension houses in Victoria Island,wine shops reception/ car park, canadian embassy e.t.c.