This post is to help you with the list of top 9 best online businesses for undergraduate students in 2023 without affecting your academic career either as a College student, Polytechnic students or University student.
Thousands of people especially students are found on Google everyday searching for business they can do alongside their academic as a side hustle. I understand the situation of most countries these centuries and how citizens are finding it hard to make a living.
Most people are unemployed, those that are employed are not paid, those that are paid, the salary can’t sustain his family for a month. Imagine a university graduate earning N30,000 monthly, with a wife, three children, house rent, provisions, food, children school fees and so on, how can such person sustain a month with that ridiculous amount.
That’s why, I take my time to research and gathered list of businesses that you can do alongside your work, as a students, government workers, self employ without affecting your daily activities or academic as a student.
If you take these businesses seriously, each of it can earn you N100,000 monthly. Now let proceed:
9 Best Online Businesses for Undergraduate Students
1. Dropshipping:
This is a type of online business where you set up an online store and sell products from third-party suppliers. You do not hold inventory and only purchase the product once your customer places an order.
Shopify and Aliexpress is a great platform to start a dropshipping business.
2. Blogging:
Blogging is a good option for students that enjoy writing about a specific topic. You can monetize your blog with ads, such as Google Adsense, Adsterra, Ezoic and many more, bit the best of ads paying platform is Google Adsense and you can also use affiliate marketing to make money on your website.
To start a blogging, you only need little capital to start, you can decide to host for a month, quarterly or annually. What you just need is driving traffic to your website.
It is easy to start blogging through WordPress, blogger, bluehost and many more.
3. Social media management:
If you have strong social media skills, you can offer social media management services to small businesses. This involves creating, scheduling, and analyzing social media content. Hootsuite and Buffer are great platforms to manage social media accounts.
We have so freelancer platform that can hire you, people in need of your professional will contact you, like Fiver.com, upwork.
What you just need is to create a Gig and wait for offer from sellers.
4. Virtual tutoring:
As a student, you can use your academic knowledge to help others and start making cool cash. What you just to do is to discover/know the subjects you’re good at. Because, your reviews and ratings determine how many buyers will contact you. The outcome of the work done will determine the reviews customers will give.
Because, Online tutoring is becoming increasingly popular these days. You can offer the services to school or college students, secondary school students, Polytechnic or universities students.
You can offer virtual tutoring services on platforms like TutorMe, Chegg.l, Fiverr and Upwork.
5. Online store:
If you have a creative side, you can create and sell your own products online. Undergraduate students can create digital products like ebooks, courses, or printables and sell them online.
Platforms like Etsy or Amazon Handmade are great for selling handmade items.
6. Graphic design:
If you have design skills, you can offer your services to businesses in need of graphic design work, such as logo, flyer, banner and so on.
You don’t need any capital to start and you can start by using your mobile smart phone. Just download Canva and start designing work for your customers.
7. Freelance writing:
Content is king in the online world. Undergraduate students can offer their writing skills to small business owners or bloggers for creating content for their websites.
You just have to choose an aspect you want to be writing on, Education, Entertainment, Politics, Motivation, Sports and so on. And you can decide to stick to all of you’re capable of providing the service.
Site like, Fiverr, Upwork offer work for content creators.
8. Online surveying:
Online survey companies pay people to take surveys. Undergraduate students can take surveys and earn some money during their leisure time.
Site like survimo.com, rooster.org, Amazon and Fiverr.com pay people for survey work.
9. Web design:
Web design is one of the trending online business in 2023, If you have skills in web design and development, you can offer your services to businesses or individuals who need a website.
You can render your service on Fiver, Upwork, to bloggers and companies.
These are just a few ideas to get you started. The key is to find an online business idea that matches your skills and interests, and that you can manage alongside your studies and won’t affect your academic career.
In conclusion, there are plenty of online businesses that undergraduate students can start with little capital and some are free to start. What most of those online businesses required are determination, time and risk.
The most important part is ability to control your shining syndrome, what do I mean by this, is a situation of jumping from business to one another without any succeeding in any. Because you heard someone is succeeding in that area you decide to abandon your current business you’re working on and move to another.
Taiwo succeeded in this business doesn’t mean you will make it through that business too, just be focus and discover the business that matches you most and put all your efforts to it. Truly you will succeed without lacking behind in your academic.
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