Fun money: whether your passion is pottery, painting or playing video games, there's money to be made from your hobby

Entrepreneur, April, 2003 by Nichole L. Torres

* TheHobbyPortal.com: a directory of hobby industry Web sites with categories like antiques, arts & crafts, cooking and so on

* You Can Make Money From Your Hobby: Building a Business Doing What You Love (Broadman and Holman Publishers) by Martha Campbell Pullen

NOT-SO-TRIVIAL PURSUITS

Stumped about what kind ofbusiness your hobby might make?Check out these
hobby-tupebusinesses--they'll either workfor you as they are, or at
leastget your creative juices flowingto help you make a decision.


ANTIQUE-RADIO     If you have a talent and
COLLECTING:       passion for antique radios or
                  record players, you can
                  restore these pieces or
                  sell your services to aother
                  less handy collectors.

COMPUTERS:        If you love computers and the
                  Internet, you can sell your
                  services to help people set
                  up their computers. You can
                  even start a Web design
                  business.

COOKING:          Love to cook? Start a
                  Catering Business. You might
                  also specialize in one food--
                  custom-made cookies or cakes,
                  for instance.

EXERCISING:       If you love to exercise, you
                  could become a certified
                  trainer and sell your
                  services to help others reach
                  their fitness goals.

FLOWER            Try pressing flowers into
ARRANGING         pictures, picture frames,
OR PRESSING:      cards, stationery or other
                  gift items to sell.

MAGAZINE          Do you hoard magazines such
COLLECTING:       as Comsopolitan? Peddle them
                  on eBay--issues with a famous
                  person on the cover can fetch
                  high bids from fans.

PET CARE:         If you love spending time
                  with animals, opean a dog-
                  walking business or a cat-
                  grooming service. People
                  love pampering their pets
                  but don't always have the
                  time.

PHOTOGRAPHY:      Sell photographs, create and
                  sell greeting cards with your
                  photos or sell your
                  photography.

SCRAPBOOKING:     Love putting memories
                  together? You could sell
                  your scrapbooking skill to
                  others--make money while you
                  preserve their memories.

VIDEO GAMES:      Consider opening a computer
                  gaming arcade, wihch is
                  similar to an internet cafe,
                  but with games as the main
                  focus, not just the Net.

WINE COLLECTING:  Sell a periphera product
                  (such as an innovative
                  wine storage system) to
                  other wine connosseurs.