Ways to Make Money...

[Wolfwoman]

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All good ideas. I need to find additional things I can do while here at the store. I do my fur crafting in the winter, but I need a summer extra money-maker that goes along with being here.

 

[debilorrah]

I guess my issue is that I work full time and at the end of the day the last thing I wanna do is MORE work. I have enough going on around here with the chickens and the horses.

Side note. The sparrow are welcome in the coop to eat. But apparently blue jays are not

I found a TON of blue feathers in the coop this morning.

 

[Spookwriter]

I'm a gambler.

Addicted to it. Never cards, ponies or sports. I gamble in the buy
sell and trade of cars, trucks...homes. If it looks like something I
can flip for enough profit margin, I'm interested. I love auctions.

The way I've got it figured, I stopped playing with my money years
ago. I can only use the PROFIT money from a venture to buy the next
thing. Thats the rule...and I don't ever break it.

(A few threads here about flipping chickens... I just can't see a reasonable
margin for the time invested.)

 

[redhen]

House cleaning? Taking care of the elderly at home? Doing their shopping for them.. just helping them out around the house? Cooking meals for them?
You could put an ad in the local paper...

lets see... your in Alaska...
Maybe run some type of tourist thing? Take people fishing? Or on nature hikes? Hunting?

 

[Wolfwoman]

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Well yeah. I can relate to that, but we still have to make it thru the winter. It's sparse here and was trying to come up with ways to make even $2-3000 thru the summer extra.

Purty blue feathers eh?

 

[Wolfwoman]

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I am the tourist thing. I own a small general store on the highway. I have to find ways to make extra WHILE I am at the store.

We are here 8am-9pm 7 days a week for 5 tourists months... there is no extra time before or after, must be during

 

[DuckLady]

OP, this won't apply to you but I just remembered something my neighbor and I were thinking about.
We live an hour from the nearest "real" grocery store. 2 hours NE of Spokane right by the Canadian border.

We were thinking of doing grocery runs for those not able to get out or who don't like to drive that far to go to Costco (2 hours) Safeway or Walmart (1 hour).
We would charge for gas and something for our time to do their grocery shopping once every week or 2.

 

[redhen]

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I am the tourist thing. I own a small general store on the highway. I have to find ways to make extra WHILE I am at the store.

We are here 8am-9pm 7 days a week for 5 tourists months... there is no extra time before or after, must be during

Darn..thats gonna be hard..

What about sled rides? with your dogs?? You may have to hire someone...but i know that folks will pay big bucks for that type of thing... so you should make a profit..

I dont know... sorry i cant help. This is why i'm poor myself...

What about making native crafts/tools AT the store WITH the tourists?? teach them how the natives used to do things? Maybe even cook some native food for them?? I'd pay to do that...
Are you anywhere near where they had the gold rush? When i went to alaska we went to a re-creation of a gold mining camp.... that was pretty cool.
maybe make a re-creation of a native village??

 

[DuckLady]

When we had the garden shop open this spring, I took my sewing machine and did some sewing between customers.

I think doing your crafting while you are minding the store is a great idea and you would likely sell right away to the first tourist who walks in the door when you are finished.

 

[Spookwriter]

I know nothing about Alaska. Help me out?

First off, who's got the money up there? That's your target. You want
them to want to give you their money.

What's in your area? What kind of area is it even?

What NEEDS to be in your area?

What sells often up there? Cars, trucks, dogsleds? Supplys?

Whats the population around you? How many sells you do need to hit
to meet your mark?

Give us as much information as you possibly can, lets see who can come up
with a sideline plan.

You have a building, a store? Any extra room?