15 Online Business Ideas You Can Start from Home This Month
Mohamad AboAzan · · 3 min read
In short
Some of the best home-based online businesses: sweets and baking, preserves and home cooking, handmade accessories and jewellery, clothing and abayas, perfumes and care products, gifts and wrapping, educational toys, candles and soap, plants, second-hand clothing, and services like design and tutoring. Choose what you know, test it with a few products, and sell through a store link and WhatsApp.
Create your store on Matjarji →A home business needs no shop and no big capital, but it does need an idea that fits you and an organised way to sell. Here are 15 ideas grouped by type.
💡 No business is guaranteed to profit. Choose what you know and can source, start small, and calculate costs before you scale.
Products you make yourself
- Sweets and baking: cakes, pastries, sweets for occasions.
- Preserves and home cooking: pickles, jams, frozen meals.
- Handmade accessories and jewellery: bracelets, necklaces, embroidery.
- Candles and natural soap: good margins and a loyal audience.
- Crochet and knitting: baby clothes, bags, decor.
Products you resell
- Clothing and abayas from a wholesaler.
- Perfumes and care products from reliable, genuine sources.
- Gifts and wrapping for occasions and holidays.
- Educational toys and children's supplies.
- House plants and gardening tools.
- Good-condition second-hand clothing, sorted and well photographed.
Services you offer online
- Design: logos, social media posts.
- Page management for small shops.
- Online tutoring.
- Translation and writing.
How to choose the right idea
- Do you know or enjoy this field?
- Can you source materials or products consistently?
- Is there demand in your city or country?
- Does the price leave a margin after delivery and packaging?
- Is it easy to deliver without damage?
Steps to start
- Pick one idea and prepare 5 to 15 products.
- Photograph them well and write an honest description for each.
- Price each product on its full cost.
- Create a store with a link and share it on WhatsApp and social media.
- Gather your first customers' feedback and improve.
How to create your store on Matjarji
Whatever your idea, you need one place that shows your products and takes orders. Matjarji is an online store builder made for Arab merchants wherever they are: you create your store in about five minutes, with no technical skills and no commission on your sales.
- Go to the store creation page.
- Choose your business type (clothing, supermarket, perfumes, cars, real estate and more) and a plan.
- Write your store's name and pick its own address, like your-name.matjarji.com.
- Add your WhatsApp number, how customers pay (cash on delivery, Sham Cash) and your delivery fee.
- Press create: your store is online with sample products you edit with your own photos and prices.
What you get:
- Organised orders in a dashboard or sent to your WhatsApp, with guest checkout if you want it.
- Cash on delivery and Sham Cash, with your delivery fee shown before the customer orders.
- Discount coupons, notifications for your customers and statistics on visitors and orders.
- Product and category pages built for search engines, so new customers find you on Google.
- A fixed subscription with no commission on your sales, paid by Sham Cash or Western Union.
Plans: «Intilaqa» is the low-cost plan to begin with; «Tawassu'» and «Riyada» are for more orders and come with a free trial, so you can try your store before paying. Current prices and offers are in the pricing section.