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Stories and guides for makers.
How to find your first customers for a home business
Find your first home business customers with a clear offer, local connections and a simple order link. Start small without spending on ads.
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The first customer who doesn't know you
The small shift when someone outside your circle buys what you make, and why a clear offer matters more than looking like a big business.
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The order that comes back
A returning customer is a quiet kind of encouragement. What makes a small local business easy to choose for the second time.
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Your Christmas side hustle needs a finish line
Seasonal orders can quietly take over December. A case for deciding your last order and collection dates before the messages start.
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How to price handmade products without forgetting your time
A practical pricing guide for home makers. Count materials, packaging, fees and working time, then check whether the price fits your customers.
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How to take orders from Instagram without managing every sale in DMs
Turn Instagram interest into orders with clear prices, local availability and an order link. Keep custom questions out of a growing DM backlog.
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What kind of side hustle actually suits you? A two-minute quiz
Six quick questions, add up your score, and find out whether you're a Maker, a Feeder, or a Fixer. A follow-up to our guide on finding your side hustle.
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How to find your side hustle when you don't have an obvious one
You don't need a fully formed idea. A simple way to work out what your side hustle actually is, starting from what's already sitting in your life.
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The account that's making me do uncomfortable maths
An anonymous corporate gossip account, some uncomfortable maths, and a quiet case for having something of your own before you need it.
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How to turn a skill like lash application into a real side hustle
She's been doing everyone's lashes for free for years. Here's what actually starting to charge for it, and running it properly, would look like.
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I bought cookies from a fourteen year old's business. It worked.
What a Year 9 cookie business gets right that most school entrepreneurship programs miss.
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Your skills are worth more than you think
A yoga instructor's story about walking away from accounting, and what it says about the skills we all overlook in ourselves.
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How to take pre-orders without spreadsheets
Spreadsheets work for a while. Then they don't. Here is what changes when you stop tracking pre-orders manually.
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What I learned running a side hustle while working full time
Honest reflections from running a side hustle alongside a corporate job.
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How to Start a Bike Repair and Servicing Side Hustle From Home
How to start a bike repair and servicing side hustle from your garage. Tools, skills, pricing, insurance, ABN and taking bookings around your day job.
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The babysitter problem (and what it has to do with starting a side business)
Asking people to pay you for something you love feels awkward. Here's how to take that moment out of the equation.
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How to raise money for charity using Picklo
Picklo lets you donate a percentage of every order to a charity of your choice. You can even give 100% if you're fundraising for a cause.
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You don't need to be brave. You just need a reason.
Most people think starting a side business takes courage. It doesn't. It just takes a reason good enough to begin.
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Why everyone needs a side hustle in 2026
A piece on why having something of your own matters more than it used to.
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Why a side hustle does more than top up your income
A missed corsage. An Uber across town. And what a small business of your own gives you besides the money.
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How to Start a Cake Business From Home in Australia
Start a cake or cake decorating business from home in Australia. Council rules, ABN, pricing, startup costs and how to take orders around your day job.
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Selling Smoked Meat and Brisket From Home: What You Need to Know
How to sell smoked brisket and BBQ meats from home in Australia. Council rules, food safety, pricing, pre-orders and running it around your day job.
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From firewood to flowers: small businesses you can run from home
Six small home-based businesses worth a closer look. From firewood to flowers, brisket to bike servicing, here is what they have in common.
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Build the soft place to land before you fall
A piece on side hustles, redundancy, and the case for building something of your own before you need it.
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How I built a corsage business that runs itself
What 250+ orders taught me about systems, burnout, and why I built Picklo.
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