To think I can't earn 50k working from home?

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Does anyone successfully do this ?

I'm after inspiration .

oldie I don't need an accountant either, but I have one. I have tax qualifications that I use daily. However she's a specialist (and up to date) and very good. Plus my time is more profitably spent doing my own work. She is quicker I expect, hence why we both benefit. I can't be doing with filing company returns. I also have a bookkeeper for the same reason. I'm surprised, regardless of your tax law prizes, you don't see how that would help.

poppy I realise that not all crafts are tat . That wasn't the point I was making. My mum used to make very intricate dried flower arrangements and beautiful Christmas wreaths years ago, but no one wanted to pay more than tuppence ha'penny for them. Despite being happy to pay £50 for a similar but inferior item from John Lewis. It is extremely difficult to make money from crafts, even if you're very talented at it.

Not everyone "making stuff" is selling glitter glasses or cards, there are some very skilled silversmiths, glass artists and other craftspeople out there

Absolutely, but the poster in question also claims no experience or training is required for what she is doing.

I know someone who makes more than this as a webcam girl. She sells custom photos at £25 per picture and also gets gifts bought for her, etc.

Not the career choice for everyone though, although when I'm dragging my arse to work for £7.50 an hour it's tempting some days. Kidding.

Oh yes I hear you! I enjoy knitting and sewing but have never tried to sell anything as I know how little people value time and effort. There are lots of people who would rather buy cheap tat than something that someone's taken time and effort over.

However if you've a niche skill and can create very top-end items, there's definitely a market for it.

tiramisu- why the face?

I am sorry if it seems to offend you.

I simply have seen a huge gap in the market, thrown time, energy and imagination at things, launched my ideas and products and people want to buy them.
I have very little experience of crafting, although I am a very hands on practical person, I have a creative flair and my business is working.

I earn more than that a year. No qualifications (unless you count 4 x GCSE's?!) but 12 years experience in recruitment.
2nd year turnover was £118k. Currently in my 3rd year. I work 1-5 hours a day, no weekends.

Not bragging, just giving an example that it came be done, and also that qualifications aren't everything!

howmanyusernames I think that's brilliant.

Well done. I love to hear of other's success.

This thread is full of accusations of boasting or lying.

I don't really care what others think. I am enjoying my success and I hope you are too howmanyusernames.

Good luck to you.

Howmany, I wouldn't dispute that! But I don't think the OP wants to wait for 12 yrs for her £50k+

It's possible, but not by answering one of those adverts. My dh earns that amount working remotely as a freelance software developer. It has worked for us as we've been able to live in a location where he'd have had an awful commute if he'd been working on the client site. We're hoping to travel a fair bit once our dc are grown up, as we aren't geographically tied by his work. At times when I've been at home we haven't got under each other's feet that much. The main downside is that he works very late hours for clients in the US.

Howmany, that's fab!

OP my DH easily could if he went the self-employed consultancy route but he's a highly-trained and very specialist engineer. I'm afraid you can't just walk into that

Thanks guys!
Admittedly it did take much longer hours and shitty bosses over the years, but without that I wouldn't be where I am today.
Just realised I put 'came' instead of 'can', such a thicko! That'll be the lack of qualifications!

Thanks for all your replies.

My background is a legal secretary with some ILEX qualifications. I've had 9 years off to raise my family and now I want to get back into work .

I want a high earning career and I'm willing to put in the hard work and training for any professional qualifications that I may need.

I fully understand that I would need childcare if I ever work from home. I don't want to do it just so I can be with the kids all day and do the school run 😕. Working from home would just suit my personality.

Thanks for the good advice.

Law isn't really something I've much experience with. You could start by doing a bit of research to see if there are other people out there offering adhoc legal support - follow them on Twitter, look at their websites and find out what services they're offering. Are your skills out of date after 9 years if your area of law has changed considerably? Could you approach smaller legal firms in your area offering admin services as a starting point? Or blog writing?

I would also consider a change of direction.

I was a research chemist before I had kids- now I craft!

I have several close friends in similar positions.

One friend was a TV producer before kids- now runs an artisan food company, one project manager is now an IT trainer for the elderly. One librarian friend now runs an alternative health clinic. One was a nurse and now has a landscape gardening business.

In fact of my 5 closest friends all have changed direction after having kids and have found success in self employment.
So although yo may want to build on your skills all things are possible, and if you have an idea an enthusiasm then many things are possible.

Also the key advice I'd give to anyone thinking about starting to work for themselves is never to put all your eggs in one basket. I've relied on one client in the past for 90% of my income and if that dries up, you're screwed. Far better to spread the risk. It's not like being employed - when you're freelance clients are free to stop using you at any point, for any reason.

There are 'virtual PA's' out there now, who work from home and build up clients like a Bookkeeper might. I don't know much about it but might be worth looking into, and you could build your client base up that way so there would be no real risk at first?

Anything is possible but you will need both time and money. I work from home running my own business whilst looking after my 2 year old DD. It's stressful, I work mostly when she's gone to bed, meaning I am permanently shattered due to late nights and I rarely achieve half of what I'd like to! On the other hand, I don't have a commute or rigid office hours and I get to spend time with DD.
There are several options for starting a business with limited cash. Working as a consultant would be another option, provided you have solid experience/qualifications to sell.

Newsuitcase tell me more...
I am a lawyer and would love to work from home full time. I have quite a hood and flexible work arrangement (1 day off and 1 day at home per week) but would love to work at home full time.

My friend works from home and earns more than this. She has a business selling some fairly specific animal products almost entirely online, but she also attends trade shows about once a month.

Fee earning in law can be quite a good career in which to work remotely, as they can see you recording your time so employers don't have to worry quite so much about what you're actually doing (as they can see if you're not working!).

I work from home quite a bit as a lawyer. That said, even my super flexible firm is hot on making sure the PAs and EAs are working from the office unless there are special circumstances. I would use your ILEX qualifications and try to get a fee earning role.

It's also something where you might need to build up some goodwill first before starting to work from home, although many firms seem quite keen nowadays on not having to rent huge buildings!

I'm amazed at these philanthropists that are will to share the secrets of how they earn 50,000 pounds simply working from home.

I mean, how do they know whether I'm up to the shop? it's a bit of a leap of faith for them.

They are not only risking their own reputation either. By giving me a slice of their action (which is presumably finite) they are giving away some of their market base. They are fairly indisrimate about they invited too, so they seem to be balakanising thier own customer base. Which is very unselfish, in order to give me, a complete stranger, 50 grand.

Also, I'm assuming this is unskilled labour, since there seem to be no qualifications they ask for. So for each person they invited in, they are diminishing the value of their own skills. Given that they have already upped the competition for clients, this is a double whammy to the market value of their skills.

It's veery kind of them to do this, I must say. What have I done to deserve this generosity.

I do, though I have to travel sometimes and I go into the main office about once a month. I'm a senior manager in a specialist field within the civil service, I have 13 years experience, am an expert in my field and have degree and post-grad from prestigious universities.

OhThisbloodyComputer I don't think anyone is giving anything away.

I take it you are talking about MLM or similar, which no one is doing on his thread.

£50K pa working from home won't land in your lap, which is probably why you are not in that position.