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Start a Business This Week. Here Are Ideas You Haven't Tried Yet
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items Not all business ideas are created equal. Some are outdated. Some are oversaturated. I filtered through hundreds to bring you the trending, underserved, and genuinely worth your time and small capital.
Aesthetic Kakanin Bento Boxes. Sell visually arranged Filipino rice cakes and native desserts in cute bento-style boxes for gifts and merienda. Viral potential: colorful textures and satisfying packing videos; Cost: Low–Medium Platforms: TikTok, Face...
Kakanin in a Box Your favorite Kakanin Specials
DIY Samgyupsal-at-Home Kits . Assemble ready-to-cook Korean BBQ sets with marinated meat, side dishes, and sauces for small families. Viral potential: families filming their at-home samgyup dates Cost: Medium Platforms: Facebook, TikTok Shop, Shopee.
Samgyup in the house DIY Korean BBQ meal at home
Offer individual or duo-sized baked sushi trays for students and office workers. Viral potential: ASMR scooping shots and “taste test with friends” content; Cost: Low–Medium; Platforms: TikTok, Facebook Marketplace, GrabFood
Mini Baked Sushi Trays
Curate isaw, fishballs, kwek-kwek, and other street snacks in branded graze boxes for parties.
Local Street Food Graze Boxes
Offer custom-shaped pancakes (anime, K-pop, superheroes) for kids’ parties and weekend pop-ups.
Character-Shaped Pancakes: A Fun Breakfast Idea
Prepare low-oil, high-protein silog meals for busy employees and gym-goers.
Healthy Silog Meal Prep Packs
Sell layered, café-style coffee jelly in aesthetic cups with labels and quotes.
Coffee Jelly Aesthetic
Offer flavored lugaw (bulalo, pares, sisig toppings) with delivery focused on 8 p.m.–2 a.m.
Late-Night Lugaw Delivery
Start a small cleaning service where every project is filmed (with consent) as a transformation vlog. Viral potential: satisfying before/after shots and time-lapse cleaning; Cost: Low–Medium; Platforms: TikTok, Facebook, YouTube Shorts
House Cleaning & Decluttering Vlogs + Service
Offer budget-friendly study or work desk makeovers for students and WFH employees using Shopee/Lazada finds.
Study Desk Makeover Service
Organize weekly pasabuy for warehouse, Divisoria, Dapitan, or Taytay tiangge finds. Viral potential: haul videos and “comment mine” culture; Cost: Low–Medium; Platforms: Facebook Groups, Facebook Live, Messenger
Practical Pasabuy
Provide fast UV and deep-cleaning for smartphones and accessories near schools and offices. Viral potential: gross-before vs. clean-after closeups; Cost: Medium; Platforms: TikTok, Facebook Reels, local groups.
Phone & Gadget Sanitizing Pop-Up
Rent aesthetic picnic setups (blankets, pillows, fairy lights, props) for dates and barkada shoots in parks. Viral potential: Instagrammable shoots and TikTok date vlogs; Cost: Medium; Platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook Marketplace
Rent-a-Content Ready Picnic Set
Offer house calls to repot, diagnose, and rescue sick plants, plus sell simple care guides. Viral potential: emotional plant transformations and pet-plant stories; Cost: Low; Platforms: TikTok, Facebook, Instagram.
Plant Rescue
Wrap gifts in unique, themed styles and film unboxing-ready videos for clients to send. Viral potential: ASMR wrapping and reveal content; Cost: Low; Platforms: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook
Personalized Gift Wrapping & Unboxing Service
Set up a DIY-style photo and short Reels/TikTok booth using a phone, ring light, and backdrop. Viral potential: guests share and tag your handle instantly; Cost: Medium; Platforms: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook..
Local Event Photo Booth
Neighborhood Runner Run errands (pay bills, drop off packages, buy groceries) in your town with online booking. Viral potential: relatable “laziest errands I do for people” skits; Cost: Low; Platforms: Facebook, TikTok, Viber group chats
Errand Hero