Can your hobby turn into a form of business?

Is there anyone of you who has made his or her hobby as your business profession?

Please share your thought on this point.

 

I am in the process of doing so. I currently make $xxx from it and growing.

 

My hobby is internet

My business is internet

So yes

 

Yes I have... graphics & website design use to be a hobby, but now it's a method of income for me

 

Yes..
I used to be hooked to the internet and now i make loads of cash from it and it looks like a prospective business.
Same with IT and creating software..

 

i have a question for your w3bmaster,,,

how much money do you earn from the internet if your hobby and business are INTERNET????

 

I do think a lot of businesses start off as a hobby. I am a director of a UK web development company and website design started as just a hobby for me a few years ago but now I am confirming 6 figure contracts with major companies.

It is all about believing in yourself and your product or service. It is a major step giving up your 9-5 job and starting your own business. With your own business there is no such thing as 9-5 anymore.

 

More like 6am-10pm

 

Yes, you do whatever it takes to make your business work. After all if you do not bring in the money then you and your family starve.

 

Web design and development used to be a hobby now i've turned it into a living. I've seen a lot of sites where people have turned their interests into income starting niche-related community sites or blogs for example. Your options are limitless.

 

Sure it can become a business. I have a friend who is drawing cartoons and comic books. He started the whole thing just like that. It is still his hobby, but now he manages to earn money from it. Cool, isn't it?

 

My hobby was php/mysql now I make money out of it. It's not easy but you do what you like and it does not seem like work.

 

Thats what Niche sites are all about..
You just covert your hobby into an income generating source.

 

There are many good examples of that. Most of the social networks have started their existence as some sort of a home project among friends.

 

10 pm??? You get to go to bed at 10 pm???

 

I think a huge amount of businesses - successful businesses - were peoples' hobbies before they became something that brought in money. Even before the internet, that was true (can't remember.. no internet?? faint memory... )

Someone who has a hobbie, usually has a passion for the subject. Hence, it's easy to turn it into a business (note I'm not saying it's isn't lots of work - just more rewarding!!!)

Lynne

 

lets see some situation here:

u love cooking... and u have a lot of recipes to share to everyone.. so, u make an ebook and sell it... now u make some money from that...

well, 1st its a hobby, now it become business... a lot people will come to u for advice, and service..

for me, create a business which u like.. my hobby is programming.. so i make service web design..

 

Well said kodin. Just make a site of what you enjoy and make it profitable.

 

A quote from the old, but always inspire me:

The biggest mistake people make in life is NOT making a living at doing what they most enjoy.

- Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990)

 

gud one! yeah usually mnay are just inspired by the feel or need to do it reather than the money behind it..

then it flows on!