Start an Accommodation Agency

An accommodation agency is one where someone else collects mail on other people's behalf, rather like a post office or mail box business works.  The accommodation agency is one of the best businesses to run from home and can be operated in a small area with very low overhead. The accommodation agency business offers an attractive level of profits for a business that can be operated part-time from a corner of the living room.  The business involves letting others have their mail forwarded to your home or business address.

Customers usually need this service to preserve their own privacy or because they live in premises from which they are not allowed to operate and advertise a business.  All you do is let customers use your address to promote their goods and services, following which you forward their mail to them on a regular basis.  Take a look at the many advertisements offering such services in Exchange and Mart and the scope for such a service becomes quite clear. 

Contact a few already established accommodation agencies for details about charges and special facilities they operate.  Then model your business on theirs.  Contact your local main post office to let them know what you are doing and ask for whatever advice and information they have to offer.