HE 214- HANDICRAFT AND

COTTAGE INDUSTRIES

Prof. Emily B. Cabigon Gerell A. Tanlawan

COURSE FACILITATOR REPORTER

CHAPTER 16
COTTAGE
Objectives:
• Present a cottage industries ideas
• Brainstorm on the Advantages and
benefits of cottage industry
Cottage Industry
- a business or manufacturing
activity carried on in a person's
home.
Cottage Industries Ideas
1. Freelance Writing
Getting the right type of content is very
important for bloggers and just about
anyone who plies their trade on the internet.
Unfortunately, not everyone is gifted in
writing and most of them cannot afford to
hire full-time content writers, so what they
do is to hire freelance writers on websites
like Freelancer, Fiverr, and Upwork to write
for them.
Cottage Industries Ideas

2. Online Tutoring
This one is targeted at students and people who
are hungry for information. You can earn money from
offering tutorials online, or packaging information
that people are interested in into a digital product
that you can sell for a profit online.
Cottage Industries Ideas

3. Soap Making
Almost everyone uses soap for bathing and laundry
purposes. If you can come up with a good recipe, you
can earn a lot of money making and selling soap to
your friends, family and colleagues and supplying
them to grocery stores around you. If you have a good
delivery system, you can even sell your soap online.
Cottage Industries Ideas

4. Auto Repairs
Another business idea is repairing of
damaged and broken down vehicles as well as
offering vehicle maintenance services to vehicle
owners around you.
Cottage Industries Ideas

5. Computer Repairs
You can offer computer repair services to
commercial enterprises or private individuals in your
locality. If you want to get more customers and earn
more profits, you should consider offering remote
computer repair services too so that you can sell your
services to people from all over the world.
Cottage Industries Ideas

6.  Welding
Welders service a wide range of customers including
people in the construction industry, automobile
industry, agricultural industry, and so on. If you have the
skills and knowledge or willing to spare some time to
learn, you can earn some good profit from starting a
home-based welding service.
Cottage Industries Ideas

7. Cleaning Services
Nowadays, most people are too busy to clean their
own homes. You can set up a cleaning service and earn
some good money per hour from helping people clean
their homes. You can also get some commercial
establishments to pay you for cleaning their offices and
business spaces.
Cottage Industries Ideas

8. Candle Making
Candles are very common amongst spiritualists,
restaurant owners, party planners and romantic lovers.
You can earn money from creating your own brand of
candles from home.
Cottage Industries Ideas

9. Baked Goods and Candies

You can start making cake, cookies, candies, pies,
and other baked goods in your spare time and sell them
to your colleagues at lunchtime or sell them to children
at parks. You can even supply them to grocery
stores, supermarkets and shops in your locality.
Cottage Industries Ideas

10. Fishing
If you love fishing and can obtain a fishing license,
you can set up your own fishing business where you
harvest and sell fresh fish to people who oven eating
fresh fish.
Advantages of Cottage Industries
 Work From Home
The biggest benefit of having a cottage
industry is probably the ability to work from
home. This means that people who had difficulty
working at a job away from home -- because
they have small children, perhaps, or because
they live too far from suitable employers -- can
engage in meaningful, paying work. Because
women stay home with children more than men
do, cottage industries benefit more women than
men.
Advantages of Cottage Industries
 Lower Costs
Operating a business out of the home means fewer
start-up costs and lower operating costs. Business
owners don't need to pay rent and utilities for a business
location or rent out the use of a commercial kitchen.
They may save money on childcare if their children can
be in the home during work hours. Anyone the business
employs works either at the home of the business owner
or at his own home, saving money on gasoline for
traveling farther to work, extended childcare, work
clothes, lunches, parking and other typical working
expenses.
Advantages of Cottage Industries
 Fewer Regulations
Businesses that operate from home generally are not
subject to as many regulations as those that operate in
strictly business locations. This translates to less hassle,
easier start-ups and fewer overhead costs. Even home
baking businesses, which previously were not permitted
or had stringent regulations governing them, can now
operate much more freely from home, thanks to laws
recently passed in many states. This doesn't mean
cottage industries have no regulations -- they usually
need licenses or permits of some kind -- but the rules
governing them are fewer and less strict.
Advantages of Cottage Industries
 Economic Opportunity
Cottage industries bring increased economic
opportunities to individuals and communities. In some
areas of the U.S. and the world, cottage industries make
the difference between poverty and stability. When
given the opportunity to produce items for sale on a
manageable scale, many types of creative producers can
earn money from work they enjoy doing.
Advantages of Cottage Industries

 Unique Products
Since items made in cottage industries are created
one by one, rather than mass produced, they offer
buyers handmade quality. Many products are unique
or slightly different because they are handmade. Yet,
due to their lower overhead costs, items made by
cottage industries are not necessarily more expensive
than manufactured items.
Benefits of Cottage Industries
The benefits of cottage industries and other small scale
enterprises are a no-brainer. Apart from productive income
activities, they create an environment of lower income
inequality and allow people to take control of their lives and
bring earnings into their community. Most importantly, they
generate gainful non-agriculture based employment for those
who cannot find jobs elsewhere. They can play a surprisingly
large role in improving a nation’s economic standing. In
addition to general poverty alleviation programs, developing
cottage industries is an approach that can boost the rural
economy and diversify its production.
Benefits of Cottage Industries
In spite of its benefits, cottage industries
struggle to survive under the pressure of
globalization. Their products are unable to
compete with the cheap goods of efficient
production. Lacking the marketing savvy to
advertise their products and safeguard their
interests, these entrepreneurs lose out on the
global playing ground. On the flip side,
globalization also opens new markets and
increases demand for products of all kinds,
ranging from tourism to uniquely embroidered
textiles and crafts.