5 Online Business Ideas That Make Your Startup Successful

Hannah Gerstaecker
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4 min readMay 13, 2020

Online business gives entrepreneurs an opportunity to earn from any corner of the world. And we all know that the internet is an amazing equalizer.

Amid this COVID 19 pandemic, the world is moving towards digitization to save their business from falling down. And it is the true fact that digitization is the only thing that can help your business grow these days.

So, keeping that point in the mind, in this article we will go through some of the business ideas that can be the best choice for the startup. These business ideas will help your business to survive in the COVID 19 situations.

So, let us, deep-dive, into the best online business idea to flourish in 2020 amid COVID 19 pandemic.

Top Online Business Ideas in 2020

On-Demand Grocery Delivery

Grocery delivery business got a boost after the coronavirus pandemic. People’s fears go out of their house and which leads them to shop online for their daily needs. But even before the COVID 19 pandemic, on-demand grocery delivery apps like Instacart, HelloFresh were popular in the market. People are comfortable to shop online and get things on their doorstep.

Grocery Delivery App Like Instacart

Thus, you can build an online marketplace for the grocery stores, wherein they can register and list out their products. You can take a flat commission on every order. Another solution you get here is to build a grocery delivery app and sell your products over the platform.

Vacation Rental

A hassle-free trip is what we expect when travelling. And that is the reason why people have started using the online platform for bookings when travelling. And the biggest hit of an online vacation rental is Airbnb, which actually changes the way people travel. The voyagers are now more comfortable with booking a homestay rather than hotels. As by staying with locals they can explore the locals and even save a few bucks.

Similarly, if this is your field of interest then you can invest in the travel industry. You can either build a marketplace or can just build a website of your own. Make sure you have good UX/UI for your platforms as it plays a huge role in the success of an online business.

SEO Consultancy

Search Engine Optimization(SEO) is becoming a crucial thing for online businesses. As per the reports, approximately 40% of the users will click on only the first page links while surfing in Google. And that’s the reason why the business owner wants their website to rank on the first page.

Google’s SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages is the main focus of online marketers. People are ready to pay huge amounts for the ranking of their website. You can launch innumerable websites and online businesses with your SEO skills.

Healthcare Apps

Healthcare industry is now moving towards technology. There are so many healthcare apps available which makes it easy for the patients to get their treatments. A few types of healthcare apps available are medicine delivery app, doctor appointment app, doctors on-demand apps and much more. You can use any of these concepts for your online startup.

On-Demand Doctor App

Even here you get two options either to build a marketplace wherein the doctors or the medical stores can register and provide their services. Or just to build an app where you will provide the services. Looking at the current situation of COVID 19 this can be a good startup to opt for. There is a high chance to get success in a short span of time.

Blogging Platform

It’s a trending thing these days. People are getting interested to start their own blogging platforms. And there is a good chance that people will love your platform if they find your content interesting. After getting good users, you can even let others post their content on your websites with a few guidelines.

This will help your blogging platform to build a strong audience. And here, writing articles is just for a start, later you can even use the same platforms for linking, videos and images too. You can make money using such a blogging platform. And the fact is you don’t need to invest much when starting such platforms.

Putting It All Together

So, these are a few online business ideas that can help you to build your online startup. The only trick with every online business is to assure that you’re in a profitable niche market. And for that, you need to have an eye on the online market trends and keep yourself updated with it.

Worried about how to start an online business?

Here is a quick solution, have a look at problems faced by the people and as your online startup try to bring a solution to it. People will get more attracted to your online platform.

Always remember the only thing that can make your startup successful is the user experience. Henceforth, while building your online platform, never compromise with user experience.

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Hannah Gerstaecker
Hannah Gerstaecker

Written by Hannah Gerstaecker

Full-stack developer & Growth Hacker with a goal of helping small businesses and Startups. He loves to write about technology, startups and business.