Home-based custom label printer

Home bakers, jam and sauce makers, candle makers, craft drink startups, market traders and event organisers.

Price per label or per run, plus a small design or artwork-setup fee. Repeat orders from the same makers bring steady income.

• Basic graphic design
• Attention to detail and colour accuracy
• Customer service
• Organised order handling

• Check whether your landlord, mortgage lender or council needs to agree to business use at home
• Food and drink labels must carry the right information (allergens, ingredients, weights). Check the Food Standards Agency guidance and make clear the customer is responsible for content
• Check copyright on any images or logos customers send you
• Printer ink and label stock costs can eat into margins, so track the cost per label

Estimates suggest startup costs typically around £800 to £3,500, depending on your printer, label stock and software. Ink and label stock costs can eat into margins, so it is worth tracking the cost per label from the start.

Estimated monthly revenue is typically around £300 to £2,000, depending on how many customers you win and the size of their orders. That is revenue, not profit, so allow for ink, label stock and your time.

Check whether your landlord, mortgage lender or council needs to agree to business use at home. For food and drink labels, check Food Standards Agency guidance and make clear the customer is responsible for content. Also check copyright on customer images.