Home tailoring
One machine, neighbourhood orders. Work triples in the two months before Eid.
- Last reviewed: 14 September 2026
- Version 1
Stitching on the machine
1 of 3- Starting capital
- ৳25,000 – ৳40,000 Market quote
- Manpower
- 1 people
- First sale
- 14 – 28 days Practitioner verified
- Break-even
- 3 – 5 months Editorial estimate
- Kind of work
- Home-based · Easy
Unit economics
| Item | Range | Evidence | Suggest a correction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly working capital | ৳7,500 – ৳14,000 | Editorial estimate | |
| Selling price | ৳350 – ৳800 / unit | Market quote | |
| Variable cost | ৳60 – ৳150 / unit | Market quote | |
| Time to first revenue | 14 – 28 days | Practitioner verified | |
| Break-even time | 3 – 5 months | Editorial estimate | |
| Cash cycle | 7 – 45 days | Practitioner verified |
Gross margin 57.1% – 92.5%. Our calculation: the low end uses the lowest price with the highest cost; the high end uses the reverse.
What you need to start
- Sewing machineEquipment
- Cutting blouses and salwar kameezSkill
How the work is done
- 1Buy a machine and tools
- 2Measure and cut
- 3Stitch, fit and deliver
Seasons
- JanNormal
- FebNormal
- MarHigh
- AprHigh
- MayNormal
- JunNormal
- JulNormal
- AugNormal
- SepNormal
- OctNormal
- NovNormal
- DecHigh
Where it works well
- Strong fitDhaka · অর্ডার বেশি
- PossibleCumilla · শহরতলিতে চাহিদা আছে
Risks and cautions
- MediumDemand: Orders drop outside the Eid season.
Sources
মিরপুর ও মোহাম্মদপুরের পাঁচ দর্জির সাক্ষাৎকার
Collected: 15 Aug 2026Supports: Starting capital, Selling price · ঢাকা
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Stories about this business
Turning away orders in the Eid rush
A second machine would have doubled Eid income, but sat idle the rest of the year.
- Capital
- ৳35k
- Ran for
- 24 months
- Reasons
- Weak demand, Skill gap
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