Side Hustle Ideas
If you’re interested in taking advantage of a side hustle’s benefits, here are 50 options.
Driving
Companies like Uber and Lyft make it easy for side hustlers to earn extra money whenever they feel like working. You’ll need to get approved by one such service, and then you can enjoy making your schedule.
If you like that idea but don’t want to welcome actual passengers into your vehicle, you could drive for delivery services like Postmates or Uber Eats.
Renting Your Car
For those with a vehicle but no desire to work driving into their side hustle, services like Turo let you rent out your car when you’re not using it. Perfect for especially busy individuals.
Renting Vacation Properties
If you can access an extra house, apartment, or room, rent it out on sites like Airbnb. You’ll need to provide some support and communication, but you could likely limit that to the weekends if that works best for your schedule.
Blogging
Blogging allows you to post content that interests you. Then, you can build an audience and leverage your influence to create sponsored content with brands, offer advertising options, or earn commissions through affiliate programs.
Podcasting
Podcasting is a similar concept, only in audio form. Most podcasters earn income through paid advertising included in their episodes.
YouTube Posting
If you prefer the video format, create a YouTube channel and earn commissions from ads placed during your videos.
E-commerce Reselling
Reselling is a good side hustle option for those looking to start a product-based business. You don’t need to worry about producing products—just listing, marketing, and shipping them.
Virtual Assistant Service
Virtual assistants support other businesses, such as inbox and social media management. They typically work from home and enjoy fairly flexible schedules.
Bookkeeping
If you’re financially savvy, offer to work as a freelance bookkeeper for businesses in your area. You can work on your own time and keep your hours fairly light.
Preparing Taxes
You could also offer to complete tax returns for individuals or businesses in exchange for a fee. This may require a lot of work around tax season but leave you plenty of free time throughout the rest of the year.
Business Consulting
If you’re an experienced entrepreneur, add consulting to your list of services as a side hustle. You can take on a limited number of monthly clients to manage your workload.
Copywriting
For writers, offer your skills to businesses as a freelance copywriter. You can work on small web copy projects or with just a few clients on your schedule.
Social Media Managing
Social media posts are often short and can be scheduled ahead of time. We offer your services continuously so you can work around your regular schedule.
Photographing Events
Wedding and event photographers do most of their on-site work on the weekends, making it perfect for those with a full-time job or business. You can do most of your editing or admin work from home alone.
Catering
Similarly, you can provide catering services for special events that work around your busy schedule.
Operating a Food Truck
Food trucks are very popular at festivals and special events. So this is another perfect opportunity for a weekend or part-time entrepreneur.
Event Planning
Working as an event planner allows you to work from home. You can complete most of your organization and admin work on time and only take on events that don’t interfere with other commitments.
Personal Training
Personal trainers work with clients one-on-one to help with health and fitness. You can set your schedule and limit your clients to a manageable number.
Teaching Online Courses
If you prefer working mainly online, create an evergreen course that students can pay for and then take on their own time.
Tutoring
For those who prefer working one-on-one with students, create a side hustle as a tutor and work with clients after work hours or on weekends.
Editing
By working as an editor for various clients, you work from home and alone, allowing you to work mainly on Cover Letters. Similarly, you can work with job seekers looking to update their resumes and cover letters. Confer with them by phone or online and then create those items from your own office.
Translating
If you are fluent in more than one language, you can offer your services as a translator for those who need to translate books, scripts, videos, or other materials.
Running Errands
Errand services like TaskRabbit allow you to run errands on your schedule for various people in your area.
Vehicle Advertising
For especially busy people, you may earn extra cash by placing vehicle wraps or other advertisements on your car and then driving it around town.
Interior Decorating
If you’re a design-savvy entrepreneur, work with clients in your area as an independent interior decorator.
Staging Houses
For a more specialized opportunity, work with local home sellers and realtors to stage houses so they’re more appealing to potential buyers.
Ebook Publishing
If you have an idea for a book, you can self-publish it on platforms like Amazon’s Kindle and offer it for sale automatically.
Freelance Writing
Freelance writers can specialize in various areas and work largely from home and on flexible schedules.
Designing Websites
If you have the skills to design websites, you can work with clients to offer this service in exchange for an hourly rate or flat fee.
Developing Applications
For those who can work with mobile technology, you may earn even more by working with clients looking to create their apps.
Landscaping
As a landscaper, you can build your base of local clients you serve weekly or monthly. You can also serve weekly or monthly, which gives you extra free time in the colder months.
Pool Cleaning
Pool cleaning is also more popular in spring and summer, so it’s perfect for those who want extra money but don’t want to work many hours throughout the year.
House Cleaning
As a house cleaner, you can gather a few local clients and provide ongoing services on a schedule. But you’re ultimately in charge of the hours you set and the number of clients you decide to take on.
Babysitting
Child care is a very popular side hustle. You may be able to mainly help parents who want to go out after work hours or on the weekends. And you may even get some extra work done during nap time.
Dog Walking
If you love animals, being a dog walker allows you to keep fairly limited hours and spend plenty of time outside.
Pet Grooming
Grooming is another perfect opportunity for animal lovers. You don’t have to open a storefront; you can offer mobile grooming services during your hours.
House Sitting
Help out traveling homeowners by house-sitting while they’re out of town. This doesn’t require a lot of active work. So you can still dedicate plenty of time and energy to other jobs or projects.
Altering Clothes
If you’re skilled with a sewing machine, offer to tailor or alter clothing for local customers. Set your hours and policies so you can keep the workload to
Laundry Service
You can also start a laundry service where you clean, iron, and prepare clothing and other items for busy individuals in your area.
Washing Cars
Car washing doesn’t take especially long, making it a perfect side hustle. You can even add a mobile detailing service for some extra cash.
Repairing Bicycles
If you have the skills, set your hours and work as a bicycle repair professional during the warmer months.
Handyman Service
For handy entrepreneurs, offer various repair and installation services to customers in your area. You can largely control your schedule if you’re not dedicated to providing emergency services.
Designing T-shirts
Use platforms like Redbubble or Cafepress to have your designs printed on t-shirts and other products. You don’t need to manage many aspects of running your shop. Just upload your designs and start earning cash.
Selling Handmade Products
If you want to be more involved in making and selling, start an Etsy shop or sell your handmade items at local fairs or events. You can still work on your schedule but may not be able to offer items on a large scale.
Upcycling Furniture
If you want to sell fairly large and expensive products, scour local thrift or antique shops and upgrade furniture pieces to sell them at a higher cost.
Flipping Houses
If you have access to a fair amount of money, you can even purchase homes in your area, make some small upgrades, and then sell them at a higher cost. This requires a fair amount of work, but you can rely on contractors for much of it if it’s within your budget.
Placing Vending Machines
Vending machines allow you to sell products without being present. You’ll need some startup capital, but it can be a low-maintenance business.
Investing
Finally, you may even consider using your startup funds to invest in funds or other businesses and watch it grow without much work.
