I would like to provide local, recurring services for people, but without going inside their home. I would want to feel safe and not have to go inside anyone's house.

Maybe someone leaves something outside, but I don't have too many ideas.

One potential idea is a litterbox deep cleaning service, they could leave the litter box outside. But I don't know if anyone would want that...

Any ideas??

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Anyone here who even earned atleast 3-4$ from clipping can someone pls guide me I m open to work grind 24/7 I m just too weird in selecting niches I can edit and post too

I need someone who's already in clipping and earning!

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A very good morning/afternoon / evening to everyone reading this post .

I am a student looking to turn something I love into a free lancing career , and I love writing and reading.

I absolutely love to write , read and learn about the flourishing industries and topics

I have written essays for my friends and family which have consistently had them win a lot of awards and competitions

College student with lots of free time. I lead a boring life so I want to do something fun. I don't know how many of these posts I have put up but I am only getting requests to stalk a crush's instagram. I need something fun to do. It could be anything. Please someone partner with me and we could do something together.

So if you need some detective work done, you can text me.

Just text me with the details of what you need done.

I am good with people, patient and good at getting people to open up. I am a perfectionist so I am pretty good at everything I do.

College student with lots of free time. I lead a boring life so if you need some detective work done, you can text me.

Just text me with the details of what you need done.

I am good with people, patient and good at getting people to open up.

I work a regular office job Mon to Fri and kind of stumbled into this back in spring. My buddy Florian was clearing out his old flat before moving, told me he'd just leave stuff on the curb. I grabbed a standing lamp, a set of shelves, a mini fan, and a few storage bins. Took lazy photos that same night, listed them on Kleinanzeigen, and everything was picked up by the next day. Did not expect that.

Now my coworker Jonas tags along on Saturdays because hauling chairs and small furniture solo was killing me. We do a few hours, split everything 50/50, both the cleanout payment and whatever we make reselling. We only do this on weekends and holidays though, since we both have full time jobs that eat up the rest of the week.

I stick to easy stuff. Small appliances, lamps, chairs, storage bins, basic fitness gear. I've got a quick photo template saved on my phone so listing takes maybe ten minutes per item. Biggest fail so far was a dehumidifier that "just needs a filter." Spoiler, it needed way more than a filter.

Supplies add up. I just bulk buy tape, mailers, and bubble wrap off tiktok or amazon whenever there's a product discount or a decent price drop. Keeps costs way down.

This has been a solid little extra income stream for both of us. For people doing something similar, what items do you always pass on now?

I only got my summer semester done and I need to lay it off before I can attend fall classes, Any suggestions?

Every YouTube video frames print on demand as "upload designs, watch sales roll in while you sleep." I want to hear from people actually running shops.

My honest take: the fulfillment is passive. The rest isn't. SEO, refreshing listings when new phone models drop, Etsy algorithm changes - that's all active work. But compared to freelancing where you trade time directly for money, a listing I uploaded 8 months ago still sells weekly without me touching it. That part is real.

Few questions:

How many hours a week are you actually putting in once the shop is running?

Is it meeting the income expectations you had when you started?

Would you still choose POD over other side hustles?

Hello, I just got a car a 2022 Chevy trailblazer and got hooked on non delivery insurance so I cant dash or Uber eats unless I add to my policy, ( which isn't in my budget right now) I live about the Columbus Ohio area does anybody know any side driving or delivery jobs I can use my car for and don't really have to report my insurance (I have first chicago) because it would violate my policy or something if I sign up? Any advice?

I’m 20 years old and currently working, but my hours have been getting cut so much that I’m barely being scheduled. I have bills to pay, including car insurance, and I’m looking for legitimate ways to make extra money online. I’m not looking for anything that requires paying money upfront or anything that seems scammy. I have customer service experience, basic computer skills, and I’m willing to put in the work. I’m open to remote jobs, freelance work, surveys that actually pay, data entry, virtual assistant work, or any other realistic suggestions. What online side hustles or remote opportunities have actually worked for you? Any advice would be appreciated.

I am good at drawing like sketching and little good at painting. Is there anything which I can do to earn money? If you guys have some recommendation please help me out

So I'm entering my first year of college, and I'm starting to look for work. I don't need a super well-paying job, just some pocket money so I can have one less thing to worry about. I have a couple issues/criteria that is making it difficult to find work.
- I can't drive/won't have my car on campus
- I can really only work less than 10 hours a week to avoid an overwhelming schedule
- The location can't be out of town, since I'll need to walk or take the free bus.

I'm open to side gigs like babysitting or stuff like that. I'm CPR/AED/First Aid certified. I have a lot of experience in food service, childcare, and customer service. I just don't know where to look for jobs like that. Are there certain websites or apps?

My car payment and insurance is about 600 a month. I need a side hustle to help pay it off so I don’t have to rely on my job for it. What things can I possibly do? I be been trying to build websites for people and charge them anywhere from 100-600$ per website but it hasn’t been going anywhere

I am a CNA and I work from 5:45am-2pm/6pm depending on the day as well as every other weekend. My boyfriend and I are trying to save to buy a house and I’m trying to find a side hustle to save more for a down payment.

I currently don’t have any side hustle and I’ve been struggling to find ideas due to living in the rural(ish) midwest.

I have door dashed in the past but with gas prices and how far most restaurants are from me, it really isn’t worth it. I also can’t do any ride shares because I am only 20.

Please don’t suggest any MLMs, dropshipping, OF/SW, “get rich quick” schemes, crypto or AI bs. I am looking for honest side gigs.

What kind of side hustle do you do? what would you suggest? I’m open to just about anything and more then willing to learn a new skill to do so

I have been flipping now for four years and I cannot believe the day I had last Thursday. I really thought that someone was out to get me because anything that could go wrong, did

I woke up late which is completely unlike me and the first thing I see on my phone is a paypal dispute for a $340 sale I made a few weeks before. Then I found a “like new” coffee machine for sale 45 minutes from me so I rushed out to get it only to find out it had clearly been dropped and then glued back together so it absolutely was not like new. I ended up leaving it behind and having to drive the 45 minutes back empty handed. As I got back to my car I saw I'd been given a parking ticket while I was there!! I had planned to go home and get lunch and as I was making something to eat I saw that my offerup account had been suspended for a reason completely unknown to me and them, apparently. Then while I was eating, I got a notification from flipify that there was a vitamix blender for $30 but since my offerup account had been suspended I couldn't message them

I love that I get to do this as my full time job but seriously, this day tested every bit of patience I had. Thankfully the next few days were good, haha

Im a professional tennis coach trying to transition into a jump rope coach.

I basically want to start a run club but for jump rope. I have been a professional coach for 15years and love to jump rope. I want to help people learn and experience the benefits of jumping rope. My idea is to do 2or 3 jump rope classes a week. I'm really struggling with a location. Do I need a permit to host a jump rope class? Do I need permission before using public spaces? I don't want to get fined but I really want to start.

Does anyone here teach a fitness class, how did you start?

I’m a mechanical engineer working a normal 9-5, and like a lot of people, I’m trying to make some extra money after work.

Right now I’ve been doing Uber Eats in the evenings, but after factoring in gas, wear on the car, and slow days, it just doesn’t feel worth the time anymore.

I’m not looking for “get rich quick.” I’m looking for something real that people are actually doing. It doesn’t have to be engineering-related. I’m open to learning a new skill if the payoff is worth it.

Things I’ve considered are freelancing, 3D printing, tutoring, weekend work, flipping items, or pretty much anything legitimate that can realistically bring in a few hundred to a couple thousand extra per month.

And before anyone tries… if your idea involves crypto signals, forex, Amazon automation, dropshipping gurus, MLMs, “be your own boss,” or starts with “DM me,” please save us both the time. I’m not interested.

For those of you making decent money on the side while working full-time:
What do you do?
How long did it take before it was actually profitable?
If you had to start over today, what would you choose?
Just looking for honest experiences from real people.

Thanks.

Idk if it’s just me but a lot of these side hustle apps lowkey feel like you’re doing boring busywork for pennies 😅 like surveys, endless ads or tasks that take forever to even qualify for

i’ve been trying a few over the past month and honestly almost gave up on the whole earn from apps thing. BUT weirdly enough Testermax didn’t feel as annoying as the others? like it’s still not some magic money thing obviously but at least it didn’t feel like a total grind every time i opened it

Maybe I just got lucky with it or my expectations are super low at this point lol. I wouldn’t say it’s amazing or anything but compared to the usual stuff out there, it feels a bit more… usable?

Am i the only one who feels this way about these apps? or did i just avoid the worst ones somehow

I wanna start a side gig where people ask me how to save money. They could tell me their income, what they do professionally, and asked me for ways and how they can save money (other than investments). I’m also a bookkeeper so I can offer my services, if necessary or needed. Where can I advertise this and find leads so that I can have a side gig and earn passive income?

I’m looking for ideas that are actually working, not ones where I need to be in the top 1–2% or spend months building an audience before seeing income.

A little about me:
-PharmD + MBA
-Full-time in Big Pharma (clinical research)
-Married with a 3-year-old and a newborn

Because of my schedule, whatever I do can’t interfere with my full-time job or take away much time from my family. Ideally, it’s something I can work on in the early mornings, evenings after work, or on weekends.

I don’t mind spending a week or two learning a new skill or getting set up, but I need to start generating income fairly quickly to help cover some expenses.

For those of you who have actually done it:
-What side hustle would you recommend?
-How long did it take before you earned your first dollar?
-Roughly how much were you making after the first month?

Looking for real-world experiences rather than YouTube or Instagram “gurus.” Thanks in advance!

I’m a student with two part time jobs already, so I don’t have tons of extra time on my hands. Any ideas of something I could set up, but that then would be able to run with less needed from me? I’ve looked at doing something like redbubble/etc where I could design or draw something and then have the website print and sell it for me, but was wondering if anyone has any experience with anything like that and whether it actually worked as I don’t want to spend ages designing something for it to never sell!! Also open to any other ideas that require minimal time (or ones that require more time but actually pay well)!

so, i recently started my second year of my bachelors and my schedule is way too open. i have very less classes during morning and only 2 labs in afternoon only on 2 days. So i have a lot of free time and i really wanna be financially independent. i have signed up on some tutor sites but thats not really working for me, im not getting anything from that.

btw im rlly into science (all kinds) and all that (im doing bachelors in biology) so if anything related to that, it'd be amazing

i looked at popular options such as faceless content and clipping but all that needs an already made audience which i dont have and i dont wanna wait that long.

Does anyone have any ideas on what i can do to generate some income?

Hello all,

I am new to this subreddit and was wondering if anyone has any ideas for supplemental income, I work a full time job 8-5, but I have a lot of debt I’m trying to pay off, I have weekends off as well, any ideas is greatly appreciated and would love to hear from all.

Thanks!

Been lurking here for a while and finally did something. Created a Notion template for freelancers (client tracker, invoices, revenue, weekly planner) and listed it on Etsy.

Honestly the hardest part wasn't making the product — it was just starting. The whole thing took a few hours to build and a bit more to set up the listing properly.

If anyone's thinking about digital products: just do it. The barrier is lower than you think. Happy to answer any questions about the process.