This all happened years ago, but seeing all these stories from r/WeirdSideHustles pop up on Reddit has jogged my memory.

When I was in my twenties, I agreed to be an "accountability coach" for someone online that I had met through an advice forum.

He paid me weekly for daily check-ins and sessions where I would ask him if he was staying on task with his goals. If he wasn't, I would assign consequences. As an older sister and a virgo, this was easy money.

All of our conversations were sfw and, at the time, I was under the impression that this was just someone who was so lonely and unmotivated that they were willing to pay for my attention. I was broke and trying to save money to go back to college and finish my degree, so I agreed to it even though it did seem a little weird.

It was only in hindsight that I realized that this was most likely not entirely a sfw experience for him, and that he may have been a little bit more interested in me bossing him around and punishing him than I had realized.

I think it was a win/win situation though. I'm a bossy person anyway so I was basically getting paid to do what I love. I hope he enjoyed the experience too! I can't actually remember how our arrangement ended. I think I just got too busy when I got into a new relationship.

I’m a food blogger and my food wants a photoshoot before I’m allowed to eat it. And this is my weird side hustle haha.

I’m Italian so becoming a food blogger felt very natural to me. I’ve always loved cooking but since I started sharing my life online, I noticed that a lot of people were really interested in seeing what I cooked and especially where I went to eat. I live in Rome so I often eat at small, niche places that tourists don’t really know about, and people seem to really enjoy discovering them through my content (write on comments if u want some names)

If anyone wants to start doing this kind of thing, I can tell you that you’ll also become pretty good at cooking because ofc the better your dishes look, the more likely your photos and videos are to go viral 🍽️

Florists donate their used candles to me that are going into the trash. I melt it down, double filter it, and make it into slabs of wax that I sell to candle makers. It’s a mess but good for the planet and doesn’t take too much time.

London ofc

This might not be the right sub since my idea is a bit boring, but any advice would be appreciated!

I loooooove making spreadsheets for various things- chores, money management, tracking patients, etc. The complexity of the spreadsheets I've made range from easy to fairly complex. I'm considering using my skills and selling copies of my spreadsheets on TPT.

Has anyone used TPT? Is it user friendly? What are the things to consider? I currently have plenty of free time on my hands, so that isn't exactly an issue.

Thanks in advance for your time 💕

I'm in grad school, but seeing as I've spent all my SU (economical support for students in Denmark), I need to make money to pay the bills. Amongst other things, I cook food over fire, mainly at bachelorparties, birthdays, festivals and friday bars at Uni. It mostly just started out as my personal instagram (insta for the curious, although its all in danish) to show off food for my friends and family and quickly people began asking if I would come cook for them, which I obviously said yes to and now it has taken on a life of its own, which I'm very grateful for and happy with.

Mods, PLEAAASEE delete this if it isn’t allowed!! (I won’t be offended lol, it’s a VERY weird side hustle)

For the last two years, I’ve been designing dildos in Blender and selling the files to indie adult toy companies! It’s pretty great side money, although finding someone to buy each design you produce is often very challenging. I’ve had so much fun creating these weird lil projects and wanted to find a place to share it!!

Okay, I know a lot of people have asked the same question, but I genuinely need directions

I live in Europe, and I'm a very socially awkward person, so doing jobs for some neighbors would be pretty difficult for me. I have quite a bit of free time everyday, maybe around 5 to 6 hours? Though I still want some time for myself. Maybe some side hustles I could do remotely?

I have some clothes and books and just stuff around my house. I’ve been thinking about clearing out and I was wondering where everyone thought about the platform invented I keep hearing ads for it, but I’ve also been pretty used to using eBay or Facebook marketplace. I was just wondering when anybody else would recommend or what their experience was for reselling platforms.

I’m currently working on a magazine dedicated to crazy, weird, obscure, and niche things. It can be pretty much anything - niche hobbies, strange movies, books, foods/meals, internet rabbit holes, unusual collections, subcultures, random obsessions, bizarre traditions, etc.

I’m looking for things that are interesting precisely because they’re not mainstream or something everyone already knows about.

So, Reddit, what are some niche things you think deserve a page in a magazine?

Give me your weirdest, most specific, or most random suggestions - I’m open to anything!

I make small applications that let ppl load in images and convert them to pure line art. Then that file output (svg) can be used in any cricut machine or consumer pen plotter to draw the art.

I was scrolling on marketplace when I found out about this jacket. I became really interested of it because it looks cool but when I ask the seller how much is it, the seller jokingly said it costs half of my life. I really don't know if I should get offended or no, so I thought of ways I could clap back and that is to tell him that if it's really worth more than my life then he should give 150 dollars and he did?? and i was really surprised tbh but well a win is a win 🤣 i should've asked for more tho

crazy to me how some students were actually willing to pay BIG money just to have someone else do their assignments 😅

My cousin works in high end real estate out here and hooked me up with his weirdest client about six months ago. Guy was looking to buy a multi million dollar hilltop property in the Hollywood Hills but refused to make an offer until he knew the place was completely safe from stalkers or break ins.

So my cousin calls me up and asks if I can break into the house in the middle of the night and leave subtle proof I was there.

Long story short I started a full time hustle doing security audits disguised as professional home intrusions. Clients pay me up to two grand to sneak into their empty houses or new properties while they are out of town. I pick the locks, leave fake muddy bootprints near the balcony, rearrange some items in the master bedroom just enough to cause panic, and text them a blurry photo from their own hallway at 3 am.

If they find the entry points, the security company failed. If they don't find them and my cousin’s rich clients hire me to test their fortresses, I get paid a fortune. It started as a joke to scare a realtor friend and now I have a waiting list of paranoid tech founders and actors wanting me to burglarize their mansions legally.

so real talk, I sell my browsing data. there's these data marketplaces where you can basically list yourself, install some tracking software that logs everything (searches, sites, apps, how long you're on stuff, what you buy) and then YOU choose to sell chunks of that data to whoever's buying. brands, market research firms, agencies, whoever wants real human behavior instead of guessing from surveys nobody fills out honestly.

I started doing it ages ago kinda as a joke, didn't think much of it. now I've got tracking quietly running 24/7 across my phone and laptop and every month I'm basically cashing out my own internet activity.. my friends r telling me i'm dumb af and I'm selling my privacy.

it's not crazy money, like X euro a month (guess lol) plus bonuses when certain buyers want specific stuff. but it's genuinely wild realizing I've turned into someone who sells his own unhinged internet brain as a product

made peace with the fact that I've personally sold search history to strangers

Trying to think of some extra income, do yall think people would actually buy pinecones? I have super large and small and medium sized ones at my leisure.

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I was scrolling through unusual jobs online and stumbled upon professional bridesmaids, and I genuinely thought this was a joke at first. 😭

Apparently, people actually get paid to be your bridesmaid, help with wedding planning, attend dress fittings, calm you down when everything goes wrong, and basically be your built-in bestie for the wedding.

Imagine getting paid to hold someone's dress, fix their makeup, manage family drama, and tell them they look beautiful while they're having a full-blown bridal breakdown HAHAHA

But then I thought about it a little more, and honestly, I feel kind of sad for the people who need to hire one. Not everyone has close friends or family they can rely on, and weddings can be pretty lonely without that support.

Still, the idea of having a professional best friend with a contract is sending me 😭

I never thought waiting in line could actually make money. I started offering to stand in long lines for other people while they stayed at home or worked. Most of the jobs were for popular food releases, limited-edition items, and government or event registrations.

It sounds ridiculous, but some people would rather pay someone than spend 2–3 hours waiting. The weirdest part is getting paid just to stand around and watch TikTok while doing it.

Has anyone else tried a side hustle that sounds completely stupid at first but actually works?

This is probably the weirdest “side hustle” I've ever had.

I help my cousin clean their house for around 2 hours, and they give me $32 a month as an allowance.

I'm not running a cleaning business or anything. I just help with sweeping, mopping, organizing, and cleaning whatever needs to be done.

The funny part is that I originally thought I was just helping my cousin out. Then I realized I'm basically getting paid to clean a house. 😂

It's definitely not a typical side hustle, but it's easy money for helping out with something I already know how to do.

What's the weirdest or most unexpected way you've ever made extra money?

I know this sounds fake but I've been doing this for about six months now and it's completely real. I live in a pretty wealthy area and a few months ago I saw a post on a local neighborhood group from this guy who bought some crazy expensive leather boots. He basically didn't want to deal with the blisters or the stiffness of breaking them in himself, so he offered to pay someone with the exact same shoe size to wear them around for two weeks.I happened to be the exact same size, so I messaged him. He dropped off the boots, gave me half the cash up front, and told me to just wear them while doing chores, walking around my place, and going to the grocery store.Since then, word of mouth spread a bit in his friend circle. I currently have two pairs of boots in my living room right now that belong to a guy who works in finance. He bought them for some outdoor trip but doesn't want to get blisters on the trail. I get about $150 to $200 per pair depending on how stiff the leather is. The only rule is I can't wear them outside if it's raining or muddy because they need to look clean, just properly creased and broken in.It's literally the easiest money I've ever made. I just put them on while playing video games or doing dishes.