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Knife sharpening. Not hard to learn how to do it decently, and hard to find someone who can do it decently. The equipment is not too expensive either. 40$ for a good coarse stone (you will need one!!!) And 40$ for a decent combo stone of medium and fine. You probably want a good flattening stone too.
DONT use amazon, all of the stones there are scams. A good coarse stone is a Naniwa lobster 220. A good combo stone is the KING KDS 1000/6000.
Photographer seems like a good one. I've a friend who works four days a week, and occasionally fills in the extra day or weekend with a quick professional photo shoot.
Edits in the evenings while rewatching movies.
It's pretty chill. That one day off actually earned them more than if they worked five days a week, even if they only work it once in a while.
Tech support for elderly.
I don't want to start it yet because of the obligation and enjoyment of free time. Once it starts reputation is everything, especially with the demographic.
You need patience, kindness, and a general enjoyment in helping others.
Have seen the need. And will increase as time goes on.
Support extending to personal traxjing sessions as well as just fixing basic shit.
One day.
The thing about IT for older folks is you have to be up for conversation too. Most of the customers I have only get out for church, so if I come out to see them it might be the first conversation they've had in days.
Side hustles should be hobbies and done with no need to monetize them.
What the fuck, your job should be enough to support you and live, which includes free time to enjoy your life and hobbies.
But I understand, and more than once in my life I had to look for side hustles.
Yea, everyone keeps telling me I should be selling my 3D prints. I don't want to have to deal with logistics and customers. I just want to 3D print cool shit.
Also, knowledge and sharing has been critical for advancement of human civilization. Imagine if scientists where to sell their research instead of publishing it(*) where would be today?
Only fans. /s
Why /s? I feel like this is the perfect example if you can get away with only doing it part time. I have an aunt who does foot stuff on there and seems to do pretty well
For ugly people like me.
Fair. I mean same, it's not for everyone.
What kind of shape are your feet in tho?
Scrap metal. I always leave my scrap metal out on trash day next to the trash can. A guy in a pickup will come around and get it. I would have to save it up for years for it to be worth a single trip, but he's getting a full load or two every day. I'm sure I've lost out on a few hundred bucks over the years.
I'm sure if you started an electronics recycling company or a clean out business you could get people to pay you to take their stuff.
Ex con neighbor started a junk hauling business after he couldn't get hired.
Dude was making it but was definitely busting his ass daily. Ended up needing to expand and get another trailer.
There's a dude in our town that has a lot where everyone dumps their scrap metal and he takes it to recycle. It's pretty rad since our local trash service won't take it (even though they dump everything together, including recyclables, at the transfer station to be hauled off to the dump out of town).
Mate at work has made a fair bit of money off crypto
Buddy of mine picked up old washers and dryers for free or close enough. Fixed and flipped 'em on eBay marketplace. Made several hundred a week.
The genius is that those appliances are easy to work on and usually have compatible parts. I went over to get a part from him and there were only 2 that fit all American washers.
I used to pick up vacuum cleaners on my paper route. Got stoned at night and cleaned them, maybe added a new belt and bag, perfect. Sold for $20 a pop. (This was in the 90s).
Another friend used to go out with her husband early on trash days and pick up free stuff by the road. Had a garage sale every Saturday, 6-7 hours tops, made $300-$400. "We take our neighbor's trash and sell it back to them!"
organising violence against the state.
I've already said too much.
If youβre willing to do that for the US state, thereβs certainly money to be made.
I wish I had some good ones but I'll be watching this thread.
What I can say is that anyone on youtube that's got a channel dedicated to a particular hustle is no longer making their money doing that hustle. They are an influencer now.
Oh yeah all the influencer side hustles are straight trash.
My friend if you actually made $1000 a day working 2 hour, you wouldn't be uploading here my dude!
My side hustle is real estate photography. Very flexible timing and I already had all the equipment. If I didnβt already own the equipment I wouldnβt have done it.
Higher education tripled my income, so that seemed to work, and I dont have to do anything but sit in an office 40 hours a week.
DegreeForum.net is a forum of education hobbyists that do accelerated online degrees (Bachelor and Masters level) for fun.
Dog hotel. I've a dog. I take in other dogs when their owners are on holiday. Walking 2 dogs isn't much more work than walking 1.
Taking on one extra dog for a few days seems like the easiest, most chill way to make a little money on the side if you are careful about which dogs you take. Those people who sit 4+ dogs at a time are insane but must pull in a good bit of money.
My wife does the furniture flipping thing. I don't think we make any money on it β but we have much nicer furniture than we could afford otherwise and between reselling the items we get rid of the low prices we pay for the incoming, we're certainly not spending money on it, either, and that's counting the cost of renting trucks to move it around.
Well getting nice furniture from a hobby sounds pretty chill regardless!
Every now and then my eyes pop at the cost of new furniture.
I haven't known anyone to do this but I always thought managing social media accounts for small businesses would be a good side hustle. A steakhouse restaurant nearby went out of business in a year. They spent a ton of money on remodeling and a billboard with a logo but weren't even listed on Google Maps. I'll wager some businesses would be willing to barter in order to keep things simple
This is not a good side hustle. This is pain. Pure, unadulterated, pain.
^ has never worked in the google ads hell pit
If I ever picked up a side hustle, it'd be basic editing. ChatGPT has displaced the ghost writer but it can't polish its own turd.
The only one Iβve heard of working really well was 3D printing copyrighted material that is usually way overpriced. Board game pieces, figurines, etc.
Honestly, 3d printing and selling designs online is a good side hustle I've seen, but they can't be straight up copies of someone else's work.
A little bit of legally dubious action to pay the bills and siphon money from billion dollar companies never hurt nobody!
$50 dollars for THREE, UNASSEMBLED, and UNPAINTED minis? Yeah man, I ain't gonna question why the texture of your warhammer minis are different. Game on.
My Etsy shop hit a very niche market and was pulling around $3k a year. I didn't put any effort into advertising, it kinda did that on its own
I'm also a performer which is a great side hustle for my creative fulfillment, but pays nearly nothing