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[kpopSuperstar]

I need some extra income to put into my savings account, and I have been scouring the internet for realistic alternatives.

The first thing that pops up are survey and testing work, where you complete surveys and test apps to get a few bucks. 95% of these sites are a scam, and the few that work require you to become a trusted worker (basically do a lot of cheap work to prove you are reliable) to get access to the "good stuff" that actually pays you. This seems sketchy, low-paying and time consuming.

Second thing that pops up is remote work of all sorts, like fiver and upwork, sites where people hire you to do stuff like make an app or write youtube scripts. This is more legit, but again, you need experience to be able to sell yourself, people don't want rookies. I am willing to spend a few months, learning some skill, but I feel like 90% of the jobs goes to experienced people so I am unsure how realistic this is with basic skills.

I have noticed that AI jobs seem to be popping up, like writing AI agents and stuff, it seems like it's growing and lucratice, but I wonder how hard this will be to do.

I know some 3D design and could make some model packs for asset stores.

Flipping stuff is an alternative, but games and movies are hard to flip where I live, it's just too few people and slow markets. Not sure what else to flip. Books seems too cheap to earn much from.

Anyone have any good side hustle going?

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Have you considered selling a kidney? You can get along ok with one.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Ubereats/Doordash. Or Uber/Lyft. They seem like simple (and quick) ways to get some extra cash. I hear they treat their employees poorly, but at the same time, it's pretty convenient to get hired and not a painful vetting process.

 

[Coconutt]

Pokemon cards

 

[Represent.]

Trading

 

[Days like these...]

CrowdGen formerly known as Appen

 

[newtypepilot]

OF

or get a job at mcdonalds

 

[ReBurn]

Nice try IRS

 

[AJUMP23]

Rental property.


I do hear that pressure washing is good business.

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

If you live in suburbs area, or a place where plastic roll up trash bins are required you can do a bin cleaning business. People pay for that cuz very few people want to clean their trash bins.

 

[jason10mm]

Have you considered selling a kidney? You can get along ok with one.

you jest, but selling plasma is BIG business these days. If you are healthy, have good veins, can stand needles, and have a few spare hours each week you can rack up quite a bit of cash donating plasma until you time out for the year. While it is sold off for pharmaceuticals, not directly transfused into patients, there are a lot of extremely important uses that simply can't be replicated in other ways.

 

[wondermega]

Dog walking? (Put up flyers, advertise on local fb city/town pages). Maybe get on the Rover app to feed people's pets etc, although I have no idea how competitive that is.

 

[TheChadOfGaming]

G4P

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Escorting?

 

[Dynomite]

Ubereats/doordash have been netting me about $250 a week so far. I just finished my second week and I work about 10ish hours a week. Easy work that I fit into my full-time schedule. My wife has been doing Spark and is making more while working less. As these are just side-gigs, the income vs hours worked are pretty great.

 

[falconhoof]

OF

or get a job at mcdonalds

Combine the two and do a kind of sexy fast foot mukbang.

 

[Trunx81]

Everything that brings in loads of cash fast is either immoral or illegal.
If you want to combine both, go into politics.

 

[Robot Carnival]

what's that saying again?

"I ain't gay but 20 bucks is 20 bucks."

 

[Kenneth Haight]

you jest, but selling plasma is BIG business these days. If you are healthy, have good veins, can stand needles, and have a few spare hours each week you can rack up quite a bit of cash donating plasma until you time out for the year. While it is sold off for pharmaceuticals, not directly transfused into patients, there are a lot of extremely important uses that simply can't be replicated in other ways.

I am jesting for sure, but if you are thinking of being a completely selfless good human and wanting to do something life changing you can help someone out.

My Mums a nurse and donated a kidney at 60 years old last year to a complete stranger. Couldn't be prouder of her, she completely changed someone's life by stopping them needing daily dialysis and they can now live a "normal" life like the rest of us. She didn't get paid for it, it was a donation but you're right, the world of medicine can be lucrative, especially if you get involved in some trials.

 

[Riptastic]

The best side hustle is to look for a higher paying job. that way you make extra cash than your current situation without having to sacrifice time outside the 9-5

 

[GymWolf]

I make jokes here on gaf and sometimes john marston gift me gold, that's 15-20 euros saved in a year.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Find a busy local breakfast joint and wait tables. I usually pull down $1200-$1500 a week working about 24 hours.

 

[StueyDuck]

Are you looking for a side hustle or passive income, because the latter should really be what you're aiming for.

Do barely anything but have a small steady flow of income, there's always been fads. I remember the dropshipping and reselling fad, which I don't think is as lucrative now as it was 8-10 years ago.

The best scenario is to find something small in your area where there's a gap in the market, don't think of reinventing the wheel, but rather of the market being one big pie, and all you want is a piece of that pie.

It could be something as simple as importing a product that's not regularly sourced locally for a very dedicated demo that never changes. A perfect example is something in child care or infant care; there's always babies, for example.

EDIT: also, prompt engineers are definitely the hot position these days, but i don't see them being common place when most companies will end up just sending their staff on AI training courses so they all use it internally.

But.... being the guy to train the big corpos staff on prompt engineering, maybe that's something to look at.

 

[OccasionalPoster]

A second job

 

[Cyberpunkd]

you jest, but selling plasma is BIG business these days. If you are healthy, have good veins, can stand needles, and have a few spare hours each week you can rack up quite a bit of cash donating plasma until you time out for the year. While it is sold off for pharmaceuticals, not directly transfused into patients, there are a lot of extremely important uses that simply can't be replicated in other ways.

This is illegal in Europe (and thank God).

 

[Dural]

you jest, but selling plasma is BIG business these days. If you are healthy, have good veins, can stand needles, and have a few spare hours each week you can rack up quite a bit of cash donating plasma until you time out for the year. While it is sold off for pharmaceuticals, not directly transfused into patients, there are a lot of extremely important uses that simply can't be replicated in other ways.

My wife went to the plasma centers before we were together for gas money. This was 2009-2011 timeframe so I'm not sure how much you can get today but she said she was getting $30-40 back then and she was only like 120lbs so they couldn't take as much. She did it so much that she has a keloid scar from it, she jokes that she should get a $ tattooed on it.

 

[jason10mm]

This is illegal in Europe (and thank God).

Yeah, so the US is stuck supporting the entire globe for a lot of plasma derived meds, IVIG, and the like. If you ever get a bad auto-immune disease and need it, you can thank us then. Y'all got too many blood borne diseases anyway

 

[lifa-cobex]

Drug dealing?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Yeah, so the US is stuck supporting the entire globe for a lot of plasma derived meds, IVIG, and the like. If you ever get a bad auto-immune disease and need it, you can thank us then. Y'all got too many blood borne diseases anyway

That plasma derived meds are so sold for serious $$$, I know since I sold them lol. Actually having a plasma fractionation plant would be my dream job.

 

[simpatico]

Designing/consulting custom recreational vehicle builds. The electrical part at least. Got Victron problems? Holla.

 

[p_xavier]

I did porn and compliance audits andit served me well. Besides HIV

 

[GymWolf]

I did porn and compliance audits andit served me well. Besides HIV

So the p in your name stand for porn?

I guess that the authorized fister title should have been a dead giveaway...

 

[p_xavier]

So the p in your name stand for porn?

I guess that the authorized fister title should have been a dead giveaway...

I wish but it stands for philip, philip-xavier is my first name.

 

[EternalSunshine1976]

I've had a Glowforge Pro sitting in my home office for a while now, mostly for fun projects, but I'm ready to start monetizing it on Etsy as a low-key side hustle. Personalized items seem to sell well (engraved cutting boards, custom ornaments, keychains, coasters, etc.), and with the Pro's larger bed and reliability, I think I can batch-produce without too much hassle.

The fun part: I'm planning to let my son (he's 16) help out with design ideas, simple engraving runs, packaging, or even coming up with kid-friendly product twists. It'll be a great way for us to bond, teach him some entrepreneurship, and split any profits he earns.

 

[OccasionalPoster]

Create another rage bait farming social platform like Reddit and sell ads.

 

[jason10mm]

Damn, wish i had thought of this....

Creator of YouTube fireplace video estimated to be a millionaire from one video - Dexerto

A YouTube channel with just one video, Fireplace 10 hours full HD, has reportedly made over $1 million in just under ten years. However, some are split on the claims.

www.dexerto.com

 

[Coconutt]

I hear there's a lot of money in daycares.

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[bitbydeath]