What's something you thought was completely worthless or just sitting around collecting dust and someone actually paid real money for it lol. I feel like people don't realize how much random stuff has value to the right buyer.
I feel like a lot of people have pockets of free time during the workday where they're basically just sitting there and could be making a few extra bucks instead. Anyone doing something like that?
What's a side hustle you tried that was so bad or so annoying or so not worth it that you'd literally turn down double the money to do it again?
so I took an Uber home from a bar on friday night and when I got in the backseat there was this little organizer bin sitting there stocked with snacks and drinks. Like individual bags of chips and candy bars and gum and bottled water and a few energy drinks. There was a little sign on it with prices... $3 for water or chips, $3.50 for a candy bar, and $5 for an energy drink.
I asked the driver about it cuz I thought it was pretty smart. He said he buys everything in bulk from Costco so a water bottle costs him like 25 cents and a bag of chips is maybe 50 cents and candy bars are under a dollar each. So when he sells a water for $3 he's basically making like $2.75 profit on every single bottle. He restocks once a week for like $40-$50 and that usually lasts him through the whole weekend.
He said on a busy friday or saturday night he sells like $40-$60 worth of stuff easily and his cost on all of it is maybe $12-$15 so he's pocketing an extra $25-$45 a night just from snacks on top of what he's already making from the rides. Most rides at least one person grabs something and some rides people will buy 2 or 3 things especially if there's a group in the car. He mainly aim for people leaving bars and clubs at midnight who are hungry and they see snacks literally right there and just grab stuff without even thinking twice about the price. Like nobody is gonna argue about $3 for a water when they're drunk at 1am lol. He also said it gets him better tips and ratings too cuz passengers appreciate that he has stuff available so it kinda helps his actual driving income on top of the snack money.
Has anyone else seen anything like this or does anyone here drive for Uber/Lyft and do something similar? Feel like there's probably more ways to stack extra income on top of rideshare driving that most people don't think about.
Your clone does all the work and you keep all the money. What side hustle are you putting them on to maximize how much they bring in?
Are there any side hustles that work particularly well depending on where you live? Like something that's amazing in one city but wouldn't work at all in another?
Let's say you have this upcoming weekend completely free and no plans at all... your only goal is to make as much cash as possible from saturday morning to sunday night. What side hustle or gig are you doing?
So I feel like a lot of us are always looking for ways to make more money on the side but... sometimes saving money can kinda have the same exact effect. I'm curious what tips people in this community have that are actually saving them a pretty decent amount each month. What are you guys doing?
What is something you came across in a thread or a comment that sounded interesting enough to actually try that ended up working out. Curious how many people here actually got started on something just cuz they read about it on here lol. What was it and was it worth it?
For people who are up late at night and do their best work after midnight... Anything that's particularly good to do during late night hours?
If you have a car available to you... what are some good side hustles you can do? Obviously there's the usual stuff like doordash or uber but I'm curious if anyone is doing anything a little more creative.
Not a fun thing to think about but it's pretty realistic for a lot of people right now. Let's say you get laid off tomorrow and you need to keep money coming in while you job search. You can't just sit around waiting for interviews. What side hustle are you starting that day to start bringing in cash?
For the people that just want a little extra cash on the side without putting in a ton of work... what's the easiest beer money method you've found? Like something that's pretty low effort but still gets you a few bucks.
Any side hustles out there that you think are about to get way more popular? Like something that's still kinda under the radar but has a lot of potential. What are you guys seeing?
Some good stuff came through the sub this week... a few bigger stories and a couple solid discussions. Here's a quick rundown of what you might've missed.
TLDR: This week we had a story about a pastor in Hawaii who scaled a single beat-up SUV on Turo into a 213-car fleet doing nearly $3 million a year, a guy who turned a $27,000 plot of land in upstate New York into $400k/year in Airbnb cabin rentals, someone sharing how their friend pulls in $4k a month making charcuterie boards on weekends, tips on building IKEA furniture as a side hustle, and a breakdown of selling stock photos for passive income. Plus a couple discussion threads on making $500 by end of month and side hustles for introverts.
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Solid week overall... some of those scaling stories are pretty insane but even the smaller ideas like the IKEA furniture thing and the stock photos are stuff a lot of people could probably just start doing. If you've got something that's been working for you or even just an idea you've been thinking about, throw it up in the sub... you never know who's gonna find it useful.
There's a college kid in Pittsburgh who basically pays for his tuition by keeping bees and selling honey which is pretty wild for a side hustle. He's 23 and a senior studying sustainable business and he manages like 50 hives across western Pennsylvania. He harvests the honey twice a year and uses the money to cover whatever his scholarships and one small federal loan don't take care of.
He got into beekeeping the summer after high school when a friend's grandfather needed help harvesting honey from his hives. He got stung within the first 15 minutes but apparently that didn't scare him off at all cuz he said he just knew right away it was something he wanted to keep doing. After that first harvest he started managing a few hives on his own and officially launched it as a business in 2024.
The way he scaled up is kinda interesting too... he needed more land to put hives on so he literally just grabbed a bunch of bottles of honey and started knocking on doors asking people if he could set up beehives in their backyards. He gives them a quick 30-second pitch and lets them try the honey and he said most people are pretty happy to just accept a few bottles of honey as payment for letting him use their property.
So he's basically getting free land for his operation in exchange for some honey which is a pretty solid deal for both sides. He also sells to local cafés and small businesses in the area and has a partnership with a local farm nearby. He said it's like the ultimate side business cuz you don't need to be there 9 to 5 every day and there's a lot of flexibility with it which is obviously huge for a college student. He also said he's been profitable since day one which is kinda rare for most side hustles honestly.
Note: this was sourced from an article on Business Insider, the original is here
So I was reading this article about this 32 year old animator who used to work in the gaming industry and her job was basically animating really gory violent scenes all day.
Like stabbings and explicit stuff. She said after coming home from work she just needed something wholesome to balance it out so she started drawing plants and cute art during the pandemic.
She launched a little art brand back in 2020 selling stickers cuz apparently the sticker market was pretty hot at the time and eventually expanded into stationery and calendars and stuff like that. She also recently started this subscription snail mail club where she sends out art prints and stickers and handwritten letters to people each month. She's got like 80 subscribers right now and charges around 8 Singapore dollars per person which is pretty affordable. The snail mail thing actually came about cuz of the US tariffs... her American customers were getting hit with like double the taxes on a $25 calendar which is insane. So she figured out that personal mail doesn't get tariffed the same way and basically found a workaround to keep her stuff affordable for international buyers which is kinda clever.
She used to make about $1,500 a month at her old animation job and now her art side hustle brings in more than that. She moved to Singapore and has been setting up booths at art markets and conventions to sell in person which seems like a pretty solid move.
She left her full time gig and now does freelance animation alongside her art brand and said she literally doesn't even see it as work sometimes cuz it's kinda like a healing ritual for her.
Anyone here sell art or stickers on the side? I feel like art side hustles don't get talked about enough on here and I'm curious how much people are actually pulling in from stuff like that.
Please note: this was sourced from an article on Business Insider... the original is here
So I just caught up with my friend this weekend and can't believe how much she's making. She's a dental hygienist during the week and does charcuterie boards on the side from her apartment on friday and saturday for events, parties, baby showers etc. Apparently she got into it like 2 years ago when she made one for her sisters bridal shower and people kept asking her to make them and she decided to start advertising her service.
She does mostly grazing boards and individual charcuterie cups cuz they're way easier to scale and people order them in bulk for events. The cups go for $12-$15 each and she usually has a minimum order of like 20 cups, and the boards she charges anywhere from $85 for a small one up to $250+ for the big party size ones. I think she said her margins are pretty solid because she buys all the cheese and meat from costco and a wholesale restaurant supply place near her.
When she first started she was only doing like 1-2 boards a weekend and maybe one cup order a month, but now she's doing literally like 4-6 board orders every weekend plus 2-3 big cup orders a month for showers and corporate events and stuff. She told me december was her best month ever cuz of all the holiday parties and she pulled in over $6k that month alone, but on average she's at like $3k-$4k.
The crazy thing is she's getting almost all of her clients through instagram and word of mouth from previous clients. She just posts pics of every board she makes and tags the location and people DM her.
I'm not totally sure how she handles the food safety stuff legally cuz i forgot to ask if she has a cottage food license or what, but she's been doing it long enough that she clearly figured something out.
do you stick to one app only or switch to others looking for better offers
Alright thought i'd put together a list of 10 skills i think are pretty underrated for side hustlers. Like a lot of people focus on the actual hustle itself and forget that the skills you pick up along the way kinda stack up and make every future hustle easier.
That's my list. What would you guys add? Curious what skills you've picked up over the years that aren't on here.
