r/thesidehustle

[HIRING] Simple Copy Pasting on various Apps (USD pay)

Our team is currently looking for individuals who want to earn extra money by using different socmed apps. The job was easy. All the things you need are provided, reading comprehension and basic understanding are the main requirements. Aside from the job itself we have a community where you can interact with other members, play a game and befriend them.

If interested just see the comment down below for the sign in process.

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u/Fragrant_Jelly_6788 — 21 hours ago

After 10M+ views creating UGC, here's what I've learned

I'm 19, and I've tried a bunch of different side hustles.
I've tested dropshipping, affiliate marketing, flipping, and a few other things, but the one that's consistently made me the most money has been UGC.

I started about 9 months ago, and since then I've earned around $17k creating UGC for brands. Over the last 6 months, the content I've created has generated more than 10M views across different campaigns.

I've also had the chance to create UGC for well-known apps like Picsart and Suno, along with a number of other startups and consumer apps. I'm definitely still learning every day, but after working with a lot of brands, these are the biggest mistakes I keep seeing new creators make.

1. Don't start in the most saturated niche

Almost everyone starts with beauty, skincare, or makeup because that's what they see all over Instagram and TikTok.
Yes, those brands spend a lot on ads, but they're also getting hundreds of creator pitches every week and If you're just starting, there are more other niches with much less competition where it's easier to land your first clients.

2. Stop charging beginner prices forever

Charging $50-$80 for your first few videos is completely fine bc you need a portfolio, testimonials, and experience.
But once you've worked with 5-10 clients and have results to show, your prices should increase too. A lot of creators never make that jump.

3. Negotiate performance-based bonuses

This is probably the biggest mistake I see.

If you create an ad for an app and it's still generating revenue for the company six months later, why should you only get paid once?

Whenever it makes sense, negotiate bonuses tied to performance, based on views or clic, anyway, if your content keeps making them money, you should benefit too.

4. Learn how to communicate

The highest-paid UGC creators usually understand advertising and they know why certain hooks improve retention, why one CTA converts better than another, and what makes people click, buy, or install.
Learning paid ads and consumer psychology has helped me a lot (Just go deep one week watching every YT video)

5. Show KPIs in your portfolio

Brands want proof that your content performs, o if you can show that one of your videos improved CTR, lowered CPA, generated installs, increased ROAS, or became a winning creative, that's what gets clients.

6. Apps are one of the biggest opportunities right now

Everyone wants to work with beauty brands but I personally think apps are one of the best markets in 2026.

These companies spend huge budgets on paid acquisition, which means they constantly need fresh creatives to test.

There are also far fewer creators specializing in app UGC compared to beauty or skincare, so there's less competition and often much bigger budgets.

One campaign with an app alone ended up paying me around $5k, and if I were starting from zero today that's where I'd focus.

A few extra thoughts:

My first videos weren't great and I still cringe when I look back at them, but you get better by making content, getting feedback, and improving with every project.
Every creator you look up to started with zero clients and a terrible portfolio

If you want to start UGC, feel free to ask me anything

u/Conscious-Shoe-157 — 1 day ago

[Hiring] Reddit Posters to grow subreddits

We’re looking for people who can help grow our subreddits by posting to them and mentioning them organically on other places on reddit.

Just normal subreddits like:
R/choosingbeggars
R/funny
R/antimlm
R/perfumeadvice

Just regular subreddits that you’d post to anyways for free.

Payment is based on post performance. Right now it’s capped at $5 per post but this is only during beta period. We will increase this after beta.

Currently we are only paying out users via PayPal but we will have crypto soon as well + direct payout to American banks only.

Join here - https://www.questscale.co

If you have any questions, please comment below or email support via the “support” tab on the website.

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u/helpmepls626 — 2 days ago
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Results of having a win-prizes website for nearly 6 months

I wanted to share my thoughts on my vibe-coding website. Turns out, it is my full-time job now. I've been running this website "Zeravo.app " since January and results are better than I expected.

It's a win-prizes website where users play skill-based arcade games, earn points, and use those points toward rewards/prizes (such as Playstation, apple watch and giftcards [p.s. we only have these prizes :D]). Basically, I wanted to build a simple arcade-style rewards platform instead of a boring "sign up and maybe win something" type of site.

I got my first sale 5 days after launching the website. I didn't expect that at all. I thought it was going to take a month to get a sale actually. I had just put the site online, started pushing some traffic to it, and then the first payment came in. That was the moment where it stopped feeling like a random side project and started feeling like something that could actually work. Like a real job.

Over the months, I tested a lot of stuff. Different landing page designs, different rewards, different traffic sources, better game pages, trust elements, and small changes to make the site feel more legit. I have added the screenshots of mine Stripe earnings below.

Biggest thing I learned: people need to understand the offer instantly. If the site looks sketchy or confusing, they leave. If the rewards feel real and the games look fun, some people actually convert.

Still a lot to improve, but getting real sales from a project I built myself has been crazy motivating.

P.S.: This is not the first project I earned money. I did a lot of projects over the years and earned plenty of money. Now I wanted to do something like prize website and it looks good.

u/Decent_Path_3419 — 3 days ago

Photo booth cost breakdown after 8 months running one as a side hustle

Started a photo booth rental business at the beginning of this year. Went with a US manufacturer, photobooth supply co, rather than a cheaper imported unit. Main reason was I needed something I could run solo or with one assistant without worrying about it failing mid-event.

Total startup around $9,500 all in. Booth, software subscription, backdrop kit, insurance, basic website which is not light but I ran the break-even math before spending anything so I knew what I was getting into. This is our ninth month and we already did 20 events. Average booking around $950 for a three hour package. Weddings are the main source but two corporate bookings I've had paid better and were easier to run. Gross just under $21,000. Net positive by around $7,500 after working down the equipment cost.

The time commitment is legitimate since most events are Friday or Saturday nights. Load in, run it, load out, clean up, send the gallery. Six to eight hours per booking when you count everything. Around $1,200 net per event after expenses, which is the best return I've found for weekend work that doesn't need a professional license.

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u/Verginia_Reide — 4 days ago

This is for people who track their sleep..

I've tried basically every wearable and health app out there, and they all have the same problem: they just give you numbers. More scores, more charts, more stuff to stare at, and none of it ever tells you what to actually do.

Like cool, I had a bad night, here's a sleep score of 38. Now go figure out your day, good luck. I don't need a number to confirm I slept bad. I already know. I can feel it the second I wake up, zero energy, zero drive to do anything. The number just confirms what I'm already feeling and then leaves me hanging.

That gap annoyed me so much I ended up building the thing myself. It's called RizeAI. The whole idea is the opposite of another score, it takes your actual sleep and recovery data and just tells you what to do with your day. Not a number. A plan.

It pulls your real metrics, sleep, recovery, HRV, resting heart rate, all of it, and builds your day around them. When to have your first coffee and when to hold off. When you're gonna crash and what to do before it hits. Whether to push at the gym or take it easy. When to hydrate. It'll even tell you which supplements actually make sense for you that day, when to take them, and why, instead of the generic "just take magnesium bro" everyone repeats. Low recovery day, it adjusts the whole thing. Slept great, it builds on that instead.

And honestly the part I'm most proud of: it's actually tailored to you. No two people get the same plan, because no two people have the same data. It reads your numbers and builds a protocol for you specifically, then gets sharper the more you use it. The longer you're on it, the more it learns your patterns.

The whole thing is just: stop tracking, start fixing. Your wearable already told you the bad night happened. This is the part that comes after, the part that turns a red recovery day into a day you can still get something out of. That was the gap I kept running into, and now it's literally the thing I open every morning.

Anyway, genuinely curious what people here think is still missing in this space, because I'm building in it every day.

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u/PieKey1836 — 3 days ago

Need to make 2k in 6 weeks...

I need to raise money for a medical thing, but i only have 6 weeks to do it. I'm penny pinching at home but I just don't make enough to have the money by the deadline (August 9th). I am a full time dog trainer for a company, but have a non compete so I cant take on clients by myself. I signed up for doordash, wag walking, and sold a few things on Facebook marketplace. But I'm getting nervous. Any ideas?

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u/reckless-strawberry — 4 days ago

Has anyone made money playing games or is it all just ads?

Keep seeing these ads pop up about getting paid to play mobile games and I honestly cant tell if there's anything real behind them or if it's just bait. Not looking to replace income or anything but has if anyone here seen a few bucks come out of it and what that looked like.

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u/Different_Pain5781 — 4 days ago

Is whop clipping worth it?

HOLY MOLY

I have seen so much on social media about clipping and earning a lot of money

Is it worth puttig time into?

Thanks

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u/UgandaFubbo — 4 days ago
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[task] Weekly Remote Online Gig – $10–20/week + Bonuses

Small operation looking for extra hands for basic tasks online. just simple repetitive work managed through a Discord server where tasks get posted regularly. Pay is $10–20 a week, sent every week without fail via, USDT or UPI, with bonuses for members who stick around, stay consistent and get the work done perfectly. If you've got some spare time and want something that actually pays on a regular basis, join the Discord and see if it works for you:https://discord.gg/R2aZfxeF

u/Rude_Context_4844 — 7 days ago

The AI bookkeeping company will be worth $10B. The question is whether you build it or watch someone else.

Its fun to collect the Problems which has the actual cost associated with it, that can be turned into the business, Bookkeeping is one of them & it is a $600B global market & can automatable with current AI technology.

That's $360B in annual revenue waiting for an AI-native challenger.

Here's why the timing is exactly right: Mercury, Brex, and Stripe now offer clean bank feed APIs that provide structured transaction data directly to third-party applications. Before these APIs existed, bookkeeping automation required dealing with messy bank statement imports, OCR errors, and inconsistent categorization. The infrastructure problem is solved.

The product: AI-native bookkeeping service for startups and small businesses.

What it does: connects to bank feeds, credit card APIs, and existing accounting software. Categorizes transactions automatically. Reconciles accounts monthly. Generates P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. Flags anomalies for human review.

Price: $299-599/month. Traditional bookkeeping services charge $500-1,500/month for the same output.

The customer: Series A startups, professional service firms, and e-commerce businesses that need accurate books but don't need a full-time accounting team.

Unit economics: 200 clients × $450 MRR = $1.08M ARR. With minimal human oversight (1 CPA reviewing AI outputs for edge cases), margin is 70%+.

The moat: the incumbents, local bookkeeping firms, BDO, RSM, regional accounting practices, cannot match this price without gutting their staff. They are structurally prevented from competing.

This is not a feature. It is a company. The market is $360B. The infrastructure to build it exists today.

its depend on us what we want to build, a company or a tool for indie hackers?

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u/Spiritual_Heron_5680 — 5 days ago
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i think i found a gap in the market

For most of my life I tried to be someone else. I'd find someone I admired, decide they were better than me, and copy them. That mindset pushed me into a business I never enjoyed and only started because I looked up to one specific guy. It failed. I felt completely lost.

Around that time I was obsessively tracking my sleep with a Whoop, trying to optimize it. I kept getting good recovery scores. And I was still exhausted, yawning through entire afternoons, dead by 2pm. That's when it clicked: the score doesn't do anything. It just confirms you slept well or badly. Cool. Now what? Knowing isn't fixing.

So I built the thing I actually wanted. It takes the data your wearable already collects sleep, recovery, heart rate, and turns it into a daily protocol instead of another number. It tells you what supplements to take based on your metrics, predicts your most productive hours and gives you the exact time window when you should do deep focus tasks and light focus tasks, it tells you how much caffeine you have in your system left based on your first coffee taken and notifies you when you should take the next caffeinated drink for maximum productivity, it even tells you when to nap so your energy lasts the whole day instead of crashing and much more...

It's on the App Store as RizeAI https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rizeai-maximize-your-energy/id6762402079. i built by myself, it's early stage right now, and I want honest feedback, what's confusing, what's missing, what you'd never use. Tear it apart.

u/PieKey1836 — 6 days ago
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Anyone here doing medical writing, regulatory writing, med comms, or clinical document review as a side hustle?

Last week I made a post asking how I could realistically make an extra $4,000 in about 2 months, and I was honestly blown away by all the responses. There were a lot of great ideas, but one suggestion kept coming up over and over again: medical writing, regulatory writing, medical communications, and clinical document review.

A little about me…

I’m a PharmD and currently work full-time in Big Pharma in clinical research. My long-term goal is to continue climbing the ladder where I work, and I’m actually in the middle of an internal rotation that’s helping me prepare for higher-level positions.
The reason I’m looking for a side hustle is pretty simple. I’d like to pay down some credit card debt and student loans, help cover expenses for my kids’ activities, and still have a little extra left over so I can get back into playing hockey in a beer league.
One thing that’s really important to me is my family.
We recently had a newborn, and we also have a toddler. My full-time job is mostly work-from-home, but I’m in my office all day and occasionally have to travel. Because of that, I really don’t want another job that requires me to leave the house several nights a week. I’d much rather find something I can do after the kids go to bed, on weekends, or whenever I have free time. The flexibility is honestly more important to me than squeezing out every last dollar.

The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to use my PharmD and clinical research experience instead of trying to start a completely unrelated side hustle.

For those of you doing this type of work…
How did you get started?
How long did it take before you landed your first paying client?
How quickly were you able to start making decent money?
What kind of projects did you take on in the beginning?
What are realistic hourly rates for someone just getting started?
Is the work generally project-based where you can accept or decline work, or are clients expecting ongoing availability?

I’m also trying to figure out where people actually find these opportunities.
What job titles should I be searching for?
Are they called Medical Writer, Regulatory Writer, Medical Communications Specialist, Clinical Document Reviewer, or something else?
Which websites have been the most successful for you? LinkedIn? Upwork? Contract agencies? Staffing firms? Company career pages? Somewhere else?
Are there any companies or agencies that are particularly good for beginners?
One thing I haven’t been able to find much information on is how people handle this while working for a pharmaceutical company.
Obviously I don’t want to create any conflict of interest or violate company policy.
Did you have to get approval from your employer?
If so, was it difficult?
Were you limited in the types of clients you could work with?
If you’re working as an independent contractor on a project basis instead of as an employee, does that usually make things easier?
Has anyone here successfully done this while working full-time in pharma?

I’m not looking for legal advice or ways around company policies. I just want to hear how others have handled it so I know what to expect before I spend time pursuing this.

If you were in my shoes today—with a PharmD, several years of clinical research experience, a full-time job in pharma, and only evenings/weekends available—what would be the very first step you’d take to land your first paid project?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s done this. It seems like one of the few side hustles where I can actually leverage my background instead of starting from scratch. Thanks!

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u/Chemical-Fun3692 — 5 days ago

Side hustle advice!!

Work as a medical professional UK. Money is either slow or not coming in. Need advice on places I can work temp or side hustles that get money in. Struggling to find any work at the moment.

Any held or advice welcome!!

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u/Parakittykat — 5 days ago

My girlfriend's cooking hobby accidentally turned into $8,200/month. Here's exactly how it happened.

My girlfriend and I are both salaried. I'm a civil engineer, she's a teacher. Good jobs, but like a lot of people we're always poking around for ways to make some extra money on the side and maybe one day get out of the 9 to 5 entirely.

Here's the thing, we didn't set out to build anything. It happened completely by accident.

Her hobby is cooking. She's genuinely good at it, and for years she'd just post photos of whatever she made to a few cooking groups on Facebook. No agenda, just sharing. And every time she posted, the comments would blow up. People asking for the recipe, asking what pan she used, where she got an ingredient, that kind of thing.

At some point I'm watching this happen and I thought, this is interesting. All this engagement and we're doing nothing with it. So kind of as a joke I said let's just drop a couple of Amazon affiliate links in there, the actual pan she uses, the specific ingredients people keep asking about.

First month we made around $100. Nothing crazy, but for what was basically a hobby it felt kind of magic that money showed up at all.

So we leaned in. Added more affiliate programs, all cooking related, the tools, the gadgets, the pantry stuff. Income crept up to about $900 a month. Then we started posting to more cooking groups, not just the original few, and the more relevant groups we got into the more it grew. We even put together a cookbook and put it on Amazon. Between the affiliates and the book we started hitting around $4,500 a month.

The catch, and anyone who's done organic posting knows this, it ate a huge amount of her time. Posting the same stuff to group after group, manually, every day. It started to feel like a second job instead of a hobby.

Then I found an app that lets you schedule and auto-post to the groups instead of doing it all by hand. That honestly changed everything for us. It freed her up to actually cook and create instead of spending her evenings copy-pasting into Facebook.

Now we're four months in from when we first got serious, and last month we hit $8,200. We're about to expand into TikTok and we're looking at opening an actual ecommerce site in the cooking niche.

I keep reading these stories about people turning a hobby into a business and never thought it would be us. But here we are, and it genuinely started from her just sharing food she loved making.

So I'm curious, has anyone else here accidentally turned a hobby into real money? Would love to hear how it started for you.

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u/Constant_Border_8994 — 7 days ago

how did it feel when you made your first dollar online?

That completed turning green did something to my brain i can't explain. $55 from a total stranger who didn't know me, just... paid for something i made.

I know the amount's not taking me places but this was our first ever sale, we've raised $15k in seed from college, but that fulfilment was nowhere close to the first sale.

I kept a snap of it and saved it in my favorites lol. can't stop refreshing the payment page.

The first time you made a sale, what was it from, and be honest, did you also stare at the payment tool / credit text like a weirdo?

https://preview.redd.it/ay1ixgzocmah1.jpg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7dc58c2e51470048fcd1fc8f27a2e5d2f00d0513

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u/Krish_1902 — 5 days ago

Swoopa vs Flipify? What do other flippers use to monitor listings?

Been using Swoopa for 8 months or so and staring at another $100+ charge. I’m having a hard time justifying it when I sit down and look at my margins. fwiw I’m doing this semi-seriously. I won’t say I’m a pro and it’s not quite full-time, but it’s more than a hobby if you know what I mean. Maybe 15-25 flips per month at this point depending on what’s moving.

To be clear, Swoopa works fine. I’ve made money with it but I’m starting to seriously wonder if it’s worth the cost. The other thing that’s starting to get to me is the clunky ass mobile UI. I keep having to wait until I’m at my laptop to do things I should be able to do from my phone quickly. Normally I get so much done on my phone with my laptop sitting 10 feet away lol. The other day I was out sourcing and had to wait until I got home to do something that IMO should’ve taken 30 seconds from my phone. That’s not great if the whole point of the thing is speed.

I am seriously considering switching to Flipify but I’m hesitant because I’ve been burned by tools in the past. My one non-negotiable is notification speed. I’ve done fairly well despite the costs and frustrations with Swoopa so I’m afraid of missing deals because alerts are slow. I don’t care how clean the dashboard is if the speed isn’t there.

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u/KangarooNo6556 — 6 days ago

You Never Know Which Post Will Change Your Life

I was constantly chasing different ideas. E-commerce, affiliate marketing, financial coaching business, wood working , reselling... if there was a way to make money with a side hustle, I probably gave it a shot.

Looking back, none of those attempts were failures. Every one of them taught me something. Marketing, editing, storytelling, business, negotiating... I just didn't realize I was building a skill set for something I hadn't discovered yet.

Then one day I came across a Reddit post from another creator.

I had never even heard of user generated content (UGC).

That one post made me curious enough to give it a shot.

Fast forward about 8 months and I've worked with 80+ brands like Amazon, Uber Eats and Skylight , make more money some months then my corporate job , built relationships with incredible creators, and found something that genuinely fits my life as a dad of three with a full-time job.

Trying things isn't failing.

Every attempt gives you skills you'll carry into the next opportunity, even if you don't see it at the time.

You never know which random post, conversation, or opportunity is going to change the direction of your life.

I'm glad I clicked that one.

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u/justinbrianugc — 7 days ago

Let's TALK with you for you

I recently started trying X Tasks as a small side hustle, and I thought I'd share my experience for anyone looking for something simple to do in their spare time.

The work mainly involves completing small tasks related to X (Twitter), such as engaging with posts, following instructions, or other micro-tasks depending on what's available. Most tasks only take a few minutes, so it's easy to fit them into free time.

What I've noticed so far:

  • No special skills required.
  • You can work whenever you have free time.
  • The pay isn't life-changing, but it can add up if you're consistent.
  • Task availability can vary, so some days are better than others.

If you're expecting a full-time income, this probably isn't the right option. But if you're looking to earn a little extra alongside school, a job, or another side hustle, it might be worth checking out.

Has anyone else here tried X Tasks or similar micro-task platforms?Let's talk about it ...

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u/BendEnvironmental995 — 6 days ago

Need to make an extra ~$4,000 in the next 2 months. What side hustles would you recommend?

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for some ideas on side hustles that could realistically bring in around $4,000 over the next 2 months.

A little background: I’m a healthcare professional with a PharmD background, but I currently work in the pharmaceutical industry (clinical research). Right now, my main focus is excelling in my current role while completing an internal rotation and applying for higher-level positions within my company. Because of that, I’m not looking for something that will derail my career progression.

The reason I’m looking is pretty straightforward: I’d like to make some extra money to knock down credit card debt and student loans, help cover my kids’ activities, and hopefully still have enough left over to enjoy one of my own hobbies—getting back into playing hockey in a beer league.

One of my biggest constraints is family time. We recently welcomed a newborn, and we also have a toddler, so I’m trying to avoid anything that would regularly take me away from my wife and kids. If there’s a side hustle with a great return that requires a few hours away each week, I’m open to it—but I’d prefer something flexible that I can do from home or on my own schedule.

One thing to note: working retail pharmacy isn’t an option since I’m not licensed in my current state, so that’s off the table.

For those of you who’ve been in a similar situation, what side hustles have actually worked? I’m especially interested in opportunities that have a relatively quick ramp-up and don’t require months before seeing income.

I’d really appreciate any suggestions or personal experiences. Thanks in advance!

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u/Chemical-Fun3692 — 9 days ago