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Best & Worst Side Hustles of 2025

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I found 100 of the most popular side hustles on the internet and today, we’re going to go over them, and most importantly, I’ll be giving my honest take on every single one.

You see, a lot of people and internet guru types always say how this side hustle is the easiest way to ten, twenty thirty thousand dollars per month and I don’t really buy it.

If they were really making that much money from that side hustle then why are they trying to sell a course for $30?

So the goal is simple, go over 100 popular side hustles and figure out which side hustle is overhyped and a waste of time and which one can actually make some money.

Side Hustle #1 – Amazon KDP

So the first side hustle, is something I’ve seen pop up on my YouTube a lot recently.

And it’s something called Amazon KDP

So if you don’t know, amazon kdp stands for kindle direct publishing.

Basically the idea is that you can upload your book as a pdf and amazon takes care of the print.

All you have to do is figure out the design and content, some people are making novels and really in depth books about a particular topics.

But a lot of people also just make a simple book like a coloring book, or a puzzle book that takes them a day or two to make and focus on increasing the quantity of books they sell.

People are claiming they’re making tens of thousands of dollars but if you take a look at how much profit they’re making, it’s only like 12-29% at the highest, and most of the people I’ve seen actually do this, don’t have that high of a profit margin.

So if you have 25k in revenue, you only have 3k in profit. And out of that 3k, you have to pay taxes, business expenses, software expenses and after that you get what’s left.

And that’s after publishing like 20-50 books.

But the amount you can spend and the customer life time profit is very low.

Lets say you are selling them for $9, you get $3.24 in the bank account, you can’t spend more than that to get a customer.

I remember Alex Hormozi talk about this side hustle on the mfm podcast. But he didn’t actually do this, he invested in publishing.com which helps people publish books for this and make money from this side hustle.

And that I think, is a lot better business to be in, because you’re selling the shovels in a gold rush vs mining for gold.

Side Hustle #2 – Dropshipping

Dropshipping was the first side hustle that really got popular online.

It’s kind of the ultimate dream — the manufacturer makes the product and ships it directly to the customer. And the dream is that you just sit back and make tons of money as easily as possible.

So I first tried dropshipping around 12 years ago.

And I’ve tried dropshipping so much stuff.

The first store I made was selling rave party lights — gloves with lights on the fingertips, glow sticks, and like 50 other things.

Since then, I’ve done a furniture store, a sunglasses store, a shoe store, clothing, meditation-related necklaces and bracelets, anime merch, workout resistance bands, a compression blanket, and even a hair detangling brush.

All up, I’ve tried dropshipping around 11 different times over 6 years.

And every single time, it hasn’t worked.

This is by far the most overhyped side hustle.

There are a bunch of major downsides:

Most of the products are junk or low quality
You’re selling commodity items with no real brand
Shipping is slow — and Amazon is way better
Literally every product you could think to dropship is already on Amazon with fast shipping and a ton of reviews
The competition is brutal — you have no competitive advantage
And those trendy products on TikTok, like slushie cups or single-serving blenders? By the time you see them, the wave is already over

It’s pretty much impossible to profitably get customers for 99% of the products you could sell.

So yeah, this is one business I don’t plan on ever doing again.

But the next side hustle? It’s a bit better than dropshipping.

Side Hustle #3 – Custom Label Product

If you had a scale that goes from dropshipping products with no branding or customization to a business that has a unique product and better branding, this would fall somewhere around 30% of the way to being a full business.

So it’s getting closer to being a real business rather than just a side hustle — even though, to be fair, any of these side hustles could become businesses if they got big enough.

I tried this one a few years ago with an at-home laser hair removal device. The brand name was Stay Silky

The difference between this and dropshipping is that dropshipping is usually unbranded and ships directly from the manufacturer to the customer.

Meanwhile, a custom label product has your logo printed on it — and some manufacturers will even do the printing and ship it directly to customers for you.

But if I were to do this again, I’d buy it in bulk, put it on Amazon, and use Amazon FBA to get fast shipping and better customer experience.

But just like dropshipping, there’s a huge downside: other than your logo and maybe a different color, your product is basically the same as everyone else’s.

So you end up with tons of competitors selling the exact same thing.

Also, if you’re wondering why Stay Silky didn’t work — it’s because of that lack of differentiation and the fact that it’s insanely hard to make content around it that actually gets views.

For a product like this, you need to show it being used, explain how it works, and convince people why they should buy it.

But that type of content doesn’t perform well — and if your content doesn’t get views, you don’t get sales.

So the next side hustle is a…

Side Hustle #4 – Custom Product Business

Ok this is the side hustle I think has one of the highest potential and is in the top 3.

That’s because it’s pretty much a business, but you can start it on the side, so I’m counting it as a side hustle.

Out of all the businesses I’ve tried — which is around 18 so far — this one is the one that has been the most successful.

So the idea behind this business is making a custom product: something with a unique design, different branding, and something that actually stands out from what competitors are selling.

And the business that I started was called *Magic Gum*.

The product is basically chewing gum that’s 10 times harder than normal chewing gum, and it’s meant for working out your jaw and getting a better jawline.

In the past 30 days, it sold around 134 units on Amazon, which came to a revenue of $5,816.62.

If you’re wondering how much that is in profit — it’s around $3,900.

So for this business, we actually made the product by hand. And before we launched, we made over 147 different recipes to come up with one that was better than all the competition.

The taste, piece hardness, piece size, mintiness, packaging, pouch thickness and texture, design — every single detail was customized to make the best possible product.

Also, if you ever plan on selling on Amazon (or anywhere really), let me tell you the one thing that was responsible for all of our sales:

It was the design.

And I can say that confidently — because before we had this pouch, we went with a box. And the box honestly looked super premium in person. But on Amazon, when you put a photo of it next to competitors, it didn’t look good. You couldn’t even tell what the product was.

So we made sure to design the pouch so it *stands out* the most when it’s next to every other listing.

(Just search for “jawline gum” on Amazon and you’ll see.)

Also, the reason we decided to put “Jawline Gum” in a huge font is because of Amazon’s Product Opportunity Finder tool. You can see exactly what people are searching for.

And the #1 search term for this kind of product was *Jawline Gum*, followed by *Hard Chewing Gum*. Hence the smaller “hard chewing gum” text underneath.

So here’s why Magic Gum *worked*:
– The whole “looksmaxxing” trend
– Lack of competition on Amazon Australia
– The same kind of product exists in the US, but because there are already established brands there, it didn’t work on Amazon US

99% of all products that actually *sell* fall into this custom product side hustle / business category.

Also, I found two interesting products recently that follow the same model:

1. **She’s Birdie** – a personal security alarm for women that’s doing around $2M/month
2. **Fly Gun** – on Amazon it sells for $40 and they’ve sold around 10,000 units just last month

The downside of this side hustle?

Usually the startup costs. Most factories have a $5K–$10K minimum order requirement.

And on top of that, it’s *incredibly* hard to come up with an idea that isn’t already dominated — or to find a unique angle for marketing. It’s unbelievably hard to find something that has good margins, is actually viable, and can scale.

One interesting thing I found out while working on the chewing gum business — two of the biggest chewing gum brands, *Spry* and *Epic Dental*, are both made by the same factory in China.

Next side hustle…

Side Hustle #5 – Reselling from Amazon to eBay (or from Cheaper eBay Seller to eBay)

So the idea behind this is kind of like dropshipping — but instead of making your own Shopify store, you sell the item on platforms like eBay, Etsy, or even Amazon.

And when you get an order, you just buy the same item from a cheaper listing and send it directly to the customer’s address.

This one actually made me around $300–$400 back in the day — like 7 or 8 years ago.

The best-selling product was a charcoal teeth whitening paste, and also a full teeth whitening kit.

There was also this one completely random sale I got — a scope for a pew pew.

The reason I’m not still doing it today is because it doesn’t really work anymore. The margins just aren’t there, and you have no brand or unique selling point.

The reason this worked *better* than dropshipping (at least for me) was because platforms like eBay, Amazon, and Etsy already have people actively searching for products — so there’s built-in traffic and demand.

With dropshipping, unless you advertise or find a way to get people on your website, you’re not going to get any sales.

Side Hustle #6 – Amazon FBA

The idea behind this is that you buy products that are cheaper in places like Walmart or any other retail stores, and then send them to Amazon’s fulfillment centers so you can sell them on Amazon.

This one seems like it would be really simple to do — because all you have to do is find stuff for cheaper and then sell it for slightly more on Amazon — but when you actually look into it…

The amount of volume you would have to sell to make a decent amount of money is insane, and that’s because the margins in this are not really good at all.

Suppose you want to make $100k from this. Since the margins are like 10% or lower, you would have to sell around $1M worth of stuff to make that much.

I saw a few videos of people doing this and honestly, this is more like a full-time job — especially at the start when you’re figuring stuff out and setting everything up.

Here’s one of those videos.

This one is a lot harder than it initially looks. You have shipping costs, advertising costs, competition from other sellers for the buy button — and a lot of your cash is stuck in inventory.

People at the highest levels of this buy stuff in bulk, deliver it to a prep center, get it prepped there, and then have it sent to Amazon FBA.

Side Hustle #7 – Print on Demand

So this is like Amazon KDP where you just upload your design and they print it on things like shirts, hats, hoodies, and a bunch of other merch.

And I would say, just like Amazon KDP, it’s incredibly difficult to get customers for this profitably — you have to price your stuff decently higher, at at least $30–$40 if you want to make any money, and honestly I don’t think the demand for products like this is that high.

Sure, there’s probably people making good money from this, but I don’t think this has as much demand as people think.

Like… when was the last time you bought a shirt or any print-on-demand merch?

Next up is…

Side Hustle #8 – YouTube

This is the game I’ve decided to play for this season of my life.

Making and selling gum was the previous season, and YouTube Shorts was before that season if you’re wondering.

I would say that this is one of the best options in the world right now.

I think the world has gotten to a stage where people are spending a lot of time and attention in the digital world.

And in a world like that, if you only consume content and never actually post something, it kind of feels like you don’t really exist. Because how would anyone else know?

Like imagine you go to the cinema to watch a movie. You don’t know anything about the people that are sitting in the theater with you. But you do know about the people who are on the screen.

Also, if you want to have any business or side hustle, you need to have a way to get attention and let people know about the things you’re selling — so this is great for learning that skill as well.

The good thing about this is that you just have to make videos. And those can make you money. It’s not like a product where you have to first make the product, then you have to sell it.

With YouTube, you upload the video and if it performs, it sells itself based on how the video is. So the product and marketing are the same.

And one video you make can reach tons of people — if you were in a product business, you would need to make 1 product for each sale. So with this side hustle/business, you have leverage.

Right now, I make around $33 in cashflow from each sale of Magic Gum and we sell around 135 units per month.

If I wanted to make the same amount with YouTube, I would need to get around 636k views per month. So approximately every 4.7k views is equal to one sale of a physical product like Magic Gum.

And seeing that YouTube has the potential to get views that are a lot higher than that, it just makes sense to spend my time doing something that has a higher money-making ceiling.

So it’s just a better game to play.

From what I’ve seen, YouTube has the potential to make around $30–50k per year for smaller creators, $100–200k for mid-sized, and the biggest creators are making a couple of million dollars at least.

But it’s not like you’re going to make random videos and start making money — this is like any other skill where you have to learn how to make it work.

The next side hustle is…

Side Hustle #9 – Short Form Content (YouTube Shorts / TikToks / Reels)

So I actually did this for a while a few years ago and I got around 50M views from YouTube Shorts, and like 25 million on TikTok.

Let me say straight up, getting 25M views on TikTok changed absolutely nothing in my life. Zero money made from the views. It took a ton of time to make each short and most of them don’t perform well. And when you do get one that goes viral, the only thing that happens is the view number goes up and you get a bunch of stupid comments.

YouTube Shorts though — I got around 50M views and YouTube actually paid around $2,500–$3,000 total. I did do 1 sponsored short which made around $2,000. But for the amount of time and effort this takes, it’s not really worth it if you do only this.

You can do this, have a few videos go viral for a while — but this is really hard to sustain. Personally I think the best strategy for this would be something like what Sambucha, Ludwig, Asmongold, PirateSoftware or any of the big YouTubers do.

Which is: pump out a ton of shorts that are designed to go viral, and use that to get people familiar with you — so when they see a long-form video from you, they’re more likely to click it.

Side Hustle #10 – Faceless YouTube Channel / YouTube Automation

I see so many people talking about how they’re making tons of money with YouTube automation. And I guess it’s just a coincidence that pretty much every single one of those people is selling you a course.

If they were really making $35,000 in 3 days like this guy claims
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@syraxverse/videos
Then why the hell would he even bother to spend a second trying to teach you how to do it too?

He’s selling coaching for $30/month:
👉 https://whop.com/syrax/

It’s like finding a gold mine that nobody knows about, getting a megaphone and telling everyone — and then selling tips on how to swing the axe better for $30. Just mine the gold yourself or scale it up.

There’s one thing I’ve noticed from all these YouTube automation people — whenever they make a channel as a “challenge” to prove that it works… why do they stop uploading? If it actually worked, why not keep it going and keep the channel a secret so you don’t increase competition?

Some of the downsides of YouTube automation:

Copyright strikes
Not long-term sustainable
Terms of service issues
Sometimes YouTube doesn’t approve your channel for monetization
People aren’t really interested in AI voiceovers

Side Hustle #11 – Streaming

I always see this in those side hustle lists, but let me just say it straight — this is not a side hustle.

This is one of the hardest things you could possibly try to win at.
Scroll through Twitch and look at all the people with barely any views.

People love saying streaming is an easy job, but if you take a closer look — some of these streamers are live for 10–11 hours a day, and they went live every day to zero people for like six months straight before finally gaining any traction.

I don’t know about you, but have you tried being entertaining for that long?
Having to talk constantly, react to things, read chat — at my current skill level, I feel like I’d run out of things to say in about 30 seconds.

Side Hustle #12 – Instagram Influencer

This one can work — if you’ve got the looks for it. It’s mainly for girls, realistically.

It takes a lot of time to build up a following, and trying to actually convert that attention into money isn’t as easy as it looks.
Especially now, since competition is insanely high.

That being said, influencers can charge thousands of dollars per post.
Like, here’s an example: one influencer I contacted for a laser hair removal device business I tried was charging $3000 for one post — or $5000 for a YouTube sponsorship.

So yeah, it can work — but it’s definitely not as simple as posting selfies and raking in cash.

Side Hustle #13 – Instagram Theme Pages

So these are accounts like meme pages or niche interest accounts (anime, business facts, crypto news, etc).

The idea is to grow a page to a few hundred thousand followers, then start charging brands to promote their products.

The upside? You don’t have to show your face.
The downside? It’s not a stable or strong business — you’re not really building brand value, and post rates aren’t that high. You might make around $2,000 on a good month, maybe more if your page is elite, but for most, this isn’t a long-term business.

I tried building one of these for my anime dropshipping store, and getting an Instagram page popular from scratch was insanely hard. If I were to do this again, I’d just buy a somewhat active page and try to scale it — because going from zero to one here is hell.

Honestly, I think a better version of this is…

Side Hustle #14 – Newsletters

Just like any other content platform, with newsletters you’re selling attention.

But compared to something like an Instagram theme page, newsletters are a way more solid business.
You can charge sponsors based on how many people open your emails, and the whole thing just feels more legit.

The downside? It’s hard to grow.
With Instagram or YouTube, your content can go viral and reach thousands of new people automatically.
With newsletters, if you send an email to 1,000 people, it’s not going to magically end up in 100,000 inboxes.

So you have to grow your list in other ways — like paid ads, content on YouTube or X, or by having a viral product attached to the newsletter.

Basically, newsletters are great for engagement and backend monetization, but you need to find a different way to get traffic.

From everything I’ve seen, a million-dollar newsletter business would probably need around 250,000 subscribers.

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Side Hustle #15 – One-Function Websites

Like a tier list maker, a “spin the wheel” website, or simple tools like a webp-to-png converter.

These types of websites get millions of monthly visits. And even if you monetized only with ads, you could still be pulling in hundreds of thousands per month.

For example:
ezgif.com has 6.9M visits per month. At a $3 CPM, that’s around $207,000/month.

The hard part? Finding a fresh idea that isn’t already dominated — and figuring out how to get traffic.

Honestly, I kind of want to try building one of these as a challenge because it seems super fun.

Side Hustle #16 – Mowing Lawns

Classic side hustle.

People need their lawns mowed. You just go around and try to get customers.

The great part? Once you get a customer and do a good job, there’s a high chance they’ll hire you again.
It’s simple, repeatable, and you could probably start with under $2,000.

Side Hustle #17 – Freelancing

If you make this work, you could earn a decent income. But you need a specific hard skill — like video editing, design, programming, etc.

It’s tough to start because most clients don’t want to buy from a profile with no reviews or completed jobs.

Also, the competition is fierce — you’re competing with experienced freelancers, and often competing on price.

Side Hustle #18 – Fiverr

There’s so much you can do on Fiverr — almost any task you can think of can be sold here.

I tried this a few years ago just to see what it was like. It’s actually really hard to get sales as a beginner.

Also, Fiverr is known for lower-priced services, so you usually can’t charge much. It’s more of a volume game.

Side Hustle #19 – Create an Online Tool

Same idea as the one-function website.

Think of tools like:
• WebP to PNG converter
• Photopea (Photoshop in your browser)
• Meme generators, AI text tools, etc.

Take ezgif.com again — 6.9M monthly visits. At $3 CPM, that’s over $200k per month just from ads.

If you can find a useful tool that gets traffic, this can be huge.

Side Hustle #20 – Dog Walking

Anyone else see the penny series from Ryan Trahan?

He used the Wag app to walk dogs and made a solid chunk of money.

Best for city-type areas with lots of dog owners.
You go on a walk, get healthy, and get paid for it.
So it’s a win–win.

You’re not going to get rich, but this is a nice little hustle.

Side Hustle #21 – Affiliate Marketing

This one is simple.
You share a link, and when someone buys through that link — you get a commission.

You don’t have to create the product, run the business, or handle customer support.
But you do need one thing: attention.

You need some kind of platform — YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, newsletter, blog — otherwise, nobody is clicking your links.

So affiliate marketing is more of a monetization method than a full side hustle by itself.

Side Hustle #22 – Shitposting on X

This one’s honestly hilarious — but it actually works.

Some people make a few thousand dollars a month from their posts going viral on X (formerly Twitter).

There are even accounts where I’m pretty sure this is their full-time job.

I kind of want to try this as a side hustle challenge just to see if it’s possible.
Only problem is — I feel like you’d get brainrot from doing it.

Side Hustle #23 – Online Surveys

Fun fact: the first money I ever made in my life was from doing online surveys at age 14.

I wanted to buy cool items in MapleStory and had no money, so I searched “how to make money online” — and found online surveys.

I think I made around 50 cents per hour.
There were some that paid more if you confirmed your phone number… which I did.

One day I get called into my dad’s room — he’s furious, holding the phone bill.
Turns out, those “premium surveys” charged like $5 each and I had racked up a $500 bill.

So yeah, that was fun.

Also, if you want to be approved for more surveys, just a tip:
Say you’re in your late 20s, live with a partner, and handle most household purchases.

Next up is…

Side Hustle #24 – Money Making Apps

This is another one like surveys — you can make some money,
but it’s usually less than $50 per month and takes a ton of time.
So yeah… probably not the best use of your time.

Side Hustle #25 – Make Money Watching Videos

The idea is simple: you watch videos and answer questions or surveys.

Here’s an example on YouTube.

There’s one called Lit where you watch videos, leave comments, and get paid in their in-house currency — Lit Coin.

But here’s the catch:
It takes like 18 hours to earn 1 Lit Coin…
And 1 Lit Coin is worth 80 cents.

So yeah, it’s pretty much a waste of time.

Side Hustle #26 – Playing Games

This one is very interesting because I actually made around $3,000 by playing games.
Specifically, MapleStory, but I know there are other games where you could do something like this as well.

Basically, I had an era of playing MapleStory, leveling up my character, getting better gear, doing bosses,
getting drops, and merching stuff — buying items for low, selling them for higher, upgrading items, and selling them for more.

I even knew someone on the game who bought their dog in real life by doing that.

There’s also a way to buy and sell Maple Points and the in-game currency called Meso.
You would enter a lower number to buy Meso, then sell it for higher, doing that like 20 times a day and making around $4 per day.

I’m not saying it’s legal, but there are ways to sell in-game currency to others for USD.

But straight up, if your goal is strictly to make money, this isn’t the most time-efficient way to do it.
I played the game for like 1,500 hours and only made $3,000 because I sold all my gear when I quit.

It was pretty fun though, so if you’re someone with a ton of free time who likes playing games and doesn’t need that much money, you could do this.
But I have a feeling that if you played MapleStory for this, you’d probably want to spend the money you make on your character instead.

Side Hustle #27 – Amazon Review Videos

Check out Amazon’s review video program.

The idea behind this is that you create video reviews for the products you buy on Amazon, and if people see your video and buy it from your link,
you get a commission from the sale.

I’ve seen a few people say they make around $100-150 per month from this, depending on your videos and the products you review.

Join Amazon’s Influencer Program.

Side Hustle #28 – Modelling

So the thing with modelling is that you need to be a certain type of person to pull this off,
but if you can, you can apply for modelling gigs on apps and get paid around $200-$500 for some gigs.

Since this isn’t a full-time thing, you can do modelling gigs on the side.
Though, I’m guessing the application-to-gig success rate isn’t that high, so you’ll probably spend a lot of time applying for things.

Side Hustle #29 – Social Media Management | Social Media Marketing Agency

Ah yes, the thing that every shady internet guru around 5-8 years ago was selling you.

I actually did this business with my brother around 7 years ago, and let me tell you, for the most part, it’s a terrible business.
It’s insanely hard to get customers for this, they always end up leaving, and it’s really annoying dealing with people who expect you to get $1,000,000 results on a small budget.

The best we got from this business was an international student college that stayed with us for a few months and paid around $30,000.
We ended up getting them a bunch of students and helped fill up their college, so they made around $4,000,000 from student tuition.

You’d think that would be an insane result, and they would stick around forever, but they ended up going with a cheaper option,
their marketing tanked, and they wanted to come back to us.

So there’s two things you should know about this experience.
First, if you’re getting customers for a business, try to do it on a commission-per-result basis instead of a flat monthly rate.
For example, colleges targeting international students usually give around 30% of the tuition as commission for whoever brings the student.

If we had done that payment structure, we would have made around $1.2 million.

Second, using Facebook ads to get customers for this type of service stopped working a long time ago.
It would be a lot less profitable and harder now.

Side Hustle #30 – Virtual Assistant

Being a virtual assistant means you’re hired to do a lot of different small tasks, usually manual labor-type.
This is fine, but it also makes it harder for people who would hire you because they don’t know what tasks you can handle.

If the tasks are simple, it can turn into something where only price matters.
Plus, with ChatGPT existing, I think the demand for virtual assistants isn’t that high anymore.

Side Hustle #31 – Tutoring

This is a classic way to make money on the side.
I know a few people who got high marks in Year 12 and did some tutoring on the side.
I even had a tutor for English and Math in Year 12, and they charged $50-$60 for a 2-hour session every week.

Although, a lot of the time, the English tutor would just write essays that I had to memorize while I played games on my laptop.

It seems like a decent way to earn a few hundred dollars per week if you can get enough students.
Plus, they’ll usually stay as customers until they do their final test.

Side Hustle #32 – Teaching on Platforms Like Udemy or Skillshare

This one is cool because it’s scalable, but you need to have a hard skill that you can teach.
Getting traffic for the course is something you still have to do. You could get organic traffic, but that usually only happens after your course gains momentum and becomes a bestseller.

Side Hustle #33 – Selling Digital Products

Things like eBooks, templates, presets, etc.
This is similar to other methods where you make a digital product once, and it has leverage since you can sell it multiple times.

Just like the others, you still need to figure out a way to get traffic.
This generally falls in the low perceived value category, so you would need to make your digital product something that provides a lot of value compared to its price.

Side Hustle #34 – Domain Flipping

I feel like you need a certain personality type to be a domain flipper.
This is one of the riskiest and high-startup-cost side hustles.

You need to buy a lot of domains you think are good and that someone will want in the future.
You have to pay to keep them for years and have no guarantee that someone will actually buy them.

And if someone does want to buy your domain, you need to negotiate for a price that makes it worth it to cover all the expenses of the domains you bought.

Also, I don’t think there are that many domains available anymore, since a lot of the good ones (and even many of the bad ones) are already taken.

Side Hustle #35 – App or Website Testing

There are websites like userpeek.com, testmate.com.au where you can test websites and get paid.
Usually, for this, you need to make a 15-20 minute video of you testing the website and sharing your thoughts to earn $10.
The same goes for app testing.

Side Hustle #36 – Stock Photography or Videos

This is a terrible side hustle.

You generally only get paid cents for every photo you sell, and to make decent money from this,

you need to have a portfolio with tens of thousands of images or videos.

Plus, with AI-generated images, the demand for this has gone down as well.

Side Hustle #37 – AI-Powered Side Hustles

This includes things like ChatGPT plugins or single-task AI tools.

An example of this would be a company like Opus Clips.
Here’s a video on it: Watch here.

I think this side hustle has potential if you can find the right idea.
Everybody knows that AI can save time and has the potential to make money.

If you can create something that helps save time or money and is easy to use, it becomes an easy sell.
Ideally, you’d want to target business customers, as they can justify it as a business expense, while normal consumers can’t.
That’s why businesses pay for things like Calendly, but regular people won’t pay for YouTube Premium, even though they spend 5 hours a day on YouTube.

Another category I’ve seen working is making AI tools that help people make money, like Publishing.com (helps you make books to publish on Amazon) or AutoShorts.ai (helps you create YouTube Shorts to make money).

This is interesting because it’s like selling shovels in a gold rush — the people who make the tools for side hustles often end up making more money than those doing the hustle themselves.

And if you think there’s no moat because anyone can use the base AI, the moat is your design, usability, and solving a specific problem.

Side Hustle #38 – Cleaning Services

You could make a few hundred dollars for each place you clean, but it’s a lot of physical labor, and I don’t think it’s that easy to get clients for this.

The best types of clients you could get for this would be either businesses that can pay for your services regularly or high-net-worth individuals.

Side Hustle #39 – Do Tasks on Task Platforms

This side hustle involves doing handyman-type tasks and finding gigs on websites like TaskRabbit.

From what I’ve researched, people can make a few thousand dollars per month from this, but it’s more like a full-time job than it is a side hustle.

Also, I heard that TaskRabbit actually stopped accepting new people to do jobs since there’s already so many people and there isn’t enough demand.

But it probably depends on which city you’re in as well, so you should double-check if you’re interested in doing this.

You can learn more about TaskRabbit here: TaskRabbit Video.
And here’s a discussion on Reddit: Reddit Discussion.

Side Hustle #40 – Lemonade Stand

Ah yes, the meme side hustle of every kid.

I honestly think that if you started a business around the lemonade stand brand, you could make it work, depending on your location.

Imagine if you had a popcorn-making machine in cinemas, where you can see the popcorn being made and overflowing out of the pot.

Now, what if you had a similar machine that made lemonade automatically? It would be a huge hit since people could stand around and watch the lemonade being freshly made.

Like how, if you’ve ever been to a Krispy Kreme donut store with the machines, you always end up staring at the machine.

The only issue would be getting a food permit, which would be a pain, but otherwise, it could work.

Side Hustle #41 – Babysitting

This is a classic teenager side hustle.
I don’t see why this still wouldn’t work, and there are even websites where you can apply for babysitting gigs now.
The average price for a babysitter seems to be around $35 per hour.

Check out this site for more: Find a Babysitter.

Side Hustle #42 – Personal Shopping

Ok, I’ve heard about this side hustle jokingly since it’s like the dream job for some, but I don’t think this is actually a thing.

Side Hustle #43 – Photography/Videos for Events

So you have a camera and want to make the most out of it while getting a little money on the side? Cool.

Usually, photographers like this make around a few hundred dollars per event, but that doesn’t include all the time you spend trying to actually get customers, convincing them to go with you, negotiating the price, and also editing the photos afterward.

Also, you might think that the main skill you need is photography, which you do need, but I think for photographers, especially, you need to have really good social skills.

You need to know how to get people to pose in front of the camera and make them feel comfortable.

Side Hustle #44 – Moving Services

This involves helping people move houses.

Based on this removalist website, these services usually charge around $130-$150 per hour, and you can make around $1,000 per house.

However, for this business, you need to have a truck to move the stuff and also a second person to help you carry things.

So, this isn’t really a side hustle, and because of the truck, it isn’t cheap to start either.
Check out this removalist service: Muval – Removalists.

Side Hustle #45 – Driving for Uber/Lyft/Food Delivery Apps

Out of all the side hustles, if you wanted the highest likelihood way to make some extra money, this seems like the best option.

A lot of people, especially international students, are even doing this full time and making around $3,000–$4,000 per month.

If you want to do this, you would most likely need to have a car or, if you’re in the city, an e-bike.

Side Hustle #46 – Driving for Amazon Delivery

You can drive for Amazon through Amazon Flex, just like you can for food delivery companies or Uber.
One of my brother’s friends actually drives for Amazon, even though he has an engineering degree, and makes around $110,000 doing this.
Personally, I think this is better than driving for Uber since it’s more reliable, consistent, and I think the pay is better as well.
But Amazon is also infamous for demanding a lot from their drivers, so there’s that.
Out of all the side hustles, this seems like one of the highest likelihood ways of making money.

Side Hustle #47 – Car Leasing

You can use a company like Turo to lease your car to people.
However, I think this isn’t a great side hustle because you need to have a spare car, which costs a lot of money, and I don’t think there is enough demand to make this consistently profitable.
And every day it’s not leased, you’re not making money.
You also have to worry about things like the car getting damaged, insurance, depreciation, car cleaning, cash flow, and other factors.
I’ve seen a few people on YouTube try this side hustle out, and most of them don’t make that much money and usually end up losing money.
Check out this YouTube video: Car Leasing on Turo.

Side Hustle #48 – Renting Equipment

This involves renting out things like cameras or other expensive gear.
I would say the same things that apply for leasing cars on Turo apply here as well.

Side Hustle #49 – Voice Acting

If you have a decently good mic, this is something you can try out on places like Fiverr or Voices.com.
It seems easy enough, right? People want things to have a voice-over, you have a voice, so you can do it.

But I think this is actually harder than it seems.
If you look at some of the people selling voice acting services, they’re actually pretty high-level, and if you want to compete, you would need to level up your voice acting skills.
Also, it would be super hard to get this started since you have no reviews. You would probably have to start with the lowest price to build up your social proof.
I kind of want to make a video where I try doing this side hustle and see if I can actually make money even though I’m not a voice actor.

Side Hustle #50 – Candle Making

This is the perfect side hustle for TikTok.
It’s such a visual process that making videos and marketing this is a lot easier than making other products, like chewing gum.
I remember this was trending during 2020 and 2021.
The downside is that with shipping and the costs to actually make the candles, I don’t think the profit margin for this is that high.
Plus, if you’re selling scented candles, people usually like smelling the candles before they actually buy them.
But since “smellovision” isn’t a thing yet, that makes it less likely for people to buy just from seeing it online.

Side Hustle #51 – Soap Making

This is like candle making but I think this is a worse side hustle option.
Both candle making and soap making are things that sell mainly on Etsy.
However, if you take a look at how many sales are happening for candles vs soap, it looks like candles have more demand.
Also, the thing with soap making is that the recipes and how you need to make it to stand out are a lot more complicated than candles.
With candles, all you do is melt wax, add flavor, and put it in a jar with a wick.
But with soap, you need to figure out the texture, have different shapes and sizes, different surface patterns, and scents.
Check out these products on Etsy:
– Candles on Etsy
– Soap on Etsy.

Side Hustle #52 – Flipping Items from Facebook Marketplace

This is the classic Gary Vee side hustle.
I think this is a lot more effort than people realize, and a lot of the things being sold are junk.

Side Hustle #53 – Peer to Peer Lending

So lending money to the people you know and charging them interest.
I don’t think this is actually a viable side hustle, and lending money to friends doesn’t usually end well.

Side Hustle #54 – Renting Out a Space

This can work if you have a space to rent out.
The most common setup I’ve seen is when one person rents a house for $1,000 per month, then finds 3 roommates that pay $350 per month each, covering the rental expense.
But I’ve also heard stories of people doing this while hiding it from their roommates, and when they find out, things get ugly.

Side Hustle #55 – Tour Guide Services

I’ve seen people do this in Japan where someone takes you bar hopping and shows you the best spots.
But in countries like the USA, I mostly see tour companies and fewer individual people showing you around.
Check out this tour guide service in Los Angeles: Viator Tour – Los Angeles.

Side Hustle #56 – Car Wrapping for Ads

If you have a car, you can get paid by putting advertisements on it.
There’s a company called Carvertise where you can apply for this. Based on this Reddit post, someone did this and made $900 for having it on their car for 6 months.
However, it ruined his paint and seemed really annoying.
Check out the Reddit post here: Car Wrapping Reddit Post.

Side Hustle #57 – Meal Prep

This one’s tough because you’re competing with literally every other food option available.
You’re competing against food prep companies, fast food, restaurants, and people making the food themselves.
I actually know someone who tried this. The food was great, the amount they gave people was a lot, and they targeted people with purchasing power.
But the issue is that, even though you save people time, they often see it as a cost and think they can just make it themselves and cancel.
Plus, making the food, having variety, and making it taste good is incredibly hard.
And after taking out all the costs and expenses, you don’t actually make that much.

Side Hustle #58 – Building Apps

I think this one is one of the best side hustles because it has the potential for big rewards.
There’s a famous quote from Jeff Bezos:
“We all know that if you swing for the fences, you’re going to strike out a lot, but you’re also going to hit some home runs.”
In business, every once in a while, when you step up to the plate, you can score 1,000 runs.
Building apps is like this.
A side hustle like driving for Uber or food delivery apps is like playing baseball where you make 2 or 3 runs with each swing.
But with building apps, 99.95% of swings you take will be a strike, but there can be that one swing that can get you 1,000 runs.
For example, an app like Puffcount, which helps people quit vaping, makes $30,000/month.
Check out the app here: Puffcount.
Even though the chances of your app succeeding are lower than other options, this is still a high-value skill to have, and you could potentially get a job that pays around $100,000 per year.
– Only 0.5% of apps succeed and get more than 1,000 downloads: How Many Apps Fail?
This is high-value skill development with a potential for great success.

Side Hustle #59 – Accountability Services

This involves being an accountability coach to someone.
Even though many people say they need accountability and would get so much done if they had someone to keep them accountable, I don’t think they actually want to pay someone to do this.
Plus, getting clients for this service seems like a pain.

Side Hustle #60 – Snow Removal

If you live in a place where it snows, this could be a decent way to make some money on the side.
You could go around to houses asking if they want to get their snow removed.
You could also have upsells where you install things that prevent snow buildup.

Side Hustle #61 – Publishing Books on Kindle

This idea comes from a tweet by Greg Isenberg.
The concept is to study the top books on Kindle for a hyper-niche category with low competition.
You figure out what made them work, use tools like Publisher Rocket to gather more data, and then publish your own book on Kindle.
It’s kind of like Amazon KDP, but these books won’t be physically published; they’re sold directly on Kindle.
Check out the tweet here: Greg Isenberg’s Tweet.
Personally, I don’t think this would be as easy as it looks.
Making a book like that might be simple, but creating a book that’s great and becomes a best seller is a whole different challenge.
Also, this is something that could take a lot of time to make work.

Side Hustle #62 – Santa Suit

This is the side hustle Homer Simpson did in the first episode of *The Simpsons*.
According to some websites, you generally need to have some acting experience, be over 50, and ideally be larger in size to be a Santa.
Apparently, some Santa’s can make up to $20,000 per season, but that seems like a bit of a stretch.
Check out more info on Santa jobs here:
– Monster – Mall Santa Jobs
– Real Santa Jobs.

Side Hustle #63 – Dressing Up as a Princess for Kids Parties

This is more like a casual job than a true side hustle.
You might be able to make around $150-$200 per session, but to get gigs for this, you usually need to work for a party company.

Side Hustle #64 – Vending Machines

This was a popular side hustle idea in 2020/2021.
The funny thing is that the people who actually did this were making more money from making videos about vending machines than from the vending machines themselves.
I don’t think this is a good side hustle idea. The initial cost to get a machine is a few thousand dollars, the margin on the products you sell isn’t great, and you’d spend a lot of time managing and restocking the machines.
But the biggest problem is getting a good location for a price that allows you to be profitable.

Side Hustle #65 – Laundromat

Opening up a laundromat is another idea, but I think this is very similar to vending machines, just worse.
Worse because you actually need to lease space, and the startup costs are much higher.
Plus, you’re targeting the most price-sensitive customers.

Side Hustle #66 – Wrapping Gifts

CNBC lists this as a profitable side hustle during the holidays.
But personally, I don’t think this is a real side hustle.
The most I’ve seen is someone wrapping gifts in a mall for a small donation around Christmas time, but even that was 15 years ago.
Check out CNBC’s list of profitable side hustles here: CNBC – Profitable Side Hustles.

Side Hustle #67 – Waiting in Line

I remember a story about this that went viral back when people had to wait in line to get the latest iPhone.
But I don’t think this side hustle actually has that much demand anymore since you can buy everything online nowadays.
Like, when was the last time you wanted something and had to wait in line for it?

Side Hustle #68 – Scalping Concert Tickets

This is probably the most hated side hustle option you could do.
People absolutely hate ticket scalpers.
Some places have even made it illegal.
And the pros who do this often have bots that can buy tickets instantly when they become available.
So, I don’t think you’d have a high chance of actually getting tickets in the first place.

Side Hustle #69 – Hanging Christmas Lights

I’ve heard about this side hustle a few times, and it seems like it could work.
You go around to houses in a neighborhood and show them photos or videos of what you can do, and if they like it, they can hire you.
Plus, you can charge a fee to come back after Christmas and take everything down.

Side Hustle #70 – Setting Up Christmas Trees

There’s a popular YouTuber in the money-making niche called Jordan Welch, and he actually did this side hustle during Christmas and made around $4,000 in 2 weeks.
Here’s how it works: You advertise on places like Facebook Marketplace, offering to set up Christmas trees for $150.
When you get a customer, you buy the tree for $50, drive it to their house, and set it up for them.

Side Hustle #71 – Planning Wedding Proposals

This side hustle was featured on CNBC, and the person behind it is making $20,000 per month doing proposal planning and sharing it on TikTok.
I’m not sure how much of that $20,000 is from proposal planning or brand deals, but this business seems really interesting.
What makes it stand out is the ability to create content of the proposals.
That kind of content does really well on TikTok and Instagram, especially since a lot of people want to see someone propose.
You could do this locally and avoid global competition, which is another huge advantage.

Check out the CNBC article: Planning Wedding Proposals.

Side Hustle #72 – School Class Planning

I didn’t know this, but apparently, teachers have to make their own lesson plans every day, and it’s something a lot of teachers don’t enjoy doing.
So one teacher started selling her lesson plans and turned it into a $1.9M per year business.
If you have the experience, I’m sure you could try something similar for other subjects or locations.
Also, I wonder if there are services where teachers can pay other teachers to grade papers.
Or what if you made an AI tool that helps doctors with test results? It could analyze things like blood tests, summarize the key points, and highlight any serious issues in red for the doctor to review.

Check out the CNBC article: School Class Planning.

Side Hustle #73 – Face Painting

This could work if you set up a stall at any festival-type event and offer face painting services.
You could also partner with schools, charge them a flat fee, and do face painting for events like mufti day.
I remember getting my face painted when I was 6 years old at school.
Not sure if mufti day was just an Australian thing, but if you’re not familiar, it’s a day when students donate a dollar or two and get to wear their own clothes instead of the school uniform.
Looking back, it seems kind of like a scam, but if you didn’t participate, you were seen as the poor kid or the one who forgot.

Side Hustle #74 – Paid Discord Communities

When I was marketing my jawline chewing gum business, I came across a bunch of YouTubers running paid Discord communities.
Here’s how it worked: The content creators would make content about how to glow up or talk about trends like looxmaxxing.
People would click the link in their bio to join their Discord server, where a bunch of members would discuss how to improve their looks.
Then, the content creators would funnel those people into a paid community that costs around $5-$10 per month.
I didn’t actually join any of them (seems kind of cringe), but from what they were advertised as, it looked like a more hand-holding, direct help version of free Discord communities.
I imagine the churn for this is pretty high, so you could make a few hundred dollars if you try doing this, but I don’t think people stick around long-term.
Especially since the target audience for paid Discord communities is usually in their mid-teens.
It just seems like a lot of work for a reward that isn’t really worth it.

Side Hustle #75 – TikTok Shop Affiliate

Now, this is a side hustle that I think could actually work and make some decent money.
You make TikToks promoting a product, and if people buy the product from your video, you get a cut of the sale.
There are some brands, like Gurunanda pulling oil mouthwash or teeth whitening strips, that have made millions thanks to TikTok Shop and people promoting them in their videos.
Some of the highest-performing affiliates have made tens of thousands of dollars promoting products.
If this was available in Australia, I’d definitely make a video about it to see how well it works.

Side Hustle #76 – Sports Betting

Let’s be honest, you’re probably going to lose money.
The only person who wins from gambling is the casino.

Side Hustle #77 – Photobooth Leasing

Here’s the idea: You buy a photobooth and rent it out for events for around $500 per event.
There’s a YouTube channel dedicated to this side hustle that goes into detail about it:
Event Rentals with Aaron
Additionally, you could rent out 360 photo-taking machines, which are becoming popular at events.
It’s a straightforward idea, but finding customers might be tough.
If they’re an event company or a party hall, they might just outright buy the machine instead of renting it.
A better idea might be to start a business where you import these machines and sell them to function centers.
Then, the function centers could charge extra for them, making it an easy sell to their clients.

Check out more on this in the Reddit post and this YouTube video.

Side Hustle #78 – Perfume Vending Machines

So there’s this guy named Chris Koerner who makes videos about interesting business ideas, and he made a viral short about perfume vending machines.
Because of that, business owners—like those running movie theaters, malls, gas stations, or other high-traffic places—contacted him wanting to buy these machines for their locations.
He found a manufacturer in China and ended up selling $100,000 worth of perfume vending machines in just 2 months, with 30% gross margins.
I think the key here is that businesses are looking for ways to make money with little additional effort on their part, and this is a perfect example.
If you can find products or services like this that can generate passive income for business owners, it could work well since the offer is so straightforward.

Check out more about it here:
Chris Koerner’s Newsletter

Side Hustle #79 – Writing a Blog

I don’t think a lot of people read blogs anymore.
When was the last time you went on a blog?

Side Hustle #80 – UGC Content for Brands

This one’s about making videos, usually shorts, for products and brands.
I’ve seen a lot of people on X (formerly Twitter) advertising themselves to brands to get work.
To be honest, I don’t think people are making that much money from this side hustle.
A few people I’ve seen have made a couple of thousand dollars, but it took them a few months to build up to that.
And the business you get from this isn’t sticky—brands tend to just get one or two videos made from you, and then you have to find new clients every month.

Side Hustle #81 – Selling Handmade Items on Etsy

Nowadays, it’s less about handmade items and more about manufactured products on Etsy.
That said, if you have something unique to sell, Etsy could be a good marketplace platform to get some extra sales.
I put magic gum for sale on Etsy, and it sold a unit every two or three months.
Compared to sales on Amazon, it was nothing, but I guess it could work if you have the right product.

Side Hustle #82 – House Painting

This is more like a second job, but you can charge a few thousand dollars for each house.
The selling point is really straightforward: paint the house, get paid.
Plus, I’m sure you could learn the techniques in a short amount of time.

Side Hustle #83 – Editing

If you’re good at editing, you can make anywhere from $40,000 to $80,000, depending on your skill level and who you’re editing for.
The great thing about this is that you can do it from home, and you don’t have to do any physical labor.
A lot of YouTubers are looking for editors—check out [ytjobs.co](http://ytjobs.com) for opportunities.
You might think there are already a ton of editors out there, but from experience, there aren’t as many people who can edit a killer YouTube video as you’d think.

Side Hustle #84 – Selling Notion Templates

A great example of this is YouTuber Thomas Frankly, who made around $1.2 million selling Notion templates.
He got customers by making videos showing how to use Notion and showcasing interesting ways to organize tasks. He already had an audience that trusted him from his self-help and productivity videos.
While you might be able to do something similar, the Notion templates market is already pretty saturated thanks to creators like Thomas.
I don’t think many people actually buy Notion templates outside of that niche.

Side Hustle #85 – Flipping Sneakers

I’m not a sneakerhead, but a few years ago, even I heard about this side hustle.
I did hear that sneaker prices were dropping and supply was catching up to demand, so resellers were complaining.
The sneaker craze seems to have died down a bit.
Also, I don’t get the hype behind collecting sneakers, but I guess I did like collecting Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh cards as a kid, so I get the appeal in some way.

Side Hustle #86 – Video Game Mods/Maps for Roblox or Minecraft

I haven’t played Roblox, but I’ve seen headlines about teenagers making hundreds of thousands of dollars by creating custom maps in Roblox or Minecraft that go viral.
I think one of the Sidemen made around a million dollars doing something similar.
But if you want to succeed in this, you’ll need a way to stand out, and you also need a strategy to get customers.
It’s not just about creating a cool map and expecting to get rich. Why would anyone want to play in your map over the ones that are already popular?
Having a large audience on platforms like YouTube can help too.
You could try partnering with an influencer who can drive traffic to your map while you handle the backend, but it’s probably not going to be as easy as it sounds.

Side Hustle #87 – Selling Your Notes for School or Uni

One side hustle idea is selling your high school or university notes online.
Check out sites like [StudentVIP](https://studentvip.com.au/notes).
The thing is, you only need to set this up once. If your notes sell, you make around $10-$30, and if they don’t, it didn’t really cost you much time.
However, there’s already a lot of competition, and I’m not sure there are that many people actually buying notes—especially with ChatGPT now helping students.

Side Hustle #88 – AI Teachers for Specific Subjects

I believe the current university teaching method is outdated.
I’ve attended so many university lectures, and they often feel like watching a PowerPoint presentation on how to ride a bicycle.
The best way to learn something, like riding a bike, is by actually doing it.
I think using AI tools like ChatGPT to learn could be a game-changer. AI can instantly explain concepts, simplify topics, provide feedback, and ask questions to ensure you understand.
An opportunity exists to create an AI assistant specifically for universities that knows their courses and subject matter. Students could use it to learn faster and better, using techniques like active recall.
Since universities are huge businesses with high price points, you could charge substantial fees. You only need a few universities to make this profitable.

Side Hustle #89 – Calligraphy Letters

This is my idea: You could start a business where you write calligraphy letters on scrolls, like the ones seen in games, and people could send them as gifts.
I believe this type of business already exists, but it could work really well on TikTok, where you show the process of writing the calligraphy on a scroll.
The visual appeal of it would be great for attracting attention.

Side Hustle #90 – Pokemon/Anime Style Art

This is another one of my ideas: You could create custom art in various styles, like Pokémon, anime (One Piece, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Dragon Ball Z, etc.), or even The Simpsons style art.
There’s a site where you can upload your photo, and they’ll turn it into a digital portrait in the Simpsons art style ([Turned Yellow](https://turnedyellow.com/)).
I think there’s potential to do the same thing with other popular art styles, and it could be a fun way to offer something unique.

Side Hustle #91 – Body Fat % Calculator App Using AI

An app that uses AI to calculate your body fat percentage based on a photo could be an interesting side hustle.
The app could also track your progress and estimate how long it will take to reach your target body fat percentage.
Monetize it with ads (show results after watching an ad) or offer premium features for a more detailed analysis.

Side Hustle #92 – AI Tool for Converting Product Photos into 3D Animations

Imagine an AI tool that converts product photos into 3D animations like this one:
Example
This would be an awesome way to present products rather than just having a flat image.
I believe this could boost conversion rates significantly.
You could create a Shopify app or an AI website where people can upload their product photos and get a 3D result in return.

Side Hustle #93 – Expiring Patent Tracker

This is my idea: creating an email newsletter or website that tracks expiring patents and identifies business opportunities.
For example, the Ninja Creami, a home ice cream maker that became a multimillion-dollar business, used technology from a commercial kitchen machine called the Pacojet, which had been around for 20 years.
When the Pacojet’s patent expired, Ninja Creami took that tech and made it suitable for home use.
You could set up a service that notifies you about expiring patents, filtering out the “junk” patents and focusing only on the potentially valuable ones.
A premium tier could offer access to curated, high-quality patent info.

Side Hustle #94 – Trending Amazon Products

Another idea is a newsletter that keeps you updated on new products trending on Amazon or finds low-competition categories with emerging products.
You could offer a paid version that goes further into analyzing the product, such as what’s driving its success, estimated profit margins, and a guide on how to create a similar product.

Side Hustle #95 – Day Trading

The reality of day trading is that there’s a 90-97% chance that you’ll lose money.
So why would you play a game where the odds are against you?
Day trading’s upside is often limited, but your downside can be significant—you could lose your entire savings.

Side Hustle #96 – Forex Trading

Forex trading is much like day trading: you’re almost guaranteed to lose money (99% chance).
My parents actually lost a ton of money because they got convinced to invest in a forex scheme, and it really sucks.
Plus, you need a substantial sum of money to see any profit since currency price fluctuations are often too small to make a big difference without significant capital.

Side Hustle #97 – Starting a Podcast

I’ve seen podcasting on many side hustle lists, but I don’t think people truly understand how tough it is.
Sure, successful podcasters like Joe Rogan make millions, but you don’t hear about the many who tried and failed.
Even Chris Williamson spent years producing podcasts with almost no viewers before finding traction.
Podcasting isn’t easy. You need to develop the skills to make a good podcast.
Even with all the effort, it’s not guaranteed to succeed. Take Danny Miranda—he’s had all the top guests on his show, but his podcast still isn’t as big as you’d expect for someone with such a grind.

Side Hustle #98 – Sign Up Bonuses for Stock and Finance Apps

Stock investing apps like Webull, Moomoo, or Robinhood offer free stocks when you sign up and make an initial deposit.
Some people just sign up, deposit the minimum, get their free stocks, and then cash out.
It’s a somewhat reliable way to make money, but it’s more like pocket change, and it’s a one-time deal.
For more information, check out this [link on WallStreetZen](https://www.wallstreetzen.com/blog/how-to-get-free-stocks-for-signing-up/).

Side Hustle #99 – Job Interviews

I found a Reddit thread where someone shared their side hustle of going on interviews for higher-paying jobs.
They recommended it, and it worked for them.
Here’s the [Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/AusFinance/comments/18gkkcu/comment/kd1frth/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) if you want to check it out.

Side Hustle #100 – Flipping Pokémon Cards

Pokémon cards have been appreciating in value like crazy. Some sets that were released just a few months ago are now worth double, while the S&P 500 only went up about 5%.
People are buying cards from places like Costco and reselling them for a profit.
It’s gotten so crazy that stores are often out of stock, and people are fighting in stores to get cards.
If you can find a way to get your hands on Pokémon cards at retail prices, you could sell them online for a profit.
But be warned: if you’re found out, being labeled a “scalper” could seriously harm your reputation.
Check out this [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO_jJ6j6NpM) for more on this topic.

And that’s 100 side hustles done! Pick one and start making money.