Side Hustle Ideas: Over 200 Ways to Make Money on the Side

If you want something and you don’t have enough cash to afford it, consider making extra money with these side hustle ideas!

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The first step to side hustling is to base it on the skills and/or passions you already have. This will help you make side money faster and easier than if you’re doing something you don’t know how to do or aren’t passionate about. Below is a list of a bunch of side hustle ideas. Scan over all of them, but pay attention to the categories that you have an interest or skill in. When you find ideas that you think you could do and be good at, write them down.

If you want to jump to a specific section, feel free to use the links below for areas that spark your interest:

• Animals
• Food & Drink
• Senior Citizens
• Computers
• Music
• Arts and Crafts
• Sports/Dance
• Health and Wellness
• Teaching
• Shopping
• Children
• Talking
• Planning and Organizing
• Physical/Working with Your Hands
• Business & Money
• Writing
• Housing & Real Estate
• Weddings
• Cars
• Photography/Videography
• Beauty & Fashion 
• Performance & Entertainment
• Seasonal
• Holidays

Animal Related Side Hustle Ideas

Here are the top side hustle ideas for all the animal lovers out there.

1. If you live in a city (like Los Angeles, New York, or San Francisco), be a dog walker. Get something like this to make marketing easier.
2. Be a dog and/or pet sitter. Use Rover to make it easy to find clients.
3. Offer in-home pet grooming services.
4. Become an animal trainer (dog, horse, lion, etc.).
5. Pick up animal waste (stall cleaner, back yard dog poo picker upper, aquarium cleaning).
6. Board horses.
7. Give horse riding lessons.
8. If you own horses, offer horse rides to people who don’t own horses.
9. Offer to set up aquariums.
10. Have a petting zoo for community events and birthday parties.
11. Be an animal breeder.
12. Trim horse and cow hooves.

Food & Drink Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re a foodie, check out these food and drink-related side hustle ideas.

1. Cater parties.
2. Cook for private dinner parties.
3. Teach people how to cook.
4. Help people understand wine and wine pairings.
5. Show people proper eating/drinking etiquette.
6. Host private dinner parties in secret locations.
7. Make and sell sweets (cakes, cupcakes, cookies, cake pops, candy, lemon bars, pies, etc.).
8. Be a personal chef.
9. Private meal delivery service.
10. Bartend for private parties and/or events.
11. Serve at private parties and/or events.
12. Make and sell gourmet foods (jelly, butter, spreads, hummus, salsa, beef jerky, etc.).
13. Create meal plans, nutrition plans, or calculate people’s macros.
14. Make and sell a recipe book.

Senior Citizen Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you have a special interest in helping senior citizens, these side hustle ideas may be a good fit for you.

1. Be a personal assistant and help them get things done.
2. Be their caretaker. Use Care.com to help market your services and find new clients.
3. Drive seniors to their appointments or to run errands.
4. Be a companion to senior citizens.

Computer Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re tech-savvy, these computer-related ideas may be right up your alley.

1. Start an Etsy or Shopify store selling digital products.
2. Create a blog about what you are an expert in.
3. Build custom computers for people.
4. Show people how to use computers.
5. Teach people how to use software.
6. Give website design lessons.
7. Give lessons on how to code.
8. Show people how to design graphics in Canva.
9. Sell services on Fiverr.com.
10. Design WordPress websites.
11. Be a virtual assistant.
12. Manage social media sites for businesses.
13. Be an internet marketer.

Music Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you love music, you’ll want to check out these side hustles.

1. Give music lessons.
2. Play music for special events (weddings, parties, etc.).
3. Perform live music at bars and restaurants.
4. Write jingles for commercials.
5. Create music for videographers to use in their films.
6. Sell music on iTunes and/or Amazon.
7. Play music in public for spare change.
8. Make YouTube videos of you covering popular music and monetize your channel with ads.

Art and/or Craft Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re a creative individual, check out these ideas.

1. Show people how to sew.
2. Make costumes.
3. Design sets for plays.
4. Make sports and dance uniforms.
5. Show people how to draw.
6. Give singing or voice lessons.
7. Show people how to create things with ceramics, like throw bowls, etc.
8. Teach people how to paint.
9. Give photography lessons in beautiful locations.
10. Monogram things.
11. Create custom products with a Cricut.
12. Be a clothes tailor.
13. Make wedding gowns.
14. Make something and sell it (knit, crochet, quilt, art) on Etsy.
15. Sell art (your own or other people’s).
16. Make things out of wood.
17. Make furniture.
18. Be a jewelry maker.
19. Make custom scrapbooks for other people.
20. Create slideshows for parties.
21. Make and sell soap.
22. Be a graphic designer. Even if you don’t have photoshop, you can use things like Canva and PicMonkey.

Sports/Dance Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you love sports, why not give these ideas a shot.

1. Show business people how to golf.
2. Give snowboarding or skiing lessons.
3. Teach dance classes.
4. Be a karate instructor.
5. Be a sports coach.
6. Officiate recreational sports.

Health and Wellness Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re into health and wellness, check out these side hustles.

1. Teach couples how to give a massage.
2. Be a yoga instructor.
3. Be a personal trainer.
4. Teach people how to meditate.
5. Be a hypnotist.
6. Offer Reiki healing services.
7. Teach people how to eat better.
8. Offer a kitchen cleaning service where you eliminate all the junk food they have in their house.
9. Plan peoples’ meals for them by sending them grocery lists and recipes every week.
10. Be a nutritionist.
11. Make a recipe book and sell it on Amazon, Instagram, or TikTok.
12. Be a homeopath.
13. Be an exercise instructor.
14. Be a doula.
15. Teach birthing classes.

Teaching Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re a teacher or you love to teach, consider these ideas.

1. Substitute teach.
2. Teach English online through VIPkid.
3. Teach junior college classes.
4. Be a public speaker and speak at local organizations, colleges, etc.
5. Teach extension classes or classes at your community center.
6. Tutor.
7. Teach online (Udemy, Coursera).
8. Present workshops teaching people how to speed read.
9. Teach people how to write and do calligraphy.
10. Coach people on how to speak another language.

Shopping Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you love to shop and are great at finding the best deals, maybe think about these side hustle ideas.

1. Buy high-end clothes at thrift stores and sell them on eBay.
2. Offer estate sale services.
3. Buy broken chainsaws, fix them, and sell them on Craigslist or eBay.
4. Buy and resell just about anything (post it on Craigslist, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, etc.).
5. Sell clothes or other popular items that you buy at cost (with a wholesale license) on places like:
   • Shopify
   • eBay
   • Craigslist
   • Amazon

Children Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you love kids, check out these side hustle ideas.

1. Babysit.
2. Dress up as a princess or superhero for little kids’ birthday parties.
3. Be a caricaturist.
4. Teach “mommy and me” cooking classes.
5. Create a coding summer BootCamp for children.
6. Make balloon animals.
7. Lifeguard.
8. Life coaching for children (teach them how to ride a bike, etc. if their parents are too busy to do it).
9. Teach kids how to swim.
10. Be a private nanny.

Talking Related Side Hustle Ideas

Got the gift of gab? Maybe give these ideas a shot.

1. Give city tours.
2. Take people on foodie walking tours through your favorite cities.
3. Be an event DJ.
4. Offer translation services.
5. Start a podcast and sell ad space.
6. Be an inspirational speaker.
7. Teach professional development workshops.

Planning and Organizing Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re a type A who loves to have things in order, these may be a good fit for you.

1. Be an event planner.
2. Be a wedding planner.
3. Offer home and office organization services.
4. Clean out and organize people’s garages and/or storage units.

Physical Side Hustle Ideas

If you love working with your hands, you may like one of these side hustles.

1. Offer landscaping and or yard work services.
2. Be a handyman or woman.
3. Upcycle things that are broken.
4. Offer cleaning service for businesses.
5. Grow and sell produce.
6. Offer carpet cleaning services.
7. Offer a dog poop removal service.
8. Clean windows.
9. Offer a laundry service.
10. Clean pools.
11. Offer a moving service.
12. Offer a lawn painting service.
13. Paint houses.
14. Paint murals.
15. Be a day laborer.

Business & Money Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re a business expert, you might like these ideas.

1. Do consulting based on your expertise.
2. Offer bookkeeping services.
3. Be a tax preparer.
4. Sell insurance.
5. Write business plans.
6. Do affiliate marketing.
7. Be a copywriter.
8. Help with data entry.
9. Be a ghostwriter.
10. Help people create budgets.
11. Plan wellness fairs for companies.
12. Offer team-building excursions for companies and their employers.
13. Plan travel for busy executives.
14. Sell coupons.
15. Teach people how to coupon.
16. Become a notary public.
17. Churn credit cards.

Writing Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re a great writer, people need your skills. Consider some of these side hustle ideas.

1. Self-publish a book on Amazon.
2. Be a copywriter.
3. Be a calligrapher.
4. Sell editing and proofreading services.

Housing Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you’re fascinated by real estate, these ideas may interest you.

1. Be a property manager.
2. Offer interior design services.
3. Stage homes that are going on the market.
4. Be a real estate agent.
5. Rent out your house or apartment on Airbnb.
6. Appraise homes.
7. Inspect homes.
8. House sit.
9. Repaint the address on people’s curbs.
10. Clean out people’s gutters.
11. Install new carpeting or floors.
12. Rent out a room on Airbnb.

Wedding Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you love the wedding industry, consider these side hustle ideas.

1. Officiate weddings.
2. Be a make-up artist.
3. Plan weddings.
4. Be a photographer.
5. Be DJ.
6. Do wedding dress alterations.
7. Rent wedding dresses.
8. Create wedding floral arrangements.
9. Sell wedding rentals (chairs, tables, lights, centerpieces, cake stands, decorations, etc.).
10. Sell wedding accessories (garter, earrings, etc.).
11. Be a videographer.
12. Offer security guard or bouncer services.
13. Be a photo booth attendant.
14. Write thank you cards for busy brides.
15. Handwrite addresses on envelopes.

Car Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you love cars, think about these side hustle ideas.

1. Detail cars.
2. Wash cars.
3. Be an Uber or Lyft driver.
4. Offer at-home oil change services.
5. Buy and sell used cars.
6. Put chains on cars when it snows.

Photography/Videography Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you are passionate about photography or videography, consider these side hustles.

1. Edit videos or photos for people.
2. Be an event photographer.
3. Offer videography services.
4. Create and sell stock photography online.
5. Start a YouTube channel.

Beauty & Fashion Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you love fashion, consider these ideas.

1. Be a personal shopper.
2. Be a model.
3. Be a makeup artist.
4. Become an esthetician or lash tech.
5. Offer mobile massages.
6. Be a social media influencer and recommend your favorite beauty products.

Performance & Entertainment Related Side Hustle Ideas

If you are interested in entertainment, here are some side hustle ideas for you.

1. Street artist (statue).
2. Street performer (dance, music).
3. Be a magician.
4. Make balloon animals for people.
5. Be a comedian.
6. Perform gymnastics.

Seasonal Related Side Hustle Ideas

Here are my favorite season side hustle ideas if you don’t want a side hustle all year long.

Winter:

1. Shovel snow.
2. Help people “close” their pool.
3. Take family photos for holiday cards.

Spring:

1. Pick fruit.
2. Offer spring cleaning services.
3. Offer spring cleaning organization services.

Summer:

1. Sell water bottles where it’s hot, and there’s nowhere to buy water.
2. Help people “open” their pool.
3. Provide childcare or activities for children while they’re out of school.

Holiday Related Side Hustle Ideas

Holidays create a lot of added demand. Check out some of these holiday-themed ideas.

Valentine’s Day

1. Make and sell chocolate-covered strawberries.
2. Sell flowers.
3. Create and sell pre-made gift baskets.
4. Create romantic picnics for people to attend in beautiful locations.

Easter

1. Be the Easter Bunny.
2. Sell confetti eggs.

Independence Day

1. Sell fireworks.
2. Sell red, white, and blue desserts.

Halloween

1. Sell pumpkins.
2. Decorate people’s homes for Halloween.
3. Sell custom Halloween costumes.
4. Create your own awesome Halloween costume and enter costume contests.
5. Create an epic haunted house and sell tickets to enter.

Christmas

1. Sell Christmas trees.
2. Decorate people’s homes for Christmas.
3. Sell mistletoe.
4. Dress up as Santa for private events.
5. Sell hand-made Christmas decorations.
6. Put up Christmas lights.
7. Sell custom wreaths.
8. Sell tamales.

If you have a handful of ideas written down, the next step is to pick the one side hustle you like the best based on your passions and skills, then do the Money Hacking Mama Challenge below:

I Challenge You to Hustle

I triple dog dare you to find your first paying customer within the next 24 hours! Throw something up on Facebook, send out a few texts, or call someone who you think needs what you’re offering. If you don’t know what to charge, let them know they can set their own price because you’re just testing your idea. If you have any kind of hesitation, I promise that making your first $1 will help you boost your confidence way more than reading blogs.

Also, let me know the idea you chose and how it goes in the comment below.

Ready, get set, GO!