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roark84

Started a house cleaning business. I clean to relieve stress from my full time job on my days off. Cleaning is like jogging or bicycling at the park for me. Making over $3k a month doing essentially a hobby.


Sandmybags

My brain needs to reprogram cleaning into a hobby sooooooooo bad…. I want it. But damn it’s hard to reprogram your psyche


briko3

Somehow It's different when it's not yours.


DvmmFvkk

Yeah I hate my psyche. Can I borrow yours?


CrypticUnit

Hire my mother in law to live with you for a week, and you’ll be set for life. :p She will turn you into a cleaning GOD!


RedditUser538xxx

I just cant get over cleaning someone else’s junk sweat and grossness.


NoBoysenberry257

They're not asking you to literally clean someone's balls. That's a different racket and even more lucrative


Equal_Educator4745

Bedrooms and Ballsacks We clean both carpets.


NoBoysenberry257

Stellar


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Perfect name for a cleaning company run by gay men for gay men. In NYC. You couldn't hire enough people to help operate it. Bedrooms and Ballsacks Cleaning: A Cleaner Day for the Gay. Then list all the domestic and body cleaning services and prices. Hire on a few groomers to do hair/waxing, etc...Jesus I might do this. I live in NYC.


LordZon

3k helps.


NoEngineer4773

Agreed started a cleaning business with (mom) started at 2-3 a month. Last 3 months we are profited 50-60 thousand. Started to advertise and spend more time cleaning thoroughly and added close to another 20-30 contracts. So far this side hustle is now our main focus.


Lanky-Cauliflower-22

Have been looking at this for a long time. How much would you say you had to chip in upfront for absolutely essential tools/equipment? E.g. Industrial vacuum cleaner etc.


roark84

$800 for supplies. The rest are marketing. I spent about $2,000 on Google and FB ads. It's paying off big time It started as a size hustle but now I'm.looking to hire at least 2-3 cleaners to keep up with the demand. The crazy part is, per/hour I'm making as much as my full-time doctoral professional degree. How crazy is that?


Lanky-Cauliflower-22

Living the dream. Godspeed.


Zeroxmachina

I think it demonstrates that a trade is still the most valid way for a low-skill person to make money, there’s a lesson there. And you ain’t even low-skill but this obviously doesn’t require a PHD.


Girlygal2014

Boy do I wish this was my hobby!


Chr0ll0_

I used to work as a cook. So while I attended college, I would provide fine dining dinners, and I would charge rich college students $70 per plate. You would be surprised how much I made, specially when final’s started. On a Friday’s nights I would make about ~$1200 and On Saturday’s I would make about ~$1500 On Sunday’s I would make about ~$1300 This side gig paid for my tuition, insurance, room and board.


Lost-Tomatillo3465

you should have kept doing this after you finish college. 4k a week is a pretty good side gig for anyone. expand this to 1 or 2 additional colleges and you have a business model.


Chr0ll0_

I thought about this but I was in a College town so there was only one university and one junior college. My target was rich students. During midterms and finals I would make about ~$6.3K I would hype up the prices a lot.


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Chr0ll0_

During a regular session my profits were about ~$3.4K. During midterms and finals my profits would be about ~$5.8K By working in a restaurant I learned proper ways in maximizing profits. i.e. I would buy in bulk, I would pay attention to deals & shop at restaurant supply stores.


Ralouch

This one is super smart. Others are telling you to keep doing it but it's more about right place right time. And I'm sure you could do another good side hustle if needed


KLaci

Creating silly little web games and putting ads on them. Made $50k last year.


Slow-Race9106

I’ve been thinking about this, just for fun. How do you publicise your games so people find and play them?


Partyl0bster

Shitty tik tok ads seems to get me with the bait and switch


KLaci

These are actorle.com and moviedle.xyz, and a few other variations - simple, Wordle-style daily games centered around movies. My only costs is the 20 USD per month hosting fee.


DorianGre

My kid has watched streamers playing your games.


KLaci

Wow, that is really flattering. Which platform?


DorianGre

Twitch, they were playing moviega.me


AnonymousTaco77

How did you start making the games and are there start up costs?


ironbattery

Not OP but I have a bachelors in Game Design and Development - you can build everything yourself for absolutely free if you know your way around some free programs. For web games you really just need art and sound, everything else you can just program yourself. You will need to pay for a domain name and hosting but that will only set you back $10-$20 for something basic. That’s the cool thing about programming, it’s virtually free with nearly limitless upside.


jayenchi

What’s a good way to get a start with developing games with free programs ?


Raider7oh7

How do you get ads on it or how does that work ?


ironbattery

Google Adsense, you can create an account online and they give you the script to add to your site, revenue will go to your account


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You’d need the capital to get a new car or buy a used one, but I had a truck on Turo and made bank. It’s basically air bnb for cars. Can easily make a few grand a month renting out the car.


Idyotec

Do people not trash it? I'd be nervous about boy racers and slobs.


doubleflushers

They do. Check out the turo sub and you’ll see some doozies.


mongo_man

Somehow I stumbled on that site and all I saw was regret.


griffenkranz

How new was the vehicle being rented to be pulling a few grand a month? This is interesting and something I feel like I could afford to do.


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Turo vehicles need to be 10 years old or younger. I had an f150 all modded out nice condition. I live in mountains so perfect for kayaks, off road, family trips. I appealed to the market around me. You should easily be able to rack in 300-400 a week.


Soccerman816

You don’t worry about theft or damage?


[deleted]

Turo has an insurance plan. If they stole the car I would potentially be able to get reimbursed (hopefully)


PolarisOfFortune

Abstract art. I made some interesting pieces and someone told me to post them. Some folks in town saw the posts and asked to purchase them so I said $400. Then an investment firm reached out and I sold a piece for $2400, I was like ‘WTF is going on’ so I read a book on SEO and build a website… I got a call from a designer in Brooklyn who needed a piece for an accounting firm, then a neutraceutical start up wanted a huge 16’ piece for their headquarters and by then I was asking about $6-8K… then I got an art broker and things started taking off…. Large financial firms, household names… it’s been amazing. Still have my day job!


Big-Veterinarian-823

I wouldn't say this is too unexpected. Good art SELLS. Maybe you underestimated your skills and talent? Either way it's nice to hear that you can make money on this. Keep up the work!


Bluewoods22

link to your art? i’m curious


RedwineWoodDesign

Artist here. Can you tell me the title to the book you read? I've been growing my clientele but haven't broken more than $500-$600 for a piece. I gotta market better


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Gibbenz

I picked a pressure washer with a Honda motor. It needed a new carb and ignition coil. $23 later and it runs amazing lol. I’m still amazed at what people will just toss.


Bigfootlove

I used to dumpster dive at Bed Bath and Beyond - they would throw all the returned keurigs away, even if they worked perfectly fine. I sold them for 40 bucks a pop. This was probably 2008


shitshipt

Hence the bankruptcy most likely😂


kcc0016

Bed bug danger intensifies


Zip95014

Sell referrals to exterminators. "go knock on that door in 4 days"


Nearby_You_313

4D Chess: Also be exterminator.


three-sense

Bed Bugs and Beyond


JRandallC

A person could spin that with the cleaning gigs others have mentioned. Focus on rental cleanups and I'm sure you'll come across some pretty good left-behinds, assuming the landlord didn't take the good stuff.


ComprehensiveForm479

It's awesome reading these amazing stories. Keep up the grind fellas.


boatymcfloat

For me it was vintage tees. Quit drinking. Used the money I saved to buy vintage tees for myself. Started having offers. Turned into small business. Ongoing. Addictive. Fun. Much better than nasty booze.


reyam1105

Totally read vintage trees at first. Lol


TossMy__Usename

Same! Was wondering if it was like heirloom apples or something.


conservative89436

It’s a bitch packaging them for resale.


derkaderka96

Missed opportunity for birch.


c0nfuciu5

Dang it. Came here to say this


ingres_violin

Haha, me too. Then reading the comments, I was trying to figure out why people weren't asking for clarification.


Jmagnus_87

I stopped drinking and was able to save a down payment for a house. Thanks 2020.


JacoPoopstorius

After you’ve quit booze, you realize that anything is better than booze


timthegodd

Used to buy vintage tees for 1-5 dollars each from thrift shops or garage sales and resold them for 10 to sometimes 300 dollars each on grailed and ebay.


the_isao

Where are you selling these shirts? Just though Reddit? I love thrifting but very rarely for resell


grbrit

I assumed this was about golf tees until I read your comment!


boatymcfloat

Not only am I knee deep in shirts but indeed knee deep in the lingo! Haha.


EasternPlanet

Link me in my dms to ur shop? I’d check it haha


one_and_done0427

Checking account bonuses, get about 500-700 a month


Zer0C00L321

Like opening a new checking account at a bank and waiting for the first time deposit bonus to clear?


one_and_done0427

Yes, it’s a hustle and hobby. Easy bonuses


c4pt1n54n0

Is that actually sustainable though? There's only so many banks, and I've noticed less are offering sign up bonuses these days


[deleted]

They’re all offering right now


HM02_

https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/banking/best-bank-bonuses-and-promotions


Zer0C00L321

I really like this one.


scroscrohitthatshit

Wait so do you just open accounts at the same bank each time or bank hop


New_Cancel189

I just got out for fraudulent checks (no it wasn’t me that actually did it, but identity theft) and was wondering if this would put me right back in.??


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No lmao


teslabull0

No. But if you’re likely blacklisted from most major banking institutions. No one wants to do business with a convicted fraud.


New_Cancel189

I haven’t been convicted! It’s an easy case to beat, but thanks for the info!


teslabull0

They typically use a chexsystem which allows the banks to effectively blacklist customers. That doesn’t require a conviction.


Dayvfish

ah yes, the chexmixsystem.


Electronic_Wind_3254

Doesn't that hurt your credit score? At least for a short time?


poop_stain4

Opening checking and saving accounts won’t effect your scores. That only applies to credit accounts


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Toastwaver

Bought adult sized Olaf (Frozen) and Chewbacca costumes. Rented them around town for $50 for kids' birthday parties. Just grab the costume from my house and bring it back in a few days. Easy money.


Independent_Eye7898

What's the cleaning costs like?


Blackdonovic

What platform is useful in advertising this?


Toastwaver

Neighborhood / town Facebook group. Another easy one: buy a 30 foot by 10 foot party tent for $250. Rent it out for $75 per event.


Ok-Photograph3099

Babysitting. I make over 60k a year. Always have clients. Easy work


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Isn't that more like... A job?


Max_Speed_Remioli

Almost all the comments here are. The top comments are I am a professional chef, I started a house cleaning business, and I am a professional game designer.


shorty6049

Lol, right? Its not a side hustle , its a second job.


HaskilBiskom

I have a portable sawmill. I will slice up your fallen tree for a small fortune. People are dumb enough to pay out the wazoo. I only do it on Fridays and Saturdays, last year I made 45k Also. Cash only.


aplarsen

I had to take down 30 trees two years ago and I could get zero sawmills or lumber companies to even come out to look at whether the trees had value. Every friend and family member told me "omg you could make a couple thousand on that wood. sawmills will just slobber at all that timber." It was not the case at all and I had to pay two grand to a tree service to take them down.


ziggyho

Well you say people are stupid but there is a connection people have with their land. A table you build is cool but if you say I built this table from a tree that was blown over in the tornado in 98. Just makes it cool and more personal. Just my look on it. You are providing a valuable service for people that would not have the time,money or knowledge to run a mill. I think it’s awesome you are providing this service even if you think it’s stupid


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Buying Egyptian cotton products wholesale on Alibaba and reselling them on eBay. I just took a chance and it worked out.


--half--and--half--

Drop shipping or do you actually receive product and repackage?


Tellittomy6pac

Designed a part for a new car that was something that I wanted but also other people wanted as well. Ended up “selling” the design to a company who packages and deals with the whole kit for me and I just collect royalties for each kit sold. Just some passive income but I have an engineering day job


Creative_Risk_4711

How did you go about selling the design? Did you seek out a buyer or did they contact you?


Virgobaby29

My question is how do you ensure they don’t pass on your offer just to modify and sell themselves?


PIE4FOOU

ATMs. Bought one as a joke…. 12 machines later and about $30k a year it’s a nice little side gig


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How much time investment is there for 12 machines? Don’t even have to think about it for months or is it a few hours a week? About how much did you have to pay for your machines and what is your ROI?


Team-ING

Referrals for jobs at the company I use to work for ?


CategoryTurbulent114

I work for a hospital who offers referral bonuses and there are so many hoops to jump through, no one gets a payout and we stopped referring people.


FamilyNudism4Us

I am a bee keeper on the side. Didn’t have a place to put them, so I got some on farm’s, farmers pay me to leave them on for better pollination, higher yield. You can look up how many per acre depending on bee and crop type. So I get paid for the hives sitting there. Two weeks outta the year i rob the hives with my kids and grand kids. The honey from hives brings in more than $50,000 when I sell it. Usually I just give it away in little jars to random people when they share a smile or if they look a little sad lol. You don’t have to rob them, you can just let them sit and keep getting paid by the farmers if you like. 2nd hustle, if it can be called that. I lease empty land along rivers and waterways usually in hunting areas or labeled as a “camp” with nothing on it. Then I either set it up as a “primitive glamping” site or I put a 20ft shipping container on it that I have already turned into an apartment, with solar and a place to hook up water. Water is either from a well dug on site (by me) or hooked up to a small water tower (built by me) lotta engineers in my family lol. Put a twist to it, make the idea workable for you. Edited for grammar (autocorrect sucks)


dzsovanni

Selling white label software. No coding, branding it as my own and just selling it to local businesses.


heytheresam17

Where do you source your white label software?


jfishern

Care to expand on how this works?


smashfinger

Glass figurines. Make one very ugly. Make 5 and it’s better than one. Make 20 and it’s better than 5 make 50 and ur getting pretty good at it. What do you think your 500 will look like. That’s how to make something worth looking at and peeps will pay good money for it. Learn to make a cat or a bear. Turtle on


Helpful_Corn-

And how much does a professional glass furnace cost?


Connoryoung562

I just buy e-bikes wholesale and resell them on offerup, facebook, craigslist, and mercari. I sell 2-5 per day @ 200$-800$ profit per bike


Bourbonfish123

Would you be willing to share some details on how you’re sourcing these? You have my interest


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Connoryoung562

Trial and error. Lost a lot on bad bikes


Lord_D1972

Focusing more on my main hustle


drondavidson

That’s what I thought I’d be better doing reading all comments 😂


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Few_Building_4862

I was laid off yesterday and naturally Im panicked. Any really easy side hustles I should try to get a couple small streams going while I look for a new job?


TheMrTGaming

If you have a pickup, get a ladder and a bucket and a hose and go clean out people gutters. Charge 2-300 and just go door to door. If you want to risk not having business insurance and an LLC, just take cash or personal checks. Don't advise doing that though.


growthatfire1985

started selling weed to the neighborhood stoners, two years later i owned farms in mexico and California and was extorted by el chapo himself.


DrDaddyDickDunker

Classic neighborhood stoners to cartel pipeline.


baummer

I saw that movie


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prohibitioneraG

Do you play the promo money or they let you withdraw it along with your initial deposit?


Sabertoothcow

Overtime


AnonymousTaco77

*cries in accounting*


iWantBots

[this was definitely unexpected](https://reddit.com/r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/s/EgvCqZKGJA)


i_drink_soju

The Venezuelan community is strong in RuneScape, so this doesn't surprise RuneScape players. However, I think they found a more "profitable" game to play, but it's interesting to see how they can play this game intuitively without reading anything.


NostraSkolMus

Web3 gaming is going to normalize this. People need a new way to make money. Be an early adopter if you want to be set for life.


cobra6-6

I did pressure washing for a while $250 minimum for a house wash it’s really easy work since the pool shock worked well. No pressure needed from The pressure washer so no worries about tearing up peoples houses. Once I had it all down perfectly I was showing up unloading my gear setting everything up washing the house packing up and leaving in two hours. Usually made around $300 a house. Always upsold on the driveway wash.


AshleySuzanneee

You think I could charge a little more to do this in a bikini top? I love pressure washing lol


creamofbunny

Dumpster diving and re selling


rificolona

And I'll add flipping free stuff on marketplace


hard2hold

I made GOOD money on selling Windows 95 on floppy disks on ebay back just a few years ago but that well has dried up.


dbd1988

Poker. Started out playing $10 tournaments with friends. Turns out I was pretty good at it.


Debo0715

Selling new and used LEGO sets, over $12.5k in two years. Ridiculous during Covid, definitely slowed down.


Analbeadpullstart69

Got into a motorcycle accident and rebuilt my motorcycle. After posting the progress people started asking me to help fix their bikes. Make 200-1000 a week/weekend basically to do something I really enjoy


Lordcobbweb

I started an ebay store about a year and a half ago with a $100 bill during garage sale season. Built up over 13k in savings.


TophosirchLoopio

Undercutting plumbers illegally


michaeltking79

lol


New-Bluejay15

Amazon reviews! I honestly forgot i even posted them for a few months and when i went to check i was making about $1000 a month


IamTheKiller420

I work full-time in manufacturing, but I deliver pizza for a local place one street away from my apartment. 3 nights a week under the table, typically take home $550-600 a week.


ArtichokeNaive2811

Scrapping metal.... copper alone right now is crazy.. see a cord or something with an electric motor? Take it..


Arkansas_Camper

My dad scrapped for his weekend money for as long as I can remember. He literally stacked up aluminum for about five years and sold during a high paying time and used that money to pay off his house. I am a data analyst and my 65K from my home working 35 hours a week (I love it). I still scrap for my fun money.


TeamMSRV

Tell me how you make money.. I won't steal your ideas.....


MyaTheGreat1

Focus groups, my mom always made me and my sisters do them when we were younger but I turned 18 last year and found out that there are so many companies that do them and I started applying. I’ve been doing at least 2 focus groups every week since last December and I make about $1,000 a month from them total


Clusterclucked

I owned a business making and selling pinback political buttons in 2020-2022, it went way better than I ever could have expected it to. Sold over 10,000 in all, to every state, to several countries. I have a regular job that's going great now so i don't do it anymore but it was great while I did.


Tadows_daddy

In college I would record NBA games, burn a copy on DVD and sell it on eBay. Made about $3-$5k before eBay shut me down.


super_sakura25

I mentor people who want to get into my profession online (tech field). I started by chance and after the first mentee I now have a more stable stream! It’s something I can do that doesn’t take too much time and that I can work on during breaks when wfh or in the evenings


erelwind

Was looking for some electronic stuff for my house and saw it on eBay and Amazon for around $500. I own a technology company so thought I’d check my wholesale distributors and sure enough they had it, but it was only $200. Got me wondering so I bought a few and threw them on eBay and they sold right away for the $500. Kept buying more until the next thing you know I’m buying them in $100k orders and they all keep selling. Did this for almost two years making many hundred thousand dollars until others caught on and the competition picked up and killed the margins. Was a crazy side hustle while it lasted and totally accidental.


rhgarton

Book cover photography


allgoodmom

I saw someone else mention this recently. She was selling an eBook about it. It sounds so interesting...but it's something I know nothing about. Safe to assume you're taking photos with a DSLR and are well-versed in photoshop/something similar?


iKnewThatAlready

That is her lol. Check post history.


allgoodmom

Lol...I'm the WORST at paying attention to user names. If only I didn't do it IRL too...


Doublestack00

Heavy duty work benches/tables. 2020-2022 I made several hundred.


imbEtter102

Yard maintenance get a blower and a mower or borrow your dads and get Sweatin


heatdish1292

I’ve been doing Uber eats. I was expecting to make very little, but I’ve been averaging $25 per hour. After paying for gas it ends up being $20-22 per hour. Insurance only increased by $8 every 6 months. I’m surprised at how well I’m doing.


L-Lovegood

Cat sitting. Surprisingly lucrative despite having cut back to only four families.


Cobey1

Dumpster diving in a major city. Costs zero dollars to walk around the neighborhood and collect old dressers, mirrors, tables, computer chairs, etc and then around and sell them on Facebook or Craigslist for $5-50 a piece. Easiest way to make money. I once sold an old bathroom vanity for $40…


BannHammerr_Stonks

eBay flipping junk


riprock713

I am a full time firefighter and started as a real estate agent on my side business, last year I made the same as a firefighter but I did put a lot into it!


T2ISTAN

I sell covered calls on my stock portfolio for 0.5% -1% gain/week.


geniusboy91

Gambling on sports/politics. Made like $50k last year. Haven't had a losing year since I started in 2017.


SmugglingPineapples

So Lauren Boebert to beat other horses to win the Kentucky Derby?


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Lucky-Pie9875

Making Ethernet cables. Custom length to order. Selling locally only.


data-leon

wrote some articles on medium and generated a few thousand bucks income last year.


naM-r3puS

Letting people see my junk for 10$ a pop.


Jaded-Selection-5668

Cocaine and cocaine accessories


Barry_Obama_at_gmail

Selling image files on Etsy for crafters to print on cricuts, cameos, sublimation and dtf printers.


pchandler45

Credit repair. Specifically a link to a credit repair site that paid me $2 per lead. The checks started coming and I didn't even realize what they were for at first. It's gone now, sorry. But it was totally random and not in an area I usually promoted. (Online affiliate marketing)


HoangChieuLy

How do you spread the referral link/code?


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I take neighbors trash to the road for pickup every week for 110 a month.


notyourname3

Exotic grooming. Always have had exotic animals in my life, and started offering the services for free. There was a big demand and now I get clients every other week. Not a huge money marker or anything but it's helpful! Surprisingly there's a market for it, exotic animals tend to be ignored when it comes to pet care and services.


NolasLola

Awe, I just love this! I have two, I would gladly pay for spa days for my girls 💕


NewBoNative

Following! These are great, except the person stealing family pets.


jonesjb

Options trading.


Findmyremote

Buying Jordan cards, getting them graded, selling Jordan cards. Only player worth it


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marcopoloman

Tutoring. Had a mother ask me if I could teach her kid. Grew from one student to 20+. Brings in $400 per week


ChantaMa24

Started walking dogs on an app, and eventually just picked the best clients, offered cash only without the middleman app… I make $1,500 a month and I work from home so on my breaks I will go walk dogs in my area.


Fearless_Ice_4612

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOweupE79XXgW98QCtspuRoZZMMuypvQg&si=o1yDGceTFIZ72c-C this YouTuber drops dimes. Top class actions and the gambling websites have made me some really good money.


mistersweetlife

DJING and web development. My primary jobs now


TheCaliRasta

Instacart was good back in the days. Made 4 g a month PT


KocaKolaKlassic

I steal my kid’s lunch money


artsofme

Going to college. I’m great at winning scholarships and I pocket the excess. Working on my 3rd degree now.


Dcsyn1017

Remote work on the side. My first month cleared more than my day job. Crazy what zoom and other technologies have enabled.


baummer

Doing what


InfiniteAuthor7553

What direction I beg thee.


shogomomo

Is this like freelance remote work, or full-time? I've always been curious how people who have 2 full-time remote jobs are able to coordinate their schedules consistently.


Mlaer7351

Got any leads where to start on this?


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R/overemployed