All Side Hustle Ideas

Services and freelancing side hustle ideas

Doing work for clients for a fee: freelance, consulting, done-for-you services, repairs, local services.

Startup cost
Under $100$100 to $1k$1k to $10kOver $10k
Time
Hands-offA few hours a weekPart-timeNear full-time
Where
OnlineIn personOnline and in person
Earns from
AdsAffiliateSubscriptionsOne-time salesService feesRentMarketplace cutSponsors and donations
Coding
No coding neededNeeds coding

10 ideas

  • Services and freelancing
    Building permit expediting service
    Handling building permits for property owners and developers as a niche service, using skills learned while flipping houses. Clients come by referral, with no ads or cold calling.
    Side Hustle Nation, 2026
  • Services and freelancing
    Run the back office for an artist partner
    Handles IT, administration, purchasing and research for a partner's art business, which sells commissions and freelance work and direct to customers.
    Hacker News, 2021
  • Services and freelancing
    Run tech conferences and consult on events
    Started a developer conference with sponsors, then was hired by a sponsor to run its events, which grew into full-time conference consulting.
    Near full-time
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Fine art and illustration side gigs
    Works as a professional fine artist and illustrator on the side, in a shared studio space.
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    3D printed props and cosplay pieces on commission
    Designs and 3D prints props and cosplay pieces for clients who come by referral, charging per commission.
    $1k to $10kPart-time
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Car electronics repair for rare vehicles
    Repairs engine and transmission controllers and other electronics for older and rare cars when replacement parts are no longer available, for owners who send them in.
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Hypnotist with client referrals
    Works as a hypnotist, getting most clients through word of mouth and a website.
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Tech troubleshooting consulting
    Helps people fix broken technology, a paid skill since youth.
    Under $100
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Buy and run a cleaning business
    Bought an existing cleaning company and is running it with a business manager, so it needs little weekly attention.
    Over $10kHands-off
    Hacker News, 2014
  • Services and freelancing
    Husband and wife photography business
    A photography business started with a spouse that grew enough for the spouse to quit a day job.
    Hacker News, 2011