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

4 ideas

  • Services and freelancing
    Open source file manager with paid plugins
    A file manager supporting many storage protocols. Earns by building custom plugins such as authentication layers.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2024
  • Services and freelancing
    Software consulting for a former employer
    Does software consulting for a previous workplace after leaving it, adjusting the rate each year for inflation.
    Under $100Part-timeOnline
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Spreadsheet data cleaning for businesses
    Cleans messy Excel data for companies and sometimes builds simple web apps to replace the spreadsheets. Bills per row, flat fee or hourly depending on the project.
    Under $100Part-timeOnline
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Websites for wineries paid in barter
    Built web pages for local wineries and was paid in goods such as wine rather than cash.
    Under $100
    Hacker News, 2019