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
    Payment processing reseller and gateway
    Sells payment processing services, runs a white-label payment gateway, and builds custom apps for payment terminals, alongside a do-it-yourself website builder.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Audio mixing and mastering services
    Runs an audio engineering business, mixing and mastering music across many genres for new and experienced artists.
    Over $10kPart-timeOnline
    Hacker News, 2019
  • Services and freelancing
    Small shared web hosting company
    Started a shared hosting company so existing clients could move away from big, confusing hosts. Customers pay hosting fees.
    Online
    Hacker News, 2016
  • Services and freelancing
    Rent out managed servers to tenants
    Administers rented servers, handling updates and small fixes for tenants who pay monthly fees after covering hosting costs.
    Over $10kHands-offOnline
    Hacker News, 2014