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

3 ideas

  • 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
  • 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
    Community ad boards in restaurants
    The operator places ad boards in local restaurants, sells the slots to nearby businesses, and upsells those advertisers websites and AI services. Profit comes from slot sales per board.
    The Koerner Office