The Most Complete List of Online Side Hustles 2022 involves 36 of the proven ways to make money online that you can do in a few hours every week as a side job or turn into a full-on business.
Choose one or a few of these Independent Income sources until you reach the full financially free life that you dream of.
Freelance Jobs
Freelance jobs are one of the core pillars of online side hustles in all lists we gathered only a few of them. You can check the suggested websites for more options that may suit you.
Freelance Projects
Upwork, Fiverr, FiveSquids, and Freelancer.com matches creatives with one-off projects. Most of the gigs can be creative, writing, etc.
Fees vary depending on the tasks but there is a tremendous potential for earning big projects.
Become a Virtual Assistant
If you’re organized, love a good challenge, and want to work from home, this may be the perfect opportunity for you! Plus, who doesn’t love a little variety in their workday? Chances are, most business owners could use your help as they try to find a better balance between their work and home lives these days. Check out sites like Upwork and Zirtual to find opportunities to start lending a hand.
Proofreading
Do you annoy your friends and family with your constant grammar corrections? Why not give your loved ones a break and start getting paid to catch written errors?
Solid knowledge of English grammar and language can help you land side gigs as a freelance proofreader.
There are various levels of proofreading and editing that businesses and individuals need. Since so much work is conducted virtually, you can start a proofreading side hustle from anywhere.
Social media manager
Most companies have a social media presence. Not only is it free marketing, but it’s also a way to stay connected to their customers (or future customers) and build a following. But it can be a huge task for smaller companies that don’t have many team members. That’s where you come in. If you have a knack for creativity, connecting with others, and a knowledge of different social media channels—this might be right up your alley!
Do Tasks on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk
Even in the age of automation, some jobs still require a human touch. Companies often outsource those jobs via services like Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. As a “worker,” the tasks you’ll be assigned can be tedious — tagging images, transcribing videos, classifying receipts — and can take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours. Temporary employers or “requesters” set the price for each task and get to approve the finished product before paying you. That can leave room for scams, so do your research. Join a community like the MTurk Crowd forum, or the MTurk and Turker Nation subreddits, which can steer you away from shifty dealers. These communities and fellow “workers” can answer questions and give a realistic idea of how much money you can expect to make. Read more about Mechanical Turk as a way to make quick money online.
Freelance Writing
Similar to writing reviews, you can become a freelance writer and make extra money writing articles and website copy.
While you don’t have to be a professional journalist to write for a website, it helps if you’ve blogged or had your own website where you blog regularly. Even better is showing that you have some experience in the niche in which you’re trying to find a job.
Right now on Upwork, they are looking for more writers. So set up a profile and start offering up your fast writing skills. You can make decent money with freelance writing and some people are able to make it a full-time business.
Transcribing audio
Are you an excellent typist? If so, you can earn at least $20 per hour transcribing audio — and possibly more if you have legal or medical experience.
Sites like TranscribeMe allow you to cash in on that skill, and you can do as much or as little transcription work as you want. Transcriptionists for Speakwrite get paid between $0.005 to $0.006 per post, with top earners making an average of $3,000 a month.
You can also sign up for global sites like waywithwords.net which will pay $0.40 per audio minute.
It says its best transcribers earn up to $1.38 per hour, working out at $82 dollars for an hour’s work – or £61.
Narrate Audiobooks
I think we can all agree that getting paid to talk is a pretty sweet gig, and Voices.com is the #1 marketplace for voice-over talent.
Otherwise, ACX, the Audiobook Creation Exchange, is an interesting platform to connect authors with professional narrators to — like the name suggests — create an audiobook version of their book.
Translation
If you happen to know a second language such as Spanish, Arabic, French, or many others, then you can look for freelance online projects to translate. These can be from short documents to articles or videos. Check Upwork and Freelance.com and many other similar websites for such opportunities.
Read more: How to do Online Translation Jobs in 2022
Software Consulting
Is there software that you’re a relative expert in?
One of my favorite angles is to piggyback on the popularity of a particular software tool like Brad Rice did with Salesforce (earning over $200k a year part-time!). As the adoption of the software grows, so too does the demand for qualified support.
With platforms like Clarity.FM, you can get started very quickly and earn $60/hour and up.
Become an Online SalesPerson (Sales Representative)
As an online sales representative (Remote Sales), you sell products and services via the internet on a commission basis, instead of face-to-face with a customer. You may work in one of several industries including coaching, Trading, real estate, solar, medicine, insurance, automotive, and retail, and may either telecommute or work from a company office during normal business hours.
There are various forms of these sales gigs but there are mainly categorized into 2 roles: Setter and Closer.
Setter: Appointment Setters use telemarketing skills to support the sales function of a business. They initiate telephone conversations or online (through Facebook, Instagram, etc.) to engage leads (potential customers) sourced from a database. If the company is providing you with a potential source to follow in called an inbound position and if you are responsible to find these potential leads it is called an outbound position.
Closer: A high ticket closer helps coaches, consultants, course sellers, and business owners close deals using their sales skills.
Online Coaching
The Coach.me platform allows you to set up an online coaching practice in the areas of leadership, health, business, habits, and more. The site boasts more than 1 million users and you can earn $100 an hour or more working one-on-one with clients.
From Personal Projects to Small Business
Write an eBook
I hesitate to put this one in here because an eBook by itself usually doesn’t make extra money unless you’re an excellent marketer. What a great eBook can do, though, is act as a sales lead to one of your other online businesses.
That said, lots of people are making extra money by publishing their own books on Amazon. For instance, my friend Bob published a few books on Amazon on how to make money blogging and has done very well. The first book provided basic tips for a small price, but his next book, Pro-Blogging Secrets, is offered at a premium price and he also has an online course.
Are you seeing the possibilities here? Think about what book, or series of books you could write to help people in your field of expertise. You might start with an eBook offered on your own website that covers the basics. Use the eBook as an opportunity to tell people about your more in-depth book on Amazon and finally, follow through with an advanced book offering.
Blogging
This isn’t quick money, but you can make decent money with a little luck and solid, consistent effort. Believe me, it can be tough and a bit time-consuming, but it can be done. I started PT Money in 2007 and since then the site has grown considerably, now viewed more than 200,000 times per month. The key to blogging is to have a long-term goal of making extra money in mind. You can get started by reading my article on how to make money blogging.
Youtube channel
We live in the age of the vlogger.
Ones like Zoella have made millions from sharing tips or views on subjects from beauty to sport.
You may not become a millionaire from it but thousands of non-celebs earn extra cash from uploading their clips to the video search engine through the YouTube partner program.
Start an Online Store
Setting up an online store is extremely easy with sites like eBay, Amazon, Etsy, and CafePress. Assuming you have a product in demand, is high quality, and learn how to market your site, you can begin making some serious cash. There are plenty of full-time eBay entrepreneurs out there.
While it’s certainly possible to DIY your online store’s website, you can be up and running with no fuss when you use an all-in-one eCommerce site like BigCommerce.
BigCommerce is a turn-key solution for online entrepreneurs that gives you a number of built-in features, including several marketing options that allow you to find (and woo) your target customers. Also, their product comes with integrated education to help you make the most of your online store. And you’ll get excellent loading speed, payment security, and site functionality.
For anyone who would instead focus on their product, marketing, and sales than on maintaining the website for their online store, this kind of e-commerce service is invaluable. You get the beauty and functionality of a website designed by a professional web developer without having to shell out the money for one. Not to mention the fact that you will not have to spend time or money troubleshooting bugs in your website when you use the well-designed turn-keys offered by BigCommerce.
BigCommerce offers a 15-day free trial, and prices start at $29.95/month, making this an excellent choice for a reasonable price.
Retail Arbitrage
Find items that you know are selling below their full value (either online or through a deal website like SlickDeals.net), discount stores (Marshalls, Ross, etc.) buy them and sell them for more on eBay or Amazon. Once you find your product niche you can set up a system. Don’t read over that too quickly.
You need to find a particular product or niche to really make this work. Otherwise, you’re met with different shipping costs, always trying to figure out new margins, etc. Don’t try to be everything to everybody. Try to be good in one particular. Maybe it’s a product you’re passionate about such as selling trucker hats. 🙂 Click here for more on this idea.
Build sales funnels
Every successful business has an automated sales funnel. Yet, so many businesses are completely unaware of the power of an effective funnel. Sales funnels provide automation in the sales process. They help you build a relationship with your audience and develop a bond with the consumer. There are plenty of tools you can use to build a sales funnel, but the world’s most successful businesses often create custom-coded funnels.
Expert sales funnels often start with a free offer, also called the lead magnet. By delivering value in the lead magnet, you’re creating trust with the consumer. In the next step, you’d usually find what’s called a self-liquidating offer or a trip wire. These are deals that are hard to pass up, often for $7 to $47. The front-end offer is usually found beyond that along with one-time offers to help boost the lifetime value of the customer and the average cart value.
While there are considerable technical details when it comes to sales funnels, understanding them today, right now, could set you up for a higher degree of online marketing prowess. It’ll also help you scale your business by optimizing a conversion rate, then simply expanding your ad spend.
Create webinars
I’ve become obsessed with the webinar medium for selling. Building out automated webinars is one of the most useful skills you could possibly have, like entrepreneur Jason Fladlien, who’s done $100 million in sales through webinars by only selling other people’s products and not his own.
Webinars follow a specific template and format. They’re formulaic. If you can master that formula, you can quite literally dominate in this space. Find a good idea or opportunity that you can sell that delivers massive amounts of value.
Create an Adult/Porn Website
The adult or Porn industry is a vast and unfortunately highly saturated industry with its own unique difficulties. We will talk about this area soon since it is very different from establishing any other website with a unique and narrow amount of tools, hosts, and payment methods.
Webcam Model
With so many people having to stay at home, finding a job that earns you an income while you’re cooped up inside is a great idea. For the ladies who feel confident in themselves, there are plenty of webcam jobs for them to choose from.
Furthermore, there are possibilities in the webcam model industry for men and LGBTQ as well if you are confident about your physical body and abilities.
Read more: The Best Subscription Monetization Websites for Adult Content
Teaching
Teaching Lessons/Tutoring
We all have special skills or talents. For some it’s athletic and for others, it might be academic. Either way, using these skills can help your community as well as help you make extra money.
As an example, if you’re a good swimmer you might be able to pick up a weekend swim teacher gig at your local recreation center. But keep in mind that some places may require a special certification or that you be a lifeguard.
A friend of mine was a collegiate soccer player. During the off-season, he coached competitive youth soccer teams and gave private lessons to youngsters who wanted to accelerate their game. He grossed over $500 per month for coaching a couple of teams and private lessons.
If you have a knack for a certain subject and live near a college, consider offering up your brain power and teaching skills for some quick cash. Grade school kids need help too, and parents pay better than college students. You can take this idea to the next level and scale by tutoring online.
To be successful, you have to have a good grasp of the concepts and find a way to relate topics using real-world examples.
Need to beef up your skills? Check out our list of the best online training sites. Many are free to use.
Teach English as a Second Language
To get started teaching English as a second language to adults, go through your local schools and colleges to find classes where teachers of English are needed.
You can also teach English from the comfort of your own computer with the website VIPKid. This company, which is headquartered in Beijing, pairs English teachers with children in China between the ages of 4 and 12 to provide the kids with an international learning experience via video conference.
Creating Online Courses
You likely have a skill or knowledge base that few people have, and you can monetize that skill.
Creating online courses is a potentially lucrative side hustle idea because you set your prices, and there’s little to no overhead to set them up. If you’re smart about choosing a subject to teach, you could make a lot of money.
It’s also reasonably passive. While you have to do the work to write the material and market the course, your work is largely done at that point.
Then you can continue to earn income from every course you sell with just a click of a button. Try out Udemy or Teachable for creating your online course.
Think you don’t have anything to teach? You might be surprised by the obscure topics people have monetized through online courses!
This also has the potential in becoming a small business or integrating with other side hustles like blogging or affiliate marketing.
Sell Lesson Plans and Material
Teachers Pay Teachers is a popular marketplace for lesson plans and other educational materials. One blogger I know began putting some of her content on this site and now earns $5000 a month part-time.
Creative
Selling stock photos
If you love photography or have great photos, you can get paid to post them on stock photo platforms. They could be scenic travel pictures or just everyday shots that you already have stored on your phone.
Bloggers and online marketers are always searching for photos for their websites that obey copyright regulations. As a result, sites like Shutterstock and Depositphotos are constantly looking to expand their portfolios of copyright-free images.
Depending on the quantity, quality, and uniqueness of your photos, you can make up anywhere from $200 to $500 a month.
Review and Survey
Product testing and research studies
Yes, you can get paid for giving your opinions. There are many market research companies looking for people to test their products, take surveys and provide thoughts on a wide variety of consumer goods. The key here is to differentiate yourself by providing a thorough and honest review of the product. This works even better if you can find a niche that you’re passionate about.
One mom’s product testing side hustle earns her between $3 to $500. I also recommend checking out Survey Junkie; the site offers paid focus groups where participants can earn up to $150 an hour.
User testing
Sites like UserTesting and UserZoom allow you to download their testing software and record yourself with a webcam during the test.
Clients want to see and hear you interact with their website. If you are thorough in your testing and provide feedback that the client finds useful, opportunities may arise to do live tests where you can interact with clients in real time.
Estimated earnings are $10 per 20 minutes of testing, or up to $60 for longer, live tests.
SoftwareJudge.com pays anywhere from $1 to $50 for original software reviews.
Take Online Surveys
Did you know that you can get paid to do quick and easy online surveys? Here are a few websites to get you started:
Opinion Outpost bridges the gap between your opinions and the companies who need them. Members can earn cash, and rewards and be entered into a $10,000 quarterly prize draw. Sign up for free.
PrizeRebel lets you take surveys, watch videos, and complete offers for cash. You can also choose from gift cards such as Amazon, Walmart Target, and hundreds of other free gift cards. You can get started in less than 5 minutes and earn from both your phone and desktop with no limitations on earnings.
Inbox Dollars lets you take surveys, watch TV, play games, and more, and you automatically receive $5 just for signing up. The site is designed to connect brands and consumers, so be aware that your contact information will be shared with the brands you interact with. Sign up for Signup and get a $5 Cash Bonus.
Branded Surveys will use your profile to match you to a variety of surveys. You collect points for every survey you complete. Refer friends and earn more points. Redeem your points for gift cards or via PayPal or Branded Pay. Sign up for free.
Look into survey sites like MyPoints or Survey Junkie where you’ll get paid just for taking surveys and giving your opinion.
Microsoft Rewards may also be an option and is pretty well passive since you’re only required to search with Bing or try new Microsoft products, services, or features.
Here’s a list of other sites you can earn a few bucks at.
Watch Viral Videos
It sounds crazy. And maybe you’re not even sure if it’s worth your time. But come on… you’re at least a little curious. Getting paid while watching viral videos is a real way to earn cash, and you can do it with a company called Inbox Dollars.
No… it’s not going to get you rich. Yes… it’s probably one of the lowest-effort side hustles. But it’s totally worth it if you’re just sitting on the couch scrolling anyway. Instead of just watching viral videos on YouTube, you could be getting paid actual cash for watching those videos and taking surveys instead. Every little bit of extra money counts.
It’s simple. You sign up here and confirm your email. Then you watch videos and take surveys. Then you earn cash (yes, actual cash… not “points”). Whenever you’re just chilling on the couch log in and see how can earn you up to an extra $225 every month.
Get paid for music
SliceThePie will reward up to 10p for every song you listen to and rate.
The more you listen, the more they’ll reward you.
Participate in an online jury
Help attorneys determine case value or public attitudes at eJury.
Install an app
With Ipsos Media Cell – consumer data tracking software – you will earn a £20 voucher just by installing an app on your phone. Also, you have to fill in a quick survey. Then, You get £10 every month that you keep the app installed on your phone.
The app is owned by the renowned research company IPSOS Mori. It’s designed to get more information about how people consume media, what they watch and listen to, and what devices they use.
Quick Bucks
Sell Your Unique & Ship-able Stuff Online
I mentioned an idea above to create an online store but you could also just declutter your house and sell things you no longer use (CDs, DVDs, kitchen appliances, etc.). There is a platform that makes this really easy, it’s called Decluttr. You download their app and scan the item and Declutter will tell you the price at which to sell.
Check out Decluttr (or for more information, read our Decluttr review!) Listing items on eBay is of course another option, sign up by going to www.eBay.com.
Become a Ticket Broker
No special permit is required. If you know sports or entertainment enough to pick the right events and have access to purchase the tickets at face or below, then you can use a service like StubHub.com or Craigslist to re-sell the tickets for a profit. I’ve done this both out of necessity and to make extra money.
Buy and Sell Domains
Sell Used Books
Use the free BookScouter app to find out what books are worth—either the ones you have collecting dust on your shelves or the ones you come across at garage sales or library bookstores.
One Side Hustle Show guest reported earning up to $4000 a month flipping used books!
Get Paid to Lose Weight
Before you start your next diet, you might want to check out HealthyWage. This cool service lets you put a friendly wager on your weight loss.
If you meet your goal, you can cash in — to the tune of $500 or more!
Solve Interesting Problems
MindSumo is a cool service that asks for your input on certain questions on behalf of its corporate clients. The best and most creative answers earn rewards of $550-1600.
When I was browsing, I saw questions like “How would you improve the car buying experience?” and “How can we make laundry less of a hassle?”
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